[voip2]

Hi

Great site you have here. I have been hearing about the VoIP word for some time and did some research to find what I need to get into this business but none of the sites really explained the business aspect of it. Everyone is talking about VoIP going bigtime in some reputable news papers like Wall Street Journal. The sites I found on the net were mostly for people who already understand this business well or seemed mainly techies.

Can some one please expalin this business in lay man's term. The words that are confusing me is something like :

"A to Z Termination available", ASR, PDD etc etc.

From what I understand Calling Cards use this technology and I am just totally in the dark as to how it is used.

I would like to read up on technicalities and how the whole thing works,
but I am having a hard time finding resources on the web.
Can someone please help?

Thanks!

[marc2000]

Being a newbie in VOIP I do have the same problem. I don't understand yet how to go ahead after setting up a termination center. Though someone from Holland was kind enough to give me some guiding facts, I am yet to get in touch with him for more details.

There are many ads I see in these forums, like Buying Minutes, Selling Minutes, Router, Direct router etc but frankly speaking I am not 100% clear about those basic terms of this business. It would be really great if someone could elaborate the nitty gritty of VOIP Business in lay man's term. I don't think that someone has to be an IT graduate to run the business.

I understand so far:

A to Z Termination: Availability/offer of global termination.

ASR: ANSWER SEIZURE RATIO. Call connectivity is characterized by the level of
connection establishment and connection retention. Connection establishment can be characterized by the answer seizure ratio ("ASR"). This figure gives
the percentage ratio of seizures, resulting in an answer, compared to the total number of seizures. For well developed networks, such as in the U.S. and in European countries, one could expect a ratio of 60...70%. Of course, such figures include user behaviour, as dialing the wrong number will also be counted.

PDD: Abbrevation for POST DIAL DEALY. Refers to the time elapsed between the last dial tone and the first response of the network.

(courtesy: http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:b...hl=en&ie=UTF-8)

[voip2]

Thanks for the information. Looks like we are in the same boat as newbies.
When you do hear from the guy from Holland, would you please ask him to describe the business in the forum so that I or anyone interested to learn this business can read it here?

OK. I figured out that Termination means basically to carry a call from one destination to others. I am still not understanding the whole picture though. Some one please give us more pointers.

A well written document on the basics of VoIP Termination explaining the busines side and as well as technical side would help so many of us who are looking for this info.

Hope to hear from fellow board members.

Cheers.

[voip]

Originally Posted by marc2000

Being a newbie in VOIP I do have the same problem. I don't understand yet how to go ahead after setting up a termination center. Though someone from Holland was kind enough to give me some guiding facts, I am yet to get in touch with him for more details. There are many ads I see in these forums, like Buying Minutes, Selling Minutes, Router, Direct router etc but frankly speaking I am not 100% clear about those basic terms of this business. It would be really great if someone could elaborate the nitty gritty of VOIP Business in lay man's term. I don't think that someone has to be an IT graduate to run the business. I understand so far: A to Z Termination: Availability/offer of global termination. ASR: ANSWER SEIZURE RATIO. Call connectivity is characterized by the level of connection establishment and connection retention. Connection establishment can be characterized by the answer seizure ratio ("ASR"). This figure gives the percentage ratio of seizures, resulting in an answer, compared to the total number of seizures. For well developed networks, such as in the U.S. and in European countries, one could expect a ratio of 60...70%. Of course, such figures include user behaviour, as dialing the wrong number will also be counted. PDD: Abbrevation for POST DIAL DEALY. Refers to the time elapsed between the last dial tone and the first response of the network. (courtesy: http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:b...hl=en&ie=UTF-8)

Marc2000

Have you found more information. If so can you please let me know?

[a_khanowner]

hello every one....


i m a newbie in this voip termination areana....i have idea of full technical setup for call termination.

could any one pls guide me or send me links where i can get useful info , understaning about the issues in dealing of selling or buying minutes. payment modes ..fraud preventions etc


regards

akhan
a_khanowner@gawab.com

[sipra]

Dear Khan je
Let me know about your requirements and quiries in the voip field, may be I can help you.
thanx
De Sipra
voipk@hotmail.com

i m a newbie in this voip termination areana....i have idea of full technical setup for call termination.

could any one pls guide me or send me links where i can get useful info , understaning about the issues in dealing of selling or buying minutes. payment modes ..fraud preventions etc


regards

akhan
a_khanowner@gawab.com[/quote]

[a_khanowner]

thank u for ur prompt response,,

i need to know all the commercial issues that if i have set up a gateway, ok i can advertise on forums like these and get minutes to terminate, but how would i settle payment issues like prepaid or postpaid. if prepaid appeals me then how some one's gonna trust me and what will be the prosedure.

if say i am terminating for 8 lines what should i need to answer or tell the other party....like few things i know my rate /min ,, ASR....and by the way how i am gonna calculate the ASR for 8 landlines?

thanks indeed.

reagards

Akhan

[jervin123]

Old thread but for those who don't know this for the average for 8 indivual lines lets get some numbers
1. 70%Asr
2. 90%Asr
3. 55%Asr
4. 86%Asr
5. 69%Asr
6. 54%Asr
7. 50%Asr
8. 60%Asr
Now add these up and divide by 8 since there are 8 lines = 75% ASR