[cisco-voip] Wait, what? Are SIP trunk prices really that low now?

[Matt Slaga (AM)]

There are many different methods that SIP providers are pricing their trunks.  One company will allow you to buy blocks of minutes (minimum usage per month) with unlimited trunks.  Some like the one you list below charge per port, but the one you list below is quite expensive.  I've seen many that are ~$33/month per port with unlimited national LD, and others that are $13/month per port with LD per minute charges.

My initial suggestion is to figure out your current usage as that will help when you negotiate with the different SIP providers.  I would also check your internet service quality to the different locations that these SIP providers primary connections would be (using pingtest.net or the like).  You will want at least a 'B'.  This will give you an idea of whether you can use a generic SIP provider or if you need a dedicated trunk from a Global Crossing or such.

HTH

From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Robert Kulagowski
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 7:32 PM
To: Scott Voll
Cc: Cisco VOIP
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Wait, what? Are SIP trunk prices really that low now?



On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Scott Voll <svoll.voip at gmail.com<mailto:svoll.voip at gmail.com>> wrote:
> I'm guessing that's per concurrent call.
> for me... it's still a little spendy  $720 for 24 sip sessions vs $500 for a
> t1 PRI.  and then I have to have the bandwidth also.

Sure, but that's $720 for 24 SIP sessions that don't have usage
charges on top of it. Are you paying $0.00 for your $500 PRI for the
local and LD calls that traverse it? Because that's what they're
offering. I talked to one of the guys there, and after taxes, etc,
the monthly cost comes out to be about $35 per session.

As far as QoS, I remember being scared, thinking that our IP video
calls (which we run at 2Mbps) over the internet were going to be crap,
because of no QoS. And then we actually started _doing_ video calls
over the non-QoS Internet, and didn't have any issues.

I can see the point of bandwidth-constrained locations requiring QoS,
but with multiple providers in our data center that's not going to be
an issue.

But that's me.

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