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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dean,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Last time i checked this was a biz list where
people are free to discuss business opportunities, insight, opinions and advice.
I'm just trying to gain some general knowledge regarding conference calling and
have no interest in competing with him, this isn't even for the US market. But
if David doesn't feel comfortable in sharing any more information then lets
leave it up to him ok tough guy? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-Jon</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=Dean@cognation.net href="mailto:Dean@cognation.net">Dean Collins</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=alougher@yahoo.com
href="mailto:alougher@yahoo.com">alougher@yahoo.com</A> ; <A
title=asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com
href="mailto:asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com">Commercial and Business-Oriented
Asterisk Discussion</A> ; <A title=david.cantera@IBSOneCall.com
href="mailto:david.cantera@IBSOneCall.com">david.cantera@IBSOneCall.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 18, 2008 10:30
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [asterisk-biz] Conference
Services</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’m sure if you offer
to pay a small consulting fee to David he would be happy to tell you how to
set up in competition with him.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lol – I know the
answer but I don’t do this kind of consulting.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Needless to say you
should be prepared to pay for 2 or 3 hours of consulting for him to help
redirect your company’s efforts into a longer term recurring revenue
stream.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Regards,</SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dean Collins<BR><A
href="mailto:dean@cognation.net">dean@cognation.net</A>
<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">+1-212-203-4357 (<st1:State
w:st="on">New York</st1:State>) <BR>+61-2-9016-5642 (<st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sydney</st1:place></st1:City>)<BR><A
href="http://www.Cognation.net">http://www.Cognation.net</A></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV>
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asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Al Lougher<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, 18 August 2008 9:51
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk
Discussion</st1:PersonName>; <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">david.cantera@IBSOneCall.com</st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [asterisk-biz] Conference
Services</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Dave - <BR><BR>I'm intrigued to know how your
advertising covers the costs of the calls. We offer free messaging with
advertising, but the ads barely cover the cost of a one minute call. How
do you make any money on say a 30 minute conference call with a handful
of connected parties?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR>Alan<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">www.group2call.com<BR><BR>--- On <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Mon, 8/18/08, | dave cantera | <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><david.cantera@iacnet.net></SPAN></I></SPAN></B>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">From: | dave
cantera | <david.cantera@iacnet.net><BR>Subject: Re:
[asterisk-biz] Conference Services<BR>To: "<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk
Discussion</st1:PersonName>"
<asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com><BR>Date: Monday, August 18, 2008,
12:46 AM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">jon,<BR>I offer a free conference calling
service, I decide what the number inbound is and I play my advertisement
on the inbound calls. then I give them a conference code and a
conference PIN.<BR>if they want a custom or local DID, then they pay for
that plus a minute charge of $0.03 per inbound leg. advertisement
on the inbound calls if I can get it.<BR>daveC<BR><BR>Jon Weisman wrote:
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">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>
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