[Asterisk-Users] Anyone noticed Voipjet voice quality problems?

[Jay Milk]

> -----Original Message-----
> Provider is doing well and giving good service.
> Word of mouth increases userbase and service load fo 
> provider. Provider wants the money obviously and takes on 
> load in spite of limited resources. Provider becomes 
> overloaded and is not longer able to provide quality service. 
> Users abandon ship and provider goes under with a fiery belch 
> and the band plays on.

You know, I've had this discussion two months ago with a fellow asterisk
enthusiast.  He and I have gone through any number of DID providers...
and it's uncanny how all of them have GREAT quality for the first two or
three weeks before problems arise.  I don't want to presume that anyone
is devious enough (or even smart enough!) to crank up quality to trap
new users, so there HAS to be another reason.  Our latest find hasn't
received much publicity on the list, and strangely, we've had A+ quality
for close to three months now.

I don't think popularity is a deciding factor, but I wouldn't count it
out as a contributor.
 
> Soooo, I should only recommend the bad providers so they will 
> go away and keep the good providers secret so I can continue 
> to get quality service!  At last, the mystery is solved!!  8)

Tempting.

> Or maybe a couple of us should just get together and start 
> our own company. One that explicitly places quality above 
> quantity.  Anyone remember when businesses operated this way?!

This is not a bad idea at all -- and something that's been discussed in
off-list emails.  I think it's entirely feasible to pass wholesale
services through to the asterisk community.  Most providers are
reselling the likes of L3 or Focal, and I don't believe they'd turn down
legitimate business.  I started a local ISP the same way a few years ago
-- monthly minimum was $500 at $7/channel for dialup.  I got commitments
from 75 users, got $100/each from 60 and the charter members got dial-up
at cost for as long as the thing was going.  Anyone?  How's L3 wholesale
pricing?