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Karl Fife  
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 More options Aug 7 2009, 1:05 am
From: "Karl Fife" <karlf...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 00:05:35 -0500
Local: Fri, Aug 7 2009 1:05 am
Subject: Re: Re: Answer to post-call question about Voicepulse termination rates
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>> The negative is that it's out west without an east coast presence.

Meaning no east-coast media gateways?

Just out of curiosity, what was VoicePulse screwing up on the billing front.

Do any of your flat-rate 2 channel unlimited providers allow you any leeway
in the channel limit?  2 channels is honestly enough for me, but for ten
minutes a month I'll be on two calls and I let the third one go to
voicemail.  A hard limit means caller #3 gets a busy signal.  Busy signals
are so 1990's ;-)

A 'softer' cap on 2 channels would be a great product differentiator,
allowing an occasional burst, only requiring you to buy more if you're using
more than 2 channels some percentage of the time.  I'd buy that product in a
minute.

-Karl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Posner" <f...@teamforrest.com>
To: <VOIP-Users-Conference@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 11:20 AM
Subject: VUC: Re: Answer to post-call question about Voicepulse termination

rates

> On Aug 6, 2009, at 12:14 PM, Karl Fife wrote:

>> Last week's post-call, there was a question about VoicePulse
>> termination
>> rates...

>> Too bad.  I would have much preferred VP to increase their VARIABLE
>> rates by
>> a flat percentage, in particular as a flat percentage of the gross
>> margin on
>> each route.  That would have increased revenue while still
>> maintaining a
>> unique and attractive product offering.

>> -Karl

> Karl,

> I was with VoicePulse for a few years as well and the price increase
> tipped me over. I started using Flowroute for outbound on one of the
> times my VoicePulse died. They used to be variable, but are just under
> 1 cent per minute for US/Canada (more to Alaska and Hawaii). The wife
> calls colombia often and the rates there were some of the lowest I've
> seen. The most recent time VoicePulse had an outage, it took my
> incoming down for hours. I ported my numbers to them and have been
> happy ever since. 2 channel per did is unlimited incoming @ 6.95/mo.
> You can also pay per minute and get unlimited channels.

> The negative is that it's out west without an east coast presence.

> That being said, I connect from Michigan and Florida with very quick
> ping times.

> I loved voicepulse but experienced too many outages and billing errors
> to keep me. The rate increase was the final straw for me.

> Fred Posner
> f...@teamforrest.com
> +1.503.914.0999 (direct)

> On the web at http://www.teamforrest.com


 
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