[Serusers] How to start a VOIP business ?

[ram]

hi

yes, there are many guides onsip.org

ram


On 6/21/06, Concy Pereira <cpereira at trackglobal.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for your inputs,
> Does anybody has a complete document to setup all this.what I mean a
> step by step guide.
>
> Reggards,
> Concy
>
>
> Message: 16
> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:21:15 +1000
> From: Nick Hoffman <nick.hoffman at altcall.com>
> Subject: Re: [Serusers] How to start a VOIP business ?
> To: serusers at lists.iptel.org
> Message-ID: <200606211021.16081.nick.hoffman at altcall.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain;  charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> > Concy Pereira wrote:
> > > Sir,
> > >
> > > I would like to know how can start a successful SIP base VOIP
> > > business. I have being going through some documentation of Open
> server
> > > software but could not come to a conclusion.
> > >
> > > Anybody can suggest me a complete solution for running PC to Phone
> > > service Using GPL products, with accounting, authentication and
> > > authorization with different rate Plans etc.
> > >
> > > Here is what I have decided to do.
> > >
> > > SIP Server (Hardware)
> > > 1. Linux RedHat 9.0
> > > 2. OpenSer or SIP express router
> > > 3. Radius client
> > >
> > > Accounting  /CDR server ( Hardware)
> > > 1. Linux Redhat 9.0
> > > 2. CDRTool by  ag-projects   http://www.ag-projects.com/cdrtool.html
> > > 3. MySQL
> > >
> > > 1.Carrirer
> > > Subcription to any International whole sale VOIP carrier
> > >
> > > Please suggest if I have missed anything out.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Concy
>
>
> On Mon June 19 2006 18:21, "Greger V. Teigre" <greger at teigre.com> wrote:
> > It's a fairly big questions you're asking. But basically you're onto
> it
> > ;-) Ad 1. You should go for something newer than 9.0
> > Ad 2. You need to decide on your maintenance schedule and policies for
> > upgrades/patching etc. Many larger-scale deployments are based on SER
> > 0.9.x because a) it has proven extremely stable b) it is currently
> > maintained for bug and security fixes and will be for a while. Others
> > choose openser to get more features, but you need to make sure that
> you
> > can handle testing and deployment of new versions more often.
> > Ad 3. You need a RADIUS server with a user database or you can use
> mysql
> > (you need mysql regardless of using RADIUS or not)
> >
> > g-)
>
>
> Hi there Greger. I'm curious as to why a RADIUS server is required. Is
> this
> for billing purposes?
> -- Nick
> e: nick.hoffman at altcall.com
> p: +61 7 5591 3588
> f: +61 7 5591 6588
>
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> Message: 17
> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:23:49 +1000
> From: Nick Hoffman <nick.hoffman at altcall.com>
> Subject: Re: [Serusers] How to start a VOIP business ?
> To: serusers at lists.iptel.org
> Cc: Benjamin.George at t-systems.com
> Message-ID: <200606211023.49237.nick.hoffman at altcall.com>
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>
> On Mon June 19 2006 18:48, Benjamin.George at t-systems.com wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I too can provide you some inputs on this apart from the things which
> > are already mentioned:
> >
> > 1.    You may require a media server for playing prompts,
> announcements,
> > etc 2.        Voice mail server to store and play back voice mails
> > 3.    Signaling + Media Gateway if you want to connect to PSTN world
> > 4.    Any good performance management/monitoring tool (normally part
> of
> > OSS) to measure and manage the performance of the entire
> infrastructure
> > to assure zero/minimum downtime
> >
> > Regards,
> > Benjamin.
>
>
> Hi Benjamin. What would you recommend for your 3rd point?
>
> Cheers,
> -- Nick
> e: nick.hoffman at altcall.com
> p: +61 7 5591 3588
> f: +61 7 5591 6588
>
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> ------------------------------
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> Message: 18
> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:05:20 +0800
> From: Ryan Pagquil <rpagquil at philonline.com>
> Subject: Re: [Serusers] How to start a VOIP business ?
> To: nick.hoffman at altcall.com,serusers at lists.iptel.org
> Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.0.20060621090427.01b0fa20 at philonline.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
>
> Hi,
>         To easily manage accounting and authorization use radius.
> I'm using radius for these purposes.
>
> regards,
> Ryan
>
> At 08:21 AM 6/21/2006, Nick Hoffman wrote:
> > > Concy Pereira wrote:
> > > > Sir,
> > > >
> > > > I would like to know how can start a successful SIP base VOIP
> > > > business. I have being going through some documentation of Open
> server
> > > > software but could not come to a conclusion.
> > > >
> > > > Anybody can suggest me a complete solution for running PC to Phone
> > > > service Using GPL products, with accounting, authentication and
> > > > authorization with different rate Plans etc.
> > > >
> > > > Here is what I have decided to do.
> > > >
> > > > SIP Server (Hardware)
> > > > 1. Linux RedHat 9.0
> > > > 2. OpenSer or SIP express router
> > > > 3. Radius client
> > > >
> > > > Accounting  /CDR server ( Hardware)
> > > > 1. Linux Redhat 9.0
> > > > 2. CDRTool by  ag-projects
> http://www.ag-projects.com/cdrtool.html
> > > > 3. MySQL
> > > >
> > > > 1.Carrirer
> > > > Subcription to any International whole sale VOIP carrier
> > > >
> > > > Please suggest if I have missed anything out.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Concy
> >
> >
> >On Mon June 19 2006 18:21, "Greger V. Teigre" <greger at teigre.com>
> wrote:
> > > It's a fairly big questions you're asking. But basically you're onto
> it
> > > ;-) Ad 1. You should go for something newer than 9.0
> > > Ad 2. You need to decide on your maintenance schedule and policies
> for
> > > upgrades/patching etc. Many larger-scale deployments are based on
> SER
> > > 0.9.x because a) it has proven extremely stable b) it is currently
> > > maintained for bug and security fixes and will be for a while.
> Others
> > > choose openser to get more features, but you need to make sure that
> you
> > > can handle testing and deployment of new versions more often.
> > > Ad 3. You need a RADIUS server with a user database or you can use
> mysql
> > > (you need mysql regardless of using RADIUS or not)
> > >
> > > g-)
> >
> >
> >Hi there Greger. I'm curious as to why a RADIUS server is required. Is
> this
> >for billing purposes?
> >-- Nick
> >e: nick.hoffman at altcall.com
> >p: +61 7 5591 3588
> >f: +61 7 5591 6588
> >
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>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 19
> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 07:14:43 +0200
> From: Benjamin.George at t-systems.com
> Subject: RE: [Serusers] How to start a VOIP business ?
> To: nick.hoffman at altcall.com,    serusers at lists.iptel.org
> Message-ID:
>
> <5BDFB528F5AD4744B933D3C6186DA27F02CD11CB at S4DE8PSAADL.t-systems.com>
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>
> Hi,
>
> I would recommend any of the following for the aforesaid:
>
> 1. Cisco media gateway (Router can be converted to a media gateway using
> voice interface cards). We use Cisco 2600 and 7200 (with MPLS support)
> series for this functionality.
>
> 2. NMS media gateway
>
> Some other market leading products are also available for this purpose,
> for example products from Lucent, Alcatel, etc.
>
> Regards,
> Benjamin.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: serusers-bounces at lists.iptel.org
> [mailto:serusers-bounces at lists.iptel.org] On Behalf Of Nick Hoffman
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 5:54 AM
> To: serusers at lists.iptel.org
> Cc: George, Benjamin
> Subject: Re: [Serusers] How to start a VOIP business ?
>
> On Mon June 19 2006 18:48, Benjamin.George at t-systems.com wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I too can provide you some inputs on this apart from the things which
> > are already mentioned:
> >
> > 1.    You may require a media server for playing prompts,
> announcements,
> > etc 2.        Voice mail server to store and play back voice mails
> > 3.    Signaling + Media Gateway if you want to connect to PSTN world
> > 4.    Any good performance management/monitoring tool (normally part
> of
> > OSS) to measure and manage the performance of the entire
> infrastructure
> > to assure zero/minimum downtime
> >
> > Regards,
> > Benjamin.
>
>
> Hi Benjamin. What would you recommend for your 3rd point?
>
> Cheers,
> -- Nick
> e: nick.hoffman at altcall.com
> p: +61 7 5591 3588
> f: +61 7 5591 6588
>
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> Message: 20
> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:42:14 +0200
> From: "Greger V. Teigre" <greger at teigre.com>
> Subject: Re: [Serusers] How to start a VOIP business ?
> To: Ryan Pagquil <rpagquil at philonline.com>
> Cc: serusers at lists.iptel.org
> Message-ID: <4498EA46.5090605 at teigre.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Yes, RADIUS is also quite efficient for authentication and is a very
> good interface into a multitude of user databases ranging from unix user
>
> accounts, Active Directory, LDAP, any sql database etc etc.
>    (And Concy listed a RADIUS *client* as a requirement. I just
> corrected that to a server. I'm not saying that you should use
> RADIUS...)
> g-)
>
> Ryan Pagquil wrote:
> > Hi,
> >         To easily manage accounting and authorization use radius. I'm
> > using radius for these purposes.
> >
> > regards,
> > Ryan
> >
> > At 08:21 AM 6/21/2006, Nick Hoffman wrote:
> >> > Concy Pereira wrote:
> >> > > Sir,
> >> > >
> >> > > I would like to know how can start a successful SIP base VOIP
> >> > > business. I have being going through some documentation of Open
> >> server
> >> > > software but could not come to a conclusion.
> >> > >
> >> > > Anybody can suggest me a complete solution for running PC to
> Phone
> >> > > service Using GPL products, with accounting, authentication and
> >> > > authorization with different rate Plans etc.
> >> > >
> >> > > Here is what I have decided to do.
> >> > >
> >> > > SIP Server (Hardware)
> >> > > 1. Linux RedHat 9.0
> >> > > 2. OpenSer or SIP express router
> >> > > 3. Radius client
> >> > >
> >> > > Accounting  /CDR server ( Hardware)
> >> > > 1. Linux Redhat 9.0
> >> > > 2. CDRTool by  ag-projects
> http://www.ag-projects.com/cdrtool.html
> >> > > 3. MySQL
> >> > >
> >> > > 1.Carrirer
> >> > > Subcription to any International whole sale VOIP carrier
> >> > >
> >> > > Please suggest if I have missed anything out.
> >> > >
> >> > > Regards,
> >> > > Concy
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon June 19 2006 18:21, "Greger V. Teigre" <greger at teigre.com>
> wrote:
> >> > It's a fairly big questions you're asking. But basically you're
> >> onto it
> >> > ;-) Ad 1. You should go for something newer than 9.0
> >> > Ad 2. You need to decide on your maintenance schedule and policies
> for
> >> > upgrades/patching etc. Many larger-scale deployments are based on
> SER
> >> > 0.9.x because a) it has proven extremely stable b) it is currently
> >> > maintained for bug and security fixes and will be for a while.
> Others
> >> > choose openser to get more features, but you need to make sure that
>
> >> you
> >> > can handle testing and deployment of new versions more often.
> >> > Ad 3. You need a RADIUS server with a user database or you can use
> >> mysql
> >> > (you need mysql regardless of using RADIUS or not)
> >> >
> >> > g-)
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi there Greger. I'm curious as to why a RADIUS server is required.
> >> Is this
> >> for billing purposes?
> >> -- Nick
> >> e: nick.hoffman at altcall.com
> >> p: +61 7 5591 3588
> >> f: +61 7 5591 6588
> >>
> >> If you receive this email by mistake, please notify us and do not
> >> make any
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> >> copyright associated with it.
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