Yep hes talking inbound... outbound is even worst..
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of C F Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 5:25 PM To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] termination pricing needed Am I reading corrctly? does this email from Level3 Account director match the subject line? You want termination, and he's talking Local Inbound. On 5/21/06, Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Level3 Account director himself.. > > Local Inbound: > > . 3.5+ million minutes per month now or ramped over 3 months > ($25,000 monthly commitment) > > . This is an inbound only product (calls flow from PSTN to IP) > > . SIP signaling must be used/(TCP or UDP) > > . G.711 or G.729A audio CODECs only > > . Level 3 Customer is running voice over IP application > > . The Level 3 customer does not have to be a facilities based > carrier but is required to have access to a Class 5 switch/Feature Server > (IVR, SS, VoIP application - IVR, conference bridge, Media Server with voice > application, IP enabled ACD or PBX) > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of C F > Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 2:17 PM > To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] termination pricing needed > > It appears that some people have never tried that before, L3 will deal > with you even if you commit only for around 1M minutes at less than > $0.01 per minute to top 20, and so will MCI. I have never dealt with > Qwest so I cannot tell you about them. Last time I checked the > montyly commit with L3 was $10K. > > On 5/21/06, Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Finally some one that thinks. > > > > Of course for 100k I could get l3,qwest and one other in this setup... > > > > That as said would take weeks to accomplish. > > > > Anyhow thanks to all I found my provider. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jed Stafford > > Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 12:55 PM > > To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion > > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] termination pricing needed > > > > Except that is not very many minutes for domestic. > > Even if you consider a very high price average of > > $0.01 per minute, that is only $30,000. The currentl > > monthly commit for L3 is $50,000. On top of that you > > would only get L3, vs. going with a true wholesale > > company which would have commits with multiple major > > carriers oftens get you the same or better price than > > you could get in the door with, avoid months of > > interop testing and deposits with various carriers as > > well as a good LCR/failover. The overhead of dealing > > with the politics of the carriers alone is often worth > > going indirect as there are a lot of benefits of using > > a reseller. > > > > -Jed > > > > > > > > > > --- C F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Overhead is only a problem because it costs money, > > > if you are going to > > > use ~3M minutes then you *will* be overpaying if you > > > don't go directly > > > to the big guys, which means that the overhead > > > already paid out. > > > BTW, I don't see any overhead in getting VoIP > > > directly from the big > > > guys (like L3). > > > You can still use TDM with Asterisk and manage it > > > remotely, if you > > > think that TDM is too much of an overhead, then you > > > should try POTS > > > for a few days, I think POTS is much more of an > > > overhead. > > > Perhaps your client should take on a new consultant > > > that could handle > > > the overhead. > > > Again you are either lying here about something, or > > > you are > > > misrepresenting your client. > > > > > > > > > On 5/20/06, Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > IT is for a client of mine. > > > > > > > > We do not want to have the overhead of equipment > > > for tdm etc etc > > > > > > > > An Asterisk switch can be managed remotely and > > > therefore a lot easier then > > > > hardware . > > > > > > > > > > > > We pay weekly or can prepay. > > > > > > > > No problems there lol > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of C F > > > > Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 3:10 PM > > > > To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk > > > Discussion > > > > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] termination pricing > > > needed > > > > > > > > Am I the only one finding this hard to believe? > > > > If you are going to use *and* pay for ~3Million > > > minutes per month, > > > > then why do you need this list? I can get you > > > excellent pricing > > > > (~$0.006 to top 20) *and* quality for both TDM and > > > VoIP at this amount > > > > of minuest per month, if you have a problem > > > getting it, then I > > > > understand that either you are lying, or you have > > > a tendency of not > > > > paying bills. I mean why else wont you do it on > > > your own. > > > > If you don't have the resources to do it on your > > > own, hire someone > > > > privatly that will set this up for you, there are > > > plenty of > > > > consultants around here that would be happy to set > > > you up such a > > > > thing, my self included. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 5/19/06, Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We need 100,000 minutes DAILY min termination > > > pricing, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We would prefer 6/6, we have a good deal but > > > open to offers. > > > > > > > > > > ALL usa termination > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We could do a test by tomorrow or Monday morning > > > for a few 100's dollars > > > > and > > > > > see quality > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Frank > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by > > > Easynews.com -- > > > > > > > > > > asterisk-biz mailing list > > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > > > > > > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by > > > Easynews.com -- > > > > > > > > asterisk-biz mailing list > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > > > > > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by > > > Easynews.com -- > > > > > > > > asterisk-biz mailing list > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > > > > > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com > > > -- > > > > > > asterisk-biz mailing list > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > > > > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > asterisk-biz mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > asterisk-biz mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
