[asterisk-biz] New CallerID Name Service

[Nathan Shadle]

I think everyone should be comparing the cost per query against competition
that will actually be running, not against got-name.com's $.015 ... I
haven't done the research, but what do some of the others charge? What are
some of the monthly minimums or signup fees which have been mentioned, and
what is the price-per-query if you reach those minimums or want to pay those
signup fees? 

Obviously there is a break-even point at which those monthly minimums/signup
fees become worth a lower cost per query, but .04 might (or might not) be a
good price for customers who make fewer queries than that break even point.

I'd be interested to have a ballpark idea of what that breakeven point is
against other competitors.

Nathan

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Andreas van dem
Helge
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 2:20 PM
To: TVaught at coletechnical.com; Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk
Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] New CallerID Name Service

On 10/15/07, Cole Technical Services <TVaught at coletechnical.com> wrote:
> With the apparent demise of www.got-name.com I have decided to start a 
> similar service. We depended on got-name quite heavily and I've been 
> frustrated at every turn trying to get in touch with them, and they 
> still have a good portion of my prepaid cash. :-( After a ton of 
> investigation I cannot find an alternative, at least one that does not 
> have a huge signup fee or large monthly minimums. So I've decided to 
> start a service of my own, primarily to satisfy our internal needs, 
> but also to provide a low cost, low volume, no commitment service to 
> small users. I'm proposing .04 per dip, prepaid accounts - but with small
increments like $5, no signup fee, no contracts.  The interface will be
exactly like the got-name interface. If you would be interested in this
service, please email me at TVaught at ColeTechnical dot com. The amount of
interest will pretty much determine the speed at which I roll this service
out. I already have it running internally and I've registered a domain name
for the service, www.callerid.name , but there is no web site up yet.
>
> Thanks!
>

Price is kinda high, maybe you can "allow" caching of the data.
Everyone's going to do it and you have no way to prove that the data is
being cached so you might as well allow it.

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