I have a client who could use some IVR ports. Consumers would call an =
800 number that would give them about 20 seconds of information based on =
ANI or manually entered phone number. There would be a practical max of =
4,000 calls per day. Opening volume would be around 200 - 300 per day. =
At launch, we would probably need 8 trunks. We would then add and =
adjust as we added client sites to the system.
The IVR server would need to have a database that we could update on a =
realtime basis. We could do that via (1) a web server and http 'gets' =
or (2) an ODBC connection or maybe something else. =20
Are you a 'Microsoft only' shop? All of our current sites and databases =
are linux based. Our favorite database, postgreSQL can compile and run =
on Windows, according to the pros, but I've never done it. =20
If this works out, we believe there is a HUGE market, assuming it's easy =
to get voice files (prompts) and IVR scripts installed and changed.
FYI, you usually get 100 DID numbers free with a PRI. That doesn't =
matter to us, since we will be 800-based, therefore not requiring local =
dial tone.
Let me hear from you.
Jim Kunkel
LAURCAT Technology Company
2707 Wadsworth
Houston TX 77015
281-457-3205
281-772-8578 cell
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Steve Radich=20
To: asterisk-dev@lists.digium.com=20
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Dev] Anyone interested in sharing PRI/T1 =
capacity in US (Virginia)?
I got quite a few responses; I'm going to just reply to the list for =
now as I'll be quite busy until about mid next week.
Our business in colo (really managed NT web servers more than colo) so =
this is outside the scope of what we do "officially". I'm open to =
either doing this on an informal relationship with some kind of term =
commitment from the partners (as we'll need to sign term commits on any =
capacity of lines, being 24 to a T1 and that's more than we need =
ourselves) or a more formal business relationship (i.e. profitable and =
support as well as SLA instead of an informal relationship, but support =
is probably better left to Digium than BitShop for Asterisk today). =20
I'm open to suggestions from anyone on how to do this. It looks like =
our costs come out to around $15/month per line if I'm not mistaken + =
cost of minutes. Bandwidth charges are probably not measurable amount. =
I don't have quotes yet on DID (?) numbers which I assume people will =
need instead of dialing into our number <grin>. I also don't fully =
understand how local calls work - do you pay per minute like long =
distance - One of our needs is local for cell phones?=20
I see this as more a grass-roots effort to help the Asterisk community =
more than a profit center; eventually we may want to turn this into =
profit for end users (otherwise we'd go broke if we didn't think about =
profits from time to time).=20
If anyone interested in this has some time to bring me up to speed on =
what the various T1/PRI differences are, and what kind of services we =
need to ask the phone company for a quote on I'm open to their feedback =
- I haven't had time yet to figure out exactly what we need in order to =
get a quote. If someone has an idea of who to talk to in order to order =
a voice T1 please let me know. I know AT&T, Deutsche Telecom, France =
Telecom, Japan Telecom, Qwest, RCN, SBC, SingTel (Singapore Telecom), =
Sprint, Teleglobe, Verizon, Ameritech, Cavalier Telecom, Cambrian =
Communications, Dominion Telecom, Dynegy, Global Crossing, Pacific Bell, =
Time Warner Telecom, Williams are all on-net in the facility our data =
center is in, I don't know if they offer voice here though and don't =
have contacts at most of these. As you can guess from this list of some =
of the vendors in our data center we're in a huge mega-colocation =
facility on the east coast.
Probably what would work best is meeting either online via IRC / AIM =
or just talking on the phone to go over this. If everyone wants to set =
a time I can sign into the Asterisk IRC room to discuss this one night =
this coming week - Maybe Thursday around 9pm EST (Just a suggestion, =
whenever is fine really).
Steve Radich - Colocation / Virtual Dedicated / Dedicated Servers=20
BitShop, Inc. - http://www.bitshop.com - $149/month colo special
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Steve,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have a client who could use some IVR =
ports. =20
Consumers would call an 800 number that would give them about 20 seconds =
of=20
information based on ANI or manually entered phone number. There =
would be=20
a practical max of 4,000 calls per day. Opening volume would be =
around 200=20
- 300 per day. At launch, we would probably need 8 trunks. =
We would=20
then add and adjust as we added client sites to the system.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The IVR server would need to have a =
database that=20
we could update on a realtime basis. We could do that via (1) a =
web server=20
and http 'gets' or (2) an ODBC connection or maybe something else. =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Are you a 'Microsoft only' shop? =
All of our=20
current sites and databases are linux based. Our favorite =
database,=20
postgreSQL can compile and run on Windows, according to the pros, but =
I've never=20
done it. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If this works out, we believe there is =
a HUGE=20
market, assuming it's easy to get voice files (prompts) and IVR scripts=20
installed and changed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>FYI, you usually get 100 DID numbers =
free with a=20
PRI. That doesn't matter to us, since we will be 800-based, =
therefore not=20
requiring local dial tone.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Let me hear from you.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Jim Kunkel</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>LAURCAT Technology Company</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2707 Wadsworth</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Houston TX =
77015</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>281-457-3205</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>281-772-8578 cell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Dstever@bitshop.com href=3D"mailto:stever@bitshop.com">Steve =
Radich</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
title=3Dasterisk-dev@lists.digium.com=20
=
href=3D"mailto:asterisk-dev@lists.digium.com">asterisk-dev@lists.digium.c=
om</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 29, 2003 =
7:28=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Asterisk-Dev] =
Anyone=20
interested in sharing PRI/T1 capacity in US (Virginia)?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=3DSection1>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I got quite a few =
responses; I'm=20
going to just reply to the list for now as I'll be quite busy until =
about mid=20
next week.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Our business in colo =
(really=20
managed NT web servers more than colo) so this is outside the scope of =
what we=20
do "officially". I'm open to either doing this on an informal=20
relationship with some kind of term commitment from the partners (as =
we'll=20
need to sign term commits on any capacity of lines, being 24 to a T1 =
and=20
that's more than we need ourselves) or a more formal business =
relationship=20
(i.e. profitable and support as well as SLA instead of an informal=20
relationship, but support is probably better left to Digium than=20
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">BitShop</SPAN></FONT><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"> for=20
Asterisk today). </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I'm open to suggestions =
from=20
anyone on how to do this. It looks like our costs come out to =
around=20
$15/month per line if I'm not mistaken + cost of minutes. Bandwidth =
charges=20
are probably not measurable amount. I don't have quotes yet on =
DID (?)=20
numbers which I assume people will need instead of dialing into our =
number=20
<grin>. I also don't fully understand how local calls work =
- do=20
you pay per minute like long distance - One of our needs is local for =
cell=20
phones? </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I see this as more a =
grass-roots=20
effort to help the Asterisk community more than a profit center; =
eventually we=20
may want to turn this into profit for end users (otherwise we'd go =
broke if we=20
didn't think about profits from time to time). </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If anyone interested in =
this has=20
some time to bring me up to speed on what the various T1/PRI =
differences are,=20
and what kind of services we need to ask the phone company for a quote =
on I'm=20
open to their feedback - I haven't had time yet to figure out exactly =
what we=20
need in order to get a quote. If someone has an idea of who to =
talk to=20
in order to order a voice T1 please let me know. I know =
AT&T,=20
Deutsche Telecom, France Telecom, Japan Telecom, Qwest, RCN, SBC, =
SingTel=20
(Singapore Telecom), Sprint, Teleglobe, Verizon, Ameritech, Cavalier =
Telecom,=20
Cambrian Communications, Dominion Telecom, Dynegy, Global Crossing, =
Pacific=20
Bell, Time Warner Telecom, Williams are all on-net in the facility our =
data=20
center is in, I don't know if they offer voice here though and don't =
have=20
contacts at most of these. As you can guess from this list of =
some of=20
the vendors in our data center we're in a huge mega-colocation =
facility on the=20
east coast.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Probably what would work =
best is=20
meeting either online via IRC / AIM or just talking on the phone to go =
over=20
this. If everyone wants to set a time I can sign into the =
Asterisk IRC=20
room to discuss this one night this coming week - Maybe Thursday =
around 9pm=20
EST (Just a suggestion, whenever is fine really).</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Steve Radich</SPAN></FONT> - Colocation / =
Virtual=20
Dedicated / Dedicated Servers <BR>BitShop, Inc. - <A=20
href=3D"http://www.bitshop.com/"><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt">http://www.bitshop.com</SPAN></FONT></A> - =
$149/month=20
colo special</P>
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