<div dir="ltr">They partner with a local CLEC and split the profit from the fees they get from charging the Long Distance providers.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Steve Totaro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stotaro@totarotechnologies.com">stotaro@totarotechnologies.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I wonder how anyone can make a buck in this space, there are several<br>
companies that do no adverts and do not charge a dime, plus they even<br>
do recording.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.freeconferencecall.com/faq.asp" target="_blank">http://www.freeconferencecall.com/faq.asp</a> is one.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<font color="#888888">Steve Totaro<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 9:51 AM, Al Lougher <<a href="mailto:alougher@yahoo.com">alougher@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Dave -<br>
><br>
> I'm intrigued to know how your advertising covers the costs of the calls. We<br>
> offer free messaging with advertising, but the ads barely cover the cost of<br>
> a one minute call. How do you make any money on say a 30 minute conference<br>
> call with a handful of connected parties?<br>
><br>
> Alan<br>
> <a href="http://www.group2call.com" target="_blank">www.group2call.com</a><br>
><br>
> --- On Mon, 8/18/08, | dave cantera | <<a href="mailto:david.cantera@iacnet.net">david.cantera@iacnet.net</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> From: | dave cantera | <<a href="mailto:david.cantera@iacnet.net">david.cantera@iacnet.net</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Conference Services<br>
> To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion"<br>
> <<a href="mailto:asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com">asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com</a>><br>
> Date: Monday, August 18, 2008, 12:46 AM<br>
><br>
> jon,<br>
> I offer a free conference calling service, I decide what the number inbound<br>
> is and I play my advertisement on the inbound calls. then I give them a<br>
> conference code and a conference PIN.<br>
> if they want a custom or local DID, then they pay for that plus a minute<br>
> charge of $0.03 per inbound leg. advertisement on the inbound calls if I<br>
> can get it.<br>
> daveC<br>
><br>
> Jon Weisman wrote:<br>
><br>
> Anybody here using Asterisk to host a conferencing service? I'm curious as<br>
> to the business details of the whole thing. How are you guys charging<br>
> monthly? per minute, both? What sort of features are "industry standards"?<br>
> What are the permium features? Bells & whistles?<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Jon<br>
><br>
<br>
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