[asterisk-biz] Wanted: US unlimited

[Paul]

Sergey Kuznetsov wrote:

> trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote:
>
>> one thing to note is that even with those carriers unlimited doesnt
>> really mean unlimited.  If you read the fine print for both broadvoice
>> and vonage (their user agreement) it states that its for 'normal call
>> volumes' as *they* define them (meaning normal for them may not even be
>> the normal of the industry as a whole).
>> I do not know of any 'unlimited' provider that is truely
>> 'unlimited' (although I have a few that may be I havent tried to see if
>> it really is), they all seem to bury something somewhere that lets them
>> cap the service.  This is for good reason, in an unlimited setting
>> someone could very easly use it for telemarketing or something else that
>> is generating a very high call volume or stay connected 24/7 for other
>> reasons, and generally this costs the provider money, not just for
>> minutes used but also for the TDM circuits, etc.  They have to be
>> getting compensated for that service somehow, and $25/mo typically wont
>> cover their costs.
>>   
>
> I read somewhere that Vonage unlimited is a 950 minutes per month.

That would be impractically low for them to enforce. 50 minutes per
weekday would exceed that. Same for about 33 minutes 7 days a week.