Hi Nicklass, Just been through a similar look and see, not quite on the same scale though.
Please note the following is purely my conclusions from feedback on this list and elsewhere, keeping in mind I am in a remote location in the southern hemisphere and look for information (not fancy graphics) on websites. My experience is that a website that gives detailed information on a product and facilities (usually means they have done it before and may have even got it working) is usually a better indication of a product that will work, rather than a site, that says contact us for information (this usually means they will work out how to do it, once you contact them). I ended up finding http://www.voiptalk.org for my requirements and are about to go with them. Just to give a rundown on some of my findings, might save you some time.... http://www.VirtualPhoneLine.com seem to offer Did's just about anywhere in the world, and push them on this list whenever someone asks, however from spending a bit of time on their website (and affiliated websites), all I can detect is that they infact offer a forwarding service to another number, not actual termination to SIP or IAX (please correct me if I am wrong and point me in the right direction), it would be my expectation that termination is what most people on the list are looking for, not a double translation to a second carrier. http://www.livevoip.com seem to have reasonable grade services and offer 0800 uk numbers at a reasonable price. However as we aren't terminating in the US we decided to go with a UK provider to keep the worldwide numbers distinctly separate. http://www.voiptalk.org seem to have the best offering for our requirements, basically it is free of monthly charges 0845, 0870 numbers and they seem to have quite good facilities for forwarding etc if your IAX goes down, so for instance you can get them to forward to a us landline if your IAX goes down. There is a number of other suppliers out there that may meet your requirements, just spend a couple of days Googling.... To give you a breakdown on UK call costs (as I have been able to work out)... 0870 numbers are what they call national numbers and cost the caller about 10p/min, You can get these from lots of places at no cost, cause the receiving party gets a cut from the carrier, which if you are getting reasonable call quantities you can get a cut off, people like British Airways use these Reservations and probably earn themselves 4 or 5p a min whilst they leave customers on hold, great deal if you can get it. 0845 numbers are what they call local numbers and cost the caller about 5p/min. Again the receiving party gets a cut from the carrier, which means if you look around you can get these for nothing (but probably won't earn any revenue). 0800 numbers are in fact free (I gather to all callers, not sure about mobiles?) you will pay 3 or 4p a min to receive calls. You might also consider a local geographic DID as I am told many consumers have call plans that provide very cheap calls to a local number anywhere in the UK, so in other words it is cheaper for people to ring a geographic number on the other side of the country than ring a 0845 national number. However as I said above, many of the big companies seem to get away with the 0870 and I can only presume people ring them (maybe it is because their choices are limited) we went with an 0845 number, simply because we didn't want people using a 0800 number as an information service cause it is free. I would suggest you find out what the prefix is of your competitors and you will get an idea of how well it is accepted. If anybody would like to add anything or correct any mistakes in my conclusions, please feel free to do so, as I said previously it is only what I have worked out from information available, I don't claim to be an expert on UK termination, just somebody going through a similar exercise and offer some help back to users that have helped me. Craig. _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Newsom Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 2:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Asterisk-biz] UK Toll Free I operate a US Based Call Center for television advertisers. Could someone suggest a UK Toll Free Provider that could forward traffic to my US Based Call Center? On occasion we receive up to 10,000 phone calls in a single hour and our company provides a no busy signal guarantee, hence I need a solution that can handle a large amount of traffic. I'm not looking for world's cheapest provider, someone reliable and someone I can talk to on the phone if I have a problem. I hope I'm not shooting myself in the foot by saying this, but $100 to whomever refers the best service. Nicklaas Newsom President / F9 Group Inc. 877.450.3282 Office 877.496.7812 Fax <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-biz/attachments/20050330/4e0a 4124/attachment-0001.htm ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 16:39:04 -0500 From: Saul Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] Florida DIDs To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Danny N wrote: If anyone have this and have provisioning let me known too. i am interested in the same route. regards Saul Diaz Cripiland LC > Hello: > > I am looking for FL DIDs. Please email me your unlimited and per usage > pricings offline. > > If you have DIDs in other areas, please drop me a note. And I will > follow up with you as well. > > Thanks, > Danny > > > > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 14:43:14 -0700 From: "David Aldworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-biz] Florida DIDs To: "'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion'" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" We have pretty good coverage in FL and are expanding it as we speak. Pricing is available both pay-as-you-go and Unlimited. Our website is http://www.teliax.com Looking forward to speaking with you. Kind Regards, David Aldworth Teliax, Inc. http://www.teliax.com 888.270.3688 Great rates. Outstanding Service. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-biz- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Saul Diaz > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 2:39 PM > To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] Florida DIDs > > Danny N wrote: > > If anyone have this and have provisioning let me known too. i am > interested in the same route. > > regards > Saul Diaz > Cripiland LC > > > Hello: > > > > I am looking for FL DIDs. Please email me your unlimited and per usage > > pricings offline. > > > > If you have DIDs in other areas, please drop me a note. And I will > > follow up with you as well. > > > > Thanks, > > Danny > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Biz mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:49:39 -0600 From: "Rehan Ahmed AllahWala - Super Technologies I" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: (Fwd) [Asterisk-biz] UK Toll Free To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Dear Nick, You can save the 100$ by signing up on virtualphoneline.com You get the uk 800 instantly and our rates are also very competitive, Plust you can get multiple calls at a time. Let me know HOW MANY maximum you will get at a time, so i can try to gurantee you the qty of our channels available. Rehan ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:27:28 -0800 From: "Nick Newsom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: [Asterisk-biz] UK Toll Free Send reply to: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion <[email protected]> <asterisk-biz.lists.digium.com> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I operate a US Based Call Center for television advertisers. Could someone suggest a UK Toll Free Provider that could forward traffic to my US Based Call Center? On occasion we receive up to 10,000 phone calls in a single hour and our company provides a no busy signal guarantee, hence I need a solution that can handle a large amount of traffic. ITm not looking for worldTs cheapest provider, someone reliable and someone I can talk to on the phone if I have a problem. I hope ITm not shooting myself in the foot by saying this, but $100 to whomever refers the best service. 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Http://www.Phone2Phone.us - Unlimited Long Distance and International Calling from your exisiting Phone Line. http://www.didX.org - We will sell all your did stock for you. ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:04:16 -0500 From: Herman Webley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] Florida DIDs To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain Hi, I am seeking this as well. I have gotten a couple offers, but I am still looking for the best solution. I would require multiple incoming connections. If possible, I would want NY, DC and MD as well as FL on the same channels. Perhaps per minute providers would be my best bet. Best regard, Herman Webley On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 13:19 -0800, Danny N wrote: > Hello: > > I am looking for FL DIDs. Please email me your unlimited and per usage > pricings offline. > > If you have DIDs in other areas, please drop me a note. And I will > follow up with you as well. > > Thanks, > Danny ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 14:14:18 -0800 From: Preston Garrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-biz] credit card payment To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed We pay $29.95 for our merchant account and less then $50 for startup fees. Any reputable business should not have just one merchant account but TWO. I don't know about you, but having my phones cut off because i didn't go to my paypal account and add more funds to my account doesn't sound like a good idea. I want my phone company to charge my card every month for what I owe, so I don't have to worry about that. You can exactly do that with any of those billing services. Preston Garrison direct: 877-748-4142 fax: 310-774-3901 cell: 623-748-4140 -----Original Message----- From: Kanuri, Seshu (Company IT) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 14:42:56 -0500 Subject: RE: [Asterisk-biz] credit card payment Keneth Shaw Wrote: ------------------ /Snip/ If you need an <a href="international" target=_blank>http://www.highriskexperts.com";>international merchant account</a> we can help you with that. Email me offlist and I can help you get in touch with our merchant services department here at ExpiTrans. /Snip/ Beware of the Merchant Account Scams around you. ----------------------------------------------- Merchant Accounts rip you off if your transaction volumes are less than $5000 a Month with fees like -Setup charge -Shopping cart and Software charge -gateway fee -Annual Maintennance fees -Monthly Rstatement fees -Discount rate ( 2.25 to 3%) -Per transaction fee ( $0.25 to $0.35 ) If you are a startup and does not have much business, PayPal is the best from all accounts. Disclaimer: ----------- I was one of the original Developers of Paypal when I was working for them between 1999 and 2001. My recommendation is not based on my past employment with them, but I have also been it's user all the time, till now and am quite happy with it, inspite of the fact that PayPal also rips you off if you collect payments from outside US into your US account. Seshu -------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Biz mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:30:46 -0500 (EST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Asterisk-biz] credit card payment To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Preston Garrison wrote: > We pay $29.95 for our merchant account and less then $50 for startup > fees. Any reputable business should not have just one merchant account > but TWO. I don't know about you, but having my phones cut off because > i didn't go to my paypal account and add more funds to my account > doesn't sound like a good idea. I want my phone company to charge my > card every month for what I owe, so I don't have to worry about that. > You can exactly do that with any of those billing services. Preston is dropping science like bombs. :) Hear hear. -alex ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Biz mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz End of Asterisk-Biz Digest, Vol 8, Issue 106 ******************************************** _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Biz mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
