ahhh its all coming back to me... I need more vitamins.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Conference Services > Jon, > > They didn't get sued, the carriers tried to withhold payments, got > overturned and the carriers went back to having to pay money to the B > party. > > > > > Cheers, > > Dean > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Weisman > Sent: Monday, 18 August 2008 12:17 PM > To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Conference Services > > Michael, > > I think there used to be or still is a company called > freeconferencecall.com > or something of that nature. They did this for a while and I understand > got > the crap sued out of them. Not really sure what happened but I know the > big > guys AT&T & Qwest went after them and claimed that they were committing > fraud. I wish I remembered more, but for me breakfast is blur! (did i > even > have breakfast today???? doh!) > > -Jon > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Trank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 1:00 PM > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Conference Services > > >> >> I think the money is made by locating the free conference services in >> the networks of some >> of the small rural telephone companies and cooperatives that are able > to >> charge the big carriers >> on the order of several cents per minute for terminating calls to >> numbers in their space. >> >> These small carriers have termination fees that have been > grandfathered >> in from old FCC rules. >> >> >> Steve Totaro wrote: >> >>>I wonder how anyone can make a buck in this space, there are several >>>companies that do no adverts and do not charge a dime, plus they even >>>do recording. >>> >>>http://www.freeconferencecall.com/faq.asp is one. >>> >>>Thanks, >>>Steve Totaro >>> >>>On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 9:51 AM, Al Lougher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Dave - >>>> >>>>I'm intrigued to know how your advertising covers the costs of the > calls. >>>>We >>>>offer free messaging with advertising, but the ads barely cover the > cost >>>>of >>>>a one minute call. How do you make any money on say a 30 minute >>>>conference >>>>call with a handful of connected parties? >>>> >>>>Alan >>>>www.group2call.com >>>> >>>>--- On Mon, 8/18/08, | dave cantera | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >>>> >>>>From: | dave cantera | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Conference Services >>>>To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" >>>><[email protected]> >>>>Date: Monday, August 18, 2008, 12:46 AM >>>> >>>>jon, >>>>I offer a free conference calling service, I decide what the number >>>>inbound >>>>is and I play my advertisement on the inbound calls. then I give > them a >>>>conference code and a conference PIN. >>>>if they want a custom or local DID, then they pay for that plus a > minute >>>>charge of $0.03 per inbound leg. advertisement on the inbound calls > if I >>>>can get it. >>>>daveC >>>> >>>>Jon Weisman wrote: >>>> >>>>Anybody here using Asterisk to host a conferencing service? I'm > curious >>>>as >>>>to the business details of the whole thing. How are you guys charging >>>>monthly? per minute, both? What sort of features are "industry >>>>standards"? >>>>What are the permium features? Bells & whistles? >>>> >>>>Thanks, >>>>Jon >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>--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 >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> --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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > --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 > > _______________________________________________ > --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 _______________________________________________ --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
