We looked at various VoIP wholesalers and weren't really happy with any
of them. Currently, we have a variety of telco circuits including DS3s,
PRIs, and dedicated LD DS1s to solve our voice origination and
termination needs. It took some time to pull it all together and get
right (fax for example), but now we are in a stable situation that is
much superior to what folks like Commpartners offers.
We are still learning how to play in the rural markets where voice and
911 are still pretty locked up, but at least when it comes to the "NFL"
cities we are all set. Any WISP in such a market is welcome to use us on
a wholesale basis with no setup charge and no monthly commits in terms
of minute usage.
-Matt
Tom DeReggi wrote:
Commpartners is one of the popular ones, with lots to offer, but they
are getting a little big for their britches charging $5000 setup fee.
Nuvio, has a lot of programs that help you cover end user equipment.
Primus, is happy wholesaling you a raw business line without PBX
replacement/managed service.
The list goes on. They all have positives and negatives, mostly
related to billing methods.
I'm not aware of any of them that embrase the residential phone
service business wholesale. I want VOIP strictly for residential, and
although they'll do it, they constantly are pushing you to
promote/sell the managed business VOIP PBX services, to consider you a
valuable partner, which isn't our focus for VOIP.
Early on, there are less choices for Wholesale VOIP providers.
However, I think VOIP providers will become a commodity sooner than
later, with everyone on a broadcom platform offering the same plans
and options. Right now, the wholesale VOIP providers still control
the terms. I think Wireless providers on the other hand are the ones
that should be able to control the shots eventually. We own the client
and our local underserved markets. We get the VOIP providers into
needy markets (rural/underserved/mobile) they will never have from DSL
and Cable companies. Its my opinion as owners of the conduit to the
subscriber we should be charging $5000 grand to accept the partnership
not pay it. So we have been holding out for the right wholesale
partner that sees our value and embrases the residential MTU and
underserved VOIP markets. The clock is clicking though, so if they
don't come soon, we will build ourselves.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt Fankhauser"
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Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 2:38 AM
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Is there a company that you can buy VoIP service from and then resell it
to your customers?
Kurt Fankhauser
WAVELINC
114 S. Walnut St.
Bucyrus, OH 44820
419-562-6405
www.wavelinc.com
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Behalf Of Paul Hendry
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 1:12 PM
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Subject: RE: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing - Triple Play
Anyone got a way to offer triple play via wireless yet? I heard of
someone
working on a product but no idea if anything has been released yet.
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Sent: 28 December 2005 14:38
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing - Triple Play
If you are going to be Resi, then get a DISH or DTV distributorship and
sell them Your VoIP and your Internet and the DBS service. Won't be one
bill, but it can be one call.
Tom DeReggi wrote:
Verizon has been advertising FIOS hard in our markets to, but its been
over 6 month for some, since advertsied and no FIOS. FIOS is expensive
to buildout, and they need a certain number of pre-signed up
subscribers to do it. Its hard to convince people to get rif of their
satelite and cabled TV. There is security in not being locked down to
a signle provider for ALL services. I can see it now, someone gets
behind on their phone bill, and all a sudden the TV gets turned off,
the broadband gets turned off, and the PHONE.
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