Shouldn't rate and reliability (aka as quality ??), go hand in hand. I won't mind spending an extra cent for a reliable provider. But, none the less, its a good start and the list will be useful for many like us. <br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Nitzan Kon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nk3569@yahoo.com">nk3569@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Well, how to put it.. exposure is exposure. As a provider you'd<br>want to get your name out there even if your rates are not as<br>
competitive as others.<br><br>Not to mention that if a provider does have such agreements<br>in place that allow them to achieve low rates to a certain<br>destination - having those rates searchable and displayed<br>as #1 lowest is sure to bring them customers interested in<br>
those routes/rates.<br><br>But at the end of the day it's up to each provider to decide<br>if they'd like to be on there or not. You don't have to like<br>the idea to get customers from it, nor would we force anyone<br>
to be on there if they'd like their rates removed. The idea<br>is to find the lowest rates, so providers that do not compete<br>on price aren't really critical to have in there.<br><br>There will also be other comparisons in the future too.<br>
Calling plan rates, quality (will have to figure out<br>how to measure "quality"), length in business, etc.<br><br> -- Nitzan<br><br>--- On Sun, 1/4/09, Alex Balashov <<a href="mailto:abalashov@evaristesys.com">abalashov@evaristesys.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>> From: Alex Balashov <<a href="mailto:abalashov@evaristesys.com">abalashov@evaristesys.com</a>><br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.<br></div>> To: "<a href="mailto:nk3569@yahoo.com">nk3569@yahoo.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:nk3569@yahoo.com">nk3569@yahoo.com</a>>, "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" <<a href="mailto:asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com">asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com</a>><br>
> Cc: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" <<a href="mailto:asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com">asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com</a>><br>> Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 2:43 PM<br>
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<div class="Wj3C7c">> Nitzan,<br>><br>> Interesting idea. I wonder, though, what incentive exists<br>> for providers to list their rates in a context where they<br>> are explicitly bidding against others.<br>
><br>> Seems like the best rates come from negotiating discounts<br>> off the public termination rate deck (something far from all<br>> providers think is good to have) through volume commitments<br>> privately.<br>
><br>> In other words, I think folks doing arbitrage are trying to<br>> avoid commodification of trunking as much as possible, even<br>> though that seems inevitable and kind of obvious.<br>><br>> On Jan 4, 2009, at 2:22 PM, Nitzan Kon<br>
> <<a href="mailto:nk3569@yahoo.com">nk3569@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> > Hello providers! (those of you that are)<br>> ><br>> > Due to the lack of one being available (that I know<br>> of),<br>
> > I decided to start a VoIP rate search engine. The idea<br>> is<br>> > to throw in as many providers into the database as we<br>> can,<br>> > and let the search functionality find the cheapest<br>
> routes<br>> > for any given destination.<br>> ><br>> > To check it out, please visit:<br>> > <a href="http://www.comparevoipproviderrates.com/" target="_blank">http://www.comparevoipproviderrates.com/</a><br>
> ><br>> > If you are a provider and would like your rates<br>> displayed,<br>> > please email your rates in CSV format to rates<br>> NOSPAMat <a href="http://comparevoipproviderrates.com/" target="_blank">comparevoipproviderrates.com</a> - format is:<br>
> > dialprefix,destinate name,rate in US dollars<br>> > example: 1214,USA,0.01<br>> ><br>> > destination name,dialprefix,rate is also acceptable.<br>> ><br>> > Please feel free to discuss and let me know if you<br>
> have<br>> > any comments or suggestions - or if you find any bugs.<br>> > This is brand new and will be a work-in-progress for a<br>> > while.<br>> ><br>> > -- Nitzan<br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>
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