To everyone whose business has been hurt or impaired by the practices of the
big 5 operators in the UK, perhaps you could all sign a petition by
following the link below, or attached email:
OFCOM is now in consultation to reduce the termination charges to 0.5p.
Cheers,
AH
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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Kennedy
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 7:18 PM
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] UK Mobile Needed
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 06:46:03PM +0100, David Knell wrote:
[snip]
> >> > That's called tromboning and to get sensible rates means you're
> >> > probably
> >> > breaking the law.
> >> No, you're not.
> > You are if you change CLI so you're not coming form a UK number, but the
> > call is originated out of the UK.
> Which law? And what if I just obliterated the CLI all together?
That's not allowed either. It's definately an ITU regulation, which I
believe all major telco's adhere too.
I also believe there are national laws ie in the UK the Communications
Act which anyone offering communications services has to adhere to.
[snip]
> Interconnect rates for certain numbers differ(ed) substantially depending
> on whether calls were originated internationally or not - k-rate numbers
> carry
> roughly double the interconnect rate for domestically originated calls as
> for
> international ones, and the same may well have been true for mobile calls.
> Now, though, international and domestically originated calls to mobiles
> carry
> pretty much the same interconnect rate, so there's no benefit to be gained
> by
> tromboning them through a country overseas.
I don't dispute that it's no longer efficient to trombone mobile calls.
I still think changing or removing CLI so a telco doesn't know you're
coming from the UK is wrong (and as stated I think contravenes one of
the Comms Act obligations).
Steve
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Hello again
Thanks to you, our campaign and petition to lower Mobile Termination Rates has
been a huge success so far. Your continued support for the campaign was vital
in helping Ofcom to recommend bringing MTRs down from 4.3p to 0.5p. If Ofcom’s
recommendation becomes a reality then we could all save money and get a better
deal when calling mobiles.
What next
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Ofcom’s proposal to cut the cost of MTRs is not final. Over the next few weeks,
the big mobile operators will scrutinise the proposal and challenge Ofcom to
try and overturn the recommendation. We now need to do everything we can to
show our support for Ofcom to make sure MTRs are lowered.
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changes should be implemented as soon as possible.
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to do – just enter your name and address here
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rest.
Last year we were all charged hundreds of millions of pounds in unfair fees for
calling from landlines to mobiles alone. Let’s now tell Ofcom that we support
the proposal for reducing these unfair charges and making calling a mobile
cheaper for everyone. Your support will continue to make a real difference.
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