[Freeswitch-users] Re - British Telecom (BT) SIP test list before allowing a server on their IP Telephony network

[Andrew Cassidy]

Hi Andrew,

I'm working with a couple of people looking into and actively ordering
IPEX. The majority of it looks straightforward.

On 9 February 2015 at 06:45, Andrew Keil <andrew.keil at visytel.com> wrote:

>  Ken,
>
>
>
> Thanks again for your quick response.
>
>
>
> The specifics are fairly straight-forward, they will 99% of the time
> accept calls from the PSTN to UK premium rate numbers (which terminate on
> the SIP trunks (FreeSWITCH)).  The rest of the time (1%) the will call out
> to various PSTN numbers, where there will be an inbound leg and outbound
> leg conferenced together.
>
>
>
> The aim (initially) is to replace ISDN E1 trunks with SIP trunks.
>
>
>
> Andrew
>
>
>
> *From:* freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:
> freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org] *On Behalf Of *Ken Rice
> *Sent:* Monday, 9 February 2015 3:13 PM
>
> *To:* FreeSWITCH Users Help
> *Subject:* Re: [Freeswitch-users] Re - British Telecom (BT) SIP test list
> before allowing a server on their IP Telephony network
>
>
>
> Depending on what specifically hey are doing, I may use a proxy (like
> OpenSIPS) for load balancing but more likely would just connect directly.
> Really depends on what specifics are happening.
>
>
> On 2/8/15, 5:46 PM, "Andrew Keil" <andrew.keil at visytel.com> wrote:
>
> Ken,
>
> Yes I guessed as much.  I do not believe it will be a big issue since BT
> would want my UK client on their network (since they will be switching over
> from C&W (now Vodafone) and wish to win their business).  Also we are
> talking 1000+ concurrent calls which is more of an incentive (since my
> client is a premium rate service provider in the UK with TV based traffic).
>
> When I followed the link sent through from Joshua (
> http://blog.aeriandi.com/2012/10/08/bt-interoperability-testing-a-guide-to-jumping-the-hoops/)
> and had a brief read, I noticed that they used a pair of SBC’s in front of
> a pair of FreeSWITCH servers.  I am hoping that I will not need to use a
> separate SBC and just use the pair of FreeSWITCH servers, since FreeSWITCH
> seems to do most of what an SBC does (if not more).  Do you have an opinion
> on whether an SBC is necessary when connecting to a carrier’s SIP trunk(s)?
>
> Regards,
>
> Andrew
>
>
> *From:* freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org [
> mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org
> <freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org>] *On Behalf Of *Ken Rice
> *Sent:* Saturday, 7 February 2015 10:11 AM
> *To:* FreeSWITCH Users Help
> *Subject:* Re: [Freeswitch-users] Re - British Telecom (BT) SIP test list
> before allowing a server on their IP Telephony network
>
> Keep in mind some carriers uses these “interop tests” as yet another
> hurdle to keep the smaller players at bay... Level3 used to do things like
> this to the level it could take 4 to 8 weeks to clear the testing required
> for their interop testing which was really just RFC’d SIP
>
>
> On 2/6/15, 4:29 PM, "Andrew Keil" <andrew.keil at visytel.com> wrote:
>
> Joshua.
>
> Thanks for this link.  I will study this and respond with some feedback.
>
> Andrew
>
> *From:* freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org [
> mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org
> <freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org>] *On Behalf Of *Joshua
> Gigg
> *Sent:* Saturday, 7 February 2015 1:07 AM
> *To:* FreeSWITCH Users Help
> *Subject:* Re: [Freeswitch-users] Re - British Telecom (BT) SIP test list
> before allowing a server on their IP Telephony network
>
>
> On 6 February 2015 at 09:53, Andrew Keil <andrew.keil at visytel.com> wrote:
>
>
> To FreeSWITCH users,
>
> Re - British Telecom (BT) SIP test list before allowing a server on their
> IP Telephony network.
>
> I wondered if someone can take a quick look at this test case spreadsheet
> from BT in the UK to see if a standard FreeSWITCH installation (current
> production release) will cover off all these test cases.  I assume the
> answer is yes!  However I thought that I would ask in advance.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Andrew Keil
>
>
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> I've briefly looked into this sort of stuff before, and I found
> http://blog.aeriandi.com/2012/10/08/bt-interoperability-testing-a-guide-to-jumping-the-hoops/
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> Does that help?
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