[asterisk-biz] Conference Services

[Nitzan Kon]

http://businessvoip.tmcnet.com/topics/trends/articles/36429-voip-service-providers-others-lobby-fcc-inter-carrier.htm

Assuming this passes - how would it affect the viability of such
services that depend on Inter-carrier Compensation? from what I 
understand it'll pretty much erase them overnight, correct?

Thanks!

--
Nitzan Kon, CEO
Future Nine Corporation
www.future-nine.com

--- On Mon, 8/18/08, Jon Weisman <jweisman at ibell.net> wrote:

> From: Jon Weisman <jweisman at ibell.net>
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Conference Services
> To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
> Date: Monday, August 18, 2008, 1:21 PM
> ahhh its all coming back to me... I need more vitamins.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dean Collins" <Dean at cognation.net>
> To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk
> Discussion" 
> <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 12:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Conference Services
> 
> 
> > Jon,
> >
> > They didn't get sued, the carriers tried to
> withhold payments, got
> > overturned and the carriers went back to having to pay
> money to the B
> > party.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Dean
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
> > [mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On
> Behalf Of Jon Weisman
> > Sent: Monday, 18 August 2008 12:17 PM
> > To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk
> Discussion
> > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Conference Services
> >
> > Michael,
> >
> > I think there used to be or still is a company called
> > freeconferencecall.com
> > or something of that nature. They did this for a while
> and I understand
> > got
> > the crap sued out of them. Not really sure what
> happened but I know the
> > big
> > guys AT&T & Qwest went after them and claimed
> that they were committing
> > fraud. I wish I remembered more, but for me breakfast
> is blur! (did i
> > even
> > have breakfast today???? doh!)
> >
> > -Jon
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Michael Trank"
> <mike at bptweb.com>
> > To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk
> Discussion"
> > <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
> > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 1:00 PM
> > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Conference Services
> >
> >
> >>
> >> I think the money is made by locating the free
> conference services in
> >> the networks of some
> >> of the small rural telephone companies and
> cooperatives that are able
> > to
> >> charge the big carriers
> >> on the order of several cents per minute for
> terminating calls to
> >> numbers in their space.
> >>
> >> These small carriers have termination fees that
> have been
> > grandfathered
> >> in from old FCC rules.
> >>
> >>
> >> Steve Totaro wrote:
> >>
> >>>I wonder how anyone can make a buck in this
> space, there are several
> >>>companies that do no adverts and do not charge
> a dime, plus they even
> >>>do recording.
> >>>
> >>>http://www.freeconferencecall.com/faq.asp is
> one.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>Steve Totaro
> >>>
> >>>On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 9:51 AM, Al Lougher
> <alougher at yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Dave -
> >>>>
> >>>>I'm intrigued to know how your
> advertising covers the costs of the
> > calls.
> >>>>We
> >>>>offer free messaging with advertising, but
> the ads barely cover the
> > cost
> >>>>of
> >>>>a one minute call. How do you make any
> money on say a 30 minute
> >>>>conference
> >>>>call with a handful of connected parties?
> >>>>
> >>>>Alan
> >>>>www.group2call.com
> >>>>
> >>>>--- On Mon, 8/18/08, | dave cantera |
> <david.cantera at iacnet.net>
> > wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>From: | dave cantera |
> <david.cantera at iacnet.net>
> >>>>Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Conference
> Services
> >>>>To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented
> Asterisk Discussion"
> >>>><asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
> >>>>Date: Monday, August 18, 2008, 12:46 AM
> >>>>
> >>>>jon,
> >>>>I offer a free conference calling service,
> I decide what the number
> >>>>inbound
> >>>>is and I play my advertisement on the
> inbound calls.  then I give
> > them a
> >>>>conference code and a conference PIN.
> >>>>if they want a custom or local DID, then
> they pay for that plus a
> > minute
> >>>>charge of $0.03 per inbound leg. 
> advertisement on the inbound calls
> > if I
> >>>>can get it.
> >>>>daveC
> >>>>
> >>>>Jon Weisman wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>Anybody here using Asterisk to host a
> conferencing service? I'm
> > curious
> >>>>as
> >>>>to the business details of the whole thing.
> How are you guys charging
> >>>>monthly? per minute, both? What sort of
> features are "industry
> >>>>standards"?
> >>>>What are the permium features? Bells &
> whistles?
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks,
> >>>>Jon
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
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