mlord
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Re: Google DNS versus ourssaid by wally_walrus:+1. Even though some / most models are "buggy" they are widely used, so efforts should be made to support them. +100 The PAP2T are very likely the most common "non locked" ATA devices out there, with their cousins the SPA-3102 also fairly prevalent. So it's not feasible to simply ignore them. Callcentric.com needs to do better. Meanwhile, anyone affected by this can just use a different DNS service, or run a copy of bind9 locally to relay from Teksavvy DNS without the issue of Teksavvy DNS. I just checked here, and my local bind9 service does return partial results just fine, but the stripped down DNS in my router does not. I imagine that folks running OpenWRT on their routers would have the option of adding bind9 service onto those, which would take care of it as well. Cheers |
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mlord
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2012-Oct-22 10:07 am
said by mlord:Meanwhile, anyone affected by this can just use a different DNS service, or run a copy of bind9 locally to relay from Teksavvy DNS without the issue of Teksavvy DNS. Or maybe TSI Gabe could channel the spirit of Teksavvy Past, and run bind9 on one server internally (doesn't need to be accessible outside of Teksavvy), and have it act as the authority for Callcentric.com for use by Teksavvy's public DNS servers. Hacky, and there are probably other similar/better workarounds that TSI Gabe could dream up. |
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TSI Gabe
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2012-Oct-22 10:43 am
Well jabley  is with me at NANOG and his reply here is what came out of the conversation we had. The reality here is that clearcable is knowingly serving a large RRSET that doesn't fit in a 512 byte buffer and they also know that this results in a half broken DNS reply when using a few well known ATAs. I've also talked to a few more people, some of them that work for TLDs and to be honest the opinion that I've heard loud and clear so far is what the heck is clearcable doing. By far the easiest way to fix this would be for clearcable to shorten the RRSET reply by using the various methods that jabley highlighted above. While I'm not against "fixing" this in the spirit of being nice. This issue is only specific to using certain ATAs on the clearcable service. |
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mlord
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mlord
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2012-Oct-22 10:52 am
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said by mlord:Callcentric.com needs to do better.
No, they don't. It's BYOD. You are responsible if you want to bring broken equipment to their service. If you want to use broken crap then you can support it. |
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Gabe, what I don't understand is how come they're not signing up for our TekTalk service?  |
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Marc,
When your prices and service are going to match Callcentric's I'll switch in an instant |
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TSI Marc
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TSI Marc
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2012-Oct-22 8:09 pm
What are you paying with them? |
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All PAYG for the last month:
Total: 289 min 0 min 141 min $5.5818 $0.0000 $5.5818 |
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TSI Marc
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TSI Marc
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2012-Oct-22 8:50 pm
What package are you getting from them? |
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No package at all - I pay by the minute (only for what I use), and - BEST THING - the balance never expires
Their rates are at callcentric.com |
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 nekoAll Hail Canada
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I'm on PAYG, too. About $5 every month.
Their back-end portal is fantastic with the call filtering options to prevent spam, re-route calls, free incoming/outgoing SIP, free voicemail. The list of features is outstanding.
My favorite feature is the call filtering. They even support wilcard numbers which add a granularity to the service that I find very useful.
They are rated as the best VOIP provider on DSLR. |
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I'm also on the pay as you go with CallCentric. I pay $1.95 for my DID, $1.50 for E911, and most calling is about $0.015 per minute. Most months costs me about $5. I prepay with paypal on my account usually $50 and lasts at least a year, so its also one more bill I dont have to think about. They will send me an email when the balance in my account is low.
Also, as others have mentioned, the customer portal is really good. The amount of options is great. Rarely do I get telemarketers or credit cards scams calling, but if they do, its only 30 seconds to add them to a block list. |
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Their website is lacking any functionality, products or ordering. They also have multiple 404 errors on their site. Not very promising at this point. Even though it's only 5$ they should still try and sell their product a bit better. |
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nekoAll Hail Canada
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neko
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2012-Oct-23 2:30 pm
Perhaps the problem is on your end, as their website is fully functional for me, & I assume others. |
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Guru
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2012-Oct-23 6:19 pm
So this thread has turned from DNS to VOIP now?
** Their website works perfectly fine for me too! |
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 Packet LossPacket Loss
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Guelph, ON
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said by OTIS3:I'm also on the pay as you go with CallCentric. I pay $1.95 for my DID, $1.50 for E911, and most calling is about $0.015 per minute. Most months costs me about $5. I prepay with paypal on my account usually $50 and lasts at least a year, so its also one more bill I dont have to think about. They will send me an email when the balance in my account is low.
Also, as others have mentioned, the customer portal is really good. The amount of options is great. Rarely do I get telemarketers or credit cards scams calling, but if they do, its only 30 seconds to add them to a block list.
I'm paying $30 per year on Nettalk... unlimited Canada and US including all 911 and voice record services, caller ID.. etc... |
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