Jeff LaCoursiere wrote: > In general you don't need to worry about that, as when you go to buy > your "routes", the splits are given to you. For example, though you > have split up New Zealand nicely I don't need that information, as the > termination provider I buy New Zealand from gives me one price for what > they deem "proper" (01164) and another several for what they deem > "mobile" (01164900, 011648, 011642). Whatever destination is dialed > simply picks the route that it most matches, and I know what the charges > are.
Only when it's simple. When a country is small or is big but has a single state telco incumbent and a few mobile carriers, that's not too hard. Of course you can get blended domestic US48 termination - most people do. But, two things happen when you hit a large traffic volume that cause that to go away: 1) *You* lose on the blended rate for high-density and/or highly competitive destinations you could route to for rates under the blended plan. 2) Your providers get increasingly nervous about their exposure to your all-over-the-map traffic patterns, ability to adhere to a theoretical 80% RBOC blend, or whatever. So, high amounts of traffic start to get broken apart into much, much more granular (and therefore numerous) tiers, sometimes down to the terminating carrier. -- Alex -- Alex Balashov Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : (+1) (678) 954-0670 Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671 Mobile : (+1) (706) 338-8599 _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
