I am thinking to become a VoIP phone provider, I have 2 years experience with Asterisk , Elastix , Tirxbox VoIPswitch servers, but I want know what PBX system VoIP phone providers commonly using?
Become a VoIP phone provider
Submitted by Rob822 on Sun, 05/23/2010 - 9:13pm.
What country are you in?
In
Sun, 05/23/2010 - 10:50pm
What country are you in?
In the US it's not that easy.
You also need adequate funding to build your network. The softswitch is the simplest part.
Many carriers use Asterisk, PBX software is not needed. FreeSwitch is also a popular option and has very high capacity. More important is your Session Border Control. OpenSER is the only open source options but the commercial solutions from Acme Packets, Genband and Sonus are the best choices.
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Scott
aka "Skyking"
I don't know anything about
Mon, 05/24/2010 - 9:05am
I don't know anything about Canadian law.
I can tell you from personal experience that becoming a provider is a significant effort. It takes time, money, planning and skill. If you don't have the skills in any area then you have to hire someone to fill the gaps. That takes even more money.
Things that need to be addressed before day 1:
- Business Structure
- Capital plan
- Regulatory issues
- Network design
- Interconnection agreements
- Provisioning process and supporting IT system
- Billing process and supporting IT system
- Network monitoring
- Payment Settlement
- End to End customer processes
- Product line selection
- Marketing plan
- HR structure
- The list goes on and on
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Scott
aka "Skyking"
Scott is right 100%.
Mon, 05/24/2010 - 9:11am
Scott is right 100%. Building a VoIP company is an *enormous* task. And once the company has been built (website, software, redundancy, etc.), you have to negotiate cheap routes with other companies (ILECs, other VoIP terminators, etc.), which is not only difficult, but extremely time consuming.
Anyhow, best luck.
It's not easy and don't plan
Mon, 05/24/2010 - 9:50am
It's not easy and don't plan on sleeping for the next 2 years but if
you are in Canada the legal restrictions are not as bad as in the USA.
Just set up a trixbox system and install a2billing. Get yourself a couple of routes
and start selling your services. Make sure you price it competitive and if you have to
sell at cost to survive so be it. Count on not making any money the first 2 years so
make sure you have a financial security blanket before you start.
As you get more customers, you can negotiate better rates and increase your profit
margins. You'll also need to register with the CRTC and provide 911 service.
It's not easy but it's not impossible.
On the other hand you can
Mon, 05/24/2010 - 4:48pm
How do you know he is a one
Mon, 05/24/2010 - 11:25pm
Check this
Tue, 05/25/2010 - 12:13am
Check this post:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20999864-CallWithUs-Is-CallWithU...
the guy replying to him is another small voip vendor - http://www.future-nine.com
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