Cities/Ratecentres for DID expansion
Posted: 10/21/2012
Hard to pick which of the new forums to throw this in, but seeing as Fongo wants to be a REAL home-phone replacement, this seems fitting.
We have had this discussion in other threads, but it seems relevant to bring it up again.
For those of you that are new, a DID is a Direct Inward Dialing number, essentially a 10-D number that can be assigned to a user (read phone number!).
There has always been discussion and desire for Fongo to broaden the base to which they offer actual numbers ... Most of these are cities to which Fongo already offers FREE calling, but currently does not assign numbers.
Also, for those unaware, I will state that it is known that there is a relatively LARGE start-up cost associated with "opening an exchange" or offering DIDs in a given ratecentre ... and I suppose that more than anything else is what has hampered expansion.
So, in no particular order (but with a few comments):
Winnipeg, MB ("legacy" - one of the original cities that had free calling but no DIDs!)
Halifax, NS ("legacy" as with Wpg!)
Victoria, BC (provincial capital, population centre)
Kelowna, BC (population centre)
Regina, SK (provincial capital, pop centre)
Saskatoon, SK (pop centre)
Fredricton, NB (prov cap, pop centre)
St John's, NL (prov cap, pop centre)
Charlottetown, PE (prov cap, pop centre)
Brandon, MB (pop centre)
Feel free to chime in ... I could list more around BC, but I don't want to be seen as a HOMER ...
We have had this discussion in other threads, but it seems relevant to bring it up again.
For those of you that are new, a DID is a Direct Inward Dialing number, essentially a 10-D number that can be assigned to a user (read phone number!).
There has always been discussion and desire for Fongo to broaden the base to which they offer actual numbers ... Most of these are cities to which Fongo already offers FREE calling, but currently does not assign numbers.
Also, for those unaware, I will state that it is known that there is a relatively LARGE start-up cost associated with "opening an exchange" or offering DIDs in a given ratecentre ... and I suppose that more than anything else is what has hampered expansion.
So, in no particular order (but with a few comments):
Winnipeg, MB ("legacy" - one of the original cities that had free calling but no DIDs!)
Halifax, NS ("legacy" as with Wpg!)
Victoria, BC (provincial capital, population centre)
Kelowna, BC (population centre)
Regina, SK (provincial capital, pop centre)
Saskatoon, SK (pop centre)
Fredricton, NB (prov cap, pop centre)
St John's, NL (prov cap, pop centre)
Charlottetown, PE (prov cap, pop centre)
Brandon, MB (pop centre)
Feel free to chime in ... I could list more around BC, but I don't want to be seen as a HOMER ...