Questions, answered plainly

Everything buyers ask before their first allocation, grouped by topic. The full money-flow story lives under settlement and payouts - and the binding detail always lives in your order's purchase agreement.

The product

What you own, how new capacity is provisioned, and who stands behind it.

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What exactly am I buying?

Dedicated ports on our wholesale route to a specific destination, on a fixed ten-year capacity contract - at the end you can renew for a further term, or let it mature and Minutes Network buys the capacity back at the price you paid. Each allocation carries a stated maximum of minutes per day at a per-minute floor rate that tracks the live market. Run your own traffic over the ports, or appoint us to resell them and keep the margin each carried minute produces. This is not an investment - you are purchasing a telecommunications product, not a deposit, a security or a fund.

Is this capacity you already use yourselves?

No - every allocation is additional capacity, provisioned new for your order. These are fresh dedicated ports added to the network, not a share of capacity already carrying traffic. The Accelerator is how the network grows its footprint: new dedicated capacity is committed ahead of the traffic that fills it, and it becomes yours for the life of the contract. We do not resell ports we already run our own traffic over.

How is the daily capacity worked out?

On a conservative, practical basis. A port running full 24/7 would carry 1,440 minutes a day - but no route runs a full day: traffic concentrates in peak hours, and answer rates (ASR) run around 60-80% depending on the circuits, the traffic and the numbers being dialled. We state capacity at what the ports practically carry - around 500 minutes per port per day - and days land at or under it.

How quickly does my capacity start earning?

Interconnect details are issued within 2-3 business days. Once live, under the resale option our wholesale traffic fills your ports to their full daily throughput every day - around 500 minutes per port a day, guaranteed, with anything above that a bonus - and your capacity earns on every carried minute from its first live day, not the purchase date. If you run your own traffic, you bring the volume and earn on every carried minute from your first live day.

How does traditional traffic power Jingle's growth?

In three distinct ways. More minutes flowing means more chances for a call to land on one of Jingle's existing endpoints. The volume gives Minutes Network more frequent callees to onboard into Jingle - a Hyperscaling onboarding model that keeps growing the endpoint base. And the more traffic there is, the higher the chance of matching a call to Jingle's existing application user base. Your traffic grows the network, and the network grows the higher-margin path.

What about DePIN fees and the explorer?

Accelerator traffic runs over the Minutes Network like any other traffic: DePIN fees are paid as normal, and the traffic is visible on the public explorer. Nothing about the Accelerator bypasses the network's economics.

Could I sell my ports later?

Yes - your capacity is a transferable contractual right, and you can sell it later. Minutes Network holds a contractual right of first refusal to repurchase it at the price you paid; if we pass, you are free to transfer them to a third party who completes the same identity verification and takes over your agreement.

How long does my capacity last?

Your capacity runs for a fixed ten-year term from activation. Margin withdraws on your cadence throughout. At the end of the term you choose: renew for a further term and carry on, or let it mature - and if it matures, Minutes Network buys the capacity back at the price you paid, on top of the margin you earned along the way. You are not locked in either: the capacity can be sold on earlier too, with Minutes Network holding a right of first refusal to repurchase at the price you paid. The buyback at maturity is guaranteed; the margin you earn along the way tracks the market and is not.

Do I get my money back at the end?

At the end of your fixed ten-year term you have a choice: renew for a further term, or let it mature. If you let it mature, Minutes Network buys the capacity back at the exact price you paid - so you get back what you paid for your ports, on top of the margin you earned along the way. Margin along the way, and at the end either keep your ports or get back what you paid for them. The buyback at maturity is guaranteed, conditional on running to maturity in good standing; the margin itself still tracks the live market and is not guaranteed. This is not an investment - you are purchasing a telecommunications product, not a deposit, a security or a fund.

Who is behind the Accelerator?

Minutes Network FZ-LLC (Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, License No. 47016932) - the wholesale network behind minutesnetwork.io, interconnected with tier-one carriers worldwide. Your contract is with us.

Do I own physical equipment?

No - you own a contractual right to capacity: a stated number of ports on a named route, carrying up to a stated maximum of minutes per day at your floor rate, for the life of the contract. The network that carries the traffic stays ours to run and maintain. Your right is transferable, recorded in your purchase agreement, and produces margin whether we resell it or you run your own traffic over it.

Is my capacity shared with other buyers?

No. Your ports are dedicated - provisioned new for your order and carrying up to your stated maximum, not pooled with anyone else's allocation. The capacity itself is yours alone for the life of the contract, and your portal reads its ports, minutes and rates directly from the exchange that carries the traffic.

Can I buy capacity on more than one destination?

Yes. Each package is bought on a named destination, with its own floor rate and its own contract, and you can hold allocations on several at once. Inventory per destination is finite - once the provisioned capacity on a route is taken, it shows as sold out until new capacity is added - so a route you want may not always be open.

Does Jingle change the rates my capacity earns?

It can, upward. Jingle is an app-termination network interconnected with Minutes Network, and traffic that terminates over it carries a higher margin - applied automatically where possible. Under the resale option that uplift flows straight into the realized rates you settle at. It is best-effort - never guaranteed for a given call or route, which is why we quote the observed market range rather than the Jingle rate.

Pricing & settlement

Where the rates come from, how the margin works, and when it pays out.

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Where do the sell rates come from?

From several live market sources: the carrier rate sheets we trade against, and sell-rate listings on the wholesale exchange, among others - sampled automatically and refreshed through the day. We show a range because the market trades in a range.

Is the margin guaranteed?

The margin is not guaranteed - wholesale rates move with the market. What is guaranteed: under the resale option our wholesale traffic fills your ports to their full daily utilisation - around 500 minutes per port a day, with anything above that a bonus - and at maturity Minutes Network buys the capacity back at the price you paid. On top of that you get a bulk buy price under today's observed sell range, full visibility, and a contract stating exactly what you own.

How do I earn under the resale option?

Every minute carried over your ports settles your floor rate to Minutes Network - and everything above it is yours. Under the resale option we resell your capacity - our wholesale traffic is carried over it - and you earn the commercial margin between the realized sell rate and your floor on every carried minute; traffic is never carried below your floor. It accrues live in your portal and is paid out to you on your payout cadence - monthly for entry sizes, while the largest packages let you choose between monthly payouts and the four-month tier-1 cycle, the longer cycle carrying the stronger rates. Minutes Network takes its own share of the margin separately - its consideration for reselling your capacity (or providing the infrastructure when you run it yourself); that share is never included in, and never dilutes, the margin figures you see, which are stated net to you. Once available, withdraw by bank wire or USDC whenever you like.

Are the traffic minutes included when Minutes Network resells my capacity?

Yes. Under the resale option, the minutes carried in each settlement cycle are already covered by your allocation price at your floor rate - there is no separate per-minute cost for that cycle. When a minute is carried, your floor settles to Minutes Network out of the sale, and any realized rate above it is your margin to keep. If you run your own traffic instead, you terminate at your floor against a usage balance you keep topped up.

Are floor prices subject to change?

Yes. Floor prices track the live market: if the market moves, your floor re-bases to it immediately - there is no notice period. Each re-base is matched at the same moment by fresh buy and sell rates, so your floor is never off-market and the spread is carried on both sides.

Why are bigger commitments so much cheaper per minute?

Because that is where the margin genuinely comes from. Bulk always buys cheaper - the same rule we live by when committing to carriers. A small commitment sits close to the market; the lowest rates, and so the widest margin per minute, belong to the large allocations.

When does settled margin actually reach me?

Margin accrues live as minutes are carried, then unlocks on your payout cadence. On the monthly cycle the carrier settles about every 30 days - your first payout lands roughly 30 days after your capacity starts carrying, once the purchasing carrier's payment has been received, and monthly thereafter. The four-month tier-1 cycle works the same way on its longer, roughly four-month, cadence. Once available, withdraw whenever you like: bank wire or USDC, $50 minimum, processed within two business days.

What happens if the market moves against my floor?

Margin narrows - which is why the margin itself is not guaranteed. The protection built in is that your floor tracks the live market and re-bases to it immediately - matched at the same moment by fresh buy and sell rates, so your floor is never off-market and the spread is carried on both sides. Traffic is never carried below your floor, and under the resale option your ports keep filling to their full daily utilisation. What we sell is a bulk price under the observed range.

Are there monthly costs or hidden fees?

When we resell your capacity, there is nothing more to pay. No hidden fees, no extra charges, no monthly costs - your one-time purchase is the only payment for the full ten-year term.

Are there ongoing charges after I buy?

Under the resale option, no - the minutes carried each cycle are already covered by your allocation at your floor, and Minutes Network's own share of the margin is taken separately, never out of the figures shown to you. Under self-run you fund a usage balance and minutes bill against it at your floor - that is your cost of terminating traffic, not a fee.

Can I cancel an order?

An unpaid order simply lapses: the purchase agreement voids automatically if payment is not received within 14 days, and nothing is owed. Once paid and activated, this is a capacity purchase rather than a subscription - there is no rolling payment to cancel. If you later want out, the capacity can be sold on, and Minutes Network holds a right of first refusal to repurchase at the price you paid. The binding detail lives in your purchase agreement and the Terms of Sale.

Running it

Day-to-day control - your traffic or ours, live figures, switching paths.

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Do I have a say over how my capacity is used?

At all times - it is your product. From your panel you set the minimum rate your capacity sells at (traffic never carries below it), pause and resume traffic with one click, and see everything live: ports online, minutes billed, realized rates - read from the exchange that carries the traffic.

Will my ports be fully used every day?

Under the resale option, yes - Minutes Network guarantees full daily utilisation: our wholesale traffic fills your ports to their full daily throughput - around 500 minutes per port a day, the rate we rate a port at - in every 24-hour period once your capacity is live, and anything above that is a bonus, not part of the guarantee. Your margin accrues on every carried minute, and the capacity keeps producing across the full ten-year term. If you run your own traffic instead, utilisation is down to the volume you bring.

What do I need to run my own traffic?

Your own core or SIP equipment pointed at our network - or our cloud core platform, access to which is included with your capacity, so no hardware is needed at all. We provide the connection address, your own assigned IP address, a technical prefix and credentials. Minutes you terminate bill at your floor rate against a usage balance you top up - whatever you charge your own customers above the floor is your margin - and your portal shows minutes and balance live.

Can I switch between running it myself and resale?

Yes - contact us from your portal and we will move unused capacity between paths. Traffic already carried stays where it was.

Who starts the traffic under the resale option?

You do - always. Resale traffic begins only when you click Start traffic on your route page; the platform never starts it for you. After that, pause and resume are one click each, and the same page shows ports online, minutes billed and realized rates as they happen.

What is the weekly capacity check?

A one-click confirmation on your dashboard while your capacity is live: confirm all is well, or flag an issue - which opens a high-priority ticket immediately. It keeps a standing record that you have eyes on your own capacity, and it gives any problem a fast lane the moment you spot it.

How does the usage balance work when I run my own traffic?

You top it up from your portal, and every minute you terminate bills against it at your floor rate. Minutes used and balance remaining show live, so you can watch consumption as it happens and top up before you run low. Whatever you charge your own customers above the floor is yours.

Do I need a telecom licence to buy?

Not to buy, and not for the resale option - there we carry the traffic and you hold the capacity. If you run your own traffic, you are operating as a reseller in your own markets, and staying compliant with the rules that apply where you sell is your responsibility - exactly as it would be with capacity bought from any carrier.

Can I manage the routing myself?

Yes - request core access from your portal and you can manage routing on your capacity directly. The cloud core platform is included with your capacity either way, so you can start on the standard setup and take full control whenever you want it.

Is there an API available?

Yes. We publish a read-only metrics API for following the same live figures the Accelerator runs on: capacity remaining on each route, minutes carried today, available-versus-utilized capacity and the active or paused split. It is token-authenticated and strictly aggregate - request a key and you can poll it directly.

View the API reference

Compliance & billing

Verification, invoices and the rules that protect every buyer.

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Why is identity verification required?

Anti-money-laundering rules apply to every purchase, whether you pay by wire or crypto. Verification is done once per account and typically takes minutes.

What happens if my traffic causes abuse reports?

Any abuse notification or trouble ticket attributable to your sales is posted to your portal immediately, with what needs remedying. Self-run traffic must be genuine international voice traffic - non-dialer, non-fraudulent, with an average call duration of at least 3 minutes on the route. Traffic that fails the standard is suspended (your capacity stays yours) until the source is cleaned - that protects every buyer's routes, including yours.

Do I get an invoice for my purchase?

Yes. Every purchase generates a contract at checkout and a numbered invoice when your order activates - both live under Documents in your portal, alongside a receipt line for every confirmed payment.

Does verification happen before or after I pay?

Before. You verify your identity once, at your first order, and payment opens as soon as verification clears - typically minutes. Every later order skips straight to payment. The sequence is deliberate: anti-money-laundering rules mean we will not take funds from an account we have not verified, whichever way you pay.

Which cryptocurrencies can I pay with?

Bitcoin, Ethereum (ETH, USDT, USDC), BNB Chain (BNB, USDT, USDC), Solana and Cardano. Your order gets its own payment address, and deposits are detected on-chain automatically - there is no transaction ID to paste in. Identity verification is required first, exactly as with a bank wire.

How is the contract actually executed?

The purchase agreement is issued at order, and your recorded acceptance at checkout plus payment against your order reference constitute acceptance - no signature is required from you. Once payment lands, Minutes Network countersigns: the executed agreement, with its signature record and execution certificate, is emailed to you and stored under Documents. If payment does not arrive within 14 days, the agreement voids automatically.

Why do payouts require an invoice from me?

Because a payout is a payment for telecommunications capacity you supplied, and proper books need an invoice behind every payment - on both sides. The payout form includes a pre-filled example invoice: download it, add your own invoice number, upload it, and the payout proceeds. It is a standard self-billing arrangement, and it keeps your records as clean as ours.

What does "not a security" mean in practice?

That you are buying a defined telecommunications service - dedicated capacity at a stated floor rate, the same thing carriers buy from each other every day. There is no pooled fund and no promised return: margin exists only when minutes are carried and sold above your floor, and you can carry that traffic yourself. Appointing us to resell it is a commercial resale arrangement for telecom traffic, not a managed investment. That is why we publish observed market data instead of projections, and why your contract is a purchase agreement for capacity, not an offering document.

What paperwork do I get for tax and accounts?

A contract at checkout, a numbered invoice when your order activates, a receipt line for every confirmed payment, and a pro forma invoice while payment is pending - all under Documents in your portal. Margin figures are stated net to you, before your own taxes; how the purchase and your margin are treated where you are is one for your own adviser.

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