[asterisk-biz] Fwd: Looking for Senegal Mobile Orange

[Steve Totaro]

Last I knew, Sonatel had a monopoly on Senegal and VoIP was illegal.
This was from my DoS consulting days when I setup a call center there,
so things may have changed.

Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea were all cell when I was there for
USAID.  Due to lack of any government, I have no idea about VoIP.

Seeing that Africa these parts of Africa are shady, I seriously doubt
that any route is white unless the government allows it via kickback
from the monopolies or government run phone companies.

After spending almost a year in different West African countries for
DoS and USAID on telephony, VSAT, wifi, and data in general, I speak
with some authority.

Rather than repost their spam to a larger and more appropriate
audience, black list them, and check with the locations they are
offering to see if it is legal.  The government will shut down
operators bypassing the law and maybe shoot the business owners, chop
off an arm, or throw them in jail.

That will stop the spamming quickly and more effectively than
reposting it to a list of thousands.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Mark Willis <markslists at markwillis.net> wrote:
> Posting to a business list is not an open invitation for every business out
> there to subscribe me to their "opt-in" list. In particular, the spam in
> question was directed to an address they probably harvested from
> voip-info.org, and if any sales people think you're going to get sales by
> spamming me, you are sadly mistaken.
>
> Alex and I have been posting these spams in an attempt to publicly embarrass
> the perpetrators. Unfortunately it's not working, but it has made up my mind
> about ever doing business with Ovetel (and several Chinese card clone
> manufacturers)
>
> Mark
>
>
> On 2011-10-19 10:58, sales department wrote:
>>
>> Folks,
>>
>> This is a business list.  I expect offers from folks like this.
>>
>> Ravidnra, if you think otherwise you might want to venture into other
>> lists
>> of Digiums.
>>
>> <robb>
>>
>>
>>> From: Alex Balashov<abalashov at evaristesys.com>
>>> Reply-To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
>>> <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
>>> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:27:27 -0400
>>> To:<asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Fwd: Looking for Senegal Mobile Orange
>>>
>>> On 10/18/2011 12:15 AM, Ravindra Pandey wrote:
>>>
>>>> Admin Asterik,
>>>
>>> Who?
>>>
>>>> Can you remove such emails as it¹s a voip forum to discuss business..
>>>
>>> And what, in your view, is the subject of the discussion to which you
>>> are referring?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Alex Balashov - Principal
>>> Evariste Systems LLC
>>> 260 Peachtree Street NW
>>> Suite 2200
>>> Atlanta, GA 30303
>>> Tel: +1-678-954-0670
>>> Fax: +1-404-961-1892
>>> Web: http://www.evaristesys.com/
>>>
>
> --
> Mark Willis
> Star One Telecom
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> Cell: 210 880 5097
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>
>
>
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