[asterisk-biz] Recommendation required: People dial in with user ID and password to make international calls

[JP Carballo]

Jean-Michel Hiver wrote:

>
>> Seriously though,people who use calling cards do so only because they 
>> see the very low per minute rates being advertised.
>> They never read the fine print where all the charges get factored in.
>> Who does anyway?
>>
>> The end result is they complain they get cheated out of their minutes.
>
>
> It's funny that you mention this, since I was wondering how to cope 
> with this business tactics when you're in the calling card business.
>
> My answer to the problem would be to NOT advertise rates, have no 
> connect / disconnect charges, and simply advertise that the card has 
> "the best value" and "no connection charges".
>
> I am willing to believe that the customers will realize that your card 
> is better than the competition because they are not getting charged 
> 0.40+ just because they got an answering machine...
>
Very astute of you, Jean-Michel. That is precisely what I am doing.

My customers know that the rate they hear from the system when they dial 
a number is what they get charged for. Nothing more, nothing less.


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JP Carballo

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