asterisk users - Jan 2013 - Verizon SIP "trunking" Field Trial

All,

We are in the process of trying to setup our network to use Verizon's SIP
"trunking" product.  They say that since Asterisk is not on their
certified list of approved devices, we need to go through a field trial to get
it approved before allowing us to use their service.

Where we are at is getting the design approved.  We are trying to watch our
budget at the same time.  We have used other providers without any issues with
our current setup but it seems that Verizon has their own standards when it
comes to this and they don't seem very keen on linux and open source.  Yet,
they are willing to work with us and want to see the field trial succeed instead
of being rejected from another group within Verizon who will have to approve the
final design.

Has anyone in the community had experience with Verizon and their SIP product? 
Were you able to get through the field trial successfully?

What was the design that you used to get Asterisk certified with Verizon's
network?

Where I am at is that they want us to use an SBC.  One engineer asked about
Cisco Call Manager.  I told them that basically if I can accomplish the same
thing with a Linux box (routing box and sip proxy box) without having to spend
money on SBCs or expensive Cisco gear, that is the route we would like to go. 
We are looking at the possibility of handling 140 concurrent calls... that is
what they are designing on their end as well.

So, I am asking the community for any input.  I have read on here and seen on
IRC that some in the community are successfully using Asterisk with Verizon SIP.
Verizon was going to check and see if they have any notes about that and those
particular setups.  Can anyone help share any information or tidbits on how they
were able to sucessfully work with Verizon?

Thanks,

-- 
Michael L. Young

On 3 Jan 2013, at 15:13, Michael L. Young wrote:
> So, I am asking the community for any input.  I have read on here and seen
on IRC that some in the community are successfully using Asterisk with Verizon
SIP.  Verizon was going to check and see if they have any notes about that and
those particular setups.  Can anyone help share any information or tidbits on
how they were able to sucessfully work with Verizon?
I *think* Verizon require IPSEC for the signalling, so it may be worth reading
up on configuring IPSEC in Linux (or acquiring additional hardware) whilst
you're looking at the Asterisk part. This could have just been for a
specific product / contract or something, I don't recall the details
exactly.

S

On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:13 AM, Michael L. Young <myoung at acsacc.com>
wrote:
>
> Where I am at is that they want us to use an SBC.  One engineer asked
> about Cisco Call Manager.  I told them that basically if I can accomplish
> the same thing with a Linux box (routing box and sip proxy box) without
> having to spend money on SBCs or expensive Cisco gear, that is the route we
> would like to go.  We are looking at the possibility of handling 140
> concurrent calls... that is what they are designing on their end as well.
>
> So, I am asking the community for any input.  I have read on here and seen
> on IRC that some in the community are successfully using Asterisk with
> Verizon SIP.  Verizon was going to check and see if they have any notes
> about that and those particular setups.  Can anyone help share any
> information or tidbits on how they were able to sucessfully work with
> Verizon?
>
It may be too late for this, but in working with another RBOC who didn't
want to deal with Asterisk, I just asked what they do support, and modified
the headers sent by Asterisk to claim that it was one of the devices on
that list.  Done.

-- 
Carlos Alvarez
TelEvolve
602-889-3003
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