[asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

[SIP]

Nitzan Kon wrote:
> I totally agree, and have the same fear of bait & switch tactics.
>
> One thought I had to prevent this is to let providers know that
> a condition for being placed/displayed on the site will be 
> "static" rates where once submitted rates will have to be valid
> for at least a month. And any provider caught bait & switching
> will be permanently banned with a public mention of the reason
> for the ban.
>   

One note on this: we've worked with three different providers over the 
last 2 years that change their rates (and rate centers) weekly. Every 
single WEEK, we get a list of new rates and rate centers. The rate 
center change is the hardest to keep up with -- with a country going 
from 2 rate centers to 50 to 10 to 80 to 5 over the course of weeks. It 
makes it next to impossible to keep track of actual RATES to 
destinations (and mind-numbingly complex for billing, which is one of 
the reasons we moved away from these providers for anything other than 
secondary and tertiary routing in the case of a disaster).

Would such providers be automatically banned or would there be some sort 
of extenuating circumstances based on business model? Not, mind you, 
that I ever foresee such providers as displaying their pricing to anyone 
(especially since their pricing falls under copious NDAs for potential 
CLIENTS, much less for the general public).

N.