Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: > On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 22:40 -0400, Alex Balashov wrote: >> Miles Scruggs wrote: >> >>> Not all but in some markets it is very lucrative. For instance we are >>> about to turn up a market where we actually pay $0.005/min to >>> "customers" who drive substantial origination. Great tactic is just >>> keep the tab running whether they pay or not, soon enough it will >>> reach a level where the court costs justified, and you get to collect. >>> Just need patience and resolve and it all will come out in the wash. >> I'm sure some markets like that exist. >> >> But it really depends on who you're collecting from. If it's from the >> RBOCs or their wireless divisions, they have far more money and court >> muscle than you ever will. If it's particularly stubborn, insolent, >> impertinent local-yokel independents, you've got a whole different problem. >> > > the carriers frown on that, and the readyline case has been used to sue > telcos and non-telcos alike who are doing similar types of things. In > short, once you get to a certain traffic level expect payments to stop, > and expect very expensive legal fees to goto court. > > The carriers have a way of dragging things out well past a year, and yes > it accumulates, but customers generally dont like it when you tell them > that you cant pay them because the carriers arent paying you like the > law says they should. Note, the carriers still insist on billing their > customers for those calls, and insist that their customers pay promptly > for those calls, they just dont want to have to pay anything for them.
Yeah, that's the other thing - the carriers aren't *stupid*. If you're milking high reciprocal comp rates by drumming up lots of inbound, they *know* what you're doing. On whatever volume and scale. -- Alex Balashov Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : (+1) (678) 954-0670 Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671 Mobile : (+1) (706) 338-8599 _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
