Quote Originally Posted by Brian View Post
I guess, since it's not within VOIPo's network, it isn't possible to narrow this range down, or specific ports? What do those of us with multiple VOIP providers/lines do?
I would agree with Brian. That's a huge range to open. It really does not matter what port the CLEC uses - it's what port the CLEC is trying to access on the ATA on our (customer) side and only those ports need to be forwarded. For one provider to hog a range that wide is (in my opinion) unreasonable. Surely you can work with your partners that they use a certain range for VOIPo customers? As I previously mentioned: my basic understanding is that there is a port/ports on the CLEC side and a port/ports on the customer side that talk to each other and while the CLEC gateway could be talking to many many customers and so will need a wide range of ports in operation on the CLEC side, they can still target a narrow range on the customer side.