[asterisk-biz] UK Mobile Needed

[Steve Kennedy]

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 01:16:58PM +0100, Chris Bagnall wrote:

> > Actually, my client just pointed out that the rate is in fact 6p per minute
> > weekday.
> We're also a VoIP provider in the UK, and from what I recall, 6p/min is very close to the *wholesale* termination rate for fairly sizeable volumes.
> I have heard reports of people getting cheaper interconnects with the big 4 mobile networks by using so-called "grey routes" (e.g. bouncing the calls out to the Netherlands or the USA and back into the UK).

That's called tromboning and to get sensible rates means you're probably
breaking the law.

It only works because BT offer blended UK rates (covering both fixed and
mobile rates i..e they charge slightly more for fixed, but less for
mobile at a single rate) and it used to be possible for UK companies to
bounces the calls through a foreign network (who got BT's blended
rates), but now BT will charge standard UK rates if the calls originate
from a UK number (even if appearing from a non-UK operator). If you
change your CLI to a non-UK number, you're breaking the law - though
it's possible to do.

However people were much keener to do this when mobile termination rates
were in the region of 33p per minute, when they're now about 6p.


Steve

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