I think that is a brilliant idea Simon. It would actually benefit the association in a lot of ways. Regards, Bruce
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: > [email protected]> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:53:28 -0400> Subject: [biz] Business > Co-operative> > Thanks Simon,> > There is interest in this area of business > of consolidating our buying> power. I have spoken to Reza a little while ago > on this concept. Our> company and one other are working on putting together a > "co-operative"> business model together. So far the model has been working as > we have just> added another company to our line-up and have managed to reduce > our costs> some.> > I think the most important factor when participating in > something like this> is to put your immediate benefit factor aside and > consider what you can> contribute to the whole. It takes a special kind of > business owner to> participate and place the personal benefit factor into a > long term> perspective.> > Long term if enough companies join on we can turn > this into an association> so, if your company has a similar vision, feel free > to contact me via email.> > > Keith Major> Business Development Manager> > Aquarius Telecom Inc.> www.aquariustel.com> 416.848.6838 ext. 1005> > _______________________________________________________________________> > > > This e-mail may be privileged and/or confidential, and the sender does not> > waive any related rights and obligations.> Any distribution, use or copying > of this e-mail or the information it> contains by other than an intended > recipient is unauthorized.> If you received this e-mail in error, please > advise me (by return e-mail or> otherwise) immediately. > > > Ce courrier > électronique est confidentiel et protégé. L'expéditeur ne> renonce pas aux > droits et obligations qui s'y rapportent.> Toute diffusion, utilisation ou > copie de ce message ou des renseignements> qu'il contient par une personne > autre que le (les) destinataire(s)> désigné(s) est interdite.> Si vous > recevez ce courrier électronique par erreur, veuillez m'en aviser> > immédiatement, par retour de courrier électronique ou par un autre moyen.> > > > > -----Original Message-----> From: Simon Ditner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: April 12, 2007 1:44 AM> To: Dave Donovan> Cc: [email protected]> Subject: > [biz] Re: [on-asterisk] DID question> > Just going to shift this over to the > business list, as I'm going to> change the direction a bit...> > Would there > be enough interest and weight behind us if we formed a> business co-op of > some sort to purchase these services in bulk, and> get ourselves good reps > within the likes of Bell, Rogers, Allstream,> and such providers?> > Cheers,> > spd> > On 4/11/07, Dave Donovan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > Often, that's > the biggest struggle with Bell: getting someone one the> phone> > who has a > clue what you're asking for. I tried to get a price from Bell> for> > a BRI > and they couldn't even tell me who I could talk to about that. I> > think I > called 3 or 4 different numbers then gave up.> >> >> > On 4/11/07, Liviu Toma > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > >> > >> > > Actually they are currently > charging us $120 / month for 30 DIDs which> we> > setup about 4 years ago.> > > > $4 / DID which seems quite high, much more than most VoIP providers !> > > > Second, I tried calling their business support today, and they didn't> even> > > seem to have any idea what I was talking about. They made me send an> > e-mail> > to some address, and I haven't gotten any reply yet.> > >> > > > Liviu> > >> > >> > > ----- Original Message -----> > > From: Bruce Nik> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, > 2007 10:00 PM> > > Subject: RE: [on-asterisk] DID question> > >> > >> > > > Livia,> > >> > > I belevie you do have to get the rest of DIDs from Bell > (costs around $2> > for 30 or more). Sometime ago I had a need for different > exchange number> > through one a Toronto PRI (different rate center) but they > were not able> to> > do it. So, the CLEC that owns the block assigns paths. > But why are you> > looking into other DID providers anyways? Bell has a good > deal on them if> > you have the PRI.> > >> > >> > > Regards,> > > Bruce> > >> > > >> > >> > > ________________________________> > > Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 > 10:31:56 -0400> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Subject: [on-asterisk] DID question> > > >> > > > I have a question a > little bit off-topic: my company uses a PRI from> > > > Bell with a block of > DIDs assigned to it. We are looking into adding> > > > more DIDs (50 or so) > to that PRI.> > > > Am I correct in assuming that we can only get those DIDs > from Bell ? I> > > > am not looking for VoIP DIDs, I need them to come > through the PRI.> > > > Also, if I wanted a block of toll-free numbers, they > would have to be> > > > mapped to local DIDs, correct ?> > > >> > > > > Thanks,> > > > Liviu> > > >> > > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------> > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > For additional commands, > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> > >> > > ________________________________> > > Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live> > > Spaces. It's easy! Try it!> >> >> > > -- > | It ain't what you don't know > that gets you into trouble. 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