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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>That is great idea, Matt, thank you – if pulling the cable between floors (option currently being investigated) does not work, this might work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>-------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Nikola Stojsin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>PhD CCIE #12888<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>nikola@att.net<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>-------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Matthew Loraditch<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 22, 2010 11:55 AM<br><b>To:</b> James Buchanan; nikola@att.net; cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [cisco-voip] OT: AT&T circuit in Florida<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>What I might suggest for something like this and I will admit I don’t know the costs for all carriers or the implications for anything beyond a simple setup, but we had a similar situation and what we did was have our carrier set it up as a trunk group between the old and new pris, we could turn up the new one, test outbound calling, during a maintenance interval disable the original one and test inbound to the new one as with the Trunk group they automatically overflowed to the new one, and then at the move permanently disable the old one and schedule it for disconnect.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Matthew Loraditch, CCVP, CCNA, CCDA</span></b><span style='color:black'><br>1965 Greenspring Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Timonium, MD 21093 <br><a href="mailto:support@heliontechnologies.com"><span style='color:black'>support@heliontechnologies.com</span></a><br>(p) (410) 252-8830<br>(F) (443) 541-1593<br><br>Visit us at <a href="http://www.heliontechnologies.com/"><span style='color:black'>www.heliontechnologies.com</span></a> <br>Support Issue? Email <a href="mailto:support@heliontechnologies.com"><span style='color:black'>support@heliontechnologies.com</span></a> for fast assistance!</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>James Buchanan<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 22, 2010 11:33 AM<br><b>To:</b> nikola@att.net; cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [cisco-voip] OT: AT&T circuit in Florida<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>This has been my normal experience with AT&T for about the last three years. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>James Buchanan </span></b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7E7E7E'>|</span><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'> Senior Network Engineer </span></b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7E7E7E'>|</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'> <b>South Region </b></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7E7E7E'>|</span><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'> Presidio Networked Solutions <br>12 Cadillac Dr, Suite 130, Brentwood, TN 37027 </span></b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7E7E7E'>|</span><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7E7E7E'><a href="mailto:jbuchanan@ctiusa.com">jbuchanan@presidio.com</a><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>D: 615-866-5729</span></b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'> </span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7E7E7E'>| <b>F:</b> </span><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>615-866-5781</span></b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'> | </span><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7E7E7E'><a href="http://www.presidio.com">www.presidio.com</a></span></b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <</span><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7E7E7E'><a href="http://www.presidio.com">http://www.presidio.com</a></span></b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>CCIE #25863, Voice</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nikola Stojsin<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 22, 2010 10:25 AM<br><b>To:</b> cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br><b>Cc:</b> nikola@att.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [cisco-voip] OT: AT&T circuit in Florida<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hello guys –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>First of all, my apologies – this is quite OT; I just want to make sure that the information we are getting is correct.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>We have a client that is moving their Florida office from one floor to another (same building, bigger space) – and their phone system from one AT&T PRI to another. The new circuit is tested and turned up; however, the client elected not to port the DIDs (there are 20 of them) at the time of the test and turn up, because they were not ready to physically move (they needed another week to get the new space ready, furniture-wise etc.). So they stayed in the old space (using the old PRI etc.) for another week or so. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Now – less than a week later – they are being told by AT&T that it will take 25 days to re-schedule the port of the DIDs. I do not have much experience with Florida ISPs (and the client chose to do their own circuit provisioning – they have a national contract with AT&T – so I do not know all the details), but 25 days sounds excessive; I have seen 5- and 7-day delays (one of which was in in fact in Florida, though not with AT&T), but nothing even coming close to 25 days, which makes me wonder whether the client is getting the right information. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Bottom line: if anyone on this list has any experience with AT&T PRIs in Florida, and cares to chime in – is 25 days ‘normal’ lead time to schedule a DID port?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Needless to say, all help/input/suggestions will be greatly appreciated!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Nikola<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>-------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Nikola Stojsin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>PhD CCIE #12888<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:nikola@att.net">nikola@att.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>-------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>