[asterisk-biz] Canadian Association of Voice over IP providersEN UM Infrastructure working group teleconference

[Alexander Lopez]

> a) while many carriers run IP in their network, I doubt any of them
will
> want to *accept* calls from another carrier over public intarweb, much
> less *send* the calls to another carrier. I certainly won't. Unless
> there's some push for "carrier-only private network to connect
> enum-enabled carriers" or carriers interconnecting via switches at
> soem fabrics, I doubt you will have any big boys using it.

There is always the VPF, Never used it so I can't comment on its quality
and/or service.

> 
> b) CLECs are notorious for not cooperating with each other, even if
their
> lives depended on that. I doubt there are many CLECs in NYC that have
> trunks built to each other to pass traffic. Instead, they send
inter-CLEC
> traffic via VZ tandem, and pay for switching.

Soooo in-efficient.
 
> c) Also, just as much as CLECs hate paying access fees to ILECs, no
CLEC
> is willing to give up access fees they *charge* other CLECs for
> termination on their network.
> 
> 
The whole idea of termination minutes is why Sprint/Nextel give you
'free incoming'. Although, I am not sure if they are able to use the
termination 
'credits' from the wireless service and allow the LD side to benefit?/

Alex

> -alex
>