[asterisk-biz] DID provider

[Alex Balashov]

Yo Pete!

I didn't say it was a _good_ reason!  Just that that's their reasoning. 
  You are completely correct, there's nothing worth hiding and the whole 
question isn't really interesting.

But, as you know with businesspeople, many of them - especially ones 
trying to game relatively unsophisticated little backwoods cottage 
industries - often like to imagine themselves to have something of 
immense value, if for no other reason than self-esteem.  So, the 
underlying carrier of an ITSP becomes a critically important "trade 
secret" and, we should be ever-vigilant about "espionage."

-- Alex

Peter Beckman wrote:

>   Oooooooh, that'd be awful!  (I love ya Alex, but really?)  One might be
>   able to determine if L3 or Paetec or Verizon is the underlying carrier,
>   and then what?  Go around the 3rd party provider and buy direct?  NOT buy
>   the number because you hate the underlying carrier?
> 
>   I'm not saying providers should publish their providers publically, but
>   NOT showing the number because you might:
> 
>      1. Find out the provider
>      2. ...
>      3. Profit!
> 
>   is silly.
> 
>   I've held the belief that that providers don't show the numbers so that a
>   number you want doesn't disappear when you are trying to order it.  I
>   don't mind the number disappearing -- it's first come, first served.
>   However, I am able to sell more numbers if I know what the number is
>   before hand because people get 'attached' to numbers when they know what
>   it will be, and THEY don't want to lose the number they've come to love.
> 
>   I'm fine if a company only shows you the number after you sign a contract
>   or something, but NOT showing the numbers before you buy so you don't find
>   out who THEY are buying from seems pretty silly, if true.
> 
> Beckman
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> Peter Beckman                                                  Internet Guy
> beckman at angryox.com                                 http://www.angryox.com/
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Alex Balashov
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