PeaveyPhones
Technical User
Free long distance? Maybe.
I got a call from a vendor (1st tier) whose name shall remain nameless, at least for now. This fella wanted our POTs line business. We have 35 POTs lines. At first I was very skeptical, as I’ve had problems with CLECs in the past. If the deal was simply to get a carrier to resale the lines that BellSouth is providing I wouldn’t consider it. Not worth the trouble. I’ve been blowing this dude off for weeks, but he sez something that catches my ear. “Did I mention that there is unlimited free long distance on these lines?”....“Uh, maybe you did.” Now my brain is going at light speed, or as close to it as my brain is capable of. What if I create a trunk group of say, 16 POTs lines only for outbound LD calls? Currently have 2 T1’s for in and out. 75% of our calls are inbound, 25% outbound. I could lose one of the spans, and already have the CO Trunk cards. The cost of the new POTs lines vs current POTs lines and T1, well, the POTs lines would cost a little less. But free LD? That’s worth about $3,500 a month off my monthly LD bill. Or as I like to figure it, $42,000 a year. What could the down side be? This is either a no-brainer or too-good-to-be-true. BTW, it’s month to month, no contract.
Richard
The unexamined life is not worth living; Socrates
I got a call from a vendor (1st tier) whose name shall remain nameless, at least for now. This fella wanted our POTs line business. We have 35 POTs lines. At first I was very skeptical, as I’ve had problems with CLECs in the past. If the deal was simply to get a carrier to resale the lines that BellSouth is providing I wouldn’t consider it. Not worth the trouble. I’ve been blowing this dude off for weeks, but he sez something that catches my ear. “Did I mention that there is unlimited free long distance on these lines?”....“Uh, maybe you did.” Now my brain is going at light speed, or as close to it as my brain is capable of. What if I create a trunk group of say, 16 POTs lines only for outbound LD calls? Currently have 2 T1’s for in and out. 75% of our calls are inbound, 25% outbound. I could lose one of the spans, and already have the CO Trunk cards. The cost of the new POTs lines vs current POTs lines and T1, well, the POTs lines would cost a little less. But free LD? That’s worth about $3,500 a month off my monthly LD bill. Or as I like to figure it, $42,000 a year. What could the down side be? This is either a no-brainer or too-good-to-be-true. BTW, it’s month to month, no contract.
Richard
The unexamined life is not worth living; Socrates