I agree, to compete on pricing without counting the proper cost is a suicide of the whole VOIP industry. I paid $25 to iBell to test my box connection, worked for a while, and then nothing happen the lines are somehow not working (not disconnected from the way of testing) even I sent a few email, no response. I know I should not ask for a lot as $25 is only good for a few minutes service if iBell needs to pay for the qualified engineer, therefore I just gave up chasing them and call it a day. But how can they now assume all connections will be plug and play and no service will be required?
I would rather that people are charging a reasonable amount and to make it a real business. $25 loss would not bite me but it will certainly waste my time and feeling bad on this industry. Alex -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Preston Garrison Sent: April 25, 2005 10:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] USA Termination Offering sub .008 pricing, and allow people with non minimums is just asking for trouble. The guys charging $.029/minute can't afford to handle the support required for all the guys that will pay you $10/month, but take up $100/month of your time. You may want to rethink your structuring, because you may go the way of the dinosaur if you do not. Its no secret the amount of VOIP companies having problems lately. From just terminating everyones DIDs, with no warning, to recently even a couple of companies going bankrupt. I suggest you at very least put a commitment on everyone who you are planning on giving these rates to. On another note tell us about how you terminate. Do you need to connect via IAX to an asterisk server. This is defintely is not the prefer method. Are you using PRIs direct in your asterisk box, or connecting to it via SIP from a TNT or something? Preston Garrison direct: 877-748-4142 fax: 310-774-3901 cell: 623-748-4140 -----Original Message----- From: list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:47:08 -0400 Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] USA Termination For rates please see: http://www.ibell.us/rates.asp It states USA for Asterisk Subscribers is $0.0075 / Minute Thank you, Jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gilles LORPHELIN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion'" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 12:43 PM Subject: RE: [Asterisk-biz] USA Termination Your website only shows US @ $0.0150/min. Where is your * US and A-Z pricing ? Gilles -----Message d'origine----- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] De la part de list Envoy� : lundi 25 avril 2005 05:23 � : Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion Objet : [Asterisk-biz] USA Termination All, The company I work for is offering USA @ $0.0075 / Minute for the Asterisk community. This is a high quality route. There is no setup fee or any hidden fees. We support SIP & IAX, you can also check your usage online. To order please visit our website at: http://www.ibell.us. Just click on ibell VoIP to sign up. We can provision new accounts within 15 minutes of sign up during normal business hours. If you have any questions please let me know. Thanks, Jon _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Biz mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Biz mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Biz mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Biz mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Biz mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
