[Asterisk-biz] Double standards with netfone.ca.

[alex at pilosoft.com]

On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Storm D. J. Petersen wrote:

> I am setting up an asterisk server/router for my mom to get her voiped
> up. I saw this ad for CAN approx $13 a month for unlimited calling and a
> DID + 1 month free service at netfone.ca.  That sounded great for her as
> it works out to be about $10/mo.  During my inquiry they learned that I
> was going to use an ASTERISK server and said that I'd had to subscribe
> to a business plan for around $40/mo or buy their Linksys ATA Device.  
> Really what difference does that make? It sounds more like a scam to
> force people to buy hardware from them.
> 
> I guess in the future I should just say I'm using a Grandstream or
> something.
> 
> Watch out.
Stop being silly. 

People who use asterisk have an ability to do far more traffic *because 
you can be multiplexing lots of customers' traffic* than just one customer 
with a phone handset.

In fact, I encourage all my competitors to lie to their vendors in order
to do business with them.

*plonk*

-alex