Re: [WISPA] VoIP/PBX Gateway appliance

[Rick Smith]

the problem is, Johnny's in an area where his local C.O. isn't tapped by 
the major LNP-able VOIP or Voice guys.  No one, and I've looked and 
spoken to many, has 337-774 portable...


JohnnyO wrote:


Ok -

#1 - This customer has had the same phone # at this location for 20+ 
years - They do over 17million per year in volume out of this 
location. It's a fuel dock. They rely heavily on inbound calls for 
generating this.


#2 - The customer will not change their phone # - This is NOT an option

#3 - This company does a total of 90+ million / year in revenue and as 
their internet provider - I will not chance losing their accounts.


#4 - I think it's absolutely stupid and a waste of time for them to 
have to dial 337-774- to be able to call the same number by 
dialing 774-. I know that this can be worked around with the 
dialing features.


I have no issues with an asterisk solution - I have the equipment 
on-hand and am currently working with Butch Evans to get this setup. 
At this point in time - The only thing I can do is to bring in POTS 
lines to make this work so we can terminate their phone #s at our office.


I am looking for an out of the box appliance that will do this as 
well. I have other clients wanting to come onboard for the hosted PBX 
aspects and VoIP advantages also.


JohnnyO

On Sun, 2006-03-05 at 00:07 -0600, Joe Laura wrote:

Johnny, Im a little confused as to why you do not think this is 
doable. Send me the specific needs for the client and I think we can 
make this happen. You do have wireless to all of these clients right? 
BTW, What do you have against an Asterisk solution? 



Superior Wireless
New Orleans,La.
www.superior1.com  


- Original Message - 

*From:* JohnnyO  

*To:* Mac Dearman  

*Cc:* WISPA General List  

*Sent:* Saturday, March 04, 2006 11:45 PM 

*Subject:* Re: [WISPA] VoIP/PBX Gateway appliance 




Mac - as I stated - None of these #s are local. Which means their
office 7 miles away would have to dial long distance to get their
location in the same 337-774 - FYI - we still have 7 digit
dialing in our area.

This is not just a matter of setting up VoIP - this customer has
specific needs and I have to fill them. We're rolling out a beta
for them at one of their small locations and if all goes well - I
will be able to capture all of their locations - They employ 100+
people and currently have a total of 64 lines combined across all
of their locations.

JohnnyO

On Sat, 2006-03-04 at 19:20 -0600, Mac Dearman wrote:



The Hell you say I can't!   
Pick your towns and get the check book out  - $50.00 per number

and start talking!!! This includes unlimited long distance as
well as local calls - - -with all the whistles and bells - bar
none!
337 Crowley LA
337 De Ridder LA
337 Lafayette LA
337 Lawtell LA
337 Leesville LA
337 Lake Charles LA
337 New Iberia LA
337 Opelousas LA
337 St Martinville LA
337 Sulphur LA
337 Vinton LA
337 Youngsville LA
Mac Dearman
Maximum Access, LLC.
Authorized Barracuda Reseller
MikroTik RouterOS Certified
www.inetsouth.com 
www.mac-tel.us 
www.RadioResponse.org  (Katrina
Relief)
Rayville, La.
318.728.8600
318.303.4228
318.303.4229

 


- Original Message -
*From:* JohnnyO 
*To:* Mac Dearman 
*Cc:* WISPA General List 
*Sent:* Friday, March 03, 2006 7:59 PM
*Subject:* Re: [WISPA] VoIP/PBX Gateway appliance


Mac - you can't provide it either :) Please let me know if
you can...

337-774  


Let me know if you can provide local to me service - Also -
will you sell me unlimited plans ? I'd be willing to pay
$50.00/mo for unlimited useage. They only use about
9000-12000 LOCAL minutes per month

JohnnyO

On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 19:08 -0600, Mac Dearman wrote:



Just send me a connection fee and I will take care of the
rest of it  :-)
How many lines, whats the area code and how fast do you
need them? With 911 of course.
Mac Dearman
Maximum Access, LLC.
Authorized Barracuda Reseller
MikroTik RouterOS Certified
www.inetsouth.com 
www.mac-tel.us 
www.RadioResponse.org 
(Katrina Relief)
Rayville, La.
318.728.8600
318.303.4228
318.303.4229

 


- Original Message -
*From:* JohnnyO 

Re: [WISPA] VoIP/PBX Gateway appliance

[Mac Dearman]

The fact that you may not be able to port that particular number shouldnt be 
a problem. I would never take 100% of the POTS lines out of any business any 
way. Roll that important number into the * box as an inbound line only and 
have it roll over the calls to the VoIP lines. It would never do anything 
but have inbound phone calls coming across it and could serve as a backup in 
case their WISP decided to take a vacation during the busy season and the 
wireless goes down. :)


  J'O - if you have wireless to all his locations now - - you could knock 
out those lohg distance charges to day by carrying his traffic across your 
network. Of course there would be a little ole small fee for that eh? :)


Holler if we can help

Mac Dearman
Maximum Access, LLC.
Authorized Barracuda Reseller
MikroTik RouterOS Certified
www.inetsouth.com
www.mac-tel.us
www.RadioResponse.org (Katrina Relief)
Rayville, La.
318.728.8600
318.303.4228
318.303.4229





- Original Message - 
From: "Rick Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "WISPA General List" 
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 6:11 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] VoIP/PBX Gateway appliance




the problem is, Johnny's in an area where his local C.O. isn't tapped by 
the major LNP-able VOIP or Voice guys.  No one, and I've looked and spoken 
to many, has 337-774 portable...


JohnnyO wrote:


Ok -

#1 - This customer has had the same phone # at this location for 20+ 
years - They do over 17million per year in volume out of this location. 
It's a fuel dock. They rely heavily on inbound calls for generating this.


#2 - The customer will not change their phone # - This is NOT an option

#3 - This company does a total of 90+ million / year in revenue and as 
their internet provider - I will not chance losing their accounts.


#4 - I think it's absolutely stupid and a waste of time for them to have 
to dial 337-774- to be able to call the same number by dialing 
774-. I know that this can be worked around with the dialing 
features.


I have no issues with an asterisk solution - I have the equipment on-hand 
and am currently working with Butch Evans to get this setup. At this 
point in time - The only thing I can do is to bring in POTS lines to make 
this work so we can terminate their phone #s at our office.


I am looking for an out of the box appliance that will do this as well. I 
have other clients wanting to come onboard for the hosted PBX aspects and 
VoIP advantages also.


JohnnyO

On Sun, 2006-03-05 at 00:07 -0600, Joe Laura wrote:

Johnny, Im a little confused as to why you do not think this is doable. 
Send me the specific needs for the client and I think we can make this 
happen. You do have wireless to all of these clients right? BTW, What do 
you have against an Asterisk solution?



Superior Wireless
New Orleans,La.
www.superior1.com 


- Original Message - 


*From:* JohnnyO 
*To:* Mac Dearman 
*Cc:* WISPA General List 
*Sent:* Saturday, March 04, 2006 11:45 PM
*Subject:* Re: [WISPA] VoIP/PBX Gateway appliance


Mac - as I stated - None of these #s are local. Which means their
office 7 miles away would have to dial long distance to get their
location in the same 337-774 - FYI - we still have 7 digit
dialing in our area.

This is not just a matter of setting up VoIP - this customer has
specific needs and I have to fill them. We're rolling out a beta
for them at one of their small locations and if all goes well - I
will be able to capture all of their locations - They employ 100+
people and currently have a total of 64 lines combined across all
of their locations.

JohnnyO

On Sat, 2006-03-04 at 19:20 -0600, Mac Dearman wrote:



The Hell you say I can't!   Pick your towns and get the check book 
out  - $50.00 per number

and start talking!!! This includes unlimited long distance as
well as local calls - - -with all the whistles and bells - bar
none!
337 Crowley LA
337 De Ridder LA
337 Lafayette LA
337 Lawtell LA
337 Leesville LA
337 Lake Charles LA
337 New Iberia LA
337 Opelousas LA
337 St Martinville LA
337 Sulphur LA
337 Vinton LA
337 Youngsville LA
Mac Dearman
Maximum Access, LLC.
Authorized Barracuda Reseller
MikroTik RouterOS Certified
www.inetsouth.com 
www.mac-tel.us 
www.RadioResponse.org  (Katrina
Relief)
Rayville, La.
318.728.8600
318.303.4228
318.303.4229


- Original Message -
*From:* JohnnyO 
*To:* Mac Dearman 
*Cc:* WISPA General List 
*Sent:* Friday, March 03, 2006 7:59 PM
*Subject:* Re: [WISPA] VoIP/PBX Gateway appliance

[WISPA] AT&T merging with BellSouth

[Frank Muto]

NYT/WSJ

AT&T Inc. is nearing the acquisition of BellSouth Corp. for roughly $65
billion, people familiar with the situation said Saturday evening. A deal
could be announced as early as Monday, these people said.

Final terms of the deal could not be learned Saturday evening, but these
people said AT&T Inc. would pay a premium for BellSouth shares of at least
15%, valuing the company at $36 per share at least, up from its trading
price Friday of $31.46. That would push the total equity value of the deal
to at least $65 billion, plus the assumption of an additional $17 billion of
BellSouth debt.

Spokespeople for BellSouth and AT&T declined to comment.

An AT&T-BellSouth deal would effectively cleave the nation's telecom
services in two, each vertically integrated with a local phone operation,
business services, and wireless unit. And it would effectively validate the
vision of competition laid out by the government -- one in which traditional
telecom firms compete directly against cable operators rather than against
each other. The move would give AT&T Inc. sole control over Cingular, the
nation's largest wireless operator.

A combination between AT&T and BellSouth could have combined market
capitalization of nearly $160 billion, making AT&T far larger than rival
Verizon. The deal would nonetheless set a showdown between AT&T and Verizon,
as the two fight to control wireless, the growth portion of the telecom
business.

It was the steep growth of Cingular -- joint owned by BellSouth and the
former SBC -- that helped push the two firms together, say telecom bankers
familiar with the space. As the importance of the wireless business grew,
they say, it became inevitable that SBC (which adopted the AT&T name just
months ago) would consolidate its position in the South.

Put together, the SBC territory would extend from California to Florida,
north to Illinois and south to Texas. Combining the two companies' current
market capitalizations, AT&T would have a market value approaching $150
billion, over 50% greater than Verizon.

AT&T Chairman and Chief Executive Edward Whitacre has made a name for
himself in the telecommunications industry as a serial acquirer.
Mr. Whitacre is able to boast of a string of acquisitions including Pacific
Telesis Corp., Ameritech Corp. and Southern New England Telecommunications
Corp. But as he nears retirement the market had been anticipating one last
hurrah from him; a BellSouth acquisition by AT&T has long been the subject
of speculation from analysts, investors and the two companies' rivals.

Still the speedy move to acquire BellSouth came as a surprise so soon after
Mr. Whitacre's takeover of AT&T Corp. last fall. His company is just
starting to digest the $16 billion acquisition. The former SBC
Communications Inc. took over AT&T Corp. and adopted the AT&T moniker. The
new company dominates nearly every aspect of the industry, from high-speed
Internet connections to long-distance phone service, as well as wireless.
And Mr. Whitacre now has access to the old
AT&T's enterprise business and world-wide network.

Such a deal would likely prompt howls of protest in some quarters as it
comes on the heels not only of the AT&T-SBC deal but also after Verizon
Communications Inc.'s acquisition of MCI. Those deals were approved with
only a few minor conditions despite concerns they would lead to higher
prices for business customers.
The wave of mergers has dramatically reshaped the telecom industry, and a
purchase of BellSouth would further cement the recreation of the old Ma
Bell, which the
government pushed to break up in 1984.

The management of AT&T, which has apparently briefed key senior government
officials late last week, appears to be betting that the Bush administration
and a Bell-friendly Federal Communications Commission won't raise too many
obstacles for such a deal, arguing that the companies serve different
geographic regions and do not currently compete with one another in a
significant way.

Although AT&T and Verizon's last mergers passed both FCC and Justice
Department review with little major problems, the latest proposed merger may
face more hurdles. Recent comments by AT&T and BellSouth executives about
their intentions to explore new revenue streams from their high-speed
Internet services by introducing two-tier or "premium" service for Internet
content providers. Concerns about those plans and the concept of "net
neutrality," or ensuring that consumers have open access to all Internet
sites and services and businesses do not find their content slowed, has
become a major problems for the Bells in Washington.

Meanwhile, the FCC that will be reviewing the AT&T/BellSouth deal will
likely be a much different body soon with the addition of Robert McDowell, a
veteran telecom lawyer who currently serves as assistant general counsel at
Comptel, which represents smaller telephone companies and was a vocal
opponent of the AT&T and Verizon mergers last year.

Mr. McDowell is s

Re: [WISPA] AT&T merging with BellSouth

[Alex Huppenthal]

Google's market cap is $126 billion.. Still smaller than this new  
company, but close. Start a company with google's vision but for  
telcom and get a $150 billion market cap.. :-)



On Mar 5, 2006, at 9:56 AM, Frank Muto wrote:


NYT/WSJ

AT&T Inc. is nearing the acquisition of BellSouth Corp. for roughly  
$65
billion, people familiar with the situation said Saturday evening.  
A deal

could be announced as early as Monday, these people said.

Final terms of the deal could not be learned Saturday evening, but  
these
people said AT&T Inc. would pay a premium for BellSouth shares of  
at least
15%, valuing the company at $36 per share at least, up from its  
trading
price Friday of $31.46. That would push the total equity value of  
the deal
to at least $65 billion, plus the assumption of an additional $17  
billion of

BellSouth debt.

Spokespeople for BellSouth and AT&T declined to comment.

An AT&T-BellSouth deal would effectively cleave the nation's telecom
services in two, each vertically integrated with a local phone  
operation,
business services, and wireless unit. And it would effectively  
validate the
vision of competition laid out by the government -- one in which  
traditional
telecom firms compete directly against cable operators rather than  
against
each other. The move would give AT&T Inc. sole control over  
Cingular, the

nation's largest wireless operator.

A combination between AT&T and BellSouth could have combined market
capitalization of nearly $160 billion, making AT&T far larger than  
rival
Verizon. The deal would nonetheless set a showdown between AT&T and  
Verizon,
as the two fight to control wireless, the growth portion of the  
telecom

business.

It was the steep growth of Cingular -- joint owned by BellSouth and  
the
former SBC -- that helped push the two firms together, say telecom  
bankers
familiar with the space. As the importance of the wireless business  
grew,
they say, it became inevitable that SBC (which adopted the AT&T  
name just

months ago) would consolidate its position in the South.

Put together, the SBC territory would extend from California to  
Florida,
north to Illinois and south to Texas. Combining the two companies'  
current
market capitalizations, AT&T would have a market value approaching  
$150

billion, over 50% greater than Verizon.

AT&T Chairman and Chief Executive Edward Whitacre has made a name for
himself in the telecommunications industry as a serial acquirer.
Mr. Whitacre is able to boast of a string of acquisitions including  
Pacific
Telesis Corp., Ameritech Corp. and Southern New England  
Telecommunications
Corp. But as he nears retirement the market had been anticipating  
one last
hurrah from him; a BellSouth acquisition by AT&T has long been the  
subject

of speculation from analysts, investors and the two companies' rivals.

Still the speedy move to acquire BellSouth came as a surprise so  
soon after

Mr. Whitacre's takeover of AT&T Corp. last fall. His company is just
starting to digest the $16 billion acquisition. The former SBC
Communications Inc. took over AT&T Corp. and adopted the AT&T  
moniker. The
new company dominates nearly every aspect of the industry, from  
high-speed
Internet connections to long-distance phone service, as well as  
wireless.

And Mr. Whitacre now has access to the old
AT&T's enterprise business and world-wide network.

Such a deal would likely prompt howls of protest in some quarters  
as it
comes on the heels not only of the AT&T-SBC deal but also after  
Verizon
Communications Inc.'s acquisition of MCI. Those deals were approved  
with

only a few minor conditions despite concerns they would lead to higher
prices for business customers.
The wave of mergers has dramatically reshaped the telecom industry,  
and a
purchase of BellSouth would further cement the recreation of the  
old Ma

Bell, which the
government pushed to break up in 1984.

The management of AT&T, which has apparently briefed key senior  
government
officials late last week, appears to be betting that the Bush  
administration
and a Bell-friendly Federal Communications Commission won't raise  
too many

obstacles for such a deal, arguing that the companies serve different
geographic regions and do not currently compete with one another in a
significant way.

Although AT&T and Verizon's last mergers passed both FCC and Justice
Department review with little major problems, the latest proposed  
merger may
face more hurdles. Recent comments by AT&T and BellSouth executives  
about

their intentions to explore new revenue streams from their high-speed
Internet services by introducing two-tier or "premium" service for  
Internet

content providers. Concerns about those plans and the concept of "net
neutrality," or ensuring that consumers have open access to all  
Internet
sites and services and businesses do not find their content slowed,  
has

become a major problems for the Bells in Washington.

Meanwhile, the FCC that will be

Re: [WISPA] VoIP/PBX Gateway appliance

[Rick Smith]

Mac, you're right, but the local-dialing problem is the one Johnny's 
trying to solve, with NO CALL FORWARDING involved, which would incur him 
extra charges...  The problem is this company's customers in the local 
area dialing them 9 - 12000 minutes / month, and if they're dialing a 
337-774 number now, there's NO WAY you can get local numbers to that on 
PRIs or BRIs or T-1s - only POTS in Johnny's facility, which then incurs 
huge charges. 

The ONE option I suggested to Johnny was getting an 800#, and call 
forwarding the local 337-774 numbers to that 800#, but then that company 
would pay for the toll-free minutes


No easy away around it at the moment, I'm afraid...

Mac Dearman wrote:

The fact that you may not be able to port that particular number 
shouldnt be a problem. I would never take 100% of the POTS lines out 
of any business any way. Roll that important number into the * box as 
an inbound line only and have it roll over the calls to the VoIP 
lines. It would never do anything but have inbound phone calls coming 
across it and could serve as a backup in case their WISP decided to 
take a vacation during the busy season and the wireless goes down. :)


  J'O - if you have wireless to all his locations now - - you could 
knock out those lohg distance charges to day by carrying his traffic 
across your network. Of course there would be a little ole small fee 
for that eh? :)


Holler if we can help

Mac Dearman
Maximum Access, LLC.
Authorized Barracuda Reseller
MikroTik RouterOS Certified
www.inetsouth.com
www.mac-tel.us
www.RadioResponse.org (Katrina Relief)
Rayville, La.
318.728.8600
318.303.4228
318.303.4229





- Original Message - From: "Rick Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "WISPA General List" 
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 6:11 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] VoIP/PBX Gateway appliance




the problem is, Johnny's in an area where his local C.O. isn't tapped 
by the major LNP-able VOIP or Voice guys.  No one, and I've looked 
and spoken to many, has 337-774 portable...


JohnnyO wrote:


Ok -

#1 - This customer has had the same phone # at this location for 20+ 
years - They do over 17million per year in volume out of this 
location. It's a fuel dock. They rely heavily on inbound calls for 
generating this.


#2 - The customer will not change their phone # - This is NOT an option

#3 - This company does a total of 90+ million / year in revenue and 
as their internet provider - I will not chance losing their accounts.


#4 - I think it's absolutely stupid and a waste of time for them to 
have to dial 337-774- to be able to call the same number by 
dialing 774-. I know that this can be worked around with the 
dialing features.


I have no issues with an asterisk solution - I have the equipment 
on-hand and am currently working with Butch Evans to get this setup. 
At this point in time - The only thing I can do is to bring in POTS 
lines to make this work so we can terminate their phone #s at our 
office.


I am looking for an out of the box appliance that will do this as 
well. I have other clients wanting to come onboard for the hosted 
PBX aspects and VoIP advantages also.


JohnnyO

On Sun, 2006-03-05 at 00:07 -0600, Joe Laura wrote:

Johnny, Im a little confused as to why you do not think this is 
doable. Send me the specific needs for the client and I think we 
can make this happen. You do have wireless to all of these clients 
right? BTW, What do you have against an Asterisk solution?




Superior Wireless
New Orleans,La.
www.superior1.com 




- Original Message -
*From:* JohnnyO 
*To:* Mac Dearman 
*Cc:* WISPA General List 
*Sent:* Saturday, March 04, 2006 11:45 PM
*Subject:* Re: [WISPA] VoIP/PBX Gateway appliance


Mac - as I stated - None of these #s are local. Which means their
office 7 miles away would have to dial long distance to get their
location in the same 337-774 - FYI - we still have 7 digit
dialing in our area.

This is not just a matter of setting up VoIP - this customer has
specific needs and I have to fill them. We're rolling out a beta
for them at one of their small locations and if all goes well - I
will be able to capture all of their locations - They employ 100+
people and currently have a total of 64 lines combined across all
of their locations.

JohnnyO

On Sat, 2006-03-04 at 19:20 -0600, Mac Dearman wrote:



The Hell you say I can't!   Pick your towns and get the check 
book out  - $50.00 per number

and start talking!!! This includes unlimited long distance as
well as local calls - - -with all the whistles and bells - bar
none!
337 Crowley LA
337 De Ridder LA
337 Lafayette LA
337 Lawtell LA
337 Leesville LA
337 Lake Charles LA
337 New Iberia LA
337 Opelousas LA
337 St Martinville LA
337

Re: [WISPA] VoIP/PBX Gateway appliance

[Mac Dearman]

The * box would provide the all the roll over services needed for actual 
POTS line that has no options via the local ILEC/CLEC. Then the other true 
VoIP lines in the * box could/would service all the outgoing calls.


Example:
Current VIP POTS line rings  - the * box shuffles that call to a VoIP line 
also in the * box that is then answered and leaves the VIP POTS line open 
for other incoming calls. Its really not complicated, but is involved to get 
it all set up. All outgoing calls could be sent via the VoIP so that the VIP 
POTS line is never tied up.


I tell ya again - if you need some help - call me


Mac Dearman
Maximum Access, LLC.
Authorized Barracuda Reseller
MikroTik RouterOS Certified
www.inetsouth.com
www.mac-tel.us
www.RadioResponse.org (Katrina Relief)
Rayville, La.
318.728.8600
318.303.4228
318.303.4229





- Original Message - 
From: "Rick Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "WISPA General List" 
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] VoIP/PBX Gateway appliance


Mac, you're right, but the local-dialing problem is the one Johnny's 
trying to solve, with NO CALL FORWARDING involved, which would incur him 
extra charges...  The problem is this company's customers in the local 
area dialing them 9 - 12000 minutes / month, and if they're dialing a 
337-774 number now, there's NO WAY you can get local numbers to that on 
PRIs or BRIs or T-1s - only POTS in Johnny's facility, which then incurs 
huge charges.
The ONE option I suggested to Johnny was getting an 800#, and call 
forwarding the local 337-774 numbers to that 800#, but then that company 
would pay for the toll-free minutes


No easy away around it at the moment, I'm afraid...

Mac Dearman wrote:

The fact that you may not be able to port that particular number shouldnt 
be a problem. I would never take 100% of the POTS lines out of any 
business any way. Roll that important number into the * box as an inbound 
line only and have it roll over the calls to the VoIP lines. It would 
never do anything but have inbound phone calls coming across it and could 
serve as a backup in case their WISP decided to take a vacation during 
the busy season and the wireless goes down. :)


  J'O - if you have wireless to all his locations now - - you could knock 
out those lohg distance charges to day by carrying his traffic across 
your network. Of course there would be a little ole small fee for that 
eh? :)


Holler if we can help

Mac Dearman
Maximum Access, LLC.
Authorized Barracuda Reseller
MikroTik RouterOS Certified
www.inetsouth.com
www.mac-tel.us
www.RadioResponse.org (Katrina Relief)
Rayville, La.
318.728.8600
318.303.4228
318.303.4229





- Original Message - From: "Rick Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "WISPA General List" 
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 6:11 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] VoIP/PBX Gateway appliance




the problem is, Johnny's in an area where his local C.O. isn't tapped by 
the major LNP-able VOIP or Voice guys.  No one, and I've looked and 
spoken to many, has 337-774 portable...


JohnnyO wrote:


Ok -

#1 - This customer has had the same phone # at this location for 20+ 
years - They do over 17million per year in volume out of this location. 
It's a fuel dock. They rely heavily on inbound calls for generating 
this.


#2 - The customer will not change their phone # - This is NOT an option

#3 - This company does a total of 90+ million / year in revenue and as 
their internet provider - I will not chance losing their accounts.


#4 - I think it's absolutely stupid and a waste of time for them to 
have to dial 337-774- to be able to call the same number by dialing 
774-. I know that this can be worked around with the dialing 
features.


I have no issues with an asterisk solution - I have the equipment 
on-hand and am currently working with Butch Evans to get this setup. At 
this point in time - The only thing I can do is to bring in POTS lines 
to make this work so we can terminate their phone #s at our office.


I am looking for an out of the box appliance that will do this as well. 
I have other clients wanting to come onboard for the hosted PBX aspects 
and VoIP advantages also.


JohnnyO

On Sun, 2006-03-05 at 00:07 -0600, Joe Laura wrote:

Johnny, Im a little confused as to why you do not think this is 
doable. Send me the specific needs for the client and I think we can 
make this happen. You do have wireless to all of these clients right? 
BTW, What do you have against an Asterisk solution?




Superior Wireless
New Orleans,La.
www.superior1.com 




- Original Message -
*From:* JohnnyO 
*To:* Mac Dearman 
*Cc:* WISPA General List 
*Sent:* Saturday, March 04, 2006 11:45 PM
*Subject:* Re: [WISPA] VoIP/PBX Gateway appliance


Mac - as I stated - None of these #s are local. Which means their
office 7 miles away woul

[WISPA] How is this for a wireless discription?

[Victoria]

 

http://www.stlbroadband.com/How_It_Works.htm

Victoria Proffer
www.StLouisBroadBand.com
314-974-5600

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[WISPA] FW: @!~!*!~SPAM~!*!~!*!~!@ Re: [fispa-members] Bellsouth Merger?

[Cliff Leboeuf]

The deal is done:

http://bellsouth.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=2827

AT&T, BellSouth to Merge
Combination Will Speed Innovation, Competition and Convergence

Note: AT&T Inc. will hold an analyst conference call to discuss the merger that 
will be broadcast live via the Internet at 10 a.m. EST on Monday, March 6, 
2006, at www.att.com/investor.relations or http://www.bellsouth.com/investor.

-- Natural combination of two leading wireline providers and joint owners of 
Cingular speeds progress in integrated wireless/wireline services
-- Substantial financial benefits for stockholders of both companies; an 
expected net present value of $18 billion in synergies resulting from a more 
than $2 billion annual run rate in synergies expected in 2008, growing to $3 
billion in 2010
-- Expect merger to be accretive to AT&T adjusted earnings per share in 2008, 
double-digit adjusted EPS growth in each of next three years (earnings adjusted 
for merger integration costs and amortization of intangibles) and significant 
growth in free cash flow after dividends in 2007 and 2008
-- AT&T’s board authorizes share repurchase of 400 million shares by end of 
2008; buy back of at least $10 billion in shares over next 22 months planned, 
with the majority in 2007
-- Merger will benefit customers and promote competition

SAN ANTONIO and ATLANTA (March 5, 2006)—AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and BellSouth 
Corporation (NYSE:BLS) announced today an agreement to merge the two companies, 
a combination that will create a more effective and efficient provider in the 
wireless, broadband, video, voice and data markets.

The merger will streamline the ownership and operations of Cingular Wireless, 
which is jointly owned by AT&T and BellSouth. The new company will be more 
innovative, nimble and efficient, providing benefits to customers by combining 
the Cingular, BellSouth and AT&T networks into a single fully integrated 
wireless and wireline Internet Protocol network offering a full range of 
advanced solutions.

As a result, the combined company will be better able to speed the convergence 
of new and improved services for consumers and businesses, and embrace the 
industry’s shift to Internet Protocol network-based technologies.

“Logical Next Step That Creates Substantial Value”

“This merger is a logical next step that creates substantial value for 
customers and stockholders of both AT&T and BellSouth,” said AT&T Chairman 
and CEO Edward E. Whitacre Jr. “It will benefit customers through new 
services and expanded service capabilities. It will strengthen Cingular through 
unified ownership and a single brand. And we are confident that this is a 
merger we can execute, based on our track record with previous integrations and 
our experience working closely with BellSouth to create and build Cingular 
Wireless, and operate Yellowpages.com.

“This transaction combines two solid, very well-run companies,” Whitacre 
added. “BellSouth operates in an attractive region with a growing economy. It 
has great employees and an outstanding network, with fiber optics deeply 
deployed in its service area. It has a strong record in terms of customer 
service and a sound, conservative balance sheet. These strengths, added to 
those of AT&T, will improve our ability to provide innovative services to more 
customers while returning substantial value to our owners and improving our 
growth profile.”

“Technology changes and convergence are shaping a new competitive dynamic and 
creating tremendous opportunity,” said Duane Ackerman, chairman and CEO of 
BellSouth. “We’re creating a company with much better capabilities to seize 
these opportunities while maintaining its strong focus on customer service and 
community involvement.

“This was the right time for this merger,” said Ackerman. “This 
combination is good for our employees, our customers and our stockholders.”

AT&T has committed to continue BellSouth’s historic levels of charitable 
contributions and community activities, including the continued funding of 
charitable activities and economic development and education initiatives 
throughout BellSouth’s nine state area.

“Our focus is on providing great service and innovative, competitively priced 
products for consumers and businesses throughout the Southeast, the nation and 
the world,” said Whitacre. “Together, we will lead the way into a new era 
of converged and bundled communications, video and entertainment services while 
also improving our ability to manage complex networks.”

Customer Benefits

Consumers seeking a real alternative to cable monopolies should see faster and 
more economical deployment of next-generation IP television networks and 
similar services as a result of AT&T’s groundbreaking entry into IPTV and the 
unparalleled research and development work at AT&T Labs, coupled with 
BellSouth’s extensive deployment of fiber networks for DSL and other 
bro

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[Butch Evans]

Consumers seeking a real alternative to cable monopolies should ...

 
This has to be the funniest thing I have EVER read.  The newest 
(still growing) behemouth is calling someone ELSE a monopoly?  Give 
me a break!


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Re: [WISPA] How is this for a wireless discription?

[JohnnyO]

H - personally I don't like it but the end users may love it. Looks like someone spent a great deal of time on this and I commend them for that. Unfortunately - here the people would look at that picture and get confused and baffled and then we'd end up with double the questions during our explanation ! 

JohnnyO

On Sun, 2006-03-05 at 17:35 -0600, Victoria wrote:


 
http://www.stlbroadband.com/How_It_Works.htm

Victoria Proffer
www.StLouisBroadBand.com
314-974-5600





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[WISPA] Canopy Site, off-power-grid

[Rick Smith]

Need to install a short tower as a relay on a mountaintop, no power 
within 3/4 mile.


Anyone done battery / generator sites with one Canopy AP, one Canopy SM 
and a router, like Mikrotik in between ?


This is in NJ, not too good an environment for solar I imagine, although 
we'll be on a real high hill top (1250' elev) for this area...


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