I echo Steve's comments. The VoIP market is BAD and getting worse. I am not sure how many agree with me here. Show me the money.
This has been dying and Skype/Vonage killed it completely. There is nothing left to innovate and even if you do, try building a business for 1-3c/min. You need multi-million minutes each month to build something worth calling a company. For 1-2 man or a hobby - works out. I am surprised you have 35yrs of telecom experience and you are AGAIN doing it. Man! No pun intended. On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:49 AM, Steve Totaro <stot...@asteriskhelpdesk.com> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:04 AM, Sanjay Arora <sanjay.k.ar...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Nitzan Kon <nk3...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Heh. Those were my initial thoughts too. Why would you need any partners if >>> you've already had experienced people on board? rolling out a calling card >>> platform is easy. Actually getting business/marketing is the hard part. >> >> May I butt into the conversation, Guys? >> >> I am a VoIP biz newbie, looking to get into it. All I have is >> marketing & capability for creating low cost support. >> >> I am looking for various ways in which I can create own branded, low >> cost VoIP. Being from India, (telecommunication is low cost here...I >> sometimes find VoIP prices higher than being offered by our mainstream >> telcos) I need a really low cost solution, with no minimum commitments >> while I setup my marketing. >> >> Also need integrated VPN based connection for Gulf origination and >> capability/client for smartphones i.e. Android, Symbian & iPhone. >> >> Any pointers? Welcome to mail offlist for business offers. >> >> With best regards. >> Sanjay. >> > > I would start with this mindset of "Low cost support" and "a really > low cost solution, with no minimum commitments" > > For every market, there is a barrier of entry. If you are just > focusing on, "Really Low Cost" then what are you giving up? > > Your support is going to lousy and so is your service. That equates > to unhappy customers and a bad reputation. It is much harder to get a > new customer than it is to lose one. > > Is your marketing going to be that you are the lowest cost? > > I go for best value, cost always a factor, but it certainly is not the > biggest factor. I want to be able to pick up my phone and call > anywhere and the call needs to go through. If it doesn't, I better > get good support quickly and have my problem resolved. I need SLAs > that I can hold you to. > > Is this a calling card or just service? Home users or business? > > If you don't have the money to get into the game then it is better to > stay out. > > Everyone seems to think "VoIP + ? = $$$" > > VoIP is relatively cheap as far as barrier of entry. I suggest you > find an investor, partner, or venture capitalist so you can do it > right. > > I don't know if this still hold true in the US, but typically, you are > not going to realize a profit from a startup for two years. Two years > in the red. With VoIP service, it could be much less. > > Thanks, > Steve Totaro > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > 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 -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz