I don't mind when they ask I'm always happy to help. But I let them know up front that they are going to get no where near what they paid for it. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 1:23 AM, David Knell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave@3c.co.uk">dave@3c.co.uk</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;">It's not dead; it's merely changed.<br>
<br>
Last time I bought a TDM switch, I paid about US$150,000 for 64E1s - so<br>
it'd switch about 1000 calls. Several years later, we run that traffic<br>
volume and more through two commodity Dell servers which, with<br>
bandwidth, cost us about $250/month. And it takes a few hours to hook<br>
up to a new carrier, rather than weeks or months in the TDM world. So<br>
it's no wonder that there's a lot of TDM equipment coming onto the<br>
market; IP is too compelling.<br>
<br>
There is also a lot of activity around cellphones - for example, a<br>
couple of the UK calling card companies have launched MVNOs with an<br>
emphasis on cheap international calling (such as Lycatel with<br>
Lycamobile), selling SIMs through their existing distribution, and<br>
existing carriers are starting to offer cheap international calling<br>
packages, both to postpaid and prepaid customers.<br>
<br>
Question back at you - what do you say when someone asks if you can sell<br>
their TDM switch?<br>
<br>
--Dave<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
> is it dead? i have many people e-mailing me asking if I can sell their<br>
> switches (NACT, DTI, Excel) I also know from last year the intelecard<br>
> show was a bust...so what do you guys think? are we all just heading<br>
> to mobile phones and unified communications? what about the people<br>
> that have credit issues? prepaid cell phones?<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Thank you,<br>
><br>
> -Wes-<br>
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