[asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

[Alex Balashov]

Nitzan,

Interesting idea. I wonder, though, what incentive exists for  
providers to list their rates in a context where they are explicitly  
bidding against others.

Seems like the best rates come from negotiating discounts off the  
public termination rate deck (something far from all providers think  
is good to have) through volume commitments privately.

In other words, I think folks doing arbitrage are trying to avoid  
commodification of trunking as much as possible, even though that  
seems inevitable and kind of obvious.

On Jan 4, 2009, at 2:22 PM, Nitzan Kon <nk3569 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello providers! (those of you that are)
>
> Due to the lack of one being available (that I know of),
> I decided to start a VoIP rate search engine. The idea is
> to throw in as many providers into the database as we can,
> and let the search functionality find the cheapest routes
> for any given destination.
>
> To check it out, please visit:
> http://www.comparevoipproviderrates.com/
>
> If you are a provider and would like your rates displayed,
> please email your rates in CSV format to rates NOSPAMat  
> comparevoipproviderrates.com - format is:
> dialprefix,destinate name,rate in US dollars
> example: 1214,USA,0.01
>
> destination name,dialprefix,rate is also acceptable.
>
> Please feel free to discuss and let me know if you have
> any comments or suggestions - or if you find any bugs.
> This is brand new and will be a work-in-progress for a
> while.
>
>  -- Nitzan
>
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