On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Max Clark wrote: > 1. Port based - just like a local T1 provides unlimited inbound calling, > customer pays the outbound usage, capped on maximum simultaneous ports.
> 2. Usage based - customer pays for inbound and outbound calls based on > minutes. No carrier that I know charges per-minute for inbound on PRI. > > With a PRI a 16 mile radius is usually considered local calling and free > outbound, are there any SIP providers that make this distinction (i.e. > is there any concept of local calling with a port based SIP contract)? No, with PRI, you usually pay lower per-minute charge for local calls, but you do still pay. You pay a *higher* per-minute charge for intralata toll. > What are good rates for a small-medium sized business looking for SIP > based origination and termination? Without commit, no real carrier will treat you as a wholesale customer, so you have choice of paying retail to real carrier (~3-4c/minute flat) or paying "wholesale" to the lemonade-stand-du-jour (going rate is about 1.3c/minute now). With some commit, you can get about 2c/minute from a real carrier. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Biz mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
