| ManxPower | Um no, I use PRIs |
| etfonhomey | So, you never use SIP trunks? |
| ManxPower | I have a client with clinics and an administrative offices. I use fractional T-1s between offices with a PRI at the main office, then use QoS on the dedicated inter-office links, the asteirsk server at the main office and all polycom phones. Each office has a dedicated POTS line. |
| etfonhomey | Who do you get your PRI from, Bellsouth? |
| ManxPower | etfonhomey: The only time I would consider "sip trunks" is in a situation where I have enough PRI channels to handle normal traffic volume and then roll over to a SIP provider in the event of more calls than normal. etfonhomey: From XFone a CLEC |
| etfonhomey | I wonder if XFone is a CLEC for Louisville. |
| ManxPower | I don't like pain and customers with their main connection to the PSTN running over a DSL connection is pretty much the same as saying "Users please beat me up!" At me primary client pretty much all the department heads are constantly trying to take over the IT department because the IT department has the largest budget. If there are ANY phone problems they start circling like rabid wolves. The phones MUST work and they MUST work ALL THE TIME. |
| etfonhomey | ManxPower, do you use the POTS connection at the each office as a failover and/or 911 access? |
| ManxPower | We have a couple of red phones in each office directly connected to the fax line for emergency and 911 The T-1s go down like once per year or less so we don't worry about it too much |
| etfonhomey | ManxPower, is it XFone.com? |
| ManxPower | I assume so. The sales rep I have is one of the founders of I-55 (a company that was bought by XFone) and so I basically have the cell phone of a tech that is a VP and has access to their switch. |
| etfonhomey | ManxPower, I'd love to see your setup some time. |
| ManxPower | multiple setups. I do consulting |
| etfonhomey | ManxPower, I knew that, I meant the setup you were describing. |
| dweazle | etfonhomey: thanks for the input cya |
| mrdigital | whats the best music for on hold |
| Strom_M | disco records |
| mrdigital | disco records? |
| Strom_M | disco records |
| mrdigital | ok |
| etfonhomey | You know, 70's porn music. |
| action | toot twiddles his moustashe |
| toot | twiddles his moustashe |
| action | cpm chuckles |
| cpm | chuckles |
| etfonhomey | toot, have you had good luck with a SIP trunk over a DSL connection? Any others out there use a SIP trunk over a DSL connection? |
| gambolputty | Bananaphone by Raffi is the best music on hold. |
| joat | wasn't there a site that offered MP3's of porn theme music? |
| ManxPower | joat: just download pretty much any of the crappy electronica 8-) |
| bulle | gambolputty: i have bananaphone as my ring signal on my cellphone |
| ManxPower | joy. storms coming |
| gambolputty | I have Bananaphone as a ringtone too for one of my IP phones, sped up 40% of course. |
| ManxPower | I don't even know (or really care) what a "Banannaphone" ringtone is. |
| bulle | ManxPower: its the ringtone to have, it improves call quality by 25%! |
| ManxPower | I find that non-standard ringtones increase your chances of being killed by an angry mob by 25% |