<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>So what ARE the reasons for the death throes then? And is there another marketplace to find customers? In particular for relatively high-cost (and therefore high-margin) routes outside the competitive US/EU locations?</div><div><br></div><div>Mark<br></div>
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Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] wholesale VoIP providers using Asterisk<br>
From: "Jorge Bellas" <<a href="mailto:jbellas@cat5com.com">jbellas@cat5com.com</a>><br>
Date: Wed, May 04, 2011 11:49 am<br>
To: "'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion'"<br>
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</style> <div class="Section1"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Mark;<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Don’t let the level of activity on this list influence you either way. It’s in its death throes for reasons having nothing to do with Asterisk or the wholesale termination market. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">If you have good products (rates and quality) there are prospects here. Please contact me off list at your convenience to discuss. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Regards;<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Jorge Bellas<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><a href="mailto:jbellas@cat5com.com">jbellas@cat5com.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <hr tabindex="-1" align="center" size="3" width="100%"> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> <a href="mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com">asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com</a> [<a href="mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com">mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com</a>] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b><a href="mailto:mark@leetop.net">mark@leetop.net</a><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, May 04, 2011 1:35 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com">asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com</a><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [asterisk-biz] wholesale VoIP providers using Asterisk</span></font><o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">I used to be involved with an Asterisk-based LCR provider, but I've been away from the list for 5 years or so.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">This mailing list looks very quiet, whereas it used to be very active. What happened? Has the wholesale termination market dried up because it's gone mainstream? Or is Asterisk dying out as a LCR platform? Is anyone still making money terminating calls?<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">Mark<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> </div> </div> <hr>--<br>
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