asterisk users - May 2005 - Who knows where voicepulse has their asterisk servers?

I want to collocate an * box somewhere, where better than where voicepulse
chose to put their servers?

They probably did their homework and selected someplace where good handoff
to the pstn can be found, right/

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I want to collocate an * box somewhere, where better than where voicepulse
chose to put their servers?

They probably did their homework and selected someplace where good handoff
to the pstn can be found, right/

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InternetMarketingMan2001 wrote:
> I want to collocate an * box somewhere, where better than where voicepulse
> chose to put their servers?
> They probably did their homework and selected someplace where good handoff
> to the pstn can be found, right/
AFAIK, the voice path doesn't really need to follow the same path as the 
call signaling.
I assume they could have the media gateways really far from the Asterisk 
servers, would this make any difference in your plans ?
Anyone checked the source/destination for traffic going via voicepulse ?
For several destination DNs ?

InternetMarketingMan2001 wrote:
> I want to collocate an * box somewhere, where better than where 
> voicepulse chose to put their servers?
>
> They probably did their homework and selected someplace where good 
> handoff to the pstn can be found, right/
>
You want to coloc close to where YOU get the handoff. If you are getting 
pri's you want your interface hardware to be physically close to them. 
If you are getting all your traffic over IP, you want to be close 
network-wise(fewest hops) to the carrier/provider. In the latter case it 
would be ideal to have a LAN connection between your servers and the SIP 
gateways so you would want to coloc in the same data center. Anybody 
wanting to sell wholesale to you should wnat you to have the right 
information because it helps you to do more volume with them.

I could have phrased the question better.  If voicepulse, packet8, or vonage
hops onto a tdm network (pstn) in one place more than any other (because
they got a great rate on did and termination from a providers tdm network,
so it's just easier for them to terminate a majority of their minutes in one
carrier hotel than maintain their own gateways and contracts in many
latas...

where would that carrier hotel be, and who would be the clec handing them
tdm access and did's there?

A loaded question, but the answer's got to be useful for many of us here,
right?

If you look at the prices and plans page you will see that open access 
is $9.99/month. Last bill I have from them shows it at $4.99/month. My 
billing date is 2 days away. Anybody here that had it at $4.99 gotten a 
new bill with a new price?