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kellenw
join:2003-11-20
Kansas City, MO | SIP Trunk Quote Request I am seeking a 3 or 4 concurrent call SIP trunk in the 816 or 913 (Kansas City Metro only) area code. I'm looking for "unlimited" local and long distance and the ability to use a custom ANI (outgoing caller id). | |
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RockyBB
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join:2005-01-31
Longmont, CO
| Re: SIP Trunk Quote Request you'll need to define what "unlimited" means to you. realize that a SIP trunk provider will pay at least $.005 per minute to upline carriers for your traffic, so do that math first. for the custom outgoing caller ID number, would you want to define that on a call by call basis, or the same number on every call. how many call attempts per minute do you expect? clarify if you need incoming service. | |
| | kellenw
join:2003-11-20
Kansas City, MO
| Re: SIP Trunk Quote Request RockyBB -
Unlimited local (no cap) is a must. LD could potentially be a large block of minutes, plus low per minute charge over the block.
Ideally, I'd like the ability to send outgoing caller ID on the fly for each call, but if the price is right I could possibly settle on a static custom ID. | |
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RockyBB
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join:2005-01-31
Longmont, CO
| Re: SIP Trunk Quote Request said by kellenw  :Unlimited local (no cap) is a must. LD could potentially be a large block of minutes, plus low per minute charge over the block. How many minutes per month of long distance total all trunks do you expect? I failed the mind reading class at telecom skool. what about inbound? how many call attempts per minute? | |
| | | | kellenw
join:2003-11-20
Kansas City, MO
| Re: SIP Trunk Quote Request said by RockyBB :How many minutes per month of long distance total all trunks do you expect? I failed the mind reading class at telecom skool. what about inbound? how many call attempts per minute? RockyBB -
At first the outgoing LD minutes will be quite low, but it will expand as we add a couple of service areas to this location. This is a new project for this company, so there is really no data I can use for projecting usage. As I failed crystal ball reading at business school, I'm unsure what those outgoing minutes will be.  Some flexibility in the plan would help here. Initially, I doubt they'll use more than 2000 outgoing LD minutes per month. Within a few months it could go to 10,000, who knows.
Inbound is not even needed as I have an unmetered inbound provider already. If the trunk supports inbound that's fine though, as it would just serve as an extra backup/failover for that purpose. | |
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RockyBB
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join:2005-01-31
Longmont, CO
| Re: SIP Trunk Quote Request Carriers have only one product in their bag, and can only tell you what they've got. Agents have several bags, so we try to drill down to what you need.
To get you started I'll suggest trunks @ $29/month ($25 activation charge/trunk), 1 call per trunk. Unlimited local, 3,000 minutes of LD per trunk (reconciled on an account level basis). Overage at 1.9¢/minute, though it might be cheaper to just add trunks (1526 overage minutes is breakeven to add another trunk). If your system can do outgoing caller ID on a call by call basis, it can be supported only if the numbers are provided by the carrier ($1/month per number + $5 setup). Inbound is free, and port-ins are free, so let the other guy be the backup (though I don't know how to backup an inbound TN).
What are you using for IP?
Once your application gets booming, or if your company has other projects and has other traffic to add to the pot, check out my other posting... »SIP long distance plan for enterprise IP-PBX | |
| | | | | | kellenw
join:2003-11-20
Kansas City, MO
| Re: SIP Trunk Quote Request RockyBB -
Will this service support multiple "trunks" on a single SIP registration? This particular IP PBX license is quite limited to the number of ITSP and gateway registrations it will allow.
IP transport is via T1 (PBX has its own public IP), soon fiber, and a DSL backup.
The inability to use a custom outgoing caller id outside of the numbers they provide is probably a killer for this project however. This system is being set up as an after hours support system, and the company needs outgoing caller id to be based on the office the customer would normally call during the day (for recognition by customer, and so they don't call back using caller id into the after hours system during the day). I have the ability to assign outgoing caller id at the IP PBX level using SIP commands out to the ITSP. I can do it by agent, by agent group, by individual call, by dial plan, etc... and the company wants this ability. | |
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RockyBB
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join:2005-01-31
Longmont, CO | Re: SIP Trunk Quote Request so I'll work on a Plan B for you. standby... | |
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RockyBB
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join:2005-01-31
Longmont, CO | I've got a Plan B carrier, wanting to know what phone system you're intending to use... tell me software version if you know it. | |
| | kellenw
join:2003-11-20
Kansas City, MO | Re: SIP Trunk Quote Request PBXNSIP, current version. | |
| bandwidthkiw
join:2008-03-12
Cary, NC
| Would like to help you with this and happen to know one of the approved SIP providers with your PBX pretty well
Hit me up at bandwidthkiwi at gmail.com if you like
No set up fee on the trunks - you can manipulate CID - can match $29/month no worries at all
Cheers | |
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