[asterisk-biz] Unlimited inbound DIDs for: 337, 225, 504 area codes?

[Nikolai Manek]

I did not use them in the past nor our customers but their offer sounds pretty good. And it's very possible that it is legit.
If they don't have to use TDM channels (that is physical T1 or T3 plugged into their servers) but have an IP handoff they can get
very low rates if they have volume (which they might have with their offering). Why not? Sounds pretty good to me. DIDs itself are sold 
in 1000 blocks for $500 on time fee which is not even a good price. The rest is a question of call termination to VoIP. If you are using softswitches like REMWAVEs Terra or Freeswitch or something like that you can sure have 1000+ channels per box. Asterisk maybe a couple hundred as well. If you then offer 20 channels MAX per DID they (that company) can generate at least $1,000 revenue per server. 
It does make sense. Just my 2 cents here:-) If their service has good quality it's sure a company to watch. (they state 3600 rate centers on their website - that only leaves a couple options from where 
they get their DIDs - all of these options should provide high quality).

Nikolai 
http://www.remwave.com

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Brent Vrieze
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 12:57 PM
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Unlimited inbound DIDs for: 337, 225, 504 area codes?

We have been using DIDForSale.com for a few months now and have had no 
problems (unlike our previous provider).  They are very helpful in 
making sure our Asterisk system was working with theirs.  They do not 
offer some services themselves like e-911 so maybe that is why they are 
less expensive, you have to get that on your own.  They are very ala 
cart though which I like, you can set up a test number on your own 
through the web site too but only for incoming calls.  There may be a 
couple of other things I don't like but I have to test them out first so 
I will not put them here.

I don't want to sound like a shill but like I said above so far no problems.

Mike wrote:
> 	Perhaps its just me, but DIDForSale.com looks like a fake
> company/scam. Does anyone else use them? What are your experiences?
>
> Why is appears to be fake or some sort of scam:
>
> 1. Significantly lower prices compared to the competition. 20 channels
> with unlimited incoming minutes for $8.99/month? I can't see this being
> sustained long term when the competition is more around the $20/month
> for 1-2 channels.
>
> 2. No mailing address to be found on their website.
>
> 3. Spelling errors and invalid email addresses are found all over
> their site. If they can't spell correctly do they have any hope of
> providing reliable service?
>
> 4. Parent company doesn't even post a mailing address.
>
> 5. No phone number to call someone. A phone company without its own
> phone number, hrmm...
>
> Perhaps I should rephrase my original question, are there any
> legitimate providers with a good reputation that offer inbound only
> channels/DIDs in the 337,225,504 area codes?
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:48:31 -0700
> Jai Rangi <jprangi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Mike,
>>
>> www.didforsale.com offer 20 channels per DID.
>>
>> -Jai
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Mike <ipso at snappymail.ca> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>>        Are there any providers out there that offer unlimited
>>> inbound only channels/DIDs for the following area codes:
>>>
>>> 337
>>> 225
>>> 504
>>>
>>> We need between 5-10 channels to start and 3 DIDs for those area
>>> codes, potential to ramp up to 25-50 channels with other DIDs
>>> around the US in the near future.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
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CIM Automation
Softare Engineer
507-216-0465


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