[Asterisk-biz] DIDX.org - Did Exchange service, need feedback.

[Paul]

The Commpartners service model allows the buyer to be more like a 
"facilities based" provider. I remember looking at nationwide dialup 
offerings that allowed you to buy exclusive ports(modems) for a DID. 
That allowed you the option of setting your own ratios. It also allowed 
you to sell dedicated ports or even sell a port group with local DID to 
one customer. Flexibility is so nice to have.

Also consider the Brand Y service model of $7.99/month per DID with up 
to 4 simultaneous calls. I won't comment on the long-term feasibility of 
it here, but let's suppose that I offered something like that at a sane 
price with no per-minute charges. Oops... looks like I commented after all.

Also consider Brand Z that offers the DID number for $1.95/month but 
when your read the TOS it says that they reserve the right to charge 3.9 
cents a minute(60/60) billing if you answer simultaneous calls. It is 
obvious that they don't all the software in place yet but they do have 
the terms and conditions written. Again, the concept would be entirely 
valid if the pricing was right.

Right away I can see the need for "unlimited(true/false)" and "minutes 
included" fields.

Matthew Simpson wrote:

> We generally buy and sell DIDs on a per DID basis and then a per 
> minute per path DID basis.  So a DID that we buy or sell would have 
> unlimited paths, but each path would cost per minute. 
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* James H. Thompson <mailto:jht at lj.net>
>     *To:* Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
>     <mailto:asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com> ; 'Matthew Simpson'
>     <mailto:matthew at txlink.net> ; rehan at supertec.com
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>     *Sent:* Friday, February 18, 2005 7:03 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [Asterisk-biz] DIDX.org - Did Exchange service,
>     need feedback.
>
>     The questions below don't work for a number of DID service
>     providers that charge separately for simultaneous calls and DID
>     numbers.
>     For example, the Commpartners DID service model charges $x/DID
>     number and $y/per simultaneous call.
>     So in a typical residential application you might purchase only
>     one simultaneous call for every 10 to 20 DID numbers,
>     while, for something like a prepaid card application you might
>     want to buy one DID number and 100 simultaneous calls.
>     Most providers also have a monthly billing minimum.
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>     Company Name:
>     Address:
>     Tel:
>     Email:
>     Codecs supported: g723, gsm, g729,ulaw, alaw
>     Protocols support: Sip, iax
>
>     Did Number:
>     Did Rate Per Month
>     Did Rate Per Min for incoming:
>     Simultaneous calls allowed: yes or no
>     How many simultaneous calls allowed:
>     Are you running Asterisk RT
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