Thanks Simon, There is interest in this area of business of consolidating our buying power. I have spoken to Reza a little while ago on this concept. Our company and one other are working on putting together a "co-operative" business model together. So far the model has been working as we have just added another company to our line-up and have managed to reduce our costs some.
I think the most important factor when participating in something like this is to put your immediate benefit factor aside and consider what you can contribute to the whole. It takes a special kind of business owner to participate and place the personal benefit factor into a long term perspective. Long term if enough companies join on we can turn this into an association so, if your company has a similar vision, feel free to contact me via email. Keith Major Business Development Manager Aquarius Telecom Inc. www.aquariustel.com 416.848.6838 ext. 1005 _______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail may be privileged and/or confidential, and the sender does not waive any related rights and obligations. Any distribution, use or copying of this e-mail or the information it contains by other than an intended recipient is unauthorized. If you received this e-mail in error, please advise me (by return e-mail or otherwise) immediately. Ce courrier électronique est confidentiel et protégé. L'expéditeur ne renonce pas aux droits et obligations qui s'y rapportent. Toute diffusion, utilisation ou copie de ce message ou des renseignements qu'il contient par une personne autre que le (les) destinataire(s) désigné(s) est interdite. Si vous recevez ce courrier électronique par erreur, veuillez m'en aviser immédiatement, par retour de courrier électronique ou par un autre moyen. -----Original Message----- From: Simon Ditner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: April 12, 2007 1:44 AM To: Dave Donovan Cc: [email protected] Subject: [biz] Re: [on-asterisk] DID question Just going to shift this over to the business list, as I'm going to change the direction a bit... Would there be enough interest and weight behind us if we formed a business co-op of some sort to purchase these services in bulk, and get ourselves good reps within the likes of Bell, Rogers, Allstream, and such providers? Cheers, spd On 4/11/07, Dave Donovan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Often, that's the biggest struggle with Bell: getting someone one the phone > who has a clue what you're asking for. I tried to get a price from Bell for > a BRI and they couldn't even tell me who I could talk to about that. I > think I called 3 or 4 different numbers then gave up. > > > On 4/11/07, Liviu Toma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Actually they are currently charging us $120 / month for 30 DIDs which we > setup about 4 years ago. > > $4 / DID which seems quite high, much more than most VoIP providers ! > > Second, I tried calling their business support today, and they didn't even > seem to have any idea what I was talking about. They made me send an e-mail > to some address, and I haven't gotten any reply yet. > > > > Liviu > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Bruce Nik > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 10:00 PM > > Subject: RE: [on-asterisk] DID question > > > > > > Livia, > > > > I belevie you do have to get the rest of DIDs from Bell (costs around $2 > for 30 or more). Sometime ago I had a need for different exchange number > through one a Toronto PRI (different rate center) but they were not able to > do it. So, the CLEC that owns the block assigns paths. But why are you > looking into other DID providers anyways? Bell has a good deal on them if > you have the PRI. > > > > > > Regards, > > Bruce > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:31:56 -0400 > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [on-asterisk] DID question > > > > > > I have a question a little bit off-topic: my company uses a PRI from > > > Bell with a block of DIDs assigned to it. We are looking into adding > > > more DIDs (50 or so) to that PRI. > > > Am I correct in assuming that we can only get those DIDs from Bell ? I > > > am not looking for VoIP DIDs, I need them to come through the PRI. > > > Also, if I wanted a block of toll-free numbers, they would have to be > > > mapped to local DIDs, correct ? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Liviu > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > ________________________________ > Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live > Spaces. It's easy! Try it! > > -- | It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what | you know for sure that just ain't so. -- Mark Twain | | The Toronto Asterisk Users Group | Join the discussion group by visiting http://taug.ca --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.2.0/756 - Release Date: 10/04/2007 10:44 PM
