[asterisk-biz] Unlimited DID

[Jai Rangi]

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Jai Rangi <jprangi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well !  based on the real meaning of Unlimited in your dictionary, actually
> there should be not any any such word called  Unlimited. Cause there is no
> unlimited sun, not unlimited water in ocean, these is no unlimited air in
> space. Everything humans know has been calculated.
> To me if I can get something more than I can use in near future that is
> unlimited for me. Of if I can stay on phone without looking at clock is
> unlimited calling.
> BTW when I will sign contract with you I will put a limits of 50 channels
> per DID ;) .
>
> -Jai
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> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Trixter aka Bret McDanel <
> trixter at 0xdecafbad.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 14:52 -0400, Joe Antkowiak wrote:
>> > saying things like "unlimited residential" and "unlimited business" with
>> a
>> > detailed user agreement makes it just about as legal and honest as
>> anyone else
>> > out there.
>> >
>> > leaving a channel up 24/7 would be more like "unlimited carrier"
>> >
>> > it's all about definitions
>>
>>
>> I agree that it makes it about as honest as anyone else out there, and
>> that is my point.  When you say unlimited it should be "without limits".
>> Some providers were as low as 5000 minutes (AT&T), although the average
>> seems now to float somewhere 15k-25k/month.  5000 minutes is not even
>> that much for the average teenager, let alone if you have two of them in
>> the house.  Sure its 2.75 hours a day, but I also recall when I was a
>> teenager and I spent 8+ hours/day on the phone.
>>
>> 20k is about 11 hours a day, if you have 2 teenagers, and each has a
>> channel open at the same time that halves that.  But that is still
>> "reasonable" but not unlimited, which is my point.
>>
>> business/residential is more about how its used, rather than how much,
>> or at least it should be.
>>
>> The fact that you have to say "its all about definitions" shows that you
>> understand the issue I am talking about, redefining words so that they
>> can be used in ways their normal definitions do not allow.  Unlimited
>> means just that, without limits.  Any limit imposed makes it limited,
>> quite the opposite of unlimited.  Rather than define "unlimited
>> residential" as a term of art, it should just be "residential" and if
>> there are limits explain them (most will just say some term like
>> "whatever we feel like" for minute caps, and will actively refuse to
>> tell you how many minutes are too many making the problem worse).
>>
>>
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