[OpenSIPS-Business] Teir 1 Service Providers (Level 3, XO, ATT)

[Brandon Kruse]

Level 3 does not handle 90% of the US SIP termination market. Be careful when doing your initial interconnect agreement with them. 
Quality is superb, but last I checked, minimum was $10k/month spend (that could be for their "wholesale" division only though).
We terminated about 35 million minutes to them last month with only about 5 trouble tickets (which well below average for us).
To second what Kristian said, the only problems ended up being some underlying vendor not wanting to terminate the call, but
still answering the call.

Make sure you are happy with your account manager. In the past, that really made our relationship great or terrible.

AT&T is also very good. Now they are opening more and more of their own network for wholesale LD over SIP, which they didn't
do much in the past (especially for interconnects). There is a distinct difference if you are reselling their network or using it to terminate
your direct customer traffic. It also really depends if your traffic is TDM originated or IP originated (non enhanced/enhanced)

-- 
Brandon Kruse


On Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Kristian Kielhofner wrote:

> I can confirm that Level(3) is essentially the "Cadillac" of SIP orig/term in the US.
> 
> - Almost absolutely consistent signalling.
> - At least six ingress/egress SBCs throughout the US with fairly flexible routing.
> - Level(3) (from an IP perspective) tops the charts in IPs allocated and BGP peers.  If you're doing direct media handoff there's no better option.
> - While very bureaucratic, they have excellent operations.
> 
> We've never had a quality problem with them that was actually their fault.
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Jamuel Starkey <jamuel at hcvoip.com (mailto:jamuel at hcvoip.com)> wrote:
> > Hi Nick,
> > 
> > Last I heard XO exited the SIP TERM market--purportedly too competitive for them.
> > 
> > Level-3 works well and handles 90% of the US resale SIP TERM market from what I hear--we use them for as a primary carrier for US ORIG, TF ORIG, as well as TERM (US Domestic and International).  We aren't as cost focused as some but more quality focused--and we've never had voice quality issues with them.  They expect 1 million minutes per month with a $10,000 USD monthly commit.  There's been so much turnover at Level-3 I'm not sure who the best person to contact is but I'll send you our contact details separately.
> > 
> > Never had an dealing with AT&T so no info to provide but we've also run into folks that use Verizon--no details there either both have a hefty take or pay . . .
> > 
> > Feel free to contact me directly if you have any additional questions or would like to discuss a partnership should you not be able to meet any of the commitments required by Level-3 as we are always looking to add minutes and reduce our costs :)
> > 
> > Hope that gets you started at the very least . . .
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > JPS
> > 
> > On May 15, 2013, at 11:52 AM, Nick Khamis wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello Everyone,
> > >
> > > Anyone here using Level 3 or AT&T wholesale sip terminations services?
> > > I would like to know on any minimums they would require. Also, an idea
> > > of how competitive the rates are. I am not asking to disclose your
> > > custom rate deck, just a "what to expect". Finally, if you guys can PM
> > > me contact info to someone from the wholesale department who knows
> > > what they are talking about when it comes to SIP trunking, I would
> > > really appreciate it.
> > >
> > > Kind Regards,
> > >
> > > Nick.
> > >
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