[Dundi] Question on GPA: Toll Services clause vs. ITSPs

[Mark Spencer]

> Let's take a network where there are two DUNDi announcers, both service 
> providers.  Each provider only allows paid customers to attach to their 
> Asterisk systems, for various routing and termination products.  Let's say 
> it's a $10 a month charge that each of them charges just for the right to use 
> the servicem, but all calls are included in that price.

No problem at all.

> Provider A hears a route from Provider B.  Customer A1 on Provider A sends a 
> call to an endpoint on Provider B.  Provider B terminates the call on 
> Customer B1's phone device.
>
> Now, looking at this from one perspective, it's easy to see that Provider B 
> charged a price for the call, even if we just divide the $10 out by the 
> number of calls in a payment period.  There is clearly a price to Customer B1 
> for that call.  There is also a price for Customer A1, since they too are 
> paying a price to use the routes, even if it's not associated directly with a 
> per-call or per-minute rate.  By the GPA's current wording, this is not 
> allowed.

Provider B did not charge provider A (or provider A's customer) to 
terminate the route it advertised.  This is the requirement and it is 
clearly met with your example.

> The distinction between "Route" and "Service" is almost invisible.  A "route" 
> can be a yes-or-no answer, relayed through SIP or IAX or whatever.  I think 
> that if the word "provide" was changed to "propagate" in the first sentence, 
> that would solve the issue, as it makes it a much more explicit definition.

A Route and a Service are in fact differentiated in the definitions 
section.

Mark