[asterisk-biz] Anyone knows about wholesale text messaging contracts?

C F shmaltz at gmail.com
Wed Jan 20 18:53:37 CST 2010


On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:30 PM, Rehan Allah Wala <rehan at supertec.com> wrote:
> if you are interested in wholesale sms's do let me know qty and target prices.
>
> I can run them out for you via earthsms.net

I love the contact page on that website. Who designed it for you?

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> Rehan
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>> On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:04:07 c.savinovich at itntelecom.com wrote:
>> > >>>what price per sms do you think could be achieved with the purchasing
>> >
>> > power that is "fair" enough ?
>> >
>> >  What I am trying to find out is simple: What price can be obtained from a
>> > *carrier* on a direct wholesale contract, and what minimum volumes would
>> > clinch a contract.  All I know is wholesalers go as low as 1 cent per
>> > message, but my question is: What price do they get it at?
>>
>> You may as well give up on this line of questioning because no one is going to
>> provide you first hand information.
>>
>> This info is subject to strict NDAs and is a tightly guarded commercial
>> secret. Furthermore each carrier will be on a different independently
>> negotiated rate.
>>
>> You are at the wrong end of the market at the wrong time. The right time to
>> get in was 10+ years ago where better profit margins and less competition
>> allowed a company to set up and grow in to it.
>>
>> Now the door to the little cartel is closed. Find something else to do.
>> Skimming dimes on calls or texts is crazy.
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