From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Nov 4 7:14:52 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D94537B404 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 07:14:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from weaponsof.massdestruction.net (massdestruction.net [205.252.38.67]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A6E843E75 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 07:14:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from herb@massdestruction.net) Received: from weaponsof.massdestruction.net (herb@weaponsof.massdestruction.net [205.252.38.67]) by weaponsof.massdestruction.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gA4FEmL34168 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168 bits) verified NO) for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 10:14:49 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from herb@massdestruction.net) Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 10:14:48 -0500 (EST) From: Herb McNew To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dialup wholesalers & merchant accounts In-Reply-To: <20021104063806.GA5804@void> Message-ID: <20021104101046.R14593-100000@weaponsof.massdestruction.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I don't know much about the cc processing, but as for the dialup stuff, have you looked at IPass (http://www.ipass.com)? I don't know what their prices are like, but when we used them a couple of years ago, you got national dialup and essentially their RADIUS servers proxyed back to yours for authentication on your accounts. Seems to meet 2 of your 3 requirements. Herb McNew ======================================== Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. (Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.) On Sun, 3 Nov 2002, James Pye wrote: > Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 23:38:06 -0700 > From: James Pye > To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: dialup wholesalers & merchant accounts > > > greetings; yes, it's a long one so bear with me for a bit... > > i am seeking a dialup account wholesaler. i have googled a bit, but i do not think what was uncovered will work for me, as most wish for a hundred or two dollars for the lovely bs fee(synonymous with setup). perhaps this is unavoidable, but i really doubt any of the companies i found would be willing to work with me(yes, this means i have very little capital to work with). also something under or not too far over $10/month for an unlimited national dialup account, and no stupid fees like a monthly minimum, and none of that branded reseller crap either. i would also be wanting to host my own radius daemon(freeradius looks nice, pgsql support looks like it will work well for me). > ugh, that is quite a few conditions; perhaps i am dreaming, but i figured if one existed, someone on this list would know about them. > tho, a wholesaler may not even be who i should contact, perhaps i need to go straight to the service provider themselves.? any suggestions on this? > also any ideas on a better way to search for such a company, or any docs and other mailing lists that would aid me are welcome. > > > as for the cc processors/merchant account bs > > is looking for a cc processor as painful for others as it was for me? i went to auth.net's reseller list and went through them one by one getting quotes BY PHONE(!!! some make you call them so i just called them all, which can be time consuming sometimes !!!) until i realized that this was going to be relatively expensive(yeah, yeah, i know. but when you're working with some rather limited capital it's easy to get nickeled and dimed to death if one is not careful). > so, i am also seeking a cc processor that does not charge me for bs(normal merchant fees, i know, i know)(statement, gateway, setup fees that normally come up at least $30 a month and of course $100+ for the setup). > i do know about 2checkout.com, and right now they look like the best solution for me at this time, but they do not appear to allow transparent transactions(a txn without sending the user to a 2checkout page, which is really annoying for a volume of reasons even beyond the simple annoyance of the user having to leave your site just to hit another button)(hehe, tho i can think of a way around this that may work, tho 2checkout would probably not approve of it ;) > paypal is an obvious solution, but i would rather not rely on them for many reasons that would enlengthen this letter quite significantly. > > a side question on cc processors: does auth.net charge a non-refundable authorization or activation fee normally ranging around $350? two merchant companies charged such a fee(that said it was an auth.net fee, not them). tho, the wellsfargo merchant rep said that auth.net had no such fee. i'm betting the latter is true, but i have not called auth.net with this question. i ask this on this list rather than auth.net for one reason: to make others aware if the latter is the case and the two companies were lying to me. > > well, i'm think i'm stuck with 2checkout, but i wanted to ask around before they ate my $50 for good.(gotta love those setup fees, or damn them to the fiery pits of hell from which they came!!!! 8P i prefer the latter. ) > > > hrm, that's about it; pretty long letter huh? if you were able to bear my blatant disregard for capitalization and good grammar and were actually able to read it all: thanks for reading my questions and listening to me rant; thanks twice if you are able to answer some of them. > > > sincerely, > > -james > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message