Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Nitzan Kon
I totally agree with you in principal, but the problem is that the issue is not on our side. It is on the carrier side. I'm making an assumption here, but if out of many carriers we use only one displays these symptoms then something is wrong with THEIR system - not ours. In other words - I can't

Re: [asterisk-biz] .e4 is moving... We have a few things thatwe'd like to unload before we do...

2009-01-04 Thread Michael S. White
Trixter wrote: > its the biz list so this is implicitly allowed :) Generally you only see complaints when people post the same thing over and over with a high frequency. Thanks for the reply - I've seen so many emails regarding SPAM lately.. I didn't want to be categorized as one of "those guys"

Re: [asterisk-biz] .e4 is moving... We have a few things that we'd like to unload before we do...

2009-01-04 Thread Trixter aka Bret McDanel
On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 02:13 -0500, Michael S. White wrote: > Sorry in advance if this seems like SPAM to anyone... We are moving > and I have a few things that I am trying to unload its the biz list so this is implicitly allowed :) Generally you only see complaints when people post the same thing

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Kristian Kielhofner
On 1/5/09, Alex Balashov wrote: > > > So does the $100 not include the loop, or is the $100/meg a figure that > fully amortises the bandwidth and facility? > I hate having to cite averages but I also do not feel comfortable discussing actual pricing in public. Bandwidth only, no loop necess

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Alex Balashov
Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > On 1/5/09, Nitzan Kon wrote:. >> It all depends on who you use as your colo facility and what >> pricing models they offer. There are facilities with FAR lower >> bandwidth rates out there. > > Clearly there is a misunderstanding here. This bandwidth is not a > b

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Kristian Kielhofner
On 1/5/09, Ken Rice wrote: > We get prices in the 20 to 40 range not including cross connects for 100meg > commits.. I have heard as little as 14/meg from large resellers in Boston > and other places giving direct to L3 Ports... > > And Cogent these days I have heard under $8/meg on 100meg comm

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Nitzan Kon
--- On Mon, 1/5/09, Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: > On the flipside, AMS-IX charges something like 2500 > euro/month for a 10gbps link or something Yeah, I saw figures like that when I was looking for a European server. It's insane :) (in a good way) > But then the same concept still applies,

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Alex Balashov
Alex Balashov wrote: > their discrepancies with their upstream carriers (yes, they use SIP > trunks) average an error margin of maybe 1.2%. But I really think this has to do with rounding discrepancies I can't put my finger on. The calls are going into a tandem switch that spits out the CDRs

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Kristian Kielhofner
On 1/5/09, Nitzan Kon wrote:. > It all depends on who you use as your colo facility and what > pricing models they offer. There are facilities with FAR lower > bandwidth rates out there. Clearly there is a misunderstanding here. This bandwidth is not a blend from some colo (not that that's n

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Kristian Kielhofner
On 1/5/09, Nitzan Kon wrote: > --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > > > However, if the carrier has IP endpoints in Amsterdam, why > > not test it from various points in Europe? > > > This is a little pointless IMHO because routing inside Europe > is usually done via insanely high

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Alex Balashov
Ken Rice wrote: > And Cogent these days I have heard under $8/meg on 100meg commit... > > (not that I would necessarily want to depend on cogent for my ITSP heh... A > multi-homed network with customers whos ISPs are single homed to cogent its > not a bad idea (and god forbid cogent and level3 de

[asterisk-biz] .e4 is moving... We have a few things that we'd like to unload before we do...

2009-01-04 Thread Michael S. White
Sorry in advance if this seems like SPAM to anyone... We are moving and I have a few things that I am trying to unload in an attempt to get a few more Herman Miller chairs for the new digs. Open to direct trades for chairs too. Hoping to get enough for 2 more Mirras and an Aeron... Here is what

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Alex Balashov
Most of my response to this has already been captured in some form by Kristian and Ken, but just to sum up: 1. I didn't say that these types of signaling errata don't occur. They do. They should be treated as a cost of doing business. If they account for a nontrivial percentage of lost reven

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Trixter aka Bret McDanel
On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 22:33 -0800, Nitzan Kon wrote: > In other words, if a provider tests well from one point in > Europe - chances are they'll be OK from anywhere within the > EU. > that may change, in amsterdam this year they are deploying residential gigabit fiber to most of the city. The pl

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Ken Rice
>> >> That bandwidth price seems a bit excessive even for current 'quality' >> bandwidth providers... At those rates you can get some pretty good bandwidth >> at much higher commits and spend the same money... Maybe its just the >> facility you are in but damn that seems high >> > > 'Twas an

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Kristian Kielhofner
On 1/5/09, Ken Rice wrote: > > That bandwidth price seems a bit excessive even for current 'quality' > bandwidth providers... At those rates you can get some pretty good bandwidth > at much higher commits and spend the same money... Maybe its just the > facility you are in but damn that seems h

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Nitzan Kon
--- On Mon, 1/5/09, Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > How much does your bandwidth cost? Around here (Tampa, FL > - carrier neutral facility, no loop) we pay (on average) about > $100/MB. 10MB minimums, multiple upstreams, other random fees > and you are at thousands of dollars. It all depends on

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Nitzan Kon
--- On Sun, 1/4/09, Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > However, if the carrier has IP endpoints in Amsterdam, why > not test it from various points in Europe? This is a little pointless IMHO because routing inside Europe is usually done via insanely high bandwidth European rings where you literally g

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Trixter aka Bret McDanel
On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 00:29 -0500, voip-aster...@maximumcrm.com wrote: > I'm surprised that these providers still manage to be in business. > > I would never deal with any provider that would require me to sign NDAs > before I become a customer. Just can't be bothered with the additional > paper

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Trixter aka Bret McDanel
On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 00:30 -0500, Alex Balashov wrote: > I agree with you completely on a philosophical level. However, as Brett > pointed out, this is government and a law conceived in 1994; when it > comes to technology policy and management, government couldn't manage > its way out of a pa

[asterisk-biz] calea

2009-01-04 Thread Trixter aka Bret McDanel
On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 23:23 -0600, Ken Rice wrote: > > --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Alex Balashov wrote: > > > >> Would disabling LCR and forcing the route to one of the > >> carriers you normally use that will do the CALEA tapping for > >> you be considered "tipping off" the customer being recorded? > >

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Trixter aka Bret McDanel
On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 23:12 -0600, Ken Rice wrote: > I have seen this time and time again and it typically is 1 of 2 things that > cause this problem... Either the buyers gear or the sellers gear is dropping > calls for a variety of reasons... > > However "missed a bye" is a pretty poor excuse for

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Alex Balashov
Ken Rice wrote: >> From: Kristian Kielhofner >> Reply-To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion >> >> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:22:03 -0500 >> To: , Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion >> >> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine. >> >

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Alex Balashov
Ken Rice wrote: > Re-invites in more cases then not cause more issues then they are worth... Bingo. The problem for Asterisk users is "directrtpsetup" in Asterisk doesn't work at this time, for some mind-boggling reason. So, if you want to do media release with Asterisk, re-invites are your

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Trixter aka Bret McDanel
On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 21:21 -0800, Nitzan Kon wrote: > --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: > > > Ok then, lets look at this claim a bit. I live in > > Amsterdam right now. > > Are your base metrics of any value to me if they are all > > tested from the > > US? > > Actually, I ha

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Alex Balashov
Nitzan Kon wrote: > --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Alex Balashov wrote: > >> Would disabling LCR and forcing the route to one of the >> carriers you normally use that will do the CALEA tapping for >> you be considered "tipping off" the customer being recorded? > > I *seriously* doubt the makers of CALEA t

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Ken Rice
> From: Kristian Kielhofner > Reply-To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion > > Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:22:03 -0500 > To: , Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion > > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine. > > How much does your ban

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread voip-asterisk
> Would such providers be automatically banned or would there be some sort > of extenuating circumstances based on business model? Not, mind you, > that I ever foresee such providers as displaying their pricing to anyone > (especially since their pricing falls under copious NDAs for potential > CLI

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Ken Rice
> From: Nitzan Kon > Reply-To: , Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk > Discussion > Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 20:34:31 -0800 (PST) > To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion > > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine. > > --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Al

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Nitzan Kon
--- On Sun, 1/4/09, Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: > Ok then, lets look at this claim a bit. I live in > Amsterdam right now. > Are your base metrics of any value to me if they are all > tested from the > US? Actually, I have servers in the east coast, Amsterdam, and soon the west coast - so i

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Kristian Kielhofner
On 1/5/09, Nitzan Kon wrote: > > OK, here's some statistics for the month of December for > the carrier in question: > > Our record shows: > 100,504 calls > 130,740:27 minutes total > > Their record shows: > 100,161 calls (probably just time difference here > 179,811.28 minutes total > > T

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Trixter aka Bret McDanel
On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 20:34 -0800, Nitzan Kon wrote: > --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Alex Balashov wrote: > > > Would disabling LCR and forcing the route to one of the > > carriers you normally use that will do the CALEA tapping for > > you be considered "tipping off" the customer being recorded? > > I *

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Ken Rice
I have seen this time and time again and it typically is 1 of 2 things that cause this problem... Either the buyers gear or the sellers gear is dropping calls for a variety of reasons... However "missed a bye" is a pretty poor excuse for the situation... BYEs are acknowledged... And resent a numbe

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Nitzan Kon
--- On Sun, 1/4/09, SIP wrote: > One note on this: we've worked with three different > providers over the last 2 years that change their rates (and > rate centers) weekly. Every single WEEK, we get a list of > new rates and rate centers. > Would such providers be automatically banned or would th

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Nitzan Kon
--- On Sun, 1/4/09, Alex Balashov wrote: > Many of them have claimed they lose a ton of money from > accounting problems caused by the unreliability of signaling > (as though SIP doesn't have reliable retransmission of transactional > messages or something) but they've never shown me any numbe

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Alexander Lopez
To clarify, many running ITSPs or even 'wholesale' shops do not have a clear understanding of what they need to do to make things work. If you cannot account for your minutes (inventory) then you either have the wrong accounting system or the wrong technologies feeding the data into your accounting

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Nitzan Kon
--- On Sun, 1/4/09, Alex Balashov wrote: > The statistical loss expectancy of business impact from > call length > computation errors resulting from never getting SIP BYEs > and whatnot > seems far lower than the cost of dealing with media. I disagree. I will not name names, but we have a spec

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Kristian Kielhofner
On 1/4/09, Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: > well iax is not a proper carrier grade protocol period. And I will even > explain why I said that :) IAX has all traffic, media and signalling > goto the same port. This means that even if you have 1000 cores in your > system, the reception can on

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Ken Rice
Even better is a system that can do both... Direct RTP with the option of pulling the RTP thru your network when required... This will typically take care of the CALEA problem along with those companies out there that offer a type of CALEA "insurance"... Most of us have to deal with some sort of me

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Nitzan Kon
--- On Sun, 1/4/09, Alex Balashov wrote: > Would disabling LCR and forcing the route to one of the > carriers you normally use that will do the CALEA tapping for > you be considered "tipping off" the customer being recorded? I *seriously* doubt the makers of CALEA thought it this far. Hell, I'd

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Alex Balashov
Thanks for clarifying this. So, I guess the real answer is, weigh the statistical loss expectancy of the (Probability of getting a CALEA claim) x (fine exposure for noncompliance) and pick the lesser of that and paying for 20x the bandwidth and 500x the equipment to actually be properly equippe

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Trixter aka Bret McDanel
On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 22:05 -0500, Alex Balashov wrote: > That's true. But I do think these CALEA requests can be serviced by the > upstream carriers even with LCR more often than not. > yeah except that it can be much more difficult. For example acct123 needs to have taps placed on it. Howev

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Kristian Kielhofner
On 1/4/09, Alex Balashov wrote: > > I figured you would. > > I just get beat up for this viewpoint all the time from the Paranoidal > Ones, and continue to struggle understand their reasoning. Many of them > have claimed they lose a ton of money from accounting problems caused by > the unreli

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Trixter aka Bret McDanel
On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 22:04 -0500, Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > - Supporting IAX. No Tier 1 (more like the equipment they use) will > take IAX. If your "provider" is using IAX, your media is most likely > ultimately being proxied to SIP/RTP somewhere. Best of luck to you. well iax is not a prop

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Alex Balashov
Can you clarify exactly what you mean here? On Jan 4, 2009, at 10:50 PM, "Alexander Lopez" wrote: >> >> I just get beat up for this viewpoint all the time from the >> Paranoidal >> Ones, and continue to struggle understand their reasoning. Many of >> them >> have claimed they lose a ton o

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Alexander Lopez
> > I just get beat up for this viewpoint all the time from the Paranoidal > Ones, and continue to struggle understand their reasoning. Many of them > have claimed they lose a ton of money from accounting problems caused by > the unreliability of signaling (as though SIP doesn't have reliable > r

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread SIP
Nitzan Kon wrote: > I totally agree, and have the same fear of bait & switch tactics. > > One thought I had to prevent this is to let providers know that > a condition for being placed/displayed on the site will be > "static" rates where once submitted rates will have to be valid > for at least a

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Alex Balashov
Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > On 1/4/09, Alex Balashov wrote: >> Kristian Kielhofner wrote: >> >> > - Billing paranoia (I have to be in the media stream) >> >> >> I may just be an idiot, but I still think this is stupid and haven't >> changed my position after a year or two of polemicising about

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Kristian Kielhofner
On 1/4/09, Alex Balashov wrote: > Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > > > - Billing paranoia (I have to be in the media stream) > > > I may just be an idiot, but I still think this is stupid and haven't > changed my position after a year or two of polemicising about it. > > The statistical loss expect

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Alex Balashov
Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > - Billing paranoia (I have to be in the media stream) I may just be an idiot, but I still think this is stupid and haven't changed my position after a year or two of polemicising about it. The statistical loss expectancy of business impact from call length computat

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Kristian Kielhofner
On 1/4/09, Alex Balashov wrote: > Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > > > I know you (Alex) are a proponent of direct media handoff (as am I). > > > Are you suggesting I should not be? Of course not! > Personally, I can't understand why anyone would ever shunt customer > media into their network

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Alex Balashov
Also, we're talking about wholesale O/T here. Wouldn't the CALEA request go to the retail VoIP provider first? It seems generally reasonable to handle media if you are doing retail VoIP for the reason you outline. My question was more, why would you do it if you're just selling trunking, asi

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Kristian Kielhofner
DISCLAIMER: Much of the following rant assumes ideal (typical) internet conditions. On 1/4/09, Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: > > > which is why I suggested looking at the media gateways, which are the > rtp endpoint addresses. Sure, but how many providers are actually capable of doing this:

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Alex Balashov
That's true. But I do think these CALEA requests can be serviced by the upstream carriers even with LCR more often than not. Would disabling LCR and forcing the route to one of the carriers you normally use that will do the CALEA tapping for you be considered "tipping off" the customer being r

Re: [asterisk-biz] OT: Independent ISPs in the US

2009-01-04 Thread Alex Balashov
voip-aster...@maximumcrm.com wrote: >> There's no easy money. You won't last long in pure resale. You have to >> add value. At the moment, there's a compelling value proposition to >> offer relative to other VoIP O/T & ITSP call shops in better >> engineering, better peering, better tools, and b

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Trixter aka Bret McDanel
On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 21:36 -0500, Alex Balashov wrote: > Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > > > I know you (Alex) are a proponent of direct media handoff (as am I). > > Are you suggesting I should not be? > > Personally, I can't understand why anyone would ever shunt customer > media into their ne

Re: [asterisk-biz] OT: Independent ISPs in the US

2009-01-04 Thread voip-asterisk
> There's no easy money. You won't last long in pure resale. You have to > add value. At the moment, there's a compelling value proposition to > offer relative to other VoIP O/T & ITSP call shops in better > engineering, better peering, better tools, and better rates. > > But how long can you be

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Alex Balashov
Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > I know you (Alex) are a proponent of direct media handoff (as am I). Are you suggesting I should not be? Personally, I can't understand why anyone would ever shunt customer media into their network except to work out intractable NAT issues. Otherwise, I can't com

Re: [asterisk-biz] OT: Independent ISPs in the US

2009-01-04 Thread Alex Balashov
The executive-sized soundbite version of my post: There's no easy money. You won't last long in pure resale. You have to add value. At the moment, there's a compelling value proposition to offer relative to other VoIP O/T & ITSP call shops in better engineering, better peering, better tools,

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Nitzan Kon
--- On Sun, 1/4/09, Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: > I am thinking of consultants that install systems, who may > provide the support themselves, large institutions that have > their own IT departments (most businesses do not have one, > they are too small to justify it), etc. I totally agr

Re: [asterisk-biz] OT: Independent ISPs in the US

2009-01-04 Thread Alex Balashov
Alex Balashov wrote: > There are survivors, of course; folks that hang on providing > higher-margin business services (whatever the justification for $150/mo > "business DSL" that is the exact same product as residential, some > businesses are willing to buy into it), value-added service Ah,

Re: [asterisk-biz] OT: Independent ISPs in the US (was: Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.)

2009-01-04 Thread Alex Balashov
Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: > On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 18:09 -0500, Kristian Kielhofner wrote: >> On 1/4/09, Alex Balashov wrote: >>> I think if this gets traction you will see a lot of providers doing >>> ultra-low bait-and-switch rates. Most cannot afford to be in a price >>> race to the bot

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Alex Balashov
Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > I know you (Alex) are a proponent of direct media handoff (as am I). > If properly architected this can work out quite well for the end user > simply because most of these Tier 1 backbone providers/VoIP providers > are so well peered with last mile providers, especi

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Kristian Kielhofner
On 1/4/09, Alex Balashov wrote: > Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > > > On 1/4/09, Alex Balashov wrote: > >> I think if this gets traction you will see a lot of providers doing > >> ultra-low bait-and-switch rates. Most cannot afford to be in a price > >> race to the bottom. > >> > > > > Ag

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Sandeep Kanao
I agree. But there's a difference between Users and Customers. I always thought this list will give us a clearer picture from the "Customer" view point, to weed out 'LOT' of crooks from here. Another good idea would be sharing a list of providers - typically like - "We are calling cards providers e

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Trixter aka Bret McDanel
On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 19:53 -0500, Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > My concern would be various tricks providers could use to fool any > IP only automated tools. There are classic examples of providers > providing gateways to ping, etc that *clearly* have ICMP optimized and > may even be in differen

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Kristian Kielhofner
On 1/4/09, Nitzan Kon wrote: > --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > > > Getting back on topic, will there be any sort of ranking > > for quality? > > > I would love to maintain a separate table/search based on > quality. The real question though is how do you quantify > "quality

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Alex Balashov
Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > On 1/4/09, Alex Balashov wrote: >> I think if this gets traction you will see a lot of providers doing >> ultra-low bait-and-switch rates. Most cannot afford to be in a price >> race to the bottom. >> > > Agreed. > > This current race to the bottom, while some

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Trixter aka Bret McDanel
On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 15:58 -0800, Nitzan Kon wrote: > --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > > > Getting back on topic, will there be any sort of ranking > > for quality? > > I would love to maintain a separate table/search based on > quality. The real question though is how do you

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Nitzan Kon
--- On Sun, 1/4/09, Chris Bagnall wrote: > Any plans to allow providers to upload rates in currencies > apart from USD? For example, I'd love to upload our > rates, but since everything is priced in GBP, it'd be > inaccurate from the moment I uploaded simply due to the > vagaries of the GBP to US

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Trixter aka Bret McDanel
On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 16:16 -0800, Nitzan Kon wrote: > > This can be a good thing for customers that do not need > > support, they can get a lower cost per month, and the business > > still remains profitable that is providing the service. > > I agree. In essence over 90% of customers never reall

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Nitzan Kon
--- On Sun, 1/4/09, Sandeep Kanao wrote: > I believe customer is always the winner. I suggest let users > vote for the provider for 1. Quality 2. Support and 3. Rates. The problem with this is: 1. Users are not objective. They typically have experience with only 1-2 providers so voting "their"

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Nitzan Kon
--- On Sun, 1/4/09, Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: > > - Customer support will be non existent (or > worthless). How are you > > paying for it when your markup is %10 or less > (whatever it may be)? > > > or it will be a pay to call service. Each customer support > call will be like a MSFT cu

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Sandeep Kanao
I believe customer is always the winner. I suggest let users vote for the provider for 1. Quality 2. Support and 3. Rates. I have burnt in the past. Several providers created 'the best' test routes, but once (pre) paid, no customer service was available and the routes were switched :-) One of the

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Nitzan Kon
--- On Sun, 1/4/09, Karl Fife wrote: > Not very exhaustive. I am a voicepulse customer, and my > rate is $.008 per minute to terminate to +1312565. > Fully ONE HALF the cost of the lowest provider. > > -Karl Patience. :) I only started this project a couple of days ago. I'll see if I can g

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Nitzan Kon
--- On Sun, 1/4/09, Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > Getting back on topic, will there be any sort of ranking > for quality? I would love to maintain a separate table/search based on quality. The real question though is how do you quantify "quality". Maybe through user reviews, although those tend

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Trixter aka Bret McDanel
On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 18:09 -0500, Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > On 1/4/09, Alex Balashov wrote: > > I think if this gets traction you will see a lot of providers doing > > ultra-low bait-and-switch rates. Most cannot afford to be in a price > > race to the bottom. > > > > Agreed. > > This

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Karl Fife
Not very exhaustive. I am a voicepulse customer, and my rate is $.008 per minute to terminate to +1312565. Fully ONE HALF the cost of the lowest provider. -Karl - Original Message - From: "Chris Bagnall" To: "'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion'" Sent: Sunday

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Kristian Kielhofner
On 1/4/09, Alex Balashov wrote: > I think if this gets traction you will see a lot of providers doing > ultra-low bait-and-switch rates. Most cannot afford to be in a price > race to the bottom. > Agreed. This current race to the bottom, while somewhat inevitable, is not necessarily a good

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Chris Bagnall
> Hello providers! (those of you that are) > Due to the lack of one being available (that I know of), > I decided to start a VoIP rate search engine. Interesting idea. Others have already mentioned the quality vs. price issue. Any plans to allow providers to upload rates in currencies apart from

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Nitzan Kon
Well, yes and no- The lowest rates are almost always grey routes (lower quality), so it makes sense paying a little more to use a white or premium route - if you really get a white/premium route. Simply paying a higher rate does not ensure you're getting a better route, as some providers mark up

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Nitzan Kon
I totally agree, and have the same fear of bait & switch tactics. One thought I had to prevent this is to let providers know that a condition for being placed/displayed on the site will be "static" rates where once submitted rates will have to be valid for at least a month. And any provider caugh

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Sandeep Kanao
Shouldn't rate and reliability (aka as quality ??), go hand in hand. I won't mind spending an extra cent for a reliable provider. But, none the less, its a good start and the list will be useful for many like us. On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Nitzan Kon wrote: > Well, how to put it.. exposure

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Alex Balashov
I think if this gets traction you will see a lot of providers doing ultra-low bait-and-switch rates. Most cannot afford to be in a price race to the bottom. On Jan 4, 2009, at 3:16 PM, Nitzan Kon wrote: > Well, how to put it.. exposure is exposure. As a provider you'd > want to get your name

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Nitzan Kon
Well, how to put it.. exposure is exposure. As a provider you'd want to get your name out there even if your rates are not as competitive as others. Not to mention that if a provider does have such agreements in place that allow them to achieve low rates to a certain destination - having those rat

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Alex Balashov
Nitzan, Interesting idea. I wonder, though, what incentive exists for providers to list their rates in a context where they are explicitly bidding against others. Seems like the best rates come from negotiating discounts off the public termination rate deck (something far from all providers

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Nitzan Kon
Agreed. The plan is to add some indicators whether the provider offers SIP, IAX, what type of routes, pay-as-you-go available, etc. Maybe do it graphically/icons so it all fits in there without clogging up with too much information. :) --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Sandeep Kanao wrote: > From: Sandeep Ka

Re: [asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Sandeep Kanao
Great site. May be providers should also let us know if the route is white, grey and if there's any commitments. Many of the providers may offer for less, but in fine prints they will ask commitments. On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Nitzan Kon wrote: > Hello providers! (those of you that are) >

[asterisk-biz] Experimental/new VoIP rate search engine.

2009-01-04 Thread Nitzan Kon
Hello providers! (those of you that are) Due to the lack of one being available (that I know of), I decided to start a VoIP rate search engine. The idea is to throw in as many providers into the database as we can, and let the search functionality find the cheapest routes for any given destinati

[asterisk-biz] Israel termination

2009-01-04 Thread Yaakov Menken
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