asterisk users - Oct 2012 - Call Termination Provider Madness

If this is the wrong place to post this I'm sure someone will let me know.
:-)

I'm looking for a reliable, inexpensive call termination service
(SIP). The one I am presently with does not seem to know what IPs they
send inbound calls from, and it is maddening to keep up with the FW
changes necessary, not to mention the calls which are not connected.

Kind regards,
Chris

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Chris Nighswonger <
cnighswonger at foundations.edu> wrote:
> If this is the wrong place to post this I'm sure someone will let me
know.
> :-)
>
> I'm looking for a reliable, inexpensive call termination service
> (SIP). The one I am presently with does not seem to know what IPs they
> send inbound calls from, and it is maddening to keep up with the FW
> changes necessary, not to mention the calls which are not connected.
>
Your traffic level, number of concurrent calls, etc would help us know what
sort of carrier you should be talking to.

Also if you're constantly chasing IPs for RTP, you are the one doing it
wrong.  Is it SIP or RTP that's the problem in the firewall?

-- 
Carlos Alvarez
TelEvolve
602-889-3003
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On 2/10/12 6:51 pm, Carlos Alvarez wrote:
> Your traffic level, number of concurrent calls, etc would help us know what
> sort of carrier you should be talking to.
Equally important, your geographic location, and the geographic location 
to which most of your calls are made will be useful in helping list 
members advise you.

Kind regards,

Chris
-- 
This email is made from 100% recycled electrons

Op 03-10-12 15:08, Tim Nelson schreef:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> Have a look at your /etc/asterisk/rtp.conf file. In it you specify
>> the UDP portrange your asterisk will use for RTP traffic. change the
>> rtpstart and rtpend to your needs and set them open in your FW. Do
>> not make the range too small each active call will normally take one
>> RTP channel incoming and one RTP channel outgoing.
>> I have mine set to for example: rtpstart=10000 and rtpend=10100. This
>> should be enough for 100 simultanious calls.
> 2 RTP ports per session (inbound/outbound media)... that would mean 50
simultaneous calls, no?
>
> --Tim
>
> --
>
Tim,

As Far as I known are the outbound RTP ports determined by the other
end. It is also UDP traffic so the inbound stream could be destined for
port 10000 and the outbound could be coming from port 10000. So still
100 simultanious calls.

10000 ------> XXX  (outbound)
10000 <----- XXX (inbound)
for one call.

Michel.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Gary Carr
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 1:35 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: [asterisk-users] call extension play sound file then connect
caller
> 
> I am trying to setup a context to take a inbound call, hold the call,
connect to
> an external number, play a sound file to the external number, then connect
> the inbound caller to the external number.
> 
> My thought was to accept the call and place them in a parking lot. Then
call
> the external number, play the sound file and connect the inbound caller to
> the external number.
> 
> 
> Is this even possible and if so, is this the best approach?
> 
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 
You might look into FollowMe, especially if you want the external number to have
a choice of whether or not to accept the call.

A very high level overview is here:
http://answers.oreilly.com/topic/2705-asterisk-how-to-use-followme-to-call-a-series-of-phone-numbers/
(though that gave me enough to get started)

Thank you,

Noah Engelberth
MetaLINK Technologies

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-
>> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Gary Carr
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 1:35 PM
>> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>> Subject: [asterisk-users] call extension play sound file then connect 
>> caller
>>
>> I am trying to setup a context to take a inbound call, hold the call, 
>> connect to
>> an external number, play a sound file to the external number, then 
>> connect
>> the inbound caller to the external number.
>>
>> My thought was to accept the call and place them in a parking lot. Then
>> call
>> the external number, play the sound file and connect the inbound caller
>> to
>> the external number.
>>
>>
>> Is this even possible and if so, is this the best approach?
>>
>>
>> Thank you in advance.
>>
>
> You might look into FollowMe, especially if you want the external number 
> to have a choice of whether or not to accept the call.
>
> A very high level overview is here: 
>
http://answers.oreilly.com/topic/2705-asterisk-how-to-use-followme-to-call-a-series-of-phone-numbers/
> (though that gave me enough to get started)
>

Thanks for the reply. I tried using FollowMe as it seemed like the perfect 
solution, however I was unable to play the sound file then connect the 
caller. I would like to bypass the need to press the 1 to accept the call.


Thanks Again!

> >> I am trying to setup a context to take a inbound call, hold the
> >> call,
> >> connect to
> >> an external number, play a sound file to the external number, then
> >> connect
> >> the inbound caller to the external number.
> >>
> >> My thought was to accept the call and place them in a parking lot.
> >> Then
> >> call
> >> the external number, play the sound file and connect the inbound
> >> caller
> >> to
> >> the external number.
> >>
> >>
> >> Is this even possible and if so, is this the best approach?
> >>
> >>
> >> Thank you in advance.
> >>
> >
> > You might look into FollowMe, especially if you want the external
> > number
> > to have a choice of whether or not to accept the call.
> >
> > A very high level overview is here:
> >
http://answers.oreilly.com/topic/2705-asterisk-how-to-use-followme-to-call-a-series-of-phone-numbers/
> > (though that gave me enough to get started)
> >
> 
> 
> Thanks for the reply. I tried using FollowMe as it seemed like the
> perfect
> solution, however I was unable to play the sound file then connect
> the
> caller. I would like to bypass the need to press the 1 to accept the
> call.
Have you tried the Dial application M or U options?

Richard