[asterisk-biz] Isle of Man DIDs

[Alex Balashov]

On 06/29/2010 10:13 AM, Alistair Cunningham wrote:

> £30 setup per DID, £5 per month per DID, plus outbound call costs to
> whatever destination chosen. The best option would be to a regular UK
> number, so UK national rate. Not a huge problem as call volumes will be
> low, but still would be nice to avoid.

Indeed.  I always wonder what it is that drives origination sales in 
obscure jurisdictions with low population density or incredibly small 
surface area;  that is to say, who wants DIDs there?   Aside from 
local VoIP users, I cannot think of too many reasons why everyone else 
would snap up Isle of Man numbers.

This issue also comes up with small operators in bizarre rural 
territories in the US who are sitting on a substantial surplus of 
number inventory and expect to make a killing on access charges 
selling those DIDs in the VoIP world.  It often does not occur to them 
that maybe the world is not banging down the doors, eagerly salivating 
over PSTN numbers in Musselshell, Montana, and the only way they can 
increase origination business is to artificially drive traffic there 
by playing games with conference services and other well-known circuses.

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