[Cialug] Freese Notis has VOIP

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 15:18, Mr. Arthur wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, Jon Clemons wrote:
> 
> > I would say their pricing point seems a bit high considering this.
> 
> Well pricing in most cases depends 
> on how to create a sustainable business.
> 
> In capitalism, you are welcome to compete 
> at a lower price and see if you stay in 
> business or go out of business at that 
> lower price point.
> 
> No vender is doing a favor for their 
> customers by pricing low and then in 
> the meantime running into a crunch.

I always price low. It keeps me in business. I maintain my margin by
reducing my overhead. I hate to use the phrase "think outside the box",
but after doing the "corporate thing" and now doing the "dave thing", I
think that sometimes businesses get in the habit doing things a certain
way, and rather than finding a differant solution, they just say they
can't do it, or "that model is not sustainable"

> 
> Welcome to capitalism at its best.
> 



> Freese-Notis has been in business longer 
> than most of these players for Internet 
> or VOIP by a great deal.  The original 
> business was founded in 1973, it is an 

> Iowa Corporation (not a fly by night LLC 
> in some far away state) and has done 
> Internet services since 1994.  Provides 
> DSL, T-1's, T-3's etc.  Voice over the 
> Internet protocol was launched in 2004 
> to paying customers.  The brand of our 
> VOIP reflects that we are an established 
> Iowa company.
> 
> That was before domain names even cost 
> money or Network Solutions had much to 
> say about it.  Maybe someone out there 
> really generous will buy a TLD and do 
> free registrations without lots of the 
> pre-qualifications for money again.



> 
> > Long distance interstate calls will be billed at 4.9 cents per minute. 
> > Intrastate calls can vary depending upon where you call, in some cases 10 
> > cents per minute or more depending on local tariff charges.
> 
> When the LATA's officially fall, the
> sustainable business price will likely go 
> down as well for VOIP from Freese-Notis.
> 
> It is really that simple.
> 
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan C. Smith" <smith@ipmvs.com>
> > To: <cialug@cialug.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 3:18 PM
> > Subject: [Cialug] Freese Notis has VOIP
> >
> >
> >> 
> >> I just got off the phone with Tony at Freese and they are getting into VOIP
> >> in a big way.
> >> 
> >> 'http://www.iowatalk.com/'
> >> 
> >> They are also terminating 515 numbers at this time.
> >> It would seem that they have already nailed the price point too.
> >> 
> >> -Nate
> >> 
> >> Nathan Smith  McKee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C.  515.288.3667
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