September 2016 - VoiceOps - lists.voiceops.org

Maintenance for Performance Technologies SEGway
by scott＠socket.net May 17, 2017

May 17, 2017

We have been using a set of PTI SEGway x201s with point code emulation for a number of years now. We also have an unlicensed spare in stock. The maintenance contract renewals are due and the two quotes I've received are quite high. I know of at least one other company that has chosen to drop the vendor maintenance and take care of that in-house. I would like to hear from anyone that is currently using SEGways and find out what they chose to do for maintenance. I would also be very interested to hear of any bad experiences from chosing the in-house option. Thanks. Scott Stratman Network Facilities Manager SOCKET 573-999-4376 scott at socket.net 1-800-SOCKET-3 www.socket.net

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Problems with T.38 fax with Grandstream GXW-4248
by nelsonh＠socket.net Oct. 1, 2016

Oct. 1, 2016

We have a customer with multiple Grandstream GXW-4248 voice gateways that wants to use T.38 for sending and receiving faxes. They are running the most recent release (1.0.5.16). We have tested this successfully with other devices, including a Grandstream HT-702 and a Grandstream GXW-4004, but when configuring the Grandstream GXW-4248 the same way, the audio from the Grandstream to the fax machine cuts out at the renegotiation to T.38 and does not resume. When looking at a packet capture of the fax call, the Re-INVITE appears successful, but the first and only UDPTL packet sent by the Grandstream is reported as malformed by Wireshark: ITU-T Recommendation T.38 [Stream setup by SDP (frame 510)] [Stream frame: 510] [Stream Method: SDP] UDPTLPacket seq-number: 32768 primary-ifp-packet type-of-msg: t30-indicator (0) something unknown here [too long integer(per_normally_small_nonnegative_whole_number)] [Expert Info (Warn/Undecoded): something unknown here [too long integer(per_normally_small_nonnegative_whole_number)]] [something unknown here [too long integer(per_normally_small_nonnegative_whole_number)]] [Severity level: Warn] [Group: Undecoded] [Malformed Packet: T.38] [Expert Info (Error/Malformed): Malformed Packet (Exception occurred)] [Malformed Packet (Exception occurred)] [Severity level: Error] [Group: Malformed] Does anyone have any experience with trying to use T.38 with a Grandstream GXW-4248? Thanks, -- Nelson Hicks Network Operations SOCKET (573) 817-0000 ext. 210 nelsonh at socket.net

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Cox NOC number
by caalvarez＠gmail.com Sept. 28, 2016

Sept. 28, 2016

I seem to have somehow lost this number (we had a contacts database move, probably then). I need to call them about a block of DIDs that they never properly took out of their systems after a port, so calls from Cox customers to these numbers now fail.

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Fonality?
by amoss＠flowroute.com Sept. 17, 2016

Sept. 17, 2016

Getting tons of reports from customers that their Fonality systems have stopped working. Anyone got any news on this? Looks like their twitter is blowing up too. -- ADAM MOSS SUPPORT ENGINEER <http://www.flowroute.com> +1.206.641.8034

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Astricon 2016
by anakaoka＠trinet-hi.com Sept. 16, 2016

Sept. 16, 2016

Anyone going to Astricon ? Aryn H. K. Nakaoka anakaoka at trinet-hi.com Direct: 808.356.2901 Fax : 808.356.2919 Tri-net Solutions 518 Holokahana Lane Suite #200 Honolulu, HI 96817 http://www.trinet-hi.com https://twitter.com/AlohaTone Aloha Tone PBX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96YWPY9wCeU Aloha Tone (HA) High Availability http://youtu.be/rJsr4k0RBH8 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. Any disclosure, distribution or copying of this email or any attachments by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to the message and deleting this email and any attachments from your system. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Speed to Text API
by anakaoka＠trinet-hi.com Sept. 14, 2016

Sept. 14, 2016

AT&T is shutting down "Watson" Speech to Text API... does anyone have a similar platform? - cost was very inexpensive $99 / year for 1,000,000 transcriptions or something like that. - already built dictionary , IBM Watson requires we build the dictionary Trying to send .wav files (asterisk voicemail) and get back a transcription of the voicemails. *Ideally we house the machine so we are sure no one copies the voicemails. Thanks, Aryn 808.356.2901

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IP04 family tree (also: Yeastar?)
by nathana＠fsr.com Sept. 13, 2016

Sept. 13, 2016

I'm looking into the options that currently exist as far as a cost-effective FXS-laden voice gateway product goes. We have used Adtran, and they're (mostly) great, but ideally, if we could slash the cost of that gear down, that would be brilliant. We can deploy an embedded system running Asterisk (MikroTik RouterBoard or Raspberry Pi) + a bunch of dual-port ATAs for a fraction of the cost; the problem is that a stack of ATAs is physically unsightly in a telecom room, and it makes for a bit of a management mess. If there were an external, stackable, cost-effective DAHDI-compatible interface, that would be ideal. The Xorcom USB Astribanks look *awesome*, but unfortunately, they are more expensive than IP0X hardware, and bordering on Adtran pricing. There are always options like Grandstream and Linksys/Cisco, but I worry about 1) reliability and 2) lack of flexibility. I am (still) very interested in David Rowe's "open hardware" initiatives, such as the IP04 & its cousins, but the Atcom-manufactured units are hard to come by in the States. (Sure, we can order from China, but what a costly [time-wise] pain.) Also, they don't come in > 8 FXS port boxes, and so far it doesn't look like you are going to get better pricing than ~$500/8FXS anyway regardless. But...surely there are other manufacturers out there either that are using the IP04 design essentially unmodified, or close enough. However, I can't find a comprehensive list anywhere. As far as North America goes, I have run into Nicherons/SpoTel in Canada, which I'm pretty sure is IP0X-based, but outside of the SwitchFin/SwitchVoice dudes (Bulgaria), that's about it for IP0X hardware, and that surprises me. I have looked into Yeastar recently, and they have piqued my interest, especially since their NeoGate hardware is both apparently based on Asterisk and is priced to sell. But it sounds like their firmware is based on ancient code (Asterisk 1.6.2.x) and it is unclear to me how easily modifiable it is. If it were IP0X based, I could just roll my own firmware and not care about what came preloaded. But from all reports, they have a TI ARM-based SoC in their boxes, not Blackfin. Anybody have any experience with their stuff? Perhaps more importantly, any leads on third-party firmwares for Yeastar boxes? Thanks, -- Nathan Anderson First Step Internet, LLC nathana at fsr.com

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Vitleity alternatives
by orenyny＠gmail.com Sept. 8, 2016

Sept. 8, 2016

Hello, We have been using Vitelity in the last two years, a few months after they were acquired by Onvoy. In the last months we see a deterioration in the quality of their service. Port requests we submit take weeks to complete, when we ask for an update they try to sell us the expedited service for $75!! It also seems that they have a big problem with staff as we see a big turnover with the people we deal with. Their portal may have been the state of the art years ago, now it feels like it is from the middle ages. Looks like Onvoy is busy spending money on acquisitions, but would not let them provide good customer service. Would be happy to hear if you can recommend any alternatives. Thanks!

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Taqua T7000 PIC2 hardware anyone?
by victor.chukalovskiy＠gmail.com Sept. 8, 2016

Sept. 8, 2016

Thank you for the offer Mike! Sadly, interested in PIC2 in particular... migrated away from older PIC cards years ago. On 16-09-07 04:39 PM, Mike Ray, MBA, CNE, CTE wrote: > Hi Victor, > > We have practically everything else but the PIC2. TIC cards, BIC card, > T7000 shelf, clock cards, PIC1. No PIC2. > > Regards, > > Mike > > > > Mike Ray, MBA, CNE, CTE > Astro Companies, LLC > 11523 Palm Brush Trail #401 > Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202 > DIRECT: call or text 941 600-0207 > http://www.astrocompanies.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: VoiceOps [mailto:voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org] On Behalf Of Victor > Chukalovskiy > Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 3:59 PM > To: VoiceOps at voiceops.org > Subject: [VoiceOps] Taqua T7000 PIC2 hardware anyone? > > Good day, excuse me for somewhat off-topic, but looking if anyone has or > knows someone with Taqua T7000 cards to sell. Interested in PIC2 card in > particular. > > Here is the beast, was also branded as Tekelec T7000 for a short period of > time: > > http://taqua.com/fixed/products/t7000-intelligent-switching-system/ > > Many thanks, > -Victor > _______________________________________________ > VoiceOps mailing list > VoiceOps at voiceops.org > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops >

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Taqua T7000 PIC2 hardware anyone?
by victor.chukalovskiy＠gmail.com Sept. 7, 2016

Sept. 7, 2016

Good day, excuse me for somewhat off-topic, but looking if anyone has or knows someone with Taqua T7000 cards to sell. Interested in PIC2 card in particular. Here is the beast, was also branded as Tekelec T7000 for a short period of time: http://taqua.com/fixed/products/t7000-intelligent-switching-system/ Many thanks, -Victor

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