[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux PBX [was] An entire TELCO is down. -- CBEYOND.

[James Rice]

CBeyond is a totally Cisco based provider.  Actually they are partially 
owned by Cisco, but it's not publicly acknowledged.  We looked at them 
and were going to switch before SBC lowered the rate we were paying from 
$1500 per month per T1 to under $600/month.  We have three T1's so the 
savings are considerable.

James

Richard Geoffrion wrote:

>Lance Simmons wrote:
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>>* Richard Geoffrion <ntlug at rain4us.net> [031210 22:15]:
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>>>Has anyone heard any word about the telco CBeyond?
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>>Your subject line makes it sound like something impressive that an
>>entire telco is down.  Unless I'm mistaken, a telco, since
>>deregulation, can be little more than an office and some staff.
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>Well, in this case, CBeyond is not just an office and a some staff. Well
>they ARE but a bit bigger that just a FEW staff.
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>At anyrate, the customer has been reporting 'issues' with the VOIP lines
>provided by CBeyond but has not yet ruled out their internal phone system.
>Which brings us to the question of whether or not to put in a Linux based
>PBX that would also allow for the use of 'trunks' located across internet
>(or data) connections.
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>Usually you would expect the whole T1 to come down and not just the voice
>side...so the reason of using remote trunks isn't exactly the
>best...justification.  Still, they may need a new phone system anyway.
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>Which leads me to the following questions.  Has anyone else tried the
>asterisk pbx ( www.asterisk.org )  and does anyone know of a trunk card that
>can handle FOUR incoming lines?  I can't go using four single line cards and
>two (4-port) station  cards!  (I do-na 'ave da slots cap'in!)
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>BTW,  CBeyond seems to be totally recovered now.  It would be interesting to
>know what exactly happened.  (I hope they don't run there phone switches on
>MS products.)
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>--
>Richard
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