Andrew Joakimsen wrote: > PLEASE tell me who that carrier is. I work with an inept company that > doesn't even know what ANI and CPN mean. Well our ANI and CPN are one > and the same. A bunch of inbred hicks somewhere in Alabama.
The underlying carrier is actually really clueful (Qwest the LD carrier, not Qwest the ILEC). I was really impressed with the provisioning tech who did a really nice job of running over the parameters which are tweakable, but often you don't get to tweak, like ANI vs CID delivery (ANI please), etc.. Mainly it was strictly an issue with undertrained sales people who probably aren't paid well enough to stick around long enough to get a clue. This circuit was actually purchased through one of the website low-price brokers, which then get prices from LD resellers which actually then buy in bulk from carriers. The broker fills out the form and submits it to the LD reseller who then reviews it (and in this case complains because all of the "required" questions not relevant to a PRI were skipped). This is actually pretty common. Generally once you can get through the nightmare of the order, things go well. In the weird, non-relevant question category, my favorite is the whole discussion I've had every time I've ordered a PRI from my local ILEC regarding the number of presented digits. I do realize that back in "old pbx" days, you wanted the telco to send you say 4 digits which corresponded to your extension number, and the question is still valid with PRI - athough why anyone would want less than the full 10 digit NANPA number is beyond me. Obviously it isn't as common as I think because my ordering process normally goes something like this: Q:How many presentation digits? Me: 10 Q:Really? Me: Yes, 10 digits. Q: Are you sure your switch can handle 10 digits? Me: Yes. It routes them to the correct extension and that way I don't have to worry about number conflicts. Q: Ohhhkay, (with that tone of voice of "I'm not going to protect you from your own stupidity."). (pause) Q: Now what type of start would you like on these trunks? * *ok, the last question doesn't usually get asked by the ILEC, but I just *had* to add it for humor purposes... -forrest _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
