[cisco-voip] opting out of local trunks in lieu of low cost long distance

[Lelio Fulgenzi]

Agreed. This is our first remote office, so we are still going with local trunks in order to ensure a successful deployment. 

However, I will be watching the number of local calls closely, both inbound and outbound and do some calculations.

Of course, this all means the WAN stays up, if it goes down, then we're in trouble. ;)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.
Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo."      WJR

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jason Aarons (US) 
  To: Simon, Bill ; Lelio Fulgenzi 
  Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net 
  Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 7:06 PM
  Subject: RE: [cisco-voip] opting out of local trunks in lieu of low cost long distance


  Using VoIP (H323/SIP Trunks) at a half-penny per minute termination can
  sometimes be cheaper than a local trunk. Depends on location. For
  example in rural Kansas a voice PRI is still $900 a month, that a lot of
  half-pennys.

  -----Original Message-----
  From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
  [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Simon, Bill
  Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 5:44 PM
  To: Lelio Fulgenzi
  Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
  Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] opting out of local trunks in lieu of low cost
  long distance

  I know there are regulations involved with doing toll-bypass over IP but

  this is the first time I've heard of someone wanting to purposefully 
  incur tolls by way of VoIP...

  Lelio Fulgenzi wrote:
  >  
  > Just wondering if anyone out there with remote sites in different 
  > calling areas have opted out of local trunks in liue of low cost long 
  > distance? That is, route calls local to the remote office over the WAN

  > and out the HQ trunks.
  >  
  > Granted this is really only available in those areas that have high 
  > bandwidth to the remote site, but many educational institutions have 
  > high b/w links due to research networks. 100Mbps to remote sites is
  not 
  > unheard of and now 1Gpbs are also available.

  _______________________________________________
  cisco-voip mailing list
  cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
  https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip

  -----------------------------------------
  Disclaimer:

  This e-mail communication and any attachments may contain
  confidential and privileged information and is for use by the
  designated addressee(s) named above only.  If you are not the
  intended addressee, you are hereby notified that you have received
  this communication in error and that any use or reproduction of
  this email or its contents is strictly prohibited and may be
  unlawful.  If you have received this communication in error, please
  notify us immediately by replying to this message and deleting it
  from your computer. Thank you.

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: https://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-voip/attachments/20070614/e20f4c78/attachment-0001.html