[Telephony] [Fwd: Re: Victoria DIDs]

[Scott Petersen]

Here is the end result of an e-mail exchange with a new company run by a
fellow named Trevor Peirce about DID's in Victoria. I thought you all
might be interested.

Cheers
Scott Petersen


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Victoria DIDs
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 01:15:23 -0700
From: Trevor Peirce <tpeirce@digitalcon.ca>
To: Scott Petersen <scott@xaviersolutions.com>
References: <4113B681.6040407@digitalcon.ca>
<20040806233131.GA21963@slal.net>

Scott Petersen wrote:

> I am definitely interested in this. To start out I would want one DID
>  for testing purposes and then up to three more if all looks good. I 
> also know a number of other people associated with the Telephony SIG 
> of the Victoria Linux Users Group who are also interested in getting 
> DID's. Is it all right to forward your e-mail on to that group?
> 
Hi Scott,

We certainly are not going to complain about free "word of mouth", or
email, advertising. :) However we're still very early in getting
everything up and running as we have many contracts to sign before being
ready to offer service, so this may be a little premature. We're at
least 30 days away from launching right now.

> Preferably (hopefully?) I would want: IAX2 termination (with 
> trunking)
> 
Doable.

> GSM and ULaw codecs
> 
Doable.

> Low North American long distance (CA$0.03/minute??)
> 
As it stands now, we're looking at 8c/minute for long distance. We're
still looking for a LD termination provider. For now we're just
planning on offering VoIP service to our Victoria clients for local
calls. Of course once we find someone to partner with, this will change.

> Really low rate for local calling.
> 
See below.

> Big bonus would be to have any areas serviced by your company be 
> included in local calling (see BabyTel.ca)
> 
That is later in our plans, but as mentioned to get started we're just
going to be offering Victoria service.

> Multiple inbound and outbound calls on one account. Just pay for 
> usage.
> 
See below.

> Incoming Caller ID.
> 
Standard. :)

> A major bonus would be to have support for 911.
> 
This is something we will almost certainly be offering, although we
still have some problems to iron out first. There will likely be a
setup fee to update the database with location information, but the fine
print is still in progress. Our PRI provider has claimed to have no
experience setting up 911 service with multiple locations for one
termination point, so it may take some time to get them to cooperate.

> I wouldn't need any features such as call waiting, voicemail, etc. 
> etc. as I would implement them on my Asterisk box.
> 
We'd just be providing DIDs, so call transfer/forwarding, call waiting,
3 way calling, etc. would all be implemented at your end.

> Ultimately, pricing would be great at CA$10-CA$20/month depending on 
> how many minutes are included plus any usage charges.
> 
We're *thinking* of offering rates as follows in CAD:

$10/month per line (so if you want up to 3 simultaneous calls, that's
$30/month)
Plus $0.005/minute for local usage
Or $0.08/minute for long distance in Canada/US
Calls within our network will be free

$25 activation fee which includes porting an existing number or
assigning a new number, setting up outgoing caller id, setting up your
phone book listing.

$25 activation fee for 911 configuration, otherwise 911 calls will hear
a message stating that 911 services are not available with the option to
press 1 to connect to the local police dept's non-emergency number.

These rates are very preliminary, and may vary based on your expected
usage and whatever contracts we are able to secure with our providers.

Before provisioning service we'll have more definite figures, so there
won't be any surprises :)

> Thanks for letting me know you are around.
> 
> 
Thanks for your interest! That's what we've been looking for before
moving ahead.

Regards,
Trevor Peirce