<span class="gmail_quote">On 11/16/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Peter Beckman</b> <<a href="mailto:beckman@purplecow.com">beckman@purplecow.com</a>> wrote:</span><br><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Right now the only rate I have from the providers I use is USD$0.36/min.<br> Another provider, while publishing a rate of 0.0141, informed me after<br> calls failed that, oh yeah, our upstream provider is blocking those
<br> numbers because they are premium. Joy.<br><br></blockquote></div><br>That is common, unfortunately people block +44 8* which includes 800 or freephone. There ius a lot of people getting numbers that they get revenue off of, then finding providers that will route to them (often not knowing the full cost) and do hundreds of thousands of minutes. In about 2000 +44 7xx numbers were used that way real big, and infact there was a case that happened in America over this activity where it was deemed legal to do, although not exactly liked. The case was drawn out for about 4 years, at which time AT&T was ordered to restore service to Audiotext.
<br><br>It wouldnt be a problem if people charged what it cost instead of trying to charge a really low rate then getting upset that someone actually used them for that traffic.The only thing I dislike more are the people that advertise routes they dont have, such as what you described (although it applies more than to that type of a destination). A provider that advertises US48 flat rate for $0.001/min no ratios then blacklists everything that isnt tollfree ... Stuff like that. Next are the ones that advertise $xx/mo and tack on 25-30% in extra fees ... sigh now I am just ranting.
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