[VoiceOps] Multi Tenant Commercial Softswitch Besides Broadsoft

Fri Aug 1 11:40:22 EDT 2014

Alex,

I completely agree with you. Asterisk is a fine solution if you want to
build and manage it yourself. We tried a couple of open source projects at
first, and I will never go back.

I agree that Broadsoft does have the features I am looking for its just
that our wholesaler hasn't implemented them, and maybe never will.

So just to confirm BroadCloud is Broadsoft's own white labeled, hosted,
Broadsoft offering? We won't have to purchase any hardware or software to
make this solution work, and its sold monthly per seat I assume? Can you
bring your own minutes and numbers with this service? Any idea on monthly
minimums and set up fees?

Are there such thing as Metaswitch white label wholesalers? I know there
are tons of Broadsoft wholesales, but I haven't heard on any metaswitch
wholesalers. How does Metaswitch compare to Broadsoft feature wise?

Our billing system has direct integration with Metaswitch, and will soon
have direct integration with Broadsoft by end of year. So I think sticking
with one of these two would probably be ideal for us.

On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Alexander Hardie <ahardie at bellsouth.net>
wrote:

> Asterisk is a fine solution if you have the ability to support it yourself
> - its Open Source - which means you own the support and any product
> development.
>
> Also it depends on your service set - if you are hosted only then that's
> one set of issues - but if you also want to offer SIP trunking with any
> advanced features then Asterisk is not the right move.
>
> The BroadCloud service is white label and can support all the advanced
> services provided by BroadSoft - understand if you want to fully integrate
> with a wireless carrier be prepared to move to an MVNO arrangement - you
> need access to their switch system - its not simply features available on
> BSFT.
>
> Everything Colton mentioned about the white label service he is currently
> on is available on BroadSoft form a feature perspective - there is NO lack
> of features on BroadSoft - just on the vendor providing his white label
> BSFT service.
>
> I recommend either a direct inquiry to BroadSoft / BroadCloud or to the
> wholesaler.  The reason BroadSoft purchase HIPCOM was to enable its
> customers to move faster with new services.
>
> alex hardie | ahardie at bellsouth.net | +1 404 229 7635
>
>
>
>   On Friday, August 1, 2014 7:48 AM, John Curry <John at InteleChoice.us>
> wrote:
>
>
> We can set up a 100 concurrent redundant asterisk with a billing platform
> for less than $40 k. It will do SIP Trunking and Hosted. Automatically shut
> off customers if they don’t pay you. This is a system you would own in your
> own Colo, not a white label.
>
>
> John
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> *From:* Max Clark [mailto:max.clark at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 31, 2014 8:37 PM
> *To:* John
> *Subject:* Re: [VoiceOps] Multi Tenant Commercial Softswitch Besides
> Broadsoft
>
> That's excellent. You should tell Colton.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 31, 2014, at 5:34 PM, John <telecom7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We can set up a 100 concurrent redundant asterisk with a billing platform
> for less than $40 k
>
> On Jul 31, 2014, at 7:15 PM, Max Clark <max.clark at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Colton,
>
> Are you on a hosted/white label Broadsoft installation or do you own your
> own license? I'm curious because I assume that you have a significant
> investment in your current platform and dumping that investment would
> require an even larger investment in another platform (not counting the
> training, migration, etc...). Metaswitch for example is a fantastic
> platform, but I don't know of any installation running it for less than
> $250k.
>
> I get the idea of switching from Broadsoft to have service
> differentiation, but I'd counter with two points. 1) Everyone is using
> Broadsoft because it works, and 2) if you switch to another licensed
> platform you'd still be competing with other providers using that platform.
>
> So if you are really looking for a unique one of a kind platform you'd
> probably be better served by rolling your own and partnering/paying Sprint
> for their WMI platform for your mobile needs.
>
> Max
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Colton Conor <colton.conor at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> So to sum it up, so far I have been recommended the following besides
> Broadsoft:
>
> Metaswitch
> Genband
> *Alianza*
> *NetSapiens*
> *XCast Labs*
> *EnSwitch*
>
> *Is there anyone else that to add the this list? The must be service
> provider grade offering the multi tenant functionality,
> and management features. *
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Tim Jackson <jackson.tim at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> As far as tricks with a cell client, Accession from Metaswitch is
> pretty slick there..
>
> No real SMS integration yet (but you can easily add this since
> Accession supports XMPP)..
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Colton Conor <colton.conor at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > To be a little more specific, at minimum the platform should have the
> > following:
> > A device manager for phones for automated provisioning and firmware
> updates
> > Integrated SMS Functionality
> > Integrate Cell Phone functionality. I guess an app that allows use of
> your
> > cell phone as an extension, and not just a soft client. Any platform can
> use
> > Bria!
> > All the standard features that Broadsoft at least provides.
> > Advanced fraud detection!
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Colton Conor <colton.conor at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> What carrier and service provider multitenant softswitch and pbx systems
> >> are on the market today besides Broadsoft? We use a Broadsoft solution
> >> today. We like the redundancy that Broadsoft offers, and the fact that
> it
> >> just works. However, they are starting to seriously lack features, and
> there
> >> are too many Broadsoft competitors. We are finding that our Broadsoft
> >> offering is no different than Comcast, Verizon, or other local providers
> >> that offer Broadsoft services to.
> >>
> >> We are really looking for something that integrates well for the mobile
> >> worker. The ability to use their cell phone with the service is key for
> us.
> >> The day's of clients buying $300 Polycom IP phones are slowing down.
> >> However, people understand the value and are willing to spend $600 on a
> >> smartphone.
> >>
> >> What commercial solutions are there?
> >
> >
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