Hi Andrew, Thanks you for your great analytical thoughts. I have finally found a great way to do what I needed. There are companies out there which provides DIDs with ring group feature come bundled with the DIDs for $5/month with unlimited incoming traffic.
This way, I can get more value out of the $5. Please don't get me wrong. I am very happy with the Unlimitel 's service. Their support has been excellent too. Sorry if I misrepresented their outage in April as it was just few hrs according to my record. I would highly recommend their services to my buddies not enermies. Thank you all again, Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Kohlsmith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 3:04 PM Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Call forward not available - very expensive > On Thursday 07 June 2007 1:32 pm, Richard (Rogers @ work) wrote: > > In my original posting, I was asking for suggestion on an alternative > > solution to my problem. Instead, I got many irrelvant replies trying to > > unquantitively justify the cost of CFB feature. The fact of the matter is I > > joined Unimtel for about 2 months and the service was down for 2 days in a > > roll regardless of the reasons. Your expeience is not mine and I can not > > speak for you and vice versa. I am assuming most people in this forum are > > professionals. I respect your opions and please respect mine too > > I don't think anyone disrespected your opinion, but specifically for myself I > was trying to determine more about the nature of your dilemma. > > I mean a cheap box will cost you maybe $200 to run Asterisk. But if you want > RAID1, a decent network card and a power supply whose reliability is better > and output is cleaner will cost you $500. > > That's a 250% increase in the cost of the system, but Nortel's basic MICS > comes with all of that. (well maybe not the HDD, but you get my point, I > hope). > > At what point is the expenditure for higher reliability no longer worth the > cost? For someone such as yourself, $2.50/mo more (let's be honest, a 100% > increase in price) increase is simply not worth it, based on your comparison > to the service provider you left, who was charging far more per month for the > service, but "threw in" the feature. > > > My stance has not changed and I am interested in a solution. > > This is where I ask again -- what is your overall cost increase with the new > provider compared to the old service provider who provided the feature for > less? What's your overall cost of having a VOIP did and paying for every > minute of incoming and outgoing service? For most here, the cost of a $5/mo > DID plus their minutes usage leaves them in a far better position than a > $36.30/mo + LD charges does. For others, emulating the old system by paying > a flat-rate DID and not getting concurrent calls is a better overall deal. > Your situation may be different, or you may be trying to optimize your > system, or you may just be curious. Without more information it's difficult > to tell, and without the data, your question comes across like the guy who > buys the cheapest products possible, and then complains about quality. > > Maybe that's just me though; I'm certainly interested in the details of the > request if you're willing to provide them. > > -A. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
