[asterisk-biz] International DID providers with APIs

[mrb at lionix.com]

Alex, 
I am sure they are, but saddly internet is full of sites/companies that come and go, would a customer feel confident if i tell them that one guy in a mailing list thougth they can be trusted? 

cheers

matias barletta

On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 10:28:29 +0300, "Alex Argov" <alex at tikalnetworks.com> wrote:
> I'm a very old customer of  DIDww. I know the people behind the company and
> I'm sure that they can be trusted to be around. 
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> I ve been using DIDww for 6 months, no problems so far BUT, they refused
> to provide further information about the datacenter facilities and where
> is it located or how many customers/sold DIDs  they have. 
> I am not paranoid but what do I do if I have 100+ customers doing business
> using their inbound numbers and suddenly they dissappear, go out of
> business or stop working? 
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> I contacted them several times and they refused to answer.  Pitty, service
> is good.
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> my tree
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> Matías Barletta
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> Moshe Maeir wrote: 
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> I have found both didww.com and voxbone.com equally reliable, though it
> seems that Voxbone has some jitter on some of its incoming DIDs. Didww.net
> has better pricing!
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> Peter Beckman wrote: 
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> I'm looking for DID providers that offer: 
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>     * An API 
>     * Immediate activation (or at least some numbers are immediately 
>       activated) 
>     * Have good tech support (either via email, IM or phone) 
>     * Have good prices, and can negotiate on volume 
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> I've found two thus far: 
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>     DID World Wide (didww.com) 
>         * Their API works, though it has minimal functionality, but the 
>           last test I made their mapping API call failed.  They added some
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>           functionality to their API when I requested it, which was very 
>           nice. 
>         * Customer support is good when you get it, but not consistently 
>           speedy.  No phone support at all (or I can't find them or their 
>           hours aren't posted), even though they have a phone number. 
>         * DIDs are immediately provisioned, work well, and good quality. 
>         * Pricing is pretty good, but I can only buy DIDs with inbound 
>           minutes included, rather than pay a low price per minute and a 
>           lower per month fee per DID. 
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>     DIDx (didx.net) 
>         * They have an API; 
>         * haven't had to deal with their customer service yet 
>         * must spend $20/month just to be part of DIDx until I hit 20+
> DIDs 
>         * Have heard rumors that Calls routed to the seller, then to DIDx,
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>           then to me. 
>         * Rehan/Linda can be confusing at times, though I don't think that
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>           affects their service quality. 
>         * Pricing seems ok, but very inconsistent due to multiple sellers 
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> What other providers are out there that offer competitive pricing,
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> service and connectivity? 
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> Are there any points I'm wrong about above? 
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> Any warm recommendations or cold reviews? 
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> Beckman 
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