[Asterisk-biz] Asterisk VoIP Interexchange

[alex at pilosoft.com]

On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, Matt wrote:

> Hi, Are there any asterisk users here running VoIP providers (however
> large or small they may be) that would be interested in working togethor
> to form a mutually-beneficial termination network?  Forinstance, here I
> sit in PA with termination (locally to me) to many areas... I'm sure
> there are others of you with termination in other states, cities, etc.
Unless you have unlimited free calling to your local area - it isn't 
really worth it.

> If we were to form some sort of consortium and be able to A) route to
> each other's voip users without going PSTN, as well as B) route out each
> other's network (with some charge? or for free in exchange for xxxx
> minutes routing out the other provider) to their local area we could
> save ourselves money and help each other out.

A) see DUNDi

B) this essentially requires someone to operate a clearinghouse. It is far 
more complicated than it appears to be (i.e. credit issues, etc).

-alex