Re: [Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse for outbound dialing
Could this possibly be submitted to the bugtracker, if it hasn't
already? Please submit changes in "diff -u" format to allow quicker
integration.
JT
At 10:06 PM -0500 12/9/03, Adam Rothschild wrote:
On 2003-12-09-20:20:12, Andrew Kohlsmith
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have never been able to get DTMF to work through iconnecthere.
i.e. if you're calling through ich to get voicemail or interact with
any kind of IVR, be prepared for it not to work. I have never heard
of anyone else getting DTMF to work though iconnecthere, either.
Adding the following to rtp.c, per Alex Pilosov's advice, fixed it for
me:
[19] = {0, AST_RTP_DTMF},
Your mileage may very.
-a
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Re: [Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse for outbound dialing
On 2003-12-09-20:20:12, Andrew Kohlsmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have never been able to get DTMF to work through iconnecthere.
> i.e. if you're calling through ich to get voicemail or interact with
> any kind of IVR, be prepared for it not to work. I have never heard
> of anyone else getting DTMF to work though iconnecthere, either.
Adding the following to rtp.c, per Alex Pilosov's advice, fixed it for
me:
[19] = {0, AST_RTP_DTMF},
Your mileage may very.
-a
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Re: [Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse for outbound dialing
Nufone, will let you set callerid On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: > > Do you know if I can have my calls show up as any caller ID string that > > I want? > > Generally no; you can set outgoing CID # and the telco will match it up to > whatever name is registered in their CID database. > > > What about the G.729 codec? From what I've heard it allows you to stuff > > an analog call into 8 Kbps. This would give you a theoretical maximum > > of 80 simultaneous connections on a 640 Kbps DSL line. I would expect > > this to be much lower in practice, say 20 simultaneous streams, but > > still, that's not bad. > > others have commented already on this: g729a is available for * for $10/port > but the license enforcement program is a royal pain in the ass and support > to help 'fix' licensing issues when they inevitably occur is deplorable. > > Try to stick with GSM and iLBC, which has better MOS than g729a anyway. > > Regards, > Andrew > ___ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse for outbound dialing
> GSM is fairly low bandwidth, but IIRC they are using the GSM FR codec, > not GSM EFR so sound quality sounds like a mobile phone from the mid > 90's. My voice quality with GSM and voicepulse is like a cell call from my 2003-model CDMA phone. It's damned near perfect as far as I'm concerned. I'd like to use iLBC but that protocol is just too much for my aged old P200MMX which I'm using for a * box. :-) Regards, Andrew ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse for outbound dialing
> Do you know if I can have my calls show up as any caller ID string that > I want? Generally no; you can set outgoing CID # and the telco will match it up to whatever name is registered in their CID database. > What about the G.729 codec? From what I've heard it allows you to stuff > an analog call into 8 Kbps. This would give you a theoretical maximum > of 80 simultaneous connections on a 640 Kbps DSL line. I would expect > this to be much lower in practice, say 20 simultaneous streams, but > still, that's not bad. others have commented already on this: g729a is available for * for $10/port but the license enforcement program is a royal pain in the ass and support to help 'fix' licensing issues when they inevitably occur is deplorable. Try to stick with GSM and iLBC, which has better MOS than g729a anyway. Regards, Andrew ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse for outbound dialing
> Non expert reply: Yes it will do what you want. You do > not need to pay for the DID. "Iconecthere" will let you > make as many outbound calls as you want for a flat 2.5 cents > per minute plus a small monthly fee. Higher monthly fees > buy you prepaid "free" minutes. That $8.00 allows _inbound_ > calls from PSTN, not needed for outbound calls BE THEE AWARE I have never been able to get DTMF to work through iconnecthere. i.e. if you're calling through ich to get voicemail or interact with any kind of IVR, be prepared for it not to work. I have never heard of anyone else getting DTMF to work though iconnecthere, either. With voicepulse it Just Worked. Regards, Andrew ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse for outbound dialing
From what I read here: http://www.globalipsound.com/pdf/gips_iLBC.pdf iLBC is free and better quality than G.729A, same quality as G.729E and offers "substantially better quality over congested networks". Its bandwidth requirements are a little higher (13-15 kbps) but they aren't bad. Adam Hart wrote: Adding to my own question, VoicePulse doesn't appear to support G.729. Here is their list of supported codecs: GSM, G.711ulaw, G.711alaw, ADPCM, ILBC, SPEEX (from http://connect.voicepulse.com/specifications.aspx). Does anyone know if one of these is as good as G.729? All of thoses besides GSM are as good as G.729 IMO (not sure what ADPCM is, just raw PCM?). My recommendation is iLBC. -Adam ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse for outbound dialing
> Adding to my own question, VoicePulse doesn't appear to support G.729. > Here is their list of supported codecs: GSM, G.711ulaw, G.711alaw, > ADPCM, ILBC, SPEEX (from > http://connect.voicepulse.com/specifications.aspx). Does anyone know if > one of these is as good as G.729? > All of thoses besides GSM are as good as G.729 IMO (not sure what ADPCM is, just raw PCM?). My recommendation is iLBC. -Adam ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse for outbound dialing
> Adding to my own question, VoicePulse doesn't appear to support G.729. > Here is their list of supported codecs: GSM, G.711ulaw, G.711alaw, > ADPCM, ILBC, SPEEX (from > http://connect.voicepulse.com/specifications.aspx). Does anyone know if > one of these is as good as G.729? > All of thoses besides GSM are as good as G.729 IMO (not sure what ADPCM is, just raw PCM?). My recommendation is iLBC. -Adam ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse for outbound dialing
GSM is fairly low bandwidth, but IIRC they are using the GSM FR codec, not GSM EFR so sound quality sounds like a mobile phone from the mid 90's. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Carl Youngblood > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 7:47 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse for outbound dialing > > > > > What about the G.729 codec? From what I've heard it allows you to > > stuff an analog call into 8 Kbps. This would give you a > theoretical > > maximum of 80 simultaneous connections on a 640 Kbps DSL line. I > > would expect this to be much lower in practice, say 20 simultaneous > > streams, but still, that's not bad. > > > Adding to my own question, VoicePulse doesn't appear to > support G.729. > Here is their list of supported codecs: GSM, G.711ulaw, G.711alaw, > ADPCM, ILBC, SPEEX (from > http://connect.voicepulse.com/specifications.aspx). Does > anyone know if > one of these is as good as G.729? > > ___ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/aster> isk-users > ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse for outbound dialing
What about the G.729 codec? From what I've heard it allows you to stuff an analog call into 8 Kbps. This would give you a theoretical maximum of 80 simultaneous connections on a 640 Kbps DSL line. I would expect this to be much lower in practice, say 20 simultaneous streams, but still, that's not bad. Adding to my own question, VoicePulse doesn't appear to support G.729. Here is their list of supported codecs: GSM, G.711ulaw, G.711alaw, ADPCM, ILBC, SPEEX (from http://connect.voicepulse.com/specifications.aspx). Does anyone know if one of these is as good as G.729? ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse for outbound dialing
Thanks for your response. Chris Albertson wrote: Non expert reply: Yes it will do what you want. You do not need to pay for the DID. "Iconecthere" will let you make as many outbound calls as you want for a flat 2.5 cents per minute plus a small monthly fee. Higher monthly fees buy you prepaid "free" minutes. That $8.00 allows _inbound_ calls from PSTN, not needed for outbound calls Do you know if I can have my calls show up as any caller ID string that I want? I can make multiple outbound calls at the same time BUT my DSL bandwidt quickly maxes out. (I'm testing with home ADSL) and things go bad quickly. With a good megabit level line OR if you move your Asterisk server to a "co-location facitity" and use their 100Mb/s connections you could make MANY outbound calls at once. What about the G.729 codec? From what I've heard it allows you to stuff an analog call into 8 Kbps. This would give you a theoretical maximum of 80 simultaneous connections on a 640 Kbps DSL line. I would expect this to be much lower in practice, say 20 simultaneous streams, but still, that's not bad. Carl ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse for outbound dialing
Non expert reply: Yes it will do what you want. You do not need to pay for the DID. "Iconecthere" will let you make as many outbound calls as you want for a flat 2.5 cents per minute plus a small monthly fee. Higher monthly fees buy you prepaid "free" minutes. That $8.00 allows _inbound_ calls from PSTN, not needed for outbound calls I can make multiple outbound calls at the same time BUT my DSL bandwidt quickly maxes out. (I'm testing with home ADSL) and things go bad quickly. With a good megabit level line OR if you move your Asterisk server to a "co-location facitity" and use their 100Mb/s connections you could make MANY outbound calls at once. --- Carl Youngblood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Next get a VOIP service provider to provide you with a PSTN DID > > (A phone number) VoicePulse will do this for about $8.00/month > > pluss outgoing per minute cost. So you get as many incomming lines > > as you need and you have zero hardware interface at your site. > > (other then your DSL line.) > > > > Can I use this type of service for outbound dialing without any SIP > phones? I just want to have a server that sends voice messages to > our > customers. And if so, what part of asterisk do I want to examine to > develop this? It would be great to write an outbound dialer that > didn't require any specialized hardware. Does a service like this > let > you make more than one phone call simultaneously, or must you pay an > additional $8.00 for each line that gets used at the same time? > Sorry > if these questions are stupid but I'm new to asterisk. > > Thanks, > Carl Youngblood > > ___ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users = Chris Albertson Home: 310-376-1029 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 310-990-7550 Office: 310-336-5189 [EMAIL PROTECTED] KG6OMK __ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse for outbound dialing
- Original Message - From: "Carl Youngblood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 4:20 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse for outbound dialing > > Next get a VOIP service provider to provide you with a PSTN DID > > (A phone number) VoicePulse will do this for about $8.00/month > > pluss outgoing per minute cost. So you get as many incomming lines > > as you need and you have zero hardware interface at your site. > > (other then your DSL line.) > > > > Can I use this type of service for outbound dialing without any SIP > phones? I just want to have a server that sends voice messages to our You don't need an IP phone to do this, just something that can talk SIP/IAX to VoicePulse. (ie, asterisk) > customers. And if so, what part of asterisk do I want to examine to > develop this? It would be great to write an outbound dialer that Again, you'll want something that generates files similar to the sample.call in /usr/src/asterisk. > didn't require any specialized hardware. Does a service like this let > you make more than one phone call simultaneously, or must you pay an > additional $8.00 for each line that gets used at the same time? Sorry > if these questions are stupid but I'm new to asterisk. You should send that question to VoicePulse. - Andrew Thompson http://aktzero.com/ Your eyes are weary from staring at the CRT. You feel sleepy. Notice how restful it is to watch the cursor blink. Close your eyes. The opinions stated above are yours. You cannot imagine why you ever felt otherwise. ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse for outbound dialing
Next get a VOIP service provider to provide you with a PSTN DID (A phone number) VoicePulse will do this for about $8.00/month pluss outgoing per minute cost. So you get as many incomming lines as you need and you have zero hardware interface at your site. (other then your DSL line.) Can I use this type of service for outbound dialing without any SIP phones? I just want to have a server that sends voice messages to our customers. And if so, what part of asterisk do I want to examine to develop this? It would be great to write an outbound dialer that didn't require any specialized hardware. Does a service like this let you make more than one phone call simultaneously, or must you pay an additional $8.00 for each line that gets used at the same time? Sorry if these questions are stupid but I'm new to asterisk. Thanks, Carl Youngblood ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
