[asterisk-biz] Least Cost Routing Rates

[Paul]

Alex Pilosov wrote:

>On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, Douglas Garstang wrote:
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>>Lots of questions from me today.
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>>Assuming you used several ITSP's, and you wanted to do least cost
>>routing, does anyone have any suggestions as to the best way to manage
>>all the routes and their costs?
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>>It would seem like it could easily be a full time job for someone.
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>OMG, you have to actually do something to make money? I guess its a change 
>from VOIP business of 3 years ago.
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>>Would it be best to seek out providers that would let you periodically
>>grab a rate sheet through some automated means? You'd then have to parse
>>the data from the various providers and stick it in a database. The
>>formats are all pretty similar so parsing and populating shouldn't be
>>too tricky.
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>Writing parser's hard, let's go shopping.
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1) Only use providers that automatically fax rate changes to you in a
barcode format.
2) Setup a workstation with barcode reader and peanut dispenser.
3) Train a monkey to do the rest of the work.

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>>Or... what would be really cool would be if there was someone out there
>>that already did all this, and published the rates....?
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>"I want a pony".
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I suppose a pony could also be trained to do the work. :)