Hi Chris, You may try http://www.voiplogic.com. They are pretty easy to work with.
Kind regards, Jason Barnes Modern Telegraph TF: (800) 783-9035 PH: (404) 687-1101 x 112 FX: (404) 687-1109 www.moderntelegraph.com Connect. Communicate. Collaborate On 2/26/09 3:00 PM, "Chris Bagnall" <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings list, > > I don't know if anyone out there already offers this service, or whether it's > even a service others might be interested in. > > Quite often when performing Asterisk installations, we need to port numbers > from their existing telco. I don't know about elsewhere in the world, but here > in the UK, that process usually takes around 3 weeks at best. > > As most clients don't want to wait 3 weeks for their new system to be > installed, and our reluctance to port numbers in advance of installation of > the new system (because something usually goes wrong with porting - often the > customer not providing all the required information, or providing inaccurate > info), we usually end up with a scenario where calls continue to come in on > their ISDN BRIs or PRIs until the porting date. > > This leaves us with 2 options: > 1) get the telco to forward calls that would have gone to the BRIs/PRIs to a > temporary number we set up for the client > 2) install a BRI/PRI card as appropriate into their server, assuming there is > even a local server on-site > > It occurred to me that in these situations, the ideal scenario would be to > have a PRI->SIP/IAX gateway that could be "loaned" to the customer for the 3 > week period whilst numbers are being ported, thus ensuring continuity of > service without either having to pay for an ISDN card (which would be unused > after 3 weeks), or paying for call diverts at their old telco's prevailing > rate. > > Any thoughts? Anyone already offering this sort of service? > > Regards, > > Chris > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
