I'm curious about how a company goes about getting nationwide (US) DID's for resale. No I'm not wanting to be a reseller, just curious. For example companies like XO or Level3. Do they go out and cut deals and/or exchange traffic with CLEC's/RBOC's in every region where they 1) need DID's, and 2) don't have a presence in that region themselves? And can you get a nationwide footprint by just going through one CLEC? For example does Level3 resell XO owned DID's and visa versa? Chris
trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com
2005-Apr-14 19:26 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] DID reseller structures
On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 19:18 -0700, snacktime wrote:> I'm curious about how a company goes about getting nationwide (US) > DID's for resale. No I'm not wanting to be a reseller, just curious. > > For example companies like XO or Level3. Do they go out and cut deals > and/or exchange traffic with CLEC's/RBOC's in every region where they > 1) need DID's, and 2) don't have a presence in that region themselves? >xo and l3 are both clecs. I would guess they get their numbers from nanpa :) The recent FCC ruling (limited to SBC but could be requested they apply it across the board) said that to get numbers you no longer have to goto a LEC but instead can directly goto the nanpa. Of course peering would be a problem as many wont arbitrarily work with you since there is only a requirement they work with puc approved companies. companies like global crossing will terminate CIC traffic for you though. -- Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com UK +44 870 340 4605 Germany +49 801 777 555 3402 US +1 360 207 0479 or +1 516 881 8487 FreeWorldDialup: 635378 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20050414/fbc7f14a/attachment.pgp