[Asterisk-biz] Re: Truly Unlimited DID's

[J Thomas]

Have you heard about insurance? If you don't use it, you get screwed
(because all your premiums were paid unnecessarily) and if you use it,
your provider got screwed because in all likelihood, he is spending more
on you than you paid. 

> From: "Matthew Simpson" <matthew at txlink.net>
> To: <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 10:18 AM
> Subject: [Asterisk-biz] Re: Truly Unlimited DID's
> 
> 
> >> From: "Asterisk PBX" <asterisk at dovid.net>
> >> I am looking for DID's with unlimited incoming and unlimited channels.
> >> Most providers don't charge much for the DID but they then say that
> >> there is a "normal usage patern". If one go's over then the price can
> >> jump. There is no telling of what it will go to. I am looking for a
> >> provider that can give me DID's at a set rate. Some of them will have
> >> heavy usage while others will have very minimal usage. Thanks.
> >
> > There is no such thing as "truly unlimited".  Here is why.
> >
> > When a provider sells an "unlimited" service, somebody is getting screwed.
> >
> > Let's say Joe buys an "unlimited" DID for $5.00/ mo.  Bob buys a $1.00 
> > DID and pays $0.01 per minute for the minutes of use.
> >
> > That means that if Joe uses 399 minutes or less on his "unlimited" DID, 
> > Joe is getting screwed, because he would have saved money by paying for 
> > what he used.  If Joe uses 400 minutes or more, Joe's provider is getting 
> > screwed because they are now losing money.
> >
> > However, Bob pays for exactly what he used, and neither Bob nor his 
> > provider get screwed.
> >
> > "Unlimited" products are a suckers game.  I ask anyone who wants to buy an 
> > "unlimited" product, who do you want to screw?  Yourself?  Or me?