VegaStream Training

VegaStream provides comprehensive training for both sales & technical staff. Standard courses are described here, but training can also be tailored to meet the specific needs of organisations.

Single day Fast Track course

The course commences with an introduction to VegaStream & the Vega VoIP Gateway range of products including case studies and applications demonstrating how Vega gateways may be deployed.

Delegates are introduced to a “Pre-Sales Data Collection” document, comprehensive completion of which prior to any installation forms the basis of the session. Once completed the delegate is guided through the process of configuring the Gateway using the information collected within this document culminating in a practical exercise. Both web browser & command line interface configuration is addressed. Also featured is VegaStream's Quick Config wizard which addresses 90% of typical applications including SIP Trunking, Hosted & peer-to-peer solutions.

By the end of the course delegates should be confident in configuring the complete portfolio of VegaStream gateways & making end-to-end VoIP calls.

For further information please contact James Linton

SIP trunks - it's finally happening in earnest in the UK...really!

With the availability of telecoms grade xDSL circuits combined with the reliability & SLAs now on a par with traditional PSTN (analogue/ISDN lines), resellers in the UK are becomming confident in providing SIP trunking to customers. SIP trunks can be offered in conjunction with PSTN connectivity for resilience between the two (Vega gateways will re-present calls to the other network if the first route fails), or even as a total replacement of the PSTN altogether.

Obviously this is the way it's all going anyway; the PSTN as we know it today will be switched off in the not too distant future, as these industry gurus explain:

So what about connectivity? VegaStream's range of range of gateways now incorporate integrated ADSL/SHDSL modems. xDSL circuits should be ordered in much the same way as TDM lines are - "how many concurrent calls does my business need to be able to make"? Click on the table below for a guideline:

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Further benefits over PSTN/ISDN
ITSPs can overlay a wide range of features on their SIP trunks including:
> DDI
> Call recording
> Out of area geographical telephone numbers
> Lower ongoing service charges
> Lower call charges
> Reduced rate/free inter-site (on-net) calls

VegaStream has the products to suit
VegaStream's range of MSBG (Multi Service Business Gateways) provide a cost effective, feature rich & mature platform to which legacy PBXs can be connected in order to take advantage of these SIP trunking offerings from ITSPs. Click here for further details.

Single day Fast Track training
VegaStream offers a not-for-profit single day training course after which delegates will be fluent with installing Vega Gateways for both SIP Trunking & Hosted solutions. Click here to learn more about this course.

a typical SIP "Trunk" advertisement

Vega peer-to-peer / toll bypass application

Application
The customer has multiple sites (head office & branch offices) each with their own legacy PBXs. A corporate WAN provides data connectivity between the sites & therefore is capable of also routing inter-site call traffic which would otherwise be routed via the PSTN.

Leveraging the Corporate WAN
Vega gateways can be installed in each site to bridge the gap between the PBX & the IP network. There are various methods by which to connect the PBX to the Vega - click the image below:

Voice prioritisation
Prioritisation of voice traffic over the data traffic is achievable by enabling QoS on each Vega. Vega units support the configuration of both i) Type of Service/Diffserv field in the IP header, and ii) 802.1p/q fields in the Ethernet header). But in instances where the Customer's router is not QoS configurable the Vega has the ability to prioritise voice traffic over the PC network which can be connected to the Vega's second LAN interface (Bridge Mode).

Single day Fast Track training
VegaStream offers a not-for-profit single day training course after which delegates will be fluent with installing Vega Gateways for these solutions. Click here to learn more about this course.