I'm a bit displeased at the way this happened. I received an email from VoicePulse. Here's some excerpts: ------------------>We're sending you this important update so you can take advantage ofimprovements we've>been making to your VoicePulse Connect! service.>We've been working hard on improving the audio quality and reliabilityof your Connect!>service, and this notice contains important information aboutconfiguration changes you'll>need to make to maximize your performance. > >[...]> >DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE >-------------------------------------------------------- >New switches have been added to handle IAX2 TERMINATION. The purposeof this change>is to provide customers with the ability to use all of the latest audiocodecs available>in Asterisk's stable CVS branch, and to provide additional redundancyfor terminating calls.> >Some key points regarding this change are: > >- The new switches listed below are the latest stable branch ofAsterisk>- The previous method for terminating IAX2 calls using Connect! willcease to be available> at midnight (GMT) on August 15th, 2004. >- We recommend all customers using Connect! for IAX2 termination beginusing the new> configuration immediately.--------------------- Note "The previous method for terminating IAX2 calls using Connect! will cease to be available at midnight (GMT) on August 15th, 2004." The message I got was at 1:51 AM EST. That means I was given negative 5 hours and 51 minutes to make this change. And even worse, my DIDs form them no longer work (sits as "Request Sent" forever....never actually registers). Just though I'd toss this one out there in case anyone else is having problems, or possibly didn't see/didn't get the email. Why, oh why is it so hard to find a stable DID in my area? (Philly) IConnectHere is flaky, VoicePulse....well, we've covered that, and NuFone, while rock solid and never giving me any problems, doesn't have their non-Michigan DID's available yet. And please....maybe I'm asking for too much, but any good DID provider should be able to call forward your DID to whatever number you choose on 1.) failure of their systems or 2.) loss of connectivity to the remote, no matter who's fault it is. This should be automatic, seamless, and the forwarding number should be changeable by the account holder on the fly. Daryl G. Jurbala BMPC Network Operations Tel (PA): +1 215 825 2107 x235 Tel (MI): +1 616 608 0004 x235 Tel (UK): +44 208 792 6813 x235 Fax: +1 215 862 9880 INOC-DBA: 26412*DGJ PGP Key: http://www.introspect.net/pgp
> > Note "The previous method for terminating IAX2 calls using Connect! > will > cease to be available at midnight (GMT) on August 15th, 2004." The > message I got was at 1:51 AM EST. That means I was given negative 5 > hours and 51 minutes to make this change. >Check your clock. It's still July. Andrew
daryl@introspect.net wrote (on Jul 15):> I'm a bit displeased at the way this happened. I received an email from > VoicePulse. Here's some excerpts:Hm, I've not seen that yet. It looks like good news to me!> Note "The previous method for terminating IAX2 calls using Connect! will > cease to be available at midnight (GMT) on August 15th, 2004." The > message I got was at 1:51 AM EST. That means I was given negative 5 > hours and 51 minutes to make this change.Erm. It's July right now. Not August. It's a month away. Chris. -- == chrisy@flirble.org
>Note "The previous method for terminating IAX2 calls using Connect! will >cease to be available at midnight (GMT) on August 15th, 2004." The >message I got was at 1:51 AM EST. That means I was given negative 5 >hours and 51 minutes to make this change. > > >Is it August yet?
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 daryl@introspect.net wrote:> > Note "The previous method for terminating IAX2 calls using Connect! will > cease to be available at midnight (GMT) on August 15th, 2004." The > message I got was at 1:51 AM EST. That means I was given negative 5 > hours and 51 minutes to make this change. >How did you get -5 hours? I make it 31 days! :-) Looks like the old system should still work for a month. Chris
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Chris Glover wrote:> On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 daryl@introspect.net wrote: > > > > Note "The previous method for terminating IAX2 calls using Connect! will > > cease to be available at midnight (GMT) on August 15th, 2004." The > > message I got was at 1:51 AM EST. That means I was given negative 5 > > hours and 51 minutes to make this change. > > > > How did you get -5 hours? I make it 31 days! :-)Different time zone ?? :)> > Looks like the old system should still work for a month. > > Chris > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of > Andrew Yager > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 10:31 AM > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse changes > > > > > Note "The previous method for terminating IAX2 calls using Connect! > > will > > cease to be available at midnight (GMT) on August 15th, 2004." The > > message I got was at 1:51 AM EST. That means I was given > negative 5 > > hours and 51 minutes to make this change. > > > > Check your clock. It's still July.Whoops....stupid one on my part. The combination of my neither termination or origination working, plus this message made me simply skim it. Anyhoo, it looks like the "old method" isn't working at all anyway. Switching to the new method for termination works....but I still don't have origination, and I've still waiting on hold (27 minutes and counting). Daryl
May want to think about adding this to your dial plan somewhere :-) exten => s,1,SayUnixTime(,,ABdYIMp) ken -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of daryl@introspect.net Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 9:24 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse changes I'm a bit displeased at the way this happened. I received an email from VoicePulse. Here's some excerpts: ------------------>We're sending you this important update so you can take advantage ofimprovements we've>been making to your VoicePulse Connect! service.>We've been working hard on improving the audio quality and reliabilityof your Connect!>service, and this notice contains important information aboutconfiguration changes you'll>need to make to maximize your performance. > >[...]> >DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE >-------------------------------------------------------- >New switches have been added to handle IAX2 TERMINATION. The purposeof this change>is to provide customers with the ability to use all of the latest audiocodecs available>in Asterisk's stable CVS branch, and to provide additional redundancyfor terminating calls.> >Some key points regarding this change are: > >- The new switches listed below are the latest stable branch ofAsterisk>- The previous method for terminating IAX2 calls using Connect! willcease to be available> at midnight (GMT) on August 15th, 2004. >- We recommend all customers using Connect! for IAX2 termination beginusing the new> configuration immediately.--------------------- Note "The previous method for terminating IAX2 calls using Connect! will cease to be available at midnight (GMT) on August 15th, 2004." The message I got was at 1:51 AM EST. That means I was given negative 5 hours and 51 minutes to make this change. And even worse, my DIDs form them no longer work (sits as "Request Sent" forever....never actually registers). Just though I'd toss this one out there in case anyone else is having problems, or possibly didn't see/didn't get the email. Why, oh why is it so hard to find a stable DID in my area? (Philly) IConnectHere is flaky, VoicePulse....well, we've covered that, and NuFone, while rock solid and never giving me any problems, doesn't have their non-Michigan DID's available yet. And please....maybe I'm asking for too much, but any good DID provider should be able to call forward your DID to whatever number you choose on 1.) failure of their systems or 2.) loss of connectivity to the remote, no matter who's fault it is. This should be automatic, seamless, and the forwarding number should be changeable by the account holder on the fly. Daryl G. Jurbala BMPC Network Operations Tel (PA): +1 215 825 2107 x235 Tel (MI): +1 616 608 0004 x235 Tel (UK): +44 208 792 6813 x235 Fax: +1 215 862 9880 INOC-DBA: 26412*DGJ PGP Key: http://www.introspect.net/pgp _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.718 / Virus Database: 474 - Release Date: 7/9/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.718 / Virus Database: 474 - Release Date: 7/9/2004
I started having problems with their IAX termination service last night. I couldn't make any outbound calls but could receive inbound. I made the changes to the configs that were e-mailed to me and now it is working fine. - Jason> I'm a bit displeased at the way this happened. I received an email from > VoicePulse. Here's some excerpts: > > ------------------ >>We're sending you this important update so you can take advantage of > improvements we've >>been making to your VoicePulse Connect! service. > >>We've been working hard on improving the audio quality and reliability > of your Connect! >>service, and this notice contains important information about > configuration changes you'll >>need to make to maximize your performance. >> >> > [...] >> >>DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE >>-------------------------------------------------------- >>New switches have been added to handle IAX2 TERMINATION. The purpose > of this change >>is to provide customers with the ability to use all of the latest audio > codecs available >>in Asterisk's stable CVS branch, and to provide additional redundancy > for terminating calls. >> >>Some key points regarding this change are: >> >>- The new switches listed below are the latest stable branch of > Asterisk >>- The previous method for terminating IAX2 calls using Connect! will > cease to be available >> at midnight (GMT) on August 15th, 2004. >>- We recommend all customers using Connect! for IAX2 termination begin > using the new >> configuration immediately. > > --------------------- > > Note "The previous method for terminating IAX2 calls using Connect! will > cease to be available at midnight (GMT) on August 15th, 2004." The > message I got was at 1:51 AM EST. That means I was given negative 5 > hours and 51 minutes to make this change. > > And even worse, my DIDs form them no longer work (sits as "Request Sent" > forever....never actually registers). > > Just though I'd toss this one out there in case anyone else is having > problems, or possibly didn't see/didn't get the email. > > Why, oh why is it so hard to find a stable DID in my area? (Philly) > IConnectHere is flaky, VoicePulse....well, we've covered that, and > NuFone, while rock solid and never giving me any problems, doesn't have > their non-Michigan DID's available yet. > > And please....maybe I'm asking for too much, but any good DID provider > should be able to call forward your DID to whatever number you choose on > 1.) failure of their systems or 2.) loss of connectivity to the remote, > no matter who's fault it is. This should be automatic, seamless, and > the forwarding number should be changeable by the account holder on the > fly. > > Daryl G. Jurbala > BMPC Network Operations > Tel (PA): +1 215 825 2107 x235 > Tel (MI): +1 616 608 0004 x235 > Tel (UK): +44 208 792 6813 x235 > Fax: +1 215 862 9880 > INOC-DBA: 26412*DGJ > > PGP Key: http://www.introspect.net/pgp > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of > Rich Adamson > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 12:26 PM > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse changes >[...]> You should be far more disturbed with their comment about "stable" > then with the rest of their email. Its a known fact that a > substantial number of 'fixes' have been made to Head and not > to Stable, and that's backed by a fair number of developers > including Mark.Yes, yes...don't get me started. But I'm sure you can understand how not having working origination takes a bit of priority over their choice of version. FYI, origination magically started working aging about 45 minutes ago. Daryl
Welcome back to July. How's the future? There's one rather reliable, albeit not very popular provider with DIDs in the Philly area: Vonage. Their softphone service works without problems on my asterisk system, even allowing for multiple simultaneous incoming calls, eliminating the need for hunting (but shh, don't tell'em, or they may turn it off). Pricing isn't too terrible either -- $10/monthly gets you 500 minutes (2c/minute), after that it's... Dunno, never went over. The only gotcha is that you can't get a softline without an ATA-driven line, so unless you want to waste an FXO port on them, you're in for $15/month for that (maybe use at home?). They do provide fail-over forwarding, called "Network Availability Number".> -----Original Message----- > From: daryl@introspect.net [mailto:daryl@introspect.net] > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 9:24 AM > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse changes > > Why, oh why is it so hard to find a stable DID in my area? > (Philly) IConnectHere is flaky, VoicePulse....well, we've > covered that, and NuFone, while rock solid and never giving > me any problems, doesn't have their non-Michigan DID's available yet. > > And please....maybe I'm asking for too much, but any good DID > provider should be able to call forward your DID to whatever > number you choose on > 1.) failure of their systems or 2.) loss of connectivity to > the remote, no matter who's fault it is. This should be > automatic, seamless, and the forwarding number should be > changeable by the account holder on the fly.
Remco Barende wrote:> On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Chris Glover wrote: > > >>On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 daryl@introspect.net wrote: >> >>>Note "The previous method for terminating IAX2 calls using Connect! will >>>cease to be available at midnight (GMT) on August 15th, 2004." The >>>message I got was at 1:51 AM EST. That means I was given negative 5 >>>hours and 51 minutes to make this change. >>> >> >>How did you get -5 hours? I make it 31 days! :-) > > > Different time zone ?? :) > > >Maybe if you circle the globe enough times, crossing the international date line each time, of course, it would be possible to get to August 15th yesterday ;-) SRB
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 15 July 2004 10:50 am, Remco Barende wrote:> On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Chris Glover wrote: > > On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 daryl@introspect.net wrote: > > > Note "The previous method for terminating IAX2 calls using Connect! > > > will cease to be available at midnight (GMT) on August 15th, 2004." > > > The message I got was at 1:51 AM EST. That means I was given negative > > > 5 hours and 51 minutes to make this change. > > > > How did you get -5 hours? I make it 31 days! :-) > > Different time zone ?? :)Twilight Zone? Hehe, not that I have ever made that mistake... : ) - -- Steve "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA9sp2ljK16xgETzkRAnkqAJ4odIR7Yzr1K1RxEjWpzeBqBLR6zgCeNkPm sDPQdnimMbdpoEVzd4FIMns=6+7L -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
+3, Funny> -----Original Message----- > Maybe if you circle the globe enough times, crossing the > international > date line each time, of course, it would be possible to get to August > 15th yesterday ;-) > > SRB
> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Jay Milk > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 1:00 PM > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse changes > > Welcome back to July. How's the future? > > There's one rather reliable, albeit not very popular provider > with DIDs in the Philly area: Vonage. Their softphone[...] I, as well as almost everyone else on this list, is very well aware of Vonage. As soon as they start officially supporting Asterisk and specify things like whether you can have concurrent inbound calls without additional charge, calls rolling over, etc it just might be a viable option. No, my Asterisk installation is not in my basement being used as a glorified answering machine. People who use these things for actual business systems need more than "I played around with <x> and got <y> to work! Cool! Maybe it will even keep working if <x> doesn't decide to change it or start charging me, etc." For now, that leaves people in my position paying for PRIs or POTS lines just to be sure. Daryl
the message arrived here some hours after calls through them stopped working. not very professional. there should have been considerable, like multiple days, of overlap. think about the customers who are out of reach of configuring their * server but still rely on the service. randy
> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Randy Bush > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 3:35 PM > To: daryl@introspect.net > Cc: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Re: VoicePulse changes > > the message arrived here some hours after calls through them > stopped working. not very professional. there should have > been considerable, like multiple days, of overlap. think > about the customers who are out of reach of configuring their > * server but still rely on the service.The message says AUGUST 15th. This is JULY. AUGUST *follows* JULY concurrently/serially. Your current outage is *unrelated* to the email you got. Mike :)
> > -----Original Message----- > > From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com > > [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of > Randy Bush > > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 3:35 PM > > To: daryl@introspect.net > > Cc: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Re: VoicePulse changes > > > > the message arrived here some hours after calls through > them stopped > > working. not very professional. there should have been > considerable, > > like multiple days, of overlap. think about the customers > who are out > > of reach of configuring their > > * server but still rely on the service. > > The message says AUGUST 15th. This is JULY. AUGUST > *follows* JULY concurrently/serially.Yeah...that's believable. Mike, wake up....they made changes, the broke things. While they obviously "tried" to give everyone a month's notice, it just didn't work out that way. While the old config still works (now), I find it difficult to believe that the two events were not related. Especially when it "automagically fixed itself". Also like that I call in and get the automated status report, which reports everythig fine, yet still wait on hold for over 45 minutes, and find out that they actually already DO know that there is a problem. None of it struck me as particularly professional. If there is someone from Voicepulse here, feel free to stand up for youself and tell us your side of things. From here it's not looking too good. Daryl