Some probably resell other carrier's services. I honestly have wondered this myself. As for us (chilitech.net) we have been involved in the Internet business since 2001. We have a large group of broadband and dial-up customers as well as web hosting customers, so the VoIP is only part of our business and is profitable.
On 7/30/07, Douglas Garstang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I see a lot of wholesale and business SIP origination and termination > carriers on the voip-info web site at: > > > > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/VOIP+Service+Providers+Business+North+America > > > > The list seems to be growing daily. Do people actually make money doing > this? I would have thought that the profit margins on carrying minutes would > have been measured in fractions of a cent. I'm a little curious how people > cut a profit unless they are passing millions of minutes per month. If they > are, I wonder how they get business when there are so many out there doing > it. > > > > Do these companies just resell other people's networks, like Level 3? Do > they build their own term/orig POP's in datacenters around the world and use > the public Internet to route calls, or do they build private networks? Both > must be expensive. Once again, I'm curious how they can cut a profit??? > > > > Doug. > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
