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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Chris Ledford <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, January 12, 2011
11:14 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'Alex Balashov'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> voiceops@voiceops.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [VoiceOps] RTP issues
to Dash Atlanta SBC</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Initially we got reports from our outlying
offices using SIP that the calls were dropping. Initial traces showed that the
calls never dropped.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Then we have several offices around the
country and all joined on a conf bridge also using IM sessions. At random
intervals the call stayed up but we could not hear each other. We use a
Audiocodes mediant and started to see RTP offers changing in the middle of our
side of the calls. The IP was our IP to the Dash Atlanta SBC.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>We called dash and they said that the
Denver SBC was having issues and they were rerouting a lot of calls to the
Atlanta SBC. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>We got a email from Dash shortly after
that saying the Firewall in front of the SBC was having problems and I guess
they bounced it…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Anyway the RTP issues cleaned up..Gotta
love SIP<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Alex Balashov [mailto:abalashov@evaristesys.com]
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, January 12, 2011
11:06 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Chris Ledford<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> voiceops@voiceops.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [VoiceOps] RTP issues
to Dash Atlanta SBC</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Just to clarify, how do you know it's RTP drops that are the problem?
Do you have some means of intercepting the RTP streams at Dash's Atlanta
POP and checking the integrity of yours? Or are you getting this from
RTCP reports from their side?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>If you are looking at the RTP as it leaves your own network and seeing
drops, you already know your problem and it has nothing to do with Dash.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>If none of the above, how do you know RTP is the problem, and not some
other issue (on their side or yours) that can cause quality anomalies, which I
presume to be the symptom leading to your diagnosis?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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On Jan 12, 2011, at 11:45 PM, Chris Ledford <<a
href="mailto:chris.ledford@cnxntech.com">chris.ledford@cnxntech.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sorry all I
meant to say RTP drops to the Atlanta SBC. I had a runaway tcpdump running when
I wrote it </span></font><font size=2 face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> . My Bad.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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