[Asterisk-biz] 900 provider

[Paul]

Tony Fontoura wrote:

>Thanks for your reply, and I apologize for not being clear. What I'd like to
>ask is if is there anybody in this list that can provide a 900 number to my
>asterisk box.
>Tony
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
>[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Jon Carnes
>Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 12:43 AM
>To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] 900 provider
>
>On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 20:17, Tony Fontoura wrote:
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>>Can anybody provide 900 numbers?
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>
>These numbers are similar to Toll free numbers - they go to a specified
>carrier where they are redirected to a DID provided by you (or your
>company). You can buy them from just about any major carrier.
>
>Here is the first hit I got off Google (use it and the world is yours!)
>http://www.utelnetworks.com/index.jsp
>
>Note: Calls that cost more than $2 are legally required to warn folks
>about these chargesat the beginning of the call (before any charge).
>Callers should be allowed the opportunity to hang up without being
>charged.
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>
I know my previous reply "You can find lots of 900 numbers in certain 
magazines." was not very helpful. I was actually intending to add a few 
lines but got involved in a long phone call so I decided to send that 
and send more later.

I did engineering work for a company that had major colo at an AT&T pop. 
They were a service bureau. My understanding was that they charged a lot 
less for someone to get started but got a better share of the revenue 
when you compared their plan to dealing directly with AT&T. The 
requirements for dealing directly with a major carrier will be quite 
different. The type of service you intend to provide is an important 
factor. Some categories have much higher percentages of disputed 
charges. Back in the days when computer BBS was the primary reason to 
buy a modem I looked into pay per call possibilities. It didn't pay well 
and the risks were too great. From what they told me, there could be all 
kinds of collection problems and little recourse available to me.