I'm interested, Mac. VOIP is the 2nd most wanted service I hear about next to broadband. The number of customers who care about streaming TV or movies or do anything like that compared to the number who want voice service... well... I can't even recall anyone asking for anything BUT VOIP. And everyone has a different reason, too. One guy sits 200 feet from a telco's buried cable, but the political line that separates him from the ILEC runs across his driveway, and Qwest wanted $5/foot to run cable over to him... $5000, and then he could not get DSL, either. So, he told Qwest to shove it and uses Packet 8 now and wireless broadband.
Other customers are snowbirds, and find the telco unaccomodating when it comes to having service for just 7 months a year. VOIP he can take with him to his winter hangout... Most would prefer that I provide it... saves them hassle with dealing with a 2nd tech support, billing ,etc. But 911 is absolutely the sticking point. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ neofast.net - fast internet for North East Oregon and South East Washington email me at mark at neofast dot net 541-969-8200 Direct commercial inquiries to purchasing at neofast dot net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mac Dearman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 9:06 AM Subject: RE: [WISPA] e911 anyone? > > I thought I would "feel out" the listonians here at WISPA first to see if I > could peak anyone's interest in a venture we have been working toward for a > couple months. > > My VoIP Company is currently in the final stages of getting set up with > Intrado (www.intrado.com) (Nations largest e911 provider) for our backbone > and call handling with the ability to resell e911 at an affordable price to > other ISPs who wish to legally have a VoIP service offering. It has been a > long and super expensive adventure and that's why so many of us are not > selling VoIP now. We will offer private branding and FCC compliance > certificates for all who would enter into this with us as well as a web > interface for management and updating, IVR updating, 24x7 call center as > well as a SOAP API interface or branded website. > > I have thought long and hard about the costs of getting onboard with other > e911 providers and I know that is the reasons so many of us aren't already > "whole hog" in the VoIP business. Most of these other companies are charging > a $5K set up fee and a $400.00 month minimum and as much as $3.00 per month > per DID just to offer VoIP legally. SCANDALOUS! > > Would anyone be interested in a solution that would make you 100% FCC legal > that wouldn't impose all the financial burdens on you to get set up and > running? > > I am talking a WISPA Members deal here folks! > > If you aren't a WISPA paid member yet - - - it would be in your best > interest to do so as this is going to rock the boat and make it EASY for all > of us WISPs to get in the VoIP arena. It will be exceptionally easy for any > WISPA member > > Please hit me off list if you questions or concerns. > > Mac > > > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
