Hi,<br><br>I need to learn how what are the Do's and Don'ts to be followed for Uploading Rates in to the Billing System and How one should follow LCR.<br><br>Can some one help me with this?<br><br>P. Patel<br><br><b><i>asterisk-biz-request@lists.digium.com</i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Send asterisk-biz mailing list submissions to<br> asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com<br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz<br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> asterisk-biz-request@lists.digium.com<br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> asterisk-biz-owner@lists.digium.com<br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of asterisk-biz digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: 800# needed in US and UK (Zac
Amsler)<br> 2. Re: asterisk-biz Digest, Vol 23, Issue 5 (levi@citiprice.com)<br> 3. Re: 800# needed in US and UK (Erick Perez)<br> 4. VoicePulse pricing encourages large number of accounts was:<br> VoicePulse engaged in very dubious business practices (Mike Fedyk)<br> 5. Re: Asterisk Security (Alejandro Lengua)<br> 6. Re: Asterisk Interoperability Product Tester Needed (S. A. Kamran)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 11:16:49 -0500<br>From: Zac Amsler <list-asterisk@netiqsys.net><br>Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] 800# needed in US and UK<br>To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion<br> <asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com><br>Message-ID: <44806471.4080008@netiqsys.net><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br><br>Inbound channels are easy to do as most carriers offer that product, so <br>to resell channels is a snap. Just remember
that if you have a call that <br>comes in when those incoming channels are full, it will get a busy <br>signal. You can normally figure between $20-$30 per channel for incoming <br>only.<br><br>Outbound is a bit tricky as providers have to pay a per minute rate to <br>99% of the carriers. If someone does give per channel pricing, they are <br>taking the risk of you do not cost them more than they are collecting <br>from you.<br><br>For example if you told me that you were going to be on the phone for 8<br>hours a day calling the US, I would have to figure:<br>8hrs X 60 minutes X 20 business days/mo = 9600 minutes/mo per channel.<br>If all of those calls were going to the US, I would charge $100/channel <br>outbound US48. Not a good deal<br><br>IMO You would be best off with a per minute plan so you pay for what you <br>use and nothing more. Normally these per minute plans offer unlimited <br>channels.<br><br>I am able to provide toll free US Origination, US 48 Termination
and A-Z <br>Termination.<br><br>Please contact me off list if you are interested.<br><br>Cheers,<br>-- <br>Zac Amsler, Network Operations<br>NetIQ Systems, LLC www.netiqsys.net <http:><br>US48 $.013/min, Canada OnNet $.008, Competitive A-Z Rates.<br>Please Contact for more information.<br><br><br>Erick Perez wrote:<br>> Hi,<br>> I haven't ordered any 800# numbers in the past for my customers, so<br>> please explain you offer a little bit.<br>> <br>> One of my customers is a Call Center. They need 800# in US and in the<br>> UK to be routed to their asterisk box via SIP or IAX2.<br>> <br>> The client has 9 agents initially for the inbound (but currently 50<br>> agents for outbound) and want a 3:1 ratio, so that means 27<br>> simultaneous calls. Expected to grow to 75 agents doing inbound.<br>> <br>> Please include your setup fees and your monthly charges.<br>> Does vanity numbers have an extra charge?<br>> <br>> Thanks,<br>>
<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: 2 Jun 2006 11:07:05 -0500<br>From: levi@citiprice.com<br>Subject: [asterisk-biz] Re: asterisk-biz Digest, Vol 23, Issue 5<br>To: asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com<br>Message-ID:<br> <20060602160705.32280.qmail@216-55-183-232.dedicated.abac.net><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"<br><br>We will be closed in observance of the Shavu'ot holiday on Friday, June 2. We will respond to any messages on Monday morning. Thank you for contacting CitiPrice!<br><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 3<br>Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 12:01:10 -0500<br>From: "Erick Perez" <eaperezh@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] 800# needed in US and UK<br>To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion"<br> <asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com><br>Message-ID:<br> <d08ac7230606021001o6ce583d4o1d3fbbac64cc4637@mail.gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1;
format=flowed<br><br>My customer told me that they want people in the US to call to an 800#<br>and then the calls should be routed to his asterisk machine using<br>SIP/IAX2 and ulaw/alaw/g729.<br>Outbound is being done with another carrier at the moment for 1.2 US48<br>so he is seeking inbound at the moment (unless you can beat 1.2).<br><br>Thanks,<br><br><br>On 6/2/06, Zac Amsler <list-asterisk@netiqsys.net> wrote:<br>> Inbound channels are easy to do as most carriers offer that product, so<br>> to resell channels is a snap. Just remember that if you have a call that<br>> comes in when those incoming channels are full, it will get a busy<br>> signal. You can normally figure between $20-$30 per channel for incoming<br>> only.<br>><br>> Outbound is a bit tricky as providers have to pay a per minute rate to<br>> 99% of the carriers. If someone does give per channel pricing, they are<br>> taking the risk of you do not cost them more than they are
collecting<br>> from you.<br>><br>> For example if you told me that you were going to be on the phone for 8<br>> hours a day calling the US, I would have to figure:<br>> 8hrs X 60 minutes X 20 business days/mo = 9600 minutes/mo per channel.<br>> If all of those calls were going to the US, I would charge $100/channel<br>> outbound US48. Not a good deal<br>><br>> IMO You would be best off with a per minute plan so you pay for what you<br>> use and nothing more. Normally these per minute plans offer unlimited<br>> channels.<br>><br>> I am able to provide toll free US Origination, US 48 Termination and A-Z<br>> Termination.<br>><br>> Please contact me off list if you are interested.<br>><br>> Cheers,<br>> --<br>> Zac Amsler, Network Operations<br>> NetIQ Systems, LLC www.netiqsys.net <http:><br>> US48 $.013/min, Canada OnNet $.008, Competitive A-Z Rates.<br>> Please Contact for more
information.<br>><br>><br>> Erick Perez wrote:<br>> > Hi,<br>> > I haven't ordered any 800# numbers in the past for my customers, so<br>> > please explain you offer a little bit.<br>> ><br>> > One of my customers is a Call Center. They need 800# in US and in the<br>> > UK to be routed to their asterisk box via SIP or IAX2.<br>> ><br>> > The client has 9 agents initially for the inbound (but currently 50<br>> > agents for outbound) and want a 3:1 ratio, so that means 27<br>> > simultaneous calls. Expected to grow to 75 agents doing inbound.<br>> ><br>> > Please include your setup fees and your monthly charges.<br>> > Does vanity numbers have an extra charge?<br>> ><br>> > Thanks,<br>> ><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com --<br>><br>> asterisk-biz mailing list<br>> To UNSUBSCRIBE or
update options visit:<br>> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz<br>><br><br><br>-- <br><br>-------------------------------------------<br>Erick Perez<br>Linux User 376588<br>http://counter.li.org/ (Get counted!!!)<br>Panama, Republic of Panama<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 4<br>Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 10:59:28 -0700<br>From: Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@mikefedyk.com><br>Subject: [asterisk-biz] VoicePulse pricing encourages large number of<br> accounts was: VoicePulse engaged in very dubious business practices<br>To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion<br> <asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com><br>Message-ID: <44807C80.4060109@mikefedyk.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br><br>David Pollak wrote:<br>> Turns out that I hadn't canceled one of the DIDs on one of my <br>> VoicePulse accounts.<br>I believe this is the original cause of this entire episode for
VoicePulse.<br><br>They charge $11 per DID with a limit of 4 concurrent calls per account. <br>If you want to increase that, it is $20/mo per additional concurrent <br>call, so it becomes $31/mo to have 5 concurrent calls available. This <br>encourages having each DID in a separate account. Which makes managing <br>all of the accounts harder.<br><br>Also, if you have a DID, each outbound call uses a channel that could be <br>used for incoming calls. If you use all channels for outbound, you <br>won't receive any calls from the DID. I have not used their service so <br>I don't know if they have done something to make having a lot of <br>accounts easy, but after looking at their pricing, I can understand why <br>he had a lot of accounts.<br><br>I don't understand the logic of the limit of concurrent calls. If you <br>are charging per minute (and they do for outbound calls) why not allow <br>use of as many channels as requested and make money on the minutes?<br><br>I am
not trying to attack anyone, but I would like to see if VoicePulse <br>has a response to this, and possibly change their pricing so they won't <br>have an incentive to have limits on calls.<br><br>Mike<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 5<br>Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 13:05:51 -0500<br>From: "Alejandro Lengua" <alejandro.lengua@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Asterisk Security<br>To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion"<br> <asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com><br>Message-ID:<br> <1350f9d90606021105t77c0ecd5q30036d1777c485e0@mail.gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br><br>http://www.red-lemon.net/pages/Voip.htm<br><br>The company on the above link have some ATAs and voip phones with<br>an encryption button.<br><br>On 6/1/06, Daniel Mossinato <mossinatoasterisk@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> Dear friends,<br>><br>> Good morning.<br>> This is my first post on this list, so I would like
to introduce me.<br>><br>> My name is Daniel Mossinato and I'm an IT Mananger in Brazil, S�o Paulo.<br>> I'm running an Asterisk for the company where I work to use as an "internal<br>> communicator". I have some extensions and no external lines. The partners<br>> use this solution to talk between each other.<br>> I have a new scenario since two of the partners will travel and they want to<br>> use the extension outside of the company. The only solution I've found is a<br>> VPN. They would connect from hotels or other offices and they concern is<br>> about somebody listening the conversation.<br>><br>> Do you have any suggestion of a device which supports OpenVPN? It could be<br>> an gateway (ATA) or a ip phone.<br>><br>><br>> Thank you very much<br>> Sorry about my english<br>><br><br>><br><br><br>-- <br>Atentamente / Kind regards<br><br>Alejandro Lengua,<br>Virtual Orbis eBusiness
Services<br><br>www.virtualorbis.com, www.vohosting.com<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 6<br>Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 23:13:26 +0500<br>From: "S. A. Kamran" <lovelykamran@gmail.com><br>Subject: [asterisk-biz] Re: Asterisk Interoperability Product Tester<br> Needed<br>To: Cory@voipsupply.com, "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk<br> Discussion" <asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com><br>Message-ID:<br> <8111c5580606021113q2572687ew4a8d7b9e5a015466@mail.gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br><br>Dear Mr Cory,<br><br>In case you need to develop some specialized piece of software. Do contact me.<br><br>Regards,<br>Kamran<br><br>On 6/2/06, Cory Andrews <Cory@voipsupply.com> wrote:<br>> Looking for a freelance individual, gadget freak, with Asterisk know-how, to<br>> perform product configuration and interoperability testing with Asterisk and<br>> SIP based VoIP services. Blogging skills a
plus.<br>><br>><br>><br>> Job entails testing the latest/greatest SIP phones, WIFI phones, ATAs and<br>> Gateways. Interested parties should have an organized lab or workspace, be<br>> detail oriented, with good organizational and problem solving skills.<br>><br>><br>><br>> If interested, please shoot me an email. Creative compensation, per<br>> project, is available.<br>><br>><br>><br>> Thanks<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Cory Andrews<br>><br>> Executive Vice President<br>><br>> ++++++++++++++++++<br>><br>> VoIPSupply.com<br>><br>> PBXSelect.com<br>><br>> ++++++++++++++++++<br>><br>> 454 Sonwil Drive<br>><br>> Buffalo, NY 14225<br>><br>> voice - 800.398.VoIP X3402<br>><br>> fax - 716.630.1548<br>><br>> e - Cory@VoIPSupply.com<br>><br>> m - 716.907.4059<br>><br>> aim -
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