[asterisk-biz] Free DIDs

[Alex Balashov]

Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote:

> This is similar to how internet peering fees are done except its based
> on bytes and not minutes.

Hugely important distinction:  In Internet/packet-based business models, 
billing is based on peak rate of transfer of bytes per unit of time 
(i.e. second), NOT on number of bytes transferred[1].  The metric is a 
derivative.

Telcos see call setup as a series of billable events.  If intercarrier 
settlement worked anything like IP peering, the world would be a very, 
very different place.  For one, a lot of it would be settlement-free.

The carriers' obsession with Bellhead-style intercarrier comp. is one of 
the main things holding back private VoIP peering or federation.

-- Alex

[1]  Although, of course, an economic cap on a rate of transfer creates 
a bound for total bytes transferred as well.

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