[asterisk-biz] ITSP Billing Increments....?

[Douglas Garstang]

>On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 22:56 -0700, Douglas Garstang wrote:
>> So, I have a general question.
>> 
>> What billing increments do ITSP's who terminate SIP->PSTN normally
>> bill in?
>> 
>> We've been using carriers that bill 1/1, and the quality hasn't been
>> too good, lots of 503's etc. We just started testing with someone else
>> that offers much better ASR's (they failover internally between qwest,
>> global crossing etc), but they bill 30/6. According to THEM, only
>> companies that can't offer top quality routes bill 1/1.
>> 
>> What's the deal here? Is this true?
>
>First, does it really matter?  How many calls do you make that are less
>than 30 seconds? Will the 6 second increment really affect your total
>price?  If the new price is higher, is the quality worth it?

I don't know why, but yes, a lot of our calls are short. Just about all our volume is international, and I guess since a large number of our users are on cell phones, that may somehow be a factor.

>
>
>Since few PSTN based carriers offer 1/1 billing (I think this is
>changing though) on most plans it may be true that you cant do 1/1 with
>quality carriers as a general rule.  I do not however believe it to be
>an absolute rule, and again there is cost vs quality.

Teleglobe and Arbinet do. I think Verizon does as well.







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