[cisco-voip] VOIP in Ethiopia

Mon Nov 24 23:03:30 EST 2008

Or just say it's a PBX like any other PBX. 

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Timothy Frazee" <Timothy_Frazee at adp.com> 
To: "Louis Koekemoer (ZA)" <Louis.Koekemoer at za.didata.com>, "Matthew Loraditch" <MLoraditch at heliontechnologies.com>, cisco-voip at puck.nether.net 
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 10:35:52 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] VOIP in Ethiopia 

I’ve had this problem before. I just tell the provider that what I run inside of the building, pass the demark, is none of they’re business. Then, I have crazy customers who don’t know what they are talking about, but think they do and think VoIP is insecure. I tell them its only IP inside the building, not on the “internet” makes it simple. 

My suggestion would be to tell the provider to activate the PRI and for them to forget about the backside technology. 

From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Louis Koekemoer (ZA) 
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 4:34 PM 
To: Matthew Loraditch; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net 
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] VOIP in Ethiopia 

My current issue is that I’m doing a move for a customer to a new building, and at the old building we just used FXO’s, and now we want to use PRI. Somewhere someone mentioned to the Telco we want to use VOIP, and now they refuse to activate the PRI. I mean the PRI is for PSTN and not for VOIP. I need another company name to just proof to them that there is someone using it. I’m sure there must be someone using VOIP in Ethiopia 

Louis Koekemoer 

Cisco IPT Systems Engineer 

Dimension Data 

Tel. +27 (11) 575 6560 

Mob. +27 (76) 608 7221 

Fax. +27 (11) 576 6560 

Louis.Koekemoer at za.didata.com 

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From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Matthew Loraditch 
Sent: 25 November 2008 12:30 AM 
To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net 
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] VOIP in Ethiopia 

My previous employer had an office in Addis Ababa and while we weren’t doing voip, connectivity there is horrible. Even when we had to lodge visiting employees in the Hilton their internet was not stable and that was one of the more expensive western places there. 

Matthew Loraditch 
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Hunt Valley, Maryland 21030 
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From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Joris Arts 
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 5:21 PM 
To: 'Louis Koekemoer (ZA)'; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net 
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] VOIP in Ethiopia 

Hi Louis, 

Not in Ethiopia, however my experience in other countries in Africa has learned me that the availability of reliable connections is heaviliy depending on the location: Capitals and economic centres have international connections via landline or aggregted VSAT and are capable of running Voip or even Video over IP. Prepare for high circuit costs though. 

I am currently doing a video over IP project with VSAT connections into Angola, Congo, Cameroon and Nigeria. Though the costs are high, the service is possible at a fair quality, even if the latency is huge (over 400 ms). 

If you move away from the main cities it will be an entirely different story: then probably you need your private VSAT connection, which is a costly affair, I don’t think there will be network connections out of Addis Abeba or any other main city in Ethiopia. 

My 5 cents... 

Best regards, 

Joris Arts 

Speechworks Consultancy 

Looiersgracht 78 

1016VT Amsterdam 

+31 (0) 652529442 

jarts at speechworks.nl 

From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Louis Koekemoer (ZA) 
Sent: 24 November 2008 18:59 
To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net 
Subject: [cisco-voip] VOIP in Ethiopia 

Has anyone had any experience with VOIP in Ethiopia? 

Louis Koekemoer 

Cisco IPT Systems Engineer 

Dimension Data 

Tel. +27 (11) 575 6560 

Mob. +27 (76) 608 7221 

Fax. +27 (11) 576 6560 

Louis.Koekemoer at za.didata.com 

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