I 100% agree with you Alex. Jay kordic the horizon group 1-951-780-3131
On Dec 28, 2011, at 12:25 AM, Alex Balashov <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/27/2011 11:34 PM, Jake Hansen wrote: > >> Does anyone know how they sell US termination for 0.004 in a lot of >> cases? One would presume they are getting it cheaper and making a >> profit on it... > > As Jay pointed out, wholesale termination in non-trivial volume is cheaper > than that to a lot of destinations. > > However, the variation is considerable, and I wouldn't necessarily assume > they're making a profit. In wholesale, it's common practice to reject calls > to certain especially high-cost destinations, even if the provider claims > 100% completion. In retail, they usually just make a bet that most of your > calls will be to cheap destinations, and take the hit if they're wrong. > > In all cases, the goal is to win your traffic, whether you're LCRing it or > manually evaluating costs. > > Personally, I think selling US termination at 0.004 blended, across the board > is suicide. There are certain types of destinations (mainly RBOC, some > wireless) that are highly profitable sold at 0.004, and there are also many > others that would bleed you dry. It's possible that this type of thinking - > predatory pricing - is the key to why they went out of business. > > -- > Alex Balashov - Principal > Evariste Systems LLC > 260 Peachtree Street NW > Suite 2200 > Atlanta, GA 30303 > Tel: +1-678-954-0670 > Fax: +1-404-961-1892 > Web: http://www.evaristesys.com/ > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- 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
