Re: [asterisk-biz] Conference Services

They partner with a local CLEC and split the profit from the fees they get from charging the Long Distance providers.

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Steve Totaro <stotaro@totarotechnologies.com> wrote:

I wonder how anyone can make a buck in this space, there are several
companies that do no adverts and do not charge a dime, plus they even
do recording.

http://www.freeconferencecall.com/faq.asp is one.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 9:51 AM, Al Lougher <alougher@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dave -
>
> I'm intrigued to know how your advertising covers the costs of the calls. We
> offer free messaging with advertising, but the ads barely cover the cost of
> a one minute call. How do you make any money on say a 30 minute conference
> call with a handful of connected parties?
>
> Alan
> www.group2call.com
>
> --- On Mon, 8/18/08, | dave cantera | <david.cantera@iacnet.net> wrote:
>
> From: | dave cantera | <david.cantera@iacnet.net>
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Conference Services
> To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion"
> <asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com>
> Date: Monday, August 18, 2008, 12:46 AM
>
> jon,
> I offer a free conference calling service, I decide what the number inbound
> is and I play my advertisement on the inbound calls.  then I give them a
> conference code and a conference PIN.
> if they want a custom or local DID, then they pay for that plus a minute
> charge of $0.03 per inbound leg.  advertisement on the inbound calls if I
> can get it.
> daveC
>
> Jon Weisman wrote:
>
> Anybody here using Asterisk to host a conferencing service? I'm curious as
> to the business details of the whole thing. How are you guys charging
> monthly? per minute, both? What sort of features are "industry standards"?
> What are the permium features? Bells & whistles?
>
> Thanks,
> Jon
>

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