Our Network
At FaktorTel we are proud of our network. FaktorTel's core equipment resides in the Brisbane PIPE Data Center in Queensland Australia. Unlike most data centers PIPE's network allows us to connect to almost every ISP in Australia within a few milliseconds and acts as a communications hub a large section of Australia therefore allowing FaktorTel to offer crystal clear calling from almost any ISP in the country, no matter how large or small.
The Core Network
FaktorTel's Core network equipment consists of one of Australia's only Clustered Asterisk environments with Dual to Ternary protection on all equipment including routers, load balancing servers, database servers and voice |
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All of FaktorTel's core equipment is supplied by DELL and runs the required server architectures for maximum uptime and availability.
The Data Network
FaktorTel's data network consists of a managed solution provided by PIPE Networks, our data connections are monitored and manned 24x7, 365 days a year. For maximum redundancy the Data network is BGP managed and can automatically change between 3 major provider inside Australia. Point to Point interconnects are used between PIPE Data Centers from Brisbane to Sydnay and Brisbane to Melbourne providing single hop solutions for data travelling the length of Australia along with maximum security as traffic travelling outside of the core network is kept on a private link and not exposed to the open internet.
The Voice Network
FaktorTel's voice network is one of the largest VOIP networks in the country and spans 3 states throughout the east coast of Australia. FaktorTel currently have points of termination in Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sydney and Melbourne, including major fiber interconnects with carriers for traffic to the rest of the country and the world. Currently FaktorTel runs 4 major carriers into it's network from seperate locations with no less then 2 carriers at each point of termination. FaktorTel has been and continues to be a representative to the ACMA (Australian Communications and Media Alliance) for the rights and regulations of VOIP providers throughout the country and as such also has links to the IPND (Integrated Public Number Database) and new VOIP Technology items throughout it's country wide voice network.
The Staff:
FaktorTel has several network engineers monitoring, upgrading and maintaining our network equipment. There is no time night or day that the voice network becomes un-monitored or unavailable to our Tech's. Our tech's include contributors to the Asterisk Open Source project, software development staff for projects including vspPanel (www.vsppanel.com)
and admins with large scale network experience including previous projects with TabCorp, Citibank and the ASX.
The Quick Run-Down:
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Solution |
| Owns equipment across the country: |
FaktorTel currently owns all of it's equipment from point to point throughout Australia. |
| Data Center Redundancy: |
FaktorTel Currently use PIPE Networks Data Centers in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne which provide Generator and Battery Backup for all of our servers. |
| Data Redundancy: |
FaktorTel currently run BGP across 3 network providers for full data redundancy. |
| Voice Redundancy: |
FaktorTel currently run 4 voice carriers along with a major fiber interconnect to the PSTN for maximum voice redundancy. |
| Staff: |
FaktorTel has several Linux and Asterisk network specialists who's sole job is to look after and maintain equipment across the country, along with various technical support, sales and billing staff. |
The Pictures:
The following are a few pictures from our Core Network. These were taken as the core network was rebuilt in November 2007. Currently the core network has an internal data capacity of 3.1 Gbps, and runs a host of redundant Dell Servers, PSU's and Core equipment for VOIP Swithing. - For security reasons, we are not able to include pictures of our Data Center or associated equipment to the left or right of our core network.
Fig 1. - Core Rack - Rear wiring + Switch Facing
Fig 2. - Core Rack - Facing
Fig 3. - Core Rack Switching Capacity at 3.1 Gbps + Redundant PSU
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