[Freeswitch-users] UK SIP Trunk providers

Tue Oct 29 13:59:57 MSK 2013

Just curious where you guys see AQL fitting in that categorisation? I've
used them in the past and they seem good. I also thought they were one of
the bigger providers in the UK, but since no-one has mentioned them...

On 29 October 2013 07:39, Andrew Cassidy <andrew at cassidywebservices.co.uk>wrote:

> I think the point to be made here is that your choice should be determined
> by your requirements and budget. As we know neither of those, we can't give
> you specific recommendations.
>
> The majority of people I encounter use 'consumer' grade services, with or
> without their own equipment as necessary. That said these are largely small
> businesses.
>
> In all seriousness there's always a best tool for the job and no one
> service that'll meet all needs.
>
>
> On 29 October 2013 08:42, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] <
> cal.leeming at simplicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Let's be clear on definitions here;
>>
>> BT, Kingston - Top of the food chain, only financially viable for those
>> with lots of cash and traffic
>> Magrathea, Simwood, Gamma  - Designed for wholesale, scalable to many
>> millions of minutes per month.
>> SipGate, SureVoip, Gradwell, GBC - These providers are designed for
>> consumers, only necessary if you are not running your own equipment
>> NumberGroup, Sol4 - they are essentially a reseller aggregate, or to be
>> more blunt, an unnecessary middleman
>>
>> If someone is running their own switch, why would you want to go with a
>> consumer grade service which not only limits your CLI capabilities, but
>> also increases complexity, affects latency and inflates call rates.
>> Likewise, why would you go through a middleman when you could just go
>> direct to the supplier with no minimum spend on outbound traffic? Though
>> typically inbound does require a small min spend of around £50/month (which
>> is tiny in comparison with VoxBone who charge a min spend of around
>> £600/month [needs clarification]), which is really the only valid reason
>> (that I can think of right now) to go with any of these reseller aggregates.
>>
>> Cal
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 8:05 AM, Andrew Cassidy <
>> andrew at cassidywebservices.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Magrathea are pretty much the industry standard for volume.
>>>
>>> Depending on your requirements, there are many others such as SipGate
>>> and Gradwell. There are also people from at least 3 UK trunk providers in
>>> this list, including SureVoip, NumberGroup and PowerTel.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 29 October 2013 00:29, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] <
>>> cal.leeming at simplicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Richard,
>>>>
>>>> This topic was discussed a few months back, you can read the thread
>>>> here;
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://markmail.org/message/xdjhmpkzd7txndji#query:+page:1+mid:ncuirf776l5hjovc+state:results
>>>>
>>>> http://freeswitch-users.2379917.n2.nabble.com/DID-providers-any-thoughts-jan-2013-tt7586851.html#none
>>>>
>>>> Since my last post, our chosen UK providers are Magrathea and Simwood.
>>>>
>>>> This inter-op was over a period of 6 months but based on low traffic
>>>> (<=500 calls a month), so others with higher throughput may wish to
>>>> chime in.
>>>>
>>>> Magrathea - Over a period of one month, I've not had a single
>>>> problematic call, routing/quality is always good, and they seem to
>>>> have almost every dialing code possible for DIDs. I have not dealt
>>>> with their technical staff yet, but their sales people were friendly
>>>> and knowledgeable.
>>>>
>>>> Simwood - Over a period of two months, I had 2 call routing issues to
>>>> international destinations and they are missing at least one number
>>>> range (Bournemouth). However it's worth noting that Simwood were very
>>>> quick to help, they identified the routing problem within 5 minutes of
>>>> me reporting it, and despite being a low profit customer they treated
>>>> us as a high priority. I've also spoken to numerous staff there, they
>>>> always come across as friendly and, more importantly, competent. I
>>>> would have no problem recommending Simwood to others.
>>>>
>>>> For international routing - I'm still in the process of reviewing
>>>> TelServ and Flowroute, I'd like to use Voxbone but their min spend is
>>>> too high for us.
>>>>
>>>> I cannot choose between Sim/Mag, they are both extremely good
>>>> companies - use both (redundancy is a good thing anyway!)
>>>>
>>>> Cal
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 10:34 PM, Richard Mace <richard.mace at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Hi,
>>>> > Can anyone recommend any SIP trunk providers, ideally based in the UK?
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks
>>>> >
>>>> > Richard
>>>> >
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