On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 7:42 PM, Trixter aka Bret McDanel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 19:05 -0400, Alex Balashov wrote: >> Forgive the naivete - what is a white route? > > white is fully legal, you generally get CLID and other goodies that way. > > Black is not legal, you usually get random drop outs, the carrier > randomly drops the route, etc. This includes everything from stolen > service, people getting service on credit and not paying their bill, > operation in places where its not legal to do voip so they obfuscate > where the call originated from, etc. > > Grey is somewhere in between, its shady but not overtly illegal and the > quality can be sketchy. These can also vanish instantly without > warning. Some times its just an abuse of a stupid carrier who will > figure things out at some point, and sometimes they use clever games to > reduce the price of the call through methods that may not always work. > > With that said there are some black routes that have amazing quality, > there are some white that have poor quality. > > > -- > Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com Bret McDanel > Belfast +44 28 9099 6461 US +1 516 687 5200 > http://www.trxtel.com the phone company that pays you! >
I have yet to hear someone out and out say they are selling a "black route". I hear "gray" frequently, and in some countries where VoIP is still totally illegal, they still say "gray". Pretty funny stuff, but I guess there may be some plausible denial issues in wording. Thanks, Steve Totaro _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
