[asterisk-biz] calling card business

[Wes Reece]

I don't mind when they ask I'm always happy to help. But I let them know up
front that they are going to get no where near what they paid for it.

On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 1:23 AM, David Knell <dave at 3c.co.uk> wrote:

> It's not dead; it's merely changed.
>
> Last time I bought a TDM switch, I paid about US$150,000 for 64E1s - so
> it'd switch about 1000 calls.  Several years later, we run that traffic
> volume and more through two commodity Dell servers which, with
> bandwidth, cost us about $250/month.  And it takes a few hours to hook
> up to a new carrier, rather than weeks or months in the TDM world.  So
> it's no wonder that there's a lot of TDM equipment coming onto the
> market; IP is too compelling.
>
> There is also a lot of activity around cellphones - for example, a
> couple of the UK calling card companies have launched MVNOs with an
> emphasis on cheap international calling (such as Lycatel with
> Lycamobile), selling SIMs through their existing distribution, and
> existing carriers are starting to offer cheap international calling
> packages, both to postpaid and prepaid customers.
>
> Question back at you - what do you say when someone asks if you can sell
> their TDM switch?
>
> --Dave
>
> > is it dead? i have many people e-mailing me asking if I can sell their
> > switches (NACT, DTI, Excel) I also know from last year the intelecard
> > show was a bust...so what do you guys think? are we all just heading
> > to mobile phones and unified communications? what about the people
> > that have credit issues? prepaid cell phones?
> >
> > --
> > Thank you,
> >
> > -Wes-
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Thank you,

-Wes-
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