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mileskeaton at gmail.com
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 Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 12:33 am Post subject: [Freeswitch-users] How does location of FreeSWITCH server ma |
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I'm new to FreeSWITCH and hope I could ask the community's suggestion
or experience with how the location of your FreeSWITCH server affects
the quality of the VoIP call.
I'm using JunctionNetworks (http://pstn.junctionnetworks.com/) for SIP
trunking. Their servers are in NYC.
I'm trying to decide between running FreeSWITCH on a Debian dedicated
server in Virginia (http://www.serverbeach.com/) or a FreeBSD
dedicated server in San Diego (http://www.m5hosting.com/).
This is for a VERY small business without a lot of phone traffic, but
our users are spread around the world, in LA, Toronto, NYC, Berlin,
London, Bangalore, and Hong Kong.
I've used both for a couple months and they both seem fine. Since I'm
in LA, I get a better response-speed from the San Diego server, but
people on the east coast might have the opposite experience. My
recent FreeSWITCH calls through the Virginia server have sounded quite
lo-fi. I also like FreeBSD better than Debian.
What would you recommend?
Server-location doesn't matter?
Server-location does matter?
Location doesn't matter much but the colocation facility matters more?
Any suggestions appreciated. I'm trying to make a decision, but
realized I didn't have all the facts.
Thanks!
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kristian.kielhofner at...
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| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:46 am Post subject: [Freeswitch-users] How does location of FreeSWITCH server ma |
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On 1/8/09, Miles Keaton <mileskeaton@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | I'm new to FreeSWITCH and hope I could ask the community's suggestion
or experience with how the location of your FreeSWITCH server affects
the quality of the VoIP call.
I'm using JunctionNetworks (http://pstn.junctionnetworks.com/) for SIP
trunking. Their servers are in NYC.
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I take it they at least proxy the media there whether or not they
ultimately terminate/originate it on the PSTN themselves.
| Quote: | I'm trying to decide between running FreeSWITCH on a Debian dedicated
server in Virginia (http://www.serverbeach.com/) or a FreeBSD
dedicated server in San Diego (http://www.m5hosting.com/).
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Go with Virginia, and I will tell you why...
| Quote: | This is for a VERY small business without a lot of phone traffic, but
our users are spread around the world, in LA, Toronto, NYC, Berlin,
London, Bangalore, and Hong Kong.
I've used both for a couple months and they both seem fine. Since I'm
in LA, I get a better response-speed from the San Diego server, but
people on the east coast might have the opposite experience. My
recent FreeSWITCH calls through the Virginia server have sounded quite
lo-fi. I also like FreeBSD better than Debian.
What would you recommend?
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Virginia
| Quote: | Server-location doesn't matter?
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It matters.
| Quote: | Server-location does matter?
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It matters.
| Quote: | Location doesn't matter much but the colocation facility matters more?
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It matters, but the *bandwidth/network* used by your colo matters too.
| Quote: | Any suggestions appreciated. I'm trying to make a decision, but
realized I didn't have all the facts.
Thanks!
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A little explanation... Your media is at least going to NYC no
matter what you do. There is no other way it's going to get to/from
the PSTN (that's where Junction is taking it, after all). In
FreeSWITCH there are a lot of options for handling media but let's
assume two basic possibilities:
1) You have to handle the media from your endpoints with FreeSWITCH.
Your media will have to go from Endpoint <-> VA <-> NYC <-> PSTN
2) You don't have to handle the media with FreeSWITCH and it can go
directly to New York: Endpoint <-> NYC <-> PSTN
Either way, the path will be shorter if the server is in VA. The
only way you could lose is if you really hate Debian or ServerBeach
sucks. My experience with ServerBeach in VA is pretty good. The
PEER1 network is well peered and quite decent. It can get you to New
York quite quickly. Trust me, I know this  .
If your server was in LA your endpoints could still go directly to
New York if possible (no nat, etc). If not, the media is now proxied
in LA on it's way to NYC and vice versa. That's a long haul...
Also, I would imagine you're planning on having media always served
from FreeSWITCH - voicemail, conferencing, IVR, etc. In this case
Virginia wins yet again.
Virginia.
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Kristian Kielhofner
http://blog.krisk.org
http://www.submityoursip.com
http://www.astlinux.org
http://www.star2star.com
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kristian.kielhofner at...
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| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:01 am Post subject: [Freeswitch-users] How does location of FreeSWITCH server ma |
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On 1/9/09, Kristian Kielhofner <kristian.kielhofner@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | On 1/8/09, Miles Keaton <mileskeaton@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | I'm new to FreeSWITCH and hope I could ask the community's suggestion
or experience with how the location of your FreeSWITCH server affects
the quality of the VoIP call.
I'm using JunctionNetworks (http://pstn.junctionnetworks.com/) for SIP
trunking. Their servers are in NYC.
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I take it they at least proxy the media there whether or not they
ultimately terminate/originate it on the PSTN themselves.
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BTW, Junction uses Global Crossing for SIP origination and they
appear to be colo'd with these guys: http://www.fortressitx.com.
Just in case you need more information to make your decision .
--
Kristian Kielhofner
http://blog.krisk.org
http://www.submityoursip.com
http://www.astlinux.org
http://www.star2star.com
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