Does anyone know what happens if you try to have 5 concurrent outgoing channels with VoicePulse Connect? Does it give you an error message or a reorder or something? I'm worried about using them as my primary carrier if this is the case. I noticed that they supposedly only allow 4 channels for free and then you have to pay $20 a month extra per channel. I'm guessing this is for inbound and outbound channels. If you wanted to be able to have 8 concurrent channels then this could get costly. Too costly in my opinion. I mean....that seems like a LOT to me, when you can go with other providers who don't limit you to 4 channels, like Voxee, NuFone or SixTel, for around the same price. I can understand the channel restrictions for inbound calls, but not for outbound calls. VoicePulse, I know you read these lists! You should be able to provide us VoicePulse Connect users with more than 4 concurrent channels for free! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20061015/c03de41c/attachment.htm
I use myphonecompany.com. They have DID's for $5.00 a month and they
'let you' use 2 channels for per did (you can use more but they dont
like it if you abuse it). I had a client that needed 4 concurent channels so
they told him to just purchase 2 did's. So if you need 8 concurent incoming
channels it will cost you a total of $20.00 for inbound services :)
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From: Nate Kapi
To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 7:13 AM
Subject: [asterisk-users] VoicePulse Connect 4 Channel Limit?
Does anyone know what happens if you try to have 5 concurrent outgoing
channels with VoicePulse Connect? Does it give you an error message or a reorder
or something? I'm worried about using them as my primary carrier if this is
the case.
I noticed that they supposedly only allow 4 channels for free and then you
have to pay $20 a month extra per channel. I'm guessing this is for inbound
and outbound channels. If you wanted to be able to have 8 concurrent channels
then this could get costly. Too costly in my opinion. I mean....that seems like
a LOT to me, when you can go with other providers who don't limit you to 4
channels, like Voxee, NuFone or SixTel, for around the same price. I can
understand the channel restrictions for inbound calls, but not for outbound
calls.
VoicePulse, I know you read these lists! You should be able to provide us
VoicePulse Connect users with more than 4 concurrent channels for free!
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voipstreet allows 20 concurrent calls. On 10/16/06, Nate Kapi <natekapi@gmail.com> wrote:> Does anyone know what happens if you try to have 5 concurrent outgoing > channels with VoicePulse Connect? Does it give you an error message or a > reorder or something? I'm worried about using them as my primary carrier if > this is the case. >
Andrew Joakimsen
2006-Oct-22 13:28 UTC
[asterisk-users] VoicePulse Connect 4 Channel Limit?
I would worry about using Voicepulse as your primary provider, even if they didn't impose their draconian policies. You could have 20 numbers paying $220/month in your account and you still get only four calls,. However if you were to open 20 voicepulse connect accounts and put one number on each, you would still pay the same $220/month however you could get up to EIGHTY -- thats 20 times more! -- for the SAME EXACT PRICES Also VoicePulse DOES NOT use Tier 1 providers. We notice every week or so during peak hours a very bad degrigation of the voice quality. If you have an IVR and call it from a landline, it will sound like crap. It's the quality of service you would expect from a free provider. Aggrivated to this, when you contact them they try to blame YOU for their issues. They told me I HAD to run PingPlotter (a WINDOWS program, besides the fact this is "VoicePulse Connect for Asterisk" and "Asterisk" is software for Linux) which was not possible on a co-located machine. Also we ported a bunch of phone numbers and the DTMF does not work. If you dial "5551212" VoicePulse might recognise and pass to us "55112" and again instead of trying to troubleshoot the issue (from the SAME phone it always produced CONSISTANT behavior -- the ported number does not accet DTMF correctly, assigned # work!) they blame us and the phones we use. I went as far as going to Sprint PCS store and EVERY CDMA phone in the store would produce the same result! In the end, don't bother with VoicePulse. The quality of the service and the support and just the treatment you get is not worth the price. For $11/month per number and their draconian channels and also billing policy (I wont even get into that) I expect a PREMIUM service and they deliver something about par for a free service. Here's some typical behavior from their servers: ug 24 14:55:48 NOTICE[13944]: chan_iax2.c:7813 iax2_poke_noanswer: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 71 Aug 24 14:55:59 NOTICE[13944]: chan_iax2.c:7145 socket_read: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now REACHABLE! Time: 1059 Aug 24 15:11:05 NOTICE[13944]: chan_iax2.c:7813 iax2_poke_noanswer: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 40 Aug 24 15:11:15 NOTICE[13944]: chan_iax2.c:7145 socket_read: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now REACHABLE! Time: 49 Aug 21 15:33:08 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 39 Aug 21 15:33:18 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now REACHABLE! Time: 43 Aug 22 13:40:41 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 45 Aug 22 13:40:52 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now REACHABLE! Time: 1064 Aug 22 16:57:15 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 41 Aug 22 16:57:25 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now REACHABLE! Time: 43 Aug 23 11:02:36 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 43 Aug 23 11:03:49 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse02' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 37 Aug 23 11:08:19 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse02' is now REACHABLE! Time: 39 Aug 23 11:08:26 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now REACHABLE! Time: 39 Aug 23 11:16:31 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 46 Aug 23 12:10:25 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now REACHABLE! Time: 1246 Aug 23 14:01:37 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 45 Aug 23 14:04:27 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now REACHABLE! Time: 258 Aug 23 15:28:36 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 44 Aug 23 15:28:37 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse02' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 39 Aug 23 15:31:27 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now REACHABLE! Time: 41 Aug 23 15:31:27 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse02' is now REACHABLE! Time: 56 Aug 23 15:40:31 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse02' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 40 Aug 23 15:43:31 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 43 Aug 23 15:49:42 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now REACHABLE! Time: 42 Aug 23 15:57:22 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse02' is now REACHABLE! Time: 40 Aug 23 16:37:49 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 44 Aug 23 16:38:00 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now REACHABLE! Time: 48 Aug 23 17:31:07 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 43 Aug 23 17:32:17 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now REACHABLE! Time: 42 Aug 23 17:34:21 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 42 Aug 23 17:34:31 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse02' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 40 Aug 23 17:36:01 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse02' is now REACHABLE! Time: 39 Aug 23 17:36:11 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now REACHABLE! Time: 42 Aug 23 17:42:15 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 41 Aug 23 17:46:46 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now REACHABLE! Time: 97 Aug 23 17:57:50 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 40 Aug 23 17:58:40 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now REACHABLE! Time: 42 Aug 23 17:59:44 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 42 Aug 23 17:59:55 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now REACHABLE! Time: 39 Aug 24 11:37:25 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 49 Aug 24 11:37:35 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now REACHABLE! Time: 43 Aug 24 13:16:08 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 50 Aug 24 13:16:19 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now REACHABLE! Time: 53 Aug 24 13:58:49 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 1062 Aug 24 13:58:59 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now REACHABLE! Time: 46 Aug 24 14:19:09 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 49 Aug 24 14:19:39 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now REACHABLE! Time: 56 Aug 24 14:55:48 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 71 Aug 24 14:55:59 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now REACHABLE! Time: 1059 Aug 24 15:11:05 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now UNREACHABLE! Time: 40 Aug 24 15:11:15 NOTICE[13944] chan_iax2.c: Peer 'voicepulse01' is now REACHABLE! Time: 49 TWENTY PERCENT PACKET LOSS at their ISP's edge router! root@schult [/usr/src/mtr-0.71]# mtr connect01.voicepulse.com -r -c 5 HOST LOSS RCVD SENT BEST AVG WORST a1.72.5746.static.theplanet.com 0% 5 5 0.50 3.52 14.48 gi3-8.dsr02.dllstx4.theplanet.com 0% 5 5 0.34 0.69 1.85 vl42.dsr01.dllstx3.theplanet.com 0% 5 5 0.49 0.61 0.71 ae1-0.ibr01.dllstx3.theplanet.com 0% 5 5 0.54 0.73 1.06 12.119.136.17 0% 5 5 0.62 0.68 0.73 tbr2-p011901.dlstx.ip.att.net 0% 5 5 40.12 40.49 41.26 tbr1-cl6.sl9mo.ip.att.net 0% 5 5 40.43 40.81 41.57 tbr1-cl4.wswdc.ip.att.net 0% 5 5 39.63 40.01 40.34 tbr2-cl27.wswdc.ip.att.net 0% 5 5 44.38 44.54 44.76 tbr2-cl15.n54ny.ip.att.net 0% 5 5 42.09 42.78 43.77 gar1-p390.nyzny.ip.att.net 0% 5 5 41.26 41.39 41.59 12.118.100.26 0% 5 5 44.21 44.52 44.89 man-core-12000-01-pos3-0.broadviewnet.net 0% 5 5 48.99 128.99 202.54 man-cust-6509-01-vlan2.broadviewnet.net 20% 4 5 43.98 44.18 44.27 static-64-115-116-26.isp.broadviewnet.net 0% 5 5 42.31 42.46 42.70 static-64-61-93-87.isp.broadviewnet.net 0% 5 5 41.92 42.67 43.94 On 10/16/06, Nate Kapi <natekapi@gmail.com> wrote:> Does anyone know what happens if you try to have 5 concurrent outgoing > channels with VoicePulse Connect? Does it give you an error message or a > reorder or something? I'm worried about using them as my primary carrier if > this is the case. > > I noticed that they supposedly only allow 4 channels for free and then you > have to pay $20 a month extra per channel. I'm guessing this is for inbound > and outbound channels. If you wanted to be able to have 8 concurrent > channels then this could get costly. Too costly in my opinion. I > mean....that seems like a LOT to me, when you can go with other providers > who don't limit you to 4 channels, like Voxee, NuFone or SixTel, for around > the same price. I can understand the channel restrictions for inbound calls, > but not for outbound calls. > > VoicePulse, I know you read these lists! You should be able to provide us > VoicePulse Connect users with more than 4 concurrent channels for free! > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > >