[asterisk-biz] Least Cost Routing Rates

[Alex Pilosov]

On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, Douglas Garstang wrote:

> Lots of questions from me today.
> 
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> 
> Assuming you used several ITSP's, and you wanted to do least cost
> routing, does anyone have any suggestions as to the best way to manage
> all the routes and their costs?
> 
> It would seem like it could easily be a full time job for someone.
OMG, you have to actually do something to make money? I guess its a change 
from VOIP business of 3 years ago.

> Would it be best to seek out providers that would let you periodically
> grab a rate sheet through some automated means? You'd then have to parse
> the data from the various providers and stick it in a database. The
> formats are all pretty similar so parsing and populating shouldn't be
> too tricky.
Writing parser's hard, let's go shopping.

> Or... what would be really cool would be if there was someone out there
> that already did all this, and published the rates....?
"I want a pony".

-alex