1FL is an Analog Phone line, on Ontario Bell speak..
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: June 14, 2006 3:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [on-asterisk] Asterisk defence Pardon me, but what's a 1FL? It doesn't seem to Google. We have the generator and the whopping large UPS. Its Asterisk's uptime and talk path reliability I was wondering about. QOS planning answers some of that of course. Everyone's T1 successes are encouraging. The Digium cards were called "inefficient" BTW. Myself, I think Sangoma is the way to go, especially if we have to do it ourselves. I didn't realize their tech support was so great. Thanks, Peter M. > There isn't rocket science behind T1's.. > > On my first T1 install I just had my rep order a T1 with some DID's. I > called Bell up, and fired up the line, plugged in my Sangoma card and > "it just worked". > > My experiences have all been great. Sangoma Tech support is always > available to debug any connection problems.. I know I've used them > lots before for debugging Frame relay problems on old frame connections. > > I haven't had to use them much for their PRI cards, but that's a good > thing as well. Either way, you should be able to get a card up and > running with little hassle. > > > The main thing to realized when doing mission critical work is to > define missions critical. > If your hard drive blows up, and fried the entire machine, would you > be able to deal with a 2 minute outage as the spare machine was powered up? > > What if you had 1FL backup on outage? I know we had a planned outage, > and the second we took the T1 offline our calls came right across the > 1FL without having any problems or changes. > > As for 911.. I can't really say, it depends on what the user requires. > Can they accept 20 minutes of down time? If not then you better have a > hell of a setup to prevent any outage.. > > Backhoes, extended power outages, fire, and other emergencies will > take out a similar PBX.. So plan for those and go from there. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: June 14, 2006 1:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Asterisk defence > > Well said! I suppose another perspective is that if we buy the > Televantage switch and glean the experience of working with a T1, we > could then use that to build a * switch for our message service and > connect the two together thru SIP. Does anyone consider * reliable > enough for mission critical work, say processing 911 calls? That's > where it might get a bit scary. > Can't be worse than the ancient PBX and DID line terminators we're > running with now though. Its only a five position call centre so > that's a case for * AFAIK. > > Regards, > Peter M. > > > The Defence: > > To the defence, we need to ignore trash talk of salesman such as the > > Televantage guy, be aware of insecure sales dudes such as him, and > > move on & investigate other companies that are more professional in > > speech & more sensitive to your business needs & other prospects. We > need to do business with companies that "listen" vs. > > talk talk talk and do business with companies that are open to change. > > > Sure it's toughto stay up to date with technology & other Open > > Source technologies, but it'sVERY dangerous to stand still and do nothing. > > > > The Message: > > Your message is simple proof that sales trash talk travels faster > > than > > > the speed of light, and degrades the reputation of companies such as > > Televantagewhen their first line of defence is not very professional. > > I commend you forposting the bluntly honest message & openly sharing > > this with us, which has been received by over > > 100+ Asterisk enthusiasts, some of whom are using the technology to > > 100+ generate > > revenue. Had* not been open source, this telecom consulting > > opportunity would not have been possible for the enthusiasts and the > > little guys that do not have multi- millions of dollars as backup. > > > > The Suggestion: > > My only suggestion is that us hardcore Asterisk supporters be aware > > of > > > other VOIP technologies & educate our prospects and clients with * & > > related products, eventually allowing the customer to make a > > decision.Chances are they will go for the Asterisk solution when we > > speak so passionately about it - and the fact of the matter is that > > Asterisk for small to medium business settings, is likely the most > > flexible & reasonable solution. The other fact hard for larger > companies to bite is that * is gaining STRONG ground! > > > > The Lesson Learnt: > > From this Televantage Trash talk, we also have a good lesson to > > learn and that is we must always be sensitive to our clients needs. > > If we trash talk about a car, chances are he is driving or planning > > to purchase the make & model of the car we are trashing :). > > > > The answer: > > "So why would he say that his programming group had to do $35000 > > worth > > > of custom programming to get a PRI working in Halifax NS? " > > To call someone a liar or incompetent, is a very strong and harsh > > word. So I will say he either does not know what he is talking > > about, or his programming group is not very knowledgeable, or he > > simply wants > > > to show off that he is a hotshot. Maybe all the above. > > > > The Question: > > Who's next? Who dare trash Asterisk? > > > > Cheers! > > Reza. > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional > commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional > commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
