[Asterisk-biz] LiveVoip Multi Channel PBX City Plan

[alex at pilosoft.com]

[first, fix your mail client to do proper quoting]

On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Preston Garrison wrote:

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> Like i said in my last email, i certainly don't.. and are not only 
> using pris, but have quotes on my desk for PRIs in 20 new markets.

> > I know plenty of people that will :)
>> That's insane. First large calling card customer who tries to use that
>> platform will make you either go bankrupt or run out of ports. It is
>> just like providing unlimited LD on a PRI - you either will go bankrupt
>> or you will end up redefining word unlimited.
> 
> Like i said i know plenty of people :)
There are plenty of companies with unsustainable business models (in other
words, business models where there is a certain class of customers on
which you lose money). There are number of options how that will go:  a)
either company will go bankrupt, b) it makes far more from profitable 
customers than it loses on unprofitable or c) the business plan will 
change to correct the imbalance.

There's nothing wrong with buying from carrier knowing that they are 
losing money on the deal. I do that often enough. However, you cannot base 
*your own* business plan on the ability to get services below their cost!

In other words, if there's a carrier who provides all-you-can-eat outbound
PRIs for 1000$/month (i've been told there are crazy people like that), I
wouldn't base my business plan on the effective cost of 0.1c per minute.  
However, I would buy from them, and save money while they are in business. 
;)

-alex