Hello All, Anyone out there using ISDN PRI from either MCI or XO/Allegiance? Gotta make the choice today and the difference per month is only about $25 in favor of MCI. Billing is pretty much the same between the two so I have pretty much no point of reference on which to choose. Any thoughts from anyone experienced with these two compnies would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Wiley -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20050613/cd5fc25b/attachment.htm
Wiley Siler wrote:> Anyone out there using ISDN PRI from either MCI or XO/Allegiance?We have a DS-3 full of PRI from X/O. They work great, mostly, but their tech support sucks. They screw up number ports all the time and about every week there is some local number I can't dial to via XO which once I open a ticket mysteriously gets fixed without a good explanation. Eventually everything works, but you have to beat on them continously to get things done. Better than dealing with SBC though. David
I'm using an XO pri, and as long as you never change anything on the pri XO's not bad. Our experience is that if you chance anything on the PRI configuration they'll screw it up somehow (YMMV). One thing we have learned is that XO doesn't monitor our voice circuits, so if one of our PRI's goes down, we have to notify them almost immediately or they decommission it so the alert goes away. Paul Wiley Siler wrote:> Hello All, > > Anyone out there using ISDN PRI from either MCI or XO/Allegiance? > Gotta make the choice today and the difference per month is only about > $25 in favor of MCI. > > Billing is pretty much the same between the two so I have pretty much no > point of reference on which to choose. > Any thoughts from anyone experienced with these two compnies would be > greatly appreciated! > > Thanks, > Wiley > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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
Well, the fact that two negatives for XO and a positive for MCI all came at once says a lot to me. Interestingly enough their SLA reads... * 24/7/365 Network Monitoring and Service. If for some reason your network is having problems, the chances are XO will know about it before you do and respond before any problems become critical. Thanks! Wiley -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Paul Traue, Jr. Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 4:23 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] MCI vs. XO/Allegiance I'm using an XO pri, and as long as you never change anything on the pri XO's not bad. Our experience is that if you chance anything on the PRI configuration they'll screw it up somehow (YMMV). One thing we have learned is that XO doesn't monitor our voice circuits, so if one of our PRI's goes down, we have to notify them almost immediately or they decommission it so the alert goes away. Paul Wiley Siler wrote:> Hello All, > > Anyone out there using ISDN PRI from either MCI or XO/Allegiance? > Gotta make the choice today and the difference per month is only about> $25 in favor of MCI. > > Billing is pretty much the same between the two so I have pretty muchno> point of reference on which to choose. > Any thoughts from anyone experienced with these two compnies would be > greatly appreciated! > > Thanks, > Wiley > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------> > _______________________________________________ > 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_______________________________________________ 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
Let me throw another complaint against XO on the table. They actually shut off the wrong T1 and they transferred all of the DIDs to the T1 they shut off! how screwed up is that? We are now about 2 years later and their billing department still calls us every month for nonpayment of the T1 that they turned off. We also have 6 T1s through MCI, all long distance. They have been much better to deal with. MATT--- -----Original Message----- From: Wiley Siler [mailto:wsiler@education2020.com] Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 7:34 PM To: ptraue@neospire.net; Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] MCI vs. XO/Allegiance Well, the fact that two negatives for XO and a positive for MCI all came at once says a lot to me. Interestingly enough their SLA reads... * 24/7/365 Network Monitoring and Service. If for some reason your network is having problems, the chances are XO will know about it before you do and respond before any problems become critical. Thanks! Wiley -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Paul Traue, Jr. Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 4:23 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] MCI vs. XO/Allegiance I'm using an XO pri, and as long as you never change anything on the pri XO's not bad. Our experience is that if you chance anything on the PRI configuration they'll screw it up somehow (YMMV). One thing we have learned is that XO doesn't monitor our voice circuits, so if one of our PRI's goes down, we have to notify them almost immediately or they decommission it so the alert goes away. Paul Wiley Siler wrote:> Hello All, > > Anyone out there using ISDN PRI from either MCI or XO/Allegiance? > Gotta make the choice today and the difference per month is only about> $25 in favor of MCI. > > Billing is pretty much the same between the two so I have pretty muchno> point of reference on which to choose. > Any thoughts from anyone experienced with these two compnies would be > greatly appreciated! > > Thanks, > Wiley > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------> > _______________________________________________ > 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_______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
MCI vs. XO/Allegiancewe have been using XO/Allegiance for over 3 years and have
had no problems. I can't compare to MCI but we also had a sprint t1 that we
had to get remove due to them being bad in billing and also not very reliable
for faxing.
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Hello All,
Anyone out there using ISDN PRI from either MCI or XO/Allegiance?
Gotta make the choice today and the difference per month is only about $25 in
favor of MCI.
Billing is pretty much the same between the two so I have pretty much no point
of reference on which to choose.
Any thoughts from anyone experienced with these two compnies would be greatly
appreciated!
Thanks,
Wiley
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Sprint nevermore... I switched voer to Sprint a few years ago and they literally dropped service form under us. It was during that Sprint ION fiasco. They sold to me, installed, and literally terminated the service 10 days later. The whole time they were working the install for me, the other side of the company was going belly up. Poo poo on sprint... w ________________________________ From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Ariel Batista Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 5:31 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] MCI vs. XO/Allegiance we have been using XO/Allegiance for over 3 years and have had no problems. I can't compare to MCI but we also had a sprint t1 that we had to get remove due to them being bad in billing and also not very reliable for faxing. ----- Original Message ----- From: Wiley Siler <mailto:wsiler@education2020.com> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion <mailto:asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 6:59 PM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] MCI vs. XO/Allegiance Hello All, Anyone out there using ISDN PRI from either MCI or XO/Allegiance? Gotta make the choice today and the difference per month is only about $25 in favor of MCI. Billing is pretty much the same between the two so I have pretty much no point of reference on which to choose. Any thoughts from anyone experienced with these two compnies would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Wiley ________________________________ _______________________________________________ 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20050613/2765299d/attachment.htm
Sure. I thought it was going to be a great service and it was for about 10 days. The point is this. You are telling me that the whole time they were installing my circuit, no one knew that the demise of ION was imminent? How unscrupulous is that? To knowingly sell a service that is scheduled for death. I wish that they had stuck with it and made it work because it was nice while it lasted. However, I will never do business with Sprint again if I can help it. I wound up with a small office that had no internet connection until I begged to piggyback on a neighbor while I got another DSL line isntalled. That was just so so wrong... W ________________________________ From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Michael Graves Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 7:12 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] MCI vs. XO/Allegiance Yeah, but ION was a great service! I have it for year in my home office, the four line & two fixed IP version. What a deal. Way ahead of its time. When they cancelled the service the buyout of the contract basically covered everything that I had paid for the prior year. Michael --Original Message Text--- From: Wiley Siler Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 17:34:45 -0700 MCI vs. XO/Allegiance Sprint nevermore... I switched voer to Sprint a few years ago and they literally dropped service form under us. It was during that Sprint ION fiasco. They sold to me, installed, and literally terminated the service 10 days later. The whole time they were working the install for me, the other side of the company was going belly up. Poo poo on sprint... w From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Ariel Batista Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 5:31 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] MCI vs. XO/Allegiance we have been using XO/Allegiance for over 3 years and have had no problems. I can't compare to MCI but we also had a sprint t1 that we had to get remove due to them being bad in billing and also not very reliable for faxing. ----- Original Message ----- From: Wiley Siler To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 6:59 PM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] MCI vs. XO/Allegiance Hello All, Anyone out there using ISDN PRI from either MCI or XO/Allegiance? Gotta make the choice today and the difference per month is only about $25 in favor of MCI. Billing is pretty much the same between the two so I have pretty much no point of reference on which to choose. Any thoughts from anyone experienced with these two compnies would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Wiley _______________________________________________ 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 -- Michael Graves mgraves@pixelpower.com Sr. Product Specialist www.pixelpower.com Pixel Power Inc. mgraves@mstvp.com o713-861-4005 o800-905-6412 c713-201-1262 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20050614/8a57279c/attachment.htm