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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Try webvoip, <a
href="http://www.webvoip.com/">www.webvoip.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>They have been doing this for years.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Asterisk_List/ITS@itranser.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 22 November 2004 10:53<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Commercial and
Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Asterisk-biz] Can some
one help me to become a voIP provider ?</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:sans-serif'>Hi,</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>I
have been offereing voIP service for some time for several important customers
(5-10 business with a high volume of international calls). We are mainly
based on voIP consultancy (Asterisk setup, configuration, etc), and we feel
comfortable with the platform, but we think our knowledge is limited on the
aspects relationated to give voIP services to a higher volume of customers, due
to our limited infraestructure and manual management we are required to do.</span></font>
<br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Currently,
we are doing the billing to our customer on an indirect way. We setup a
VOIP account for each of our customers, and we point it to an external voIP
provider. At the end of the each month, we access the CDR and billing of each
customer on that external provider, add a margin (our beneficit), and send
invoice to them. This is a factible way to work when you have a limited number
of customers (i.e, 10-20), but when you have a higher number, is not the best
way to work.</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>We
already contacted several providers that offers us some "reselling
packages" including the billing, but on all the causes, we lost the
control. For example, I can not setup my margins, and even worse, the web
page that is the "mirror" of my business to the customers, is not
personalizable (with my own logos and links). Although some of them offer
me "a white label brand", hosted on their installations, I also
lost control on my customers, and I can not access to reasonable prices for the
service, and the setup fee are to high.</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>My
idea was to use one primary account that offers me a good margin and a
secondary one for backup propouses, and have all the customers contacting MY
SERVER using that accounts to go to the exterior. Maybe that way I have not the
best routes, but it is enough for my current needs (I would growth if my market
growth). However, in order to do that, I have to install my own billing
system.</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>In
conclusion, I would like to "growth" and have my Asterisk as the
termination point for my customers. To do that, I would need a billing software
thar allows me to setup margins. It would be great if that software allows me
also to provisioning users (so my customers/users can request an account
on-line) and it would be also desirable to be able to have "resellers
accounts" and the possibility to have resellers that work with their own
margin.</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>I
do not need to be a huge system. I want to offer the service for a few
customers (probably no more than 100 business) and some few residential users
(I am focused on business, no residential), but I would like to have at least a
reasonable point to start and avoid the manual management I am required to do
right now.</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Could
some one suggest me any solution for this need ? I do not care to pay a
reasonable amount of money for services as far the solution fit my needs (make
your offer if you feel you can give me the solution)</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Thks
for your help,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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