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PJIV
Premium
join:2004-07-13
Niagara Falls, NY
| Re: LNP - Packet8 to SunRocket sucess said by cbrain  :I called Packet8 today to terminate service. They answered quickly, agreed to cancel my service as of the last day of the May billing cycle, confirmed I was paid through that date and had no further obligation or money due. The rep did ask why I wanted to cancel and if there was anything P8 could do to keep my business. I hope you told him.... G7.11u that is why I left! | |
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| | vladl
join:2003-05-25
Princeton, NJ | Re: LNP - Packet8 to SunRocket sucess Just curious, what is so bad about G.729? | |
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voiplover
Premium
join:2004-05-28
Portsmouth, NH
 ·callwithus
·Axvoice
| Re: LNP - Packet8 to SunRocket sucess said by vladl :Just curious, what is so bad about G.729? I'm using G.729 with packet8 and ICH. (I'm using dta-310s with both) With ICH 90% of the time it is clearer than pots. With P8 it used to be and I think that it went down hill a bit when they went heavy with Level3 (just my guess). I do like the fact that with P8 the DTA is not used for call forwarding where some providers do have the call going through the device.
There is latency because the sip server has to do a little bit more work when connecting to pots but that 'should' have little to do with clarity.
My honest opinion of 729 is that it can be clearer than pots, sound like a cell phone, or be just terrible. I recommend trying a providers implement of that codec before taking the plunge.
It uses less bandwidth which can at times make all the difference in the world compared to 711. With Band width becoming bigger and cheaper for the consumer, I think that we will see more providers offering 711. | |
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join:2000-06-24
Potomac, MD | Re: LNP - Packet8 to SunRocket sucess CID name is not working for me. It's nice to see Packet8 allow porting numbers.
Does P8's using G.728 contribute to the lag? Why would a lower bandwidth CODEC lag more than G7.11u? | |
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| | | | rizzo2dial
Premium
join:2004-08-05
| Re: LNP - Packet8 to SunRocket sucess said by Liz :Does P8's using G.728 contribute to the lag? Why would a lower bandwidth CODEC lag more than G7.11u? Yes it does. Reason? It takes time to compress g729 data on the outbound and decompress it on the inbound.
g711, according to some, is an uncompressed codec (thus saving the compression/decompression time).
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georgepan
join:2005-05-09
Wesley Chapel, FL
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If you compare the two codecs side by side you'll notice a voice quality difference. My first VOIP was Packet 8 and I left because the voice quality wasn't what I was used to with my landline. Sunrocket, Vonage, Broadvoice and a host of other VOIPs use a codec that to most just sounds much better. | |
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Liz
join:2000-06-24
Potomac, MD
 ·Verizon FIOS
| said by cbrain :SunRocket completed the transfer of my Packet8 number this afternoon. The number was partially down less than 30 minutes. This number was assigned to me by Packet8 in September 2003. ... I understood you could not port a VoIP number. Has this changed? | |
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| JTY
join:2004-05-29
Ellensburg, WA
 ·Fairpoint Communic..
| Re: LNP - Packet8 to SunRocket sucess said by Liz :said by cbrain :SunRocket completed the transfer of my Packet8 number this afternoon. The number was partially down less than 30 minutes. This number was assigned to me by Packet8 in September 2003. ... I understood you could not port a VoIP number. Has this changed? It's luck of the draw. VoIP providers aren't required to let their numbers be ported. However, Packet8 has been pretty good about letting people do it. | |
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stephenju
Premium
join:2002-05-17
Bedford, MA
| Re: LNP - Packet8 to SunRocket sucess said by JTY :It's luck of the draw. VoIP providers aren't required to let their numbers be ported. However, Packet8 has been pretty good about letting people do it. I thought if the number is a ported one to begin with, they have to allow you to port it again? Or maybe I am making things up again.  | |
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yitz98
join:2003-05-06
ISRAEL
| said by Liz :I understood you could not port a VoIP number. Has this changed? I spoke to P8 on the phone the other day and they said it was not a problem to port to another company. | |
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Bebops
@rr.com
| I hope you have better luck than me with porting you P8 number over to SR. I have nothing but trouble with the ported number. Sometimes it work some time it doesn't. Sometimes people calling my old number would get routed to a different party or a busy signal. It been going on for the past few weeks. SR still could not find the problem as of now. I think I'm better off get rid of my old P8 number and use the new one from SR. Lucky SR allows two numbers, otherwise people calling me on the old P8 number will never get hold of me. | |
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join:2000-06-24
Potomac, MD
·Verizon FIOS
| Re: LNP - Packet8 to SunRocket sucess said by Bebops:
... I have nothing but trouble with the ported number. Sometimes it work some time it doesn't. Sometimes people calling my old number would get routed to a different party or a busy signal. It been going on for the past few weeks. SR still could not find the problem as of now. I think I'm better off get rid of my old P8 number and use the new one from SR. ... What is SunRocket doing to fix this? Do they have any ideas? Has this happened to anyone else? | |
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georgepan
join:2005-05-09
Wesley Chapel, FL
| I am not sure about Bebop's experience, but the number I ported was my original Verizon number. The port went smooth. The day of the port a GLOBAL CROSSINGS rep called me on my SR line to test that the port indeed worked. I had my Verizon line and my Verizon-to-SR port available for another day before my Verizon line went dead.
Bebop-
Who is your local provider? That's who is actually doing the port, not SR. Maybe they messed something up during the port switch? You could call GLOBAL CROSSINGS or FOCAL COMMUNICATIONS' tech support to see if they can get your ported number fixed. SR only provisions the port but your number actually belongs to one of the local providers. The lady who called me from GLOBAL CROSSINGS to test the line told me to call GLOBAL CROSSINGS if there was ever a problem related to the port itself. I never had to, but it would provide another tech support option in a number-porting case like yours. If you call SR they open a ticket and contact your local provider to see what went wrong, if you call that provider directly you may get an immediate fix from the actual source of the problem. | |
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| nedved2000
join:2001-06-28
Spring Valley, NY | Re: LNP - Packet8 to SunRocket sucess if the packet8 line still works for outbound calls even after the number is ported to sunrocket, when you cancel packet8, will the number stop working with sunrocket? | |
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raderator
join:2003-07-22
Conklin, NY | So they don't want the DTA-310 back? I just cancelled via email after 14 months and they said to send the DTA back or they would bill me $75. Maybe I should call them. | |
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join:2003-07-22
Conklin, NY
·PHONE POWER
| Re: LNP - Packet8 to SunRocket sucess said by cbrain :said by raderator :So they don't want the DTA-310 back? I just cancelled via email after 14 months and they said to send the DTA back or they would bill me $75. Maybe I should call them. Both reps looked at my account and said I had no obligation to return the DTA. I started in August 2003. The terms have changed many times. Call them and see. I did determine, with the help of BBR members, that calls from Packet8 to my ported number do not work. The calls do not ring my phone and get a busy signal on the callers end. I informed both Packet8 and SunRocket. I think it’s a routing issue on P8’s network. Anyone have any ideas? Just called P8 and quickly got a nice American girl who said I didn't have to send it back. Actually, that was the first time I've ever called them. I always did everything thru e-mail or came here to find out if there was an outage. | |
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join:2000-06-24
Potomac, MD
·Verizon FIOS
| Re: LNP - Packet8 to SunRocket sucess said by cbrain : ... I doubt Packet8 will ever receive an award for efficiency or follow through, but I never found them to be malicious. Just make sure to follow up with an email confirming your conversation. ... »[Packet8] Ported to SR and re-assigned the same number | |
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