Michael, I think there used to be or still is a company called freeconferencecall.com or something of that nature. They did this for a while and I understand got the crap sued out of them. Not really sure what happened but I know the big guys AT&T & Qwest went after them and claimed that they were committing fraud. I wish I remembered more, but for me breakfast is blur! (did i even have breakfast today???? doh!)
-Jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Trank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" <asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Conference Services > > I think the money is made by locating the free conference services in > the networks of some > of the small rural telephone companies and cooperatives that are able to > charge the big carriers > on the order of several cents per minute for terminating calls to > numbers in their space. > > These small carriers have termination fees that have been grandfathered > in from old FCC rules. > > > Steve Totaro wrote: > >>I wonder how anyone can make a buck in this space, there are several >>companies that do no adverts and do not charge a dime, plus they even >>do recording. >> >>http://www.freeconferencecall.com/faq.asp is one. >> >>Thanks, >>Steve Totaro >> >>On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 9:51 AM, Al Lougher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>Dave - >>> >>>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? >>> >>>Alan >>>www.group2call.com >>> >>>--- On Mon, 8/18/08, | dave cantera | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>From: | dave cantera | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Conference Services >>>To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" >>><asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com> >>>Date: Monday, August 18, 2008, 12:46 AM >>> >>>jon, >>>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. >>>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. >>>daveC >>> >>>Jon Weisman wrote: >>> >>>Anybody here using Asterisk to host a conferencing service? I'm curious >>>as >>>to the business details of the whole thing. How are you guys charging >>>monthly? per minute, both? What sort of features are "industry >>>standards"? >>>What are the permium features? Bells & whistles? >>> >>>Thanks, >>>Jon >>> >>> >>> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>--Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- >> >>AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona >>Register Now: http://www.astricon.net >> >>asterisk-biz mailing list >>To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz