[Asterisk-biz] Pricing Options and Models

[Preston Garrison]

Yes you can get "channel based" via sip, however most companies don't 
sell it because its cheaper to go per minute.  Take for account all 
these unlimited plans.  All they are doing is betting you won't use 
more in minutes on average then their cost.  And they are right most 
people don't even come close.

Preston Garrison
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-----Original Message-----
From: Max Clark <max at clarksys.com>
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion 
<asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 13:29:28 -0700
Subject: [Asterisk-biz] Pricing Options and Models

Hi all,

  There has been a receint flurry of activity on this list regarding 
different SIP based pricing options.

 There seem to be two main options available at this point:

  1. Port based - just like a local T1 provides unlimited inbound 
calling, customer pays the outbound usage, capped on maximum 
simultaneous ports.
  2. Usage based - customer pays for inbound and outbound calls based on 
minutes.

  With a PRI a 16 mile radius is usually considered local calling and 
free outbound, are there any SIP providers that make this distinction 
(i.e. is there any concept of local calling with a port based SIP 
contract)?

  What are good rates for a small-medium sized business looking for SIP 
based origination and termination?

 TIA,
 Max

 -- Max Clark
 max [at] clarksys.com
 http://www.clarksys.com
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