Back in the days of the analog phone system screwed to the wall in the phone closet, many small businesses had a “phone guy” they paid regularly to do all their employee moves/adds/changes, configure IVR trees and voicemail, set up MOH, train employees, do software upgrades, and fix the hardware when it broke. This cost a lot and I assume was a lucrative business. But the whole idea of cloud PBX is to get away from the hassle and expense of having the phone guy come out on a monthly basis. So in 2019 not 1999, I think Lewis is probably right. Of course there are probably a few customers who want the latest technology and still want to pay big bucks to somebody to babysit it for them. Maybe the same people who buy the extended warranty at Best Buy, or who pay the phone company for inside wiring maintenance.
From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Lewis Bergman Sent: Saturday, April 6, 2019 9:50 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Selling managed PBX vs phone line Why would you is the question. The majority of the money is in the origination and termination. I don't think you could compete in the space without offering it. On Sat, Apr 6, 2019 at 9:31 PM Daniel White <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Yes you can do it and we do offer that to some ISP's that would rather provider their own origination and termination. For the most part, our bulk pricing though beats what an individual ISP can purchase. As long as you do not provide an interconnection to the PSTN, there isn't any regulatory burden. <https://atheral.com/> Daniel White Co-Founder - Business Development & Operations direct: +1 (702) 470-2766 <https://www.facebook.com/getatheral> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/atheral/> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpPZv-EsGCj8LXfzylwCrjQ> Matt Hoppes wrote on 4/6/19 12:53: Exactly my thought. You’d connect them to the termination providers who would bill them directly. On Apr 6, 2019, at 14:28, David Thake <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: You can certainly sell Cloud PBX without origination and termination. The sip trunk and DID could be sourced by the client from another SIP provider while you just handle the PBX setup and maintenance whilst getting a commission from the sip trunk provider perhaps... It really depends what you want to do. <DAVID.png> On 6 Apr 2019, at 20:25, Ken Hohhof <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: I don't understand how you would sell managed cloud PBX without origination and termination, seems like it would be part of the package. If you bill them, and they can make calls to/from the PSTN via the service you sell them, I believe that makes you an interconnected VoIP provider. -----Original Message----- From: AF <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Matt Hoppes Sent: Saturday, April 6, 2019 12:56 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [AFMUG] Selling managed PBX vs phone line Is there any difference? I know if you sell voip phone lines you have to file 499s and a bunch of other things. If you’re selling a managed PBX in the cloud to a business customer does that still make you a voip provider? Or only if they don’t have their own termination provider and you’re doing the termination for them? -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com All email communication is subject to our privacy policy. The privacy policies may be viewed here: https://www.vanilla.net.mt/privacy/ https://www.maltashopper.com/PrivacyPolicy -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- Lewis Bergman 325-439-0533 Cell
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