That's almost as good as your #1 carrier for your number 1 destination not responding to SIP requests and you talk to their NOC and they tell you its a "billing" issue and contact your sales guys.. 2 hours later it turns out that, oh their SBC really was down and it's not a billing issue. so sorry.... Colin On Aug 5, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Howard Hart wrote:
And I do so love those 3 AM troubleshooting calls.
Me: "You guys aren't responding to our SIP messages, can we get a trouble ticket opened" Carrier Tech Support: "Sure, what's your main trunk number?" Me: "It's a SIP trunk, there is no main number. We have thousands of numbers with you guys" CTS: "SIP, what's SIP?" Me: "It's a VoIP connection" CTS: "Ahh, OK. So where do I send the repairman to fix your T1 line?" Me: "Vint Cerf's house?"
Sigh......
Hiers, David wrote:
I like the terms "SIP Trunk" and "Virtual PRI" because: 1. It gives me mercifully short meetings with management 2. Our sales force knows how to sell those things Sure, all of us here know that we deal in multimedia sessions ("A multimedia session is a set of multimedia senders and receivers and the data streams flowing from senders to receivers. A multimedia conference is an example of a multimedia session."), but we killed entire crops of sales guys trying get those words to come out of their mouths in the right order. David Hiers CCIE (R/S, V), CISSP ADP Dealer Services 2525 SW 1st Ave. Suite 300W Portland, OR 97201 o: 503-205-4467 f: 503-402-3277 -----Original Message----- From: voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org [_mailto:voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org_ ] On Behalf Of Ric Messier Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 7:05 AM To: Alex Balashov Cc: voiceops at voiceops.org Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] GLBX soft switch On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Alex Balashov wrote:
SIP trunking simply refers to a static arrangement of IP
endpoints for
the purpose of setting up multiple sessions between them in order to pass traffic. It can either be access (for a customer) or traffic of an intra-industrial nature, such as private SIP peering between carriers or ITSPs.
I'm familiar with what SIP trunking is. You're right that it's imprecise. However, the carrier/service provider I used to work for did make a distinction, as I recall. Ultimately, the mechanism is the same or at least similar (different facilities may be used). Ric _______________________________________________ VoiceOps mailing list VoiceOps at voiceops.org _https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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