Re: SIP trunking providers

[Jared Geiger <jared () compuwizz net>]

Peerless Network, Hypercube, Inteliquent, and Intelepeer all have switch
equipment in Chicago. Inteliquent or Peerless would be your best choices.
They run alternative tandem services in those markets so local calls will
remain in area. Hypercube does offer a similar product, I'm just not sure
if they have a tandem in Chicago also.

Verizon also has a Chicago gateway but implementation takes forever.

~Jared Geiger

On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 7:17 PM, Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net> wrote:

> That's why I asked for one with everything local.
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> -----
> Mike Hammett
> Intelligent Computing Solutions
> http://www.ics-il.com
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Owen DeLong" <owen () delong com>
> To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog () ics-il net>
> Cc: nanog () nanog org
> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 8:56:47 PM
> Subject: Re: SIP trunking providers
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> Nor will the fact that your particular trunking provider is local, so I’m
> not sure what you seek to accomplish, then.
>
> Owen
>
> > On Jul 23, 2015, at 12:24 , Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net> wrote:
> >
> > I have several Asterisk VMs running in my own facility, but that doesn't
> change the fact that a particular provider's media gateway that SIP
> reinvites me to is somewhere non-local.
> > -----
> > Mike Hammett
> > Intelligent Computing Solutions
> > http://www.ics-il.com
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: "Owen DeLong" <owen () delong com>
> > To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog () ics-il net>
> > Cc: nanog () nanog org
> > Sent: Monday, July 20, 2015 8:04:24 AM
> > Subject: Re: SIP trunking providers
> >
> > Why not set up a small Asterisk box in a local datacenter and only trunk
> out the non-local calls?
> > Owen
> >
> > > On Jul 20, 2015, at 03:36 , Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net> wrote:
> > >
> > > I want the gateway in Chicago as well.
> > >
> > > I am Chicago based. The end users are Chicago based. Therefore the
> origination would be coming from a Chicago area gateway. Half of the calls
> (inbound would be guaranteed to be local as they'd be coming in through a
> local tandem anyway. Most of the termination traffic would again be to
> local numbers, therefore would again have to be through local tandems.
> > > -----
> > > Mike Hammett
> > > Intelligent Computing Solutions
> > > http://www.ics-il.com
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > >
> > > From: "Nathan Anderson" <nathana () fsr com>
> > > To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog () ics-il net>
> > > Cc: nanog () nanog org
> > > Sent: Monday, July 20, 2015 4:11:37 AM
> > > Subject: RE: SIP trunking providers
> > >
> > > Maybe I'm missing something here, but what does it matter if the RTP
> from your perspective ends in Chicago or not? If it does end in Chicago,
> that only means they are proxying the audio before sending it on to the
> actual media gateway for that call where it finally drops onto the PSTN. So
> all that happens is that the audio latency remains the same (or worse,
> because of the additional, unnecessary proxy) AND that the actual media
> gateway remains hidden from you. You won't be able to actually test and see
> the latency to the MG, and you will be under the (false) impression that
> latency across all calls is equally "good" because you are only measuring
> RTT to a specific and common media proxy. By sending the audio directly to
> an MG closer to the point of exit from IP-land, it is taking a more direct
> route to the callee than you are seemingly asking for.
> > > If you're not talking about adding a proxy to the equation, are you
> expecting to find a provider in Chicago that immediately goes from IP to
> PSTN within Chicago, regardless of the actual destination of the call?
> Circuit-switched TDM is not a no-latency connection. Physics is involved
> here. The farther apart the caller is from the callee, the more latency
> there will be, regardless of the medium. All other things being equal
> (similar network path, etc.), I doubt IP packet switching significantly
> increases the latency over and above TDM call trunking. But I'm not an
> expert, and again, if I'm missing something here, I would love to be proven
> wrong.
> > > --
> > > Nathan Anderson
> > > First Step Internet, LLC
> > > nathana () fsr com
> > >
> > > ________________________________________
> > > From: NANOG [nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett [
> nanog () ics-il net]
> > > Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2015 1:04 PM
> > > Cc: nanog () nanog org
> > > Subject: Re: SIP trunking providers
> > >
> > > I too am looking for the Chicago area. Low volume. I'm looking for
> people whose SIP and RTP hit the end of the road in Chicago. Not interested
> in someone whose SIP servers are in LA , but will redirect me to the
> nearest gateway... without telling me where said gateway is.
> > > -----
> > > Mike Hammett
> > > Intelligent Computing Solutions
> > > http://www.ics-il.com
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > >
> > > From: "Rafael Possamai" <rafael () gav ufsc br>
> > > To: nanog () nanog org
> > > Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 4:40:48 PM
> > > Subject: SIP trunking providers
> > >
> > > Would anyone in the list be able to recommend a SIP trunk provider in
> the
> > > Chicago area? Not a VoIP expert, so just looking for someone with
> previous
> > > experience.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Rafael