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size=2>The problem is Everyone wants Everything for nothing.... they figure they
get Asterisk for free why not VoIP...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Script
Head<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 21, 2006 6:41 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Commercial
and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [asterisk-biz]
USA DIDs available<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Amen to that. The cost of maintaining a realiable DID that approaches
five-nines in reliability is significantly higher than $2 per month no matter
how you twist it. While L3 does charge per minute, some carriers chose to sell
you channels. Resellers of those carriers turn around and oversell those
channels with $2 per month DIDs. Frequently these shops will take a shortcut
elsewhere too, which will most definetely affect reliability. In most
situations they get away with it but that very minute when you really need to
get thru, you won't be able to and then you'll understand why some services cost
most than others. <BR><BR>In my book the whole "VoIP is cheap" is a major
misconception. VoIP is more convinient, flexible and more powerful when done
right. It becomes cheap when someone cuts a corner and skips a very important
step. If you're willing to lower your standards than you'll be okay with $2 DID
which almost always works. <BR><BR>ScriptHead <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 6/21/06, <B class=gmail_sendername><A
href="mailto:alex@pilosoft.com">alex@pilosoft.com</A></B> <<A
href="mailto:alex@pilosoft.com">alex@pilosoft.com </A>> wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">On
Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Matt wrote:<BR><BR>> No way. I'm paying for
that DID, and I expect a channel to be there. <BR>> I also don't
expect to pay for inbound minutes. Level3 does not charge<BR>>
me for inbound minutes! My CLEC does not charge me for inbound
minutes!<BR>> VERIZON Does not charge me for inbound
minutes. So, just stop charging <BR>> for inbound minutes
already!<BR>Whatever you are smoking, please share with the group.<BR><BR>Yes,
(3) *does* charge for inbound minutes.<BR><BR>In the end, PRIs/IMTs and ports
on your softswitch cost *money*. If <BR>someone is dumb enough to give a DID
without per-minute inbound and with<BR>unlimited number of channels, they will
get what they deserve - a calling<BR>card operation which will take DS3 worth
of channels and pay 10$ for a
<BR>DID.<BR><BR>*plonk*<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>--Bandwidth
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