[asterisk-biz] Nationwide DID's

[Alex Balashov]

Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 22:40 -0400, Alex Balashov wrote:
>> Miles Scruggs wrote:
>>
>>> Not all but in some markets it is very lucrative.  For instance we are  
>>> about to turn up a market where we actually pay $0.005/min to  
>>> "customers" who drive substantial origination.  Great tactic is just  
>>> keep the tab running whether they pay or not, soon enough it will  
>>> reach a level where the court costs justified, and you get to collect.  
>>> Just need patience and resolve and it all will come out in the wash.
>> I'm sure some markets like that exist.
>>
>> But it really depends on who you're collecting from.  If it's from the 
>> RBOCs or their wireless divisions, they have far more money and court 
>> muscle than you ever will.  If it's particularly stubborn, insolent, 
>> impertinent local-yokel independents, you've got a whole different problem.
>>
> 
> the carriers frown on that, and the readyline case has been used to sue
> telcos and non-telcos alike who are doing similar types of things.  In
> short, once you get to a certain traffic level expect payments to stop,
> and expect very expensive legal fees to goto court.  
> 
> The carriers have a way of dragging things out well past a year, and yes
> it accumulates, but customers generally dont like it when you tell them
> that you cant pay them because the carriers arent paying you like the
> law says they should.  Note, the carriers still insist on billing their
> customers for those calls, and insist that their customers pay promptly
> for those calls, they just dont want to have to pay anything for them.

Yeah, that's the other thing - the carriers aren't *stupid*.  If you're 
milking high reciprocal comp rates by drumming up lots of inbound, they 
*know* what you're doing.  On whatever volume and scale.

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Alex Balashov
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