[VoiceOps] New to VoIP

[anorexicpoodle]

To expand on this reply a little bit. Once you have managed to get a
softswitch solution working that can pass calls, you are really still
only about 30% of the way there since the rest of it is all details
pertaining to one of the topics below. 

Easy, Cheap, Reliable, pick any two.

On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 14:52 -0400, Peter R. wrote:

> Don't take this the wrong way but VoIP isn't best effort data.
> There's WAY more to it than a couple of open source devices.
> There's billing, E-911, directory assistance, LNP, DID's, CNAM, SS7, 
> routing and trunking, and Insurance.
> There are folks on this list that still have frequent issues.
> Partner with someone that knows telecom and knows VoIP.
> It can't be done well on the cheap.
> 
> 
> Jonathan Jones wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Matthew S. Crocker 
> > <matthew at corp.crocker.com <mailto:matthew at corp.crocker.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     Everything is software, a 'Session Border Controller' is software.
> >      All software needs some hardware to run on.  You can get a SBC
> >     that runs on Linux/PC server based hardware or you can get a SBC
> >     that runs on dedicated hardware.  Your softswitch is going to need
> >     several servers to run on as well.  The smallest
> >     Broasoft/Broadworks implementation is 2 servers for the softswitch
> >     running virtual servers and 2 SBC (Acme Packet). You can't get
> >     into that type of a setup anywhere near $50,000 though.
> >
> >     For 2000 subscribers I would highly recommend you partner with an
> >     existing VoIP provider and resell their service.  They can handle
> >     all of the VoIP heavy lifting and send you the Call Detail Records
> >     which you can then use to bill.
> >
> >     If you want to do it yourself you'll probably have to live in the
> >     open source world to keep below the $50,000 limit.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks, I had been looking at the softswitch software route and had 
> > been quoted a price of $12,288.00 for 1024 simultaneous calls. So I 
> > figure $20k more or less for a softswitch that would do 2000 
> > concurrencies, another $10k in hardware. Am I too naive to want a 
> > software based solution to perform least cost routing, billing, 
> > perhaps calling cards, etc.
> >
> > I've been looking into either Asterisk or Callweaver, OpenSIPS and 
> > Soft-Switch.org for signaling. Am I again, naive or can it be done. If 
> > not I don't want to waste my time nor money especially if I can do it 
> > the right way.
> >   
> 
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