<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cal.leeming@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk" target="_blank">cal.leeming@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thank you everyone for the feedback, here is a few comments;<div><br></div><div>@Avi - <a href="http://ukddi.com" target="_blank">ukddi.com</a> was down on the first visit, and I couldn't find much trading history behind the company.. The website now redirects to <a href="http://www.3c.co.uk" target="_blank">http://www.3c.co.uk</a> but contains very little info. Duedil shows a 'Compulsory strike off' for 3c Limited, the address on the website shows different to the one on company records, and the registered address appears to be a residential. The site also contains no contact info, the whois shows a gmail address as the email contact, and the website is registered to an individual rather than a company (which is actually against Nominet rules!). Now interestingly, his domain points to '<a href="http://telng.com" target="_blank">telng.com</a>' which is actually owned by Hello Telecom.. other people associated with TelNG are also connected with Hello Telecom. Either way, all these things set off a lot of alarm bells :/</div>
<div><br></div><div>@Vallimamod VoIPTalk (otherwise known as Telappliant) is for consumer/b2b, not really carrier grade trunking. Although they are re-selling Voxbone without the spend commitment, they are still just another reseller.<br>
<br>@Luke Ah, now we had actually spoken with AQL on several occasions, but I was not overly impressed with their legal and sales teams (took weeks of emails to get clear/concise answers). Their concurrent channel charges were quite expensive, and overall we were left with a bad taste from it. However, that being said, they are certainly a reputable company and I couldn't find any negative reviews on them. We didn't get to the inter-op stage so I can't directly comment on service quality, but from what I could tell, their services seemed pretty solid.</div>
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<div><br></div></font></span><div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Cal</font></span><div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cal.leeming@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk" target="_blank">cal.leeming@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello everyone,<div><br></div><div><div>I've been recently reviewing several DID providers, and looking for some feedback.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I appreciate this isn't totally on topic for FreeSWITCH, but over the last few months I've found the community feedback to be invaluable - so I'm hoping it might open up a good discussion.</div>
<div><br></div><div><div>I would be really interested to hear other peoples experiences with their DID providers, as much detail as possible.</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>There are several providers we've looked at, but they are either reselling others services, or do not deliver the service quality we are looking for.</div>
</div><div><br></div><div>The criteria I've been looking for is;</div><div><br></div><div>* Able to provide either US or UK numbers</div><div>* Exposes an API that allows control of purchasing and routing</div><div>* Guarantees premium call quality, good latency, and inbound CLI.</div>
<div>* Does NOT operate on a market/exchange basis</div><div>* Trading as a telecoms provider for more than 5 years</div><div>* Has a reputable name within the community or industry</div><div><br></div><div>So far, I have only found the following providers that meet this criteria;</div>
<div><br></div><div>* Hello Telecom - UK numbers only, ITSPA registered, no charges for minutes, rental or concurrent channels. No minimum charges. Excellent call quality/latency, no CLI problems, and almost no downtime in the last 6 months. However, they do not offer a sane purchasing API which makes automation difficult, and interop with FS has been somewhat painful.</div>
<div><br></div><div>* Simwood - UK numbers only, ITSPA registered. Slightly more expensive but still very fair. Currently at inter-op stage, so can't comment further - but they seem very good so far.</div><div><br></div>
<div>* Voxbone - Most numbers, ITSPA registered. Extremely high minimum spend, difficult to justify unless you already have existing traffic. </div><div><br></div><div><div>* BT - UK numbers only (I think), ITSPA registered (of course lol).. Over 9000 pages of inter-op and around £10k in set up fees.</div>
</div></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance</div><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Cal</div>
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BT Equiv</div><div class="gmail_extra" style>Virgin Media Business</div><div class="gmail_extra" style>COLT</div><div class="gmail_extra" style><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style>I might also speak to Andrews and Arnold they might not quite fit your initial criteria, but well worth talking to <a href="http://www.aaisp.net">www.aaisp.net</a></div>
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