[asterisk-biz] DIDX Query

[Alex Balashov]

On 11/05/2010 10:09 AM, Jared Geiger wrote:
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> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 1:44 AM, Alex Balashov <abalashov at evaristesys.com
> <mailto:abalashov at evaristesys.com>> wrote:
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>     On 11/05/2010 01:04 AM, Peter Beckman wrote:
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>      >    Unlimited does not exist.  We all know that no company can offer
>      >    unlimited.
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> There is a major CLEC owned by an ILEC in the US that offers unlimited
> channels/minutes inbound for a flat rate in the US. Their logo is
> usually Black and Red. They don't have the entire ILEC footprint covered
> with this deal, but most of the CLEC area that they bought a few years
> back has this option for inbound DIDs. They even have an option to get
> unlimited outbound local minutes/channels when you order the DID. You
> can spot resellers that use them because they usually advertise "In over
> 3600 rate centers".
>
> So as a reseller, if you're not handling the RTP traffic, sure you can
> offer it for $8.99 depending on volume.

I think the intent behind Peter's statement and my follow-up was simply 
to say that resources aren't infinite, and everything has a limit, much 
like matter and energy and the universe itself.

That doesn't mean the "ceiling" can't be very... very ... large in some 
cases.  :-)  You're right, there are plenty of Tier 1s that offer 
all-you-can-eat inbound.  It is a mathematical certainty that if a) 
their oversubscription assumptions ran wildly under reality and b) they 
had a certain volume of customers, they would run out of resources.  But 
it may not come to that.

My follow-up about bad money driving out good with unlimited plans was 
more in relation to termination, and other less plausible invocations of 
the concept.

-- Alex

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