[VoiceOps] Offtopic (SBC recommendations)

[Alex Balashov]

Acmes are fabulous--if you can afford them.

So are very large castles in Germany.

Brandon Buckner wrote:

> We're also using Acme 4250s. I agree with Jarrett, though: Acme support can be rather slow to respond at times. Although in the few years we've been running them we've never had the boxes themselves fail, so it's mainly just been asking for config suggestions when we wished to implement or test new services at lower ticket priority levels. 
> 
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> Brandon Buckner
> Switching Technician / VoIP Admin
> Iowa Network Services
> brandonb at netins.com
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org [mailto:voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org] On Behalf Of Watkins, Jarrett
> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 4:09 PM
> To: Sorensen, Marty; J. Oquendo; voiceops at voiceops.org
> Subject: [LIKELY JUNK]Re: [VoiceOps] Offtopic (SBC recommendations)
> 
> 
> 
> Same here.  We are primarily using the Acme 4250's but have had the
> Sonus NBS implemented for some time now and haven't had any issues
> there. The Acme's are simple and generally trouble free but we did have
> issues with some of their earlier codes. [random reboots, high cpu, fun
> stuff, etc]
> 
> The main thing is that Sonus support is much better than Acme support!!!
> 
> We're on the 6.1.0 Acme code and all is well so far......
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org
> [mailto:voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org] On Behalf Of Sorensen, Marty
> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 3:00 PM
> To: J. Oquendo; voiceops at voiceops.org
> Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] Offtopic (SBC recommendations)
> 
> We have Acme 4250s and 4500s presently.  If we were to go out NOW, we
> would take a good hard look at the Sonus Network Border Switch (NBS).
> We looked at them early on during our build out and found them less
> appealing than the Acmes.  Since that time, the appear to have improved
> significantly in terms of capabilities at least on paper.  We have not
> actually tested them yet however in our staging environment.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org
> [mailto:voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org] On Behalf Of J. Oquendo
> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 11:42 AM
> To: voiceops at voiceops.org
> Subject: [VoiceOps] Offtopic (SBC recommendations)
> 
> 
> Hey all, (I'm sure for those who I criss-cross lists with - you've seen
> it before)...
> 
> We're definitely looking to replace our outgoing Nutrakes
> (pre-audiocodes assimilation) and we've been looking at a few. While I
> will say I'm impressed with Acme and Covergence (which is now Acme
> anyway), anyone care to either off or on list comment about others
> you've had success with. Any particular one with perhaps a pre-paid
> system/spinoff/module/compartment/* (don't ask) is a plus.
> 
> Keep in mind, the less interops (big 4, VZ, GLBX, L3, AT&T) we can do,
> the better! (hooray for less work on the plates).
> 
> So far, as stated, I personally liked Covergence's offering as have I
> Acme, haven't looked at Sonus yet, but was wondering what else are we
> (myself and colleagues) missing. Newport Networks is pretty much gone
> the puppets.com, socks.com, VirtualAvenue, Xoom route of the dinosaur.
> So without further a rambling... Suggestions.
> 
> 


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