[Asterisk-biz] Inbound per minute vs. per port charge

[alex at pilosoft.com]

On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Max Clark wrote:

> I am looking for some guidance with inbound pricing. Lets say that a 
> local TDM T1 circuit with unlimited inbound costs arround $600 (or 
> $26/port). As I look at pricing options it seems to be more and more 
> common to charge a fee (say $0.01/minute) for the inbound termination. 
This is called 'origination', not termination.

> This would mean that the provider is banking on 2,600 inbound minutes
> per channel to break even. Even with a 4:1 oversubscribe this is 650
> inbound minutes per month to break even.
I think you are forgetting monthly fees per-DID or similar. Also, 600$ for 
a PRI is about twice what you should be paying.

> What I am trying to get at is what is the oversubscribe rate being used
> in these models. Do I need to be concerned about busy signals and/or the
> company being able to support itself?
Yes. However, it really matters who are your users.

-alex