Chris, >> I struggle to criticise anything that makes people think twice before phoning my mobile when I have a perfectly good SIP phone on my desk >>
There are millions of people who work & depend on their mobile phone as the primary means of contact without the luxury of having a desk, surely they have a voice too. >>Unfortunately, all that'll happen if such a limitation is imposed by Ofcom is that the MNOs will look at other ways to recoup the lost revenues (e.g. higher data charges, higher roaming charges, higher per-minute charges for mobile users, etc.) >> There's an EU directives in place capping data and roaming charges. It's a bit of saying if I put in more secure locks on my door that would only give the burglar incentive to try another trick !. >> And really, how has anyone's business been hurt or impaired by the UK operators setting their own termination charges? One assumes you're marking it up by your usual margin, so whether you buy at 5.5p and sell at 6p or buy at 0.5p and sell at 1p is of little consequence. >> I have been in the UK mobile termination business since the days of refilling via Washington DC at 6cents(US) to know the impact of dirty tricks by the Big 4, recently Big 5. There are subtle ways you can be persuaded, especially when you are facing hefty losses. It's not so simple about you tacking your margin and making a profit. Try negotiating an interconnect Agreement with any one of them & try to make an economic sense out of the worthless piece of paper handed to you. Charges for ported numbers, for example. How do you deal with that when the Big 5 monopolize the database ? The numbers belong to OFCOM, no-one's privacy is infringed as you are using it for routing purposes, there should be fair-play but you are restricted to using a lookup service at 1p a go. Imagine if you have 1 million call attempts per day. The point I am trying to make is anything that's 'anti-competition' is illegal in the UK. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Bagnall Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 2:16 PM To: 'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion' Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] UK Mobile Needed > 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. Unfortunately, all that'll happen if such a limitation is imposed by Ofcom is that the MNOs will look at other ways to recoup the lost revenues (e.g. higher data charges, higher roaming charges, higher per-minute charges for mobile users, etc.) It's an interesting idea, but I fear the "solution" might cause more problems than it solves. And really, how has anyone's business been hurt or impaired by the UK operators setting their own termination charges? One assumes you're marking it up by your usual margin, so whether you buy at 5.5p and sell at 6p or buy at 0.5p and sell at 1p is of little consequence. If nothing else, I struggle to criticise anything that makes people think twice before phoning my mobile when I have a perfectly good SIP phone on my desk :-) Regards, Chris -- For full contact details visit http://www.minotaur.it This email is made from 100% recycled electrons -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- 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 -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- 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
