On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 01:16:58PM +0100, Chris Bagnall wrote: > > Actually, my client just pointed out that the rate is in fact 6p per minute > > weekday. > We're also a VoIP provider in the UK, and from what I recall, 6p/min is very > close to the *wholesale* termination rate for fairly sizeable volumes. > I have heard reports of people getting cheaper interconnects with the big 4 > mobile networks by using so-called "grey routes" (e.g. bouncing the calls out > to the Netherlands or the USA and back into the UK).
That's called tromboning and to get sensible rates means you're probably breaking the law. It only works because BT offer blended UK rates (covering both fixed and mobile rates i..e they charge slightly more for fixed, but less for mobile at a single rate) and it used to be possible for UK companies to bounces the calls through a foreign network (who got BT's blended rates), but now BT will charge standard UK rates if the calls originate from a UK number (even if appearing from a non-UK operator). If you change your CLI to a non-UK number, you're breaking the law - though it's possible to do. However people were much keener to do this when mobile termination rates were in the region of 33p per minute, when they're now about 6p. Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44 7775 755503 UK +44 20 7993 2612 / US +1 310 857 7715 / Fax +44 20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM/Gizmo/.Mac/Twitter/FriendFeed stevekennedyuk Euro Tech News Blog http://eurotechnews.blogspot.com MSN [email protected] -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
