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<div>I like the terms "SIP Trunk" and "Virtual PRI" because:</div>
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<div>1. It gives me mercifully short meetings with management</div>
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<div>2. Our sales force knows how to sell those things</div>
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<div>Sure, all <font face="Arial, sans-serif">of us here </font>know that we deal in multimedia sessions ("A multimedia session is a<font face="Arial, sans-serif"> </font>set of multimedia senders and receivers and the data streams<font face="Arial, sans-serif">
</font>flowing from senders to receivers. A multimedia conference is<font face="Arial, sans-serif"> </font> an example of a multimedia<font face="Arial, sans-serif"> s</font>ession.")<font face="Arial, sans-serif">, but we killed entire crops of sales guys
trying get those words to come out of their mouths in the right order.</font></div>
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<div>David Hiers</div>
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<div>CCIE (R/S, V), CISSP</div>
<div>ADP Dealer Services</div>
<div>2525 SW 1st Ave.</div>
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<div>Portland, OR 97201</div>
<div>o: 503-205-4467</div>
<div>f: 503-402-3277 </div>
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<div>From: voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org [<a href="mailto:voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org"><font color="#0000FF"><u>mailto:voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org</u></font></a>] On Behalf Of Ric Messier</div>
<div>Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 7:05 AM</div>
<div>To: Alex Balashov</div>
<div>Cc: voiceops@voiceops.org</div>
<div>Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] GLBX soft switch</div>
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<div>On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Alex Balashov wrote:</div>
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<div>> SIP trunking simply refers to a static arrangement of IP endpoints for </div>
<div>> the purpose of setting up multiple sessions between them in order to </div>
<div>> pass traffic. It can either be access (for a customer) or traffic of </div>
<div>> an intra-industrial nature, such as private SIP peering between </div>
<div>> carriers or ITSPs.</div>
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<div>I'm familiar with what SIP trunking is. You're right that it's imprecise. </div>
<div>However, the carrier/service provider I used to work for did make a distinction, as I recall. Ultimately, the mechanism is the same or at least similar (different facilities may be used).</div>
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<div>Ric</div>
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