On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Eric Hiller <clec at cygnustel.com> wrote:
So any idea what Syniverse or Verisign charges to act as your gateway provider? High monthly commits?
The monthly minimums are extremely negotiable, especially with a well-reasoned argument. It's a typical enterprise sales process - start high, adjust, and use whatever ammo you have (from the customer or from corporate) to get a deal done. You won't get in with $100/mo but it doesn't need to be $2500. And the process is convoluted enough that if you aren't spending a few hundred $$ a month, it's too much work for them to do the interop with you/your DID provider anyway. At that volume you'd be better off getting one or more upstreams to work with them, or buying from someone who already presents their own SMS access. Troy