Clarification to DIDX Seller Minimum DID for Sale

Just wanted to share this email with all DIDX.net direct inward dialing phone number sellers on DIDXchange and those considering selling DID on the world's largest direct inward dialing exchange.

November 26, 2007
Dear DIDX Seller,
You have more than 50 DID in your pool of DID for sale on DIDX, and many of those have already sold! That meets the quota. You don't have to add more unless you want to sell more!
We appreciate you.
Suzanne Bowen and the DIDX Care Team!

On 11/26/07, DIDX seller wrote:
Hi,

What exactly does that mean? Do I have to give you another 50 DDI's when the
first 50 DDI's are sold ?

Warmest Regards,
DIDX Seller


-----Original Message-----
From: care@didx.net [mailto:care@didx.net]
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 12:00 AM
To: DIDX Seller
Subject: DIDX - Minimum Requirement Reminder.

Dear DIDX Seller,

Super Technologies, Inc. has provided the DIDXchange since 2005 as a viable
alternative to buy and sell direct inward dialing numbers. DIDX members do
not have to complete an interconnect and interop with each of their
suppliers and do not have to pay a huge deposit nor agree to pay a monthly
minimum purchase of $1000's per supplier.

New DIDX buyer members are required to have at least 50 purchased DIDs in
their account at all times (not including the 2 free test DIDs) or pay $50
per month minimum service fee.

New DIDX seller members are required to have at least 50 DIDs for sale at
all times or pay $50 per month minimum quantity fee.

Beginning January 1, 2008, all DIDX seller and buyer members will be
required to meet these same minimum requirements as stated above.

Again, all new members are required to have these minimums now.

All members on DIDX before today will be required to meet these minimum
requirements beginning January 1, 2008.

We originally shared this announcement publicly at
http://blogs.didx.net/2007/04/didx-didxchange-minimum-did-quota-stays.html
on April 12, 2007.

We appreciate you,
Suzanne Bowen
CEO
and the rest of the DIDX Care Team.

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DIDX API to See DIDs with Specific # of Included Minutes per Month

The following will be updated and added to http://www.didx.net/api. Please view that website as the final word and will be correct within 48 hours, not this blog which is simply an announcement. Please see the API that will send DIDs with a certain number of included minutes from a particular country and area code.

API:WebGetAllRatedDIDS.cgi
Function:
getAvailableRatedDIDSbyFreeMin(UserID,Pass,CountryCode,AreaCode,FreeMinFrom,FreeMinT
o,VendorID)

e.g.
-> uri('http://www.didx.net/GetList')
-> proxy('http://www.didx.net/cgi-bin/WebGetAllRatedDIDS.cgi')
-> getAvailableRatedDIDSbyFreeMin("700733","0000","1","567","2000","5000","91912");

The above example code will display the DIDs of USA with, i.e., statecode 567 from Vendor "91912" which has 2000- 5000 free minutes included.

If a DIDX member using the DID search API does not wish to give a particular vendor ID, please provide '-1' or '0'.

Why DIDXchange Sponsors GSM > 3G Africa Conference

Why is DIDXchange sponsoring the GSM > 3G Africa Conference? The expo tickets are free. Get ready to mix with cellular, broadband, wireless and satellite technology companies, investors, and customers!

A list of other media sponsors for GSM > 3G Africa Conference is at http://www.informa.com/newt/l/gsm/events/africa/media_partners.html. We're excited to share this event with worldwide entities who are ready to be in the know and to share their knowledge, and partner with others regarding cellular, broadband, wireless and satellite technologies.

Anonymous Interview 2 with End-Users of DIDX Members

On 11/15/07, a wholesale DIDX global phone number exchange member shared with us about his end-users:
Hi Suzanne,
I am located in the southern hemisphere, but we have offices around the world and own several VoIP companies. We also integrate to DIDx via API. Have a look at www.???.net - that's linked to your by API.

Our above web site only displays your DIDs that do not have per minute charges (any DIDx number with at least 3000 free minutes is displayed)
However there is a problem!

Take the USA 206 Area code. You have multiple vendors. Some have free minutes but some do not.

Right now when we do an API call for USA 206 you just return 10 DIDs without free minutes so we ignore this area code completely. However we should be including it as there are other vendors with free minutes - but your API does not return those.
We are using the API getAvailableRatedDIDSbyCountryCode but it only displays 10 DIDs.

The 10 numbers your API returns for area code 206 do not have 3000 free minutes so we do not display that city at all. Right now we are not displaying many of the cities you have available since your API is not returning all the DIDs available.
Who can help me with this? Our customers want what feels like a flat rate per month price on the phone numbers and that is what we offer them. Can you get more of the DIDX sellers to offer included minutes? We don't want to deal with the per minute billing issue.

Thanks

Wholesale DIDX global phone number exchange member in the southern hemisphere

....
Dear Wholesale DIDX global phone number exchange member in the southern hemisphere,
It's really so nice to know more about you and your company. Your domain name choice is excellent. You have emailed the right people in the CC who are working on this.

Problem summary: Only 10 DID are returned for each city area code listed on DIDX. In your case, many sales are lost because of this. Why? Example, area code 206, most of the time the 10 DID that are returned are those without free minutes included, so you ignore them but you believe there are area code 206 DID that have free minute included that you could be selling.

Why only 10 DID, Damon? More at a time will overload the server. Our dev team is always experimenting with better ways to handle this and everything about DIDX on another beta platform. We'll see what we can do.

My question and thoughts and then I'll leave it to our experts on our team: Do you have a filter on the vendor rating? It could be that the vendor rating is set to leave out some DID with minutes included. In that case, you're deciding between more choices for your customers and potential quality. We ask the DIDX sellers on a regular basis to make their phone numbers available for sale with free included minutes. In fact, most have at least 5000 included, but some still want to charge per minute from minute 1.

Suzanne Bowen
Super Technologies, Inc.

Number Portability Obligations Extend to VoIP Providers

Super Technologies, Inc. attempts to gather information that appears to be relevant to the 7000+ Internet Telephony Service Providers using its www.didx.net global phone number exchange (DIDXchange)and makes it available for study and discussion on this blog. Super Technologies, Inc. is not stating that it is an expert in these topics of law, finance, etc. The latest news from the FCC...

On Nov. 8, 2007, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) released an order extending number portability obligations to interconnected VoIP providers and carriers that support VoIP providers.

What is number portability? It is a service that makes it possible for consumers to keep their existing landline and cellular telephone number when changing service providers in a specific area. As defined in the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the ability of telecommunications service users to retain, at the same location, existing telephone numbers without impairment of quality, reliability, or convenience when switching from one telecommunications carrier to another.

In addition, the FCC is extending to VoIP providers the requirement to contribute to NANPA, for costs related to numbering administration (this is part of the Form 499A). What is NANPA? The North American Numbering Plan Administrator is responsible for day to day administration, assignment and management of area codes in the United States. NeuStar, Inc. is responsible for the administration of the North American Numbering Plan. (Not be confused with "nanpa" a Japanese word for flirting among young people.)

In addition, the FCC stated again that VoIP providers that are not also licensed telecom providers are not entitled to directly access NANPA numbering resources.

The Commission noted that carriers cannot undertake activities that would abort or delay the porting process.

The Commission instituted a rulemaking proceeding to determine whether other numbering obligations should be extended to VoIP. The Order is effective 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.

The Commission also released a document proposing to extend hearing aid compatibility obligations to VoIP providers. Read more to find out who would benefit. http://coataccess.civicspaceondemand.org/node/15

Anonymous Interview 1 with End-Users of DIDX Members

Why do people wish to have a local phone number service over SIP, IAX2 and other protocols? I've conducted some adhoc interviews while traveling in the past year with actual end-users of DIDX members. This is #1 in a series of several 100. More to follow as we have time to post.

"I am actually living and working in Shenzhen, China and make use of the call redirection facilities which you were offering to allow me to selectively forward either to my PC, office, home office, mobile or other locations while traveling as required.

I have recently launched a new company, and advertised widely with the Shenzhen, China number that I took from my telephony service provider. It really doesn't matter if in 5-10 years that there may be no such thing as a phone number as we know it today. For now, 99 1/2 % of the people who want to contact me would rather call a phone number than to send an IM, email or SMS. I don't care to know the technical processes behind this service. I simply need it to conduct business with the people who are important to me at their convenience."