[Asterisk-biz] What does OnNet mean?

[Linus Surguy]

I'm not aware of it ever being used for anything other than that - 'ON the 
same NETwork', so the call (or trunk or IP pipe or whatever) only exists on 
the network of one provider.

Linus

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> Quoting Jean-Michel Hiver <jhiver at ykoz.net>:
>
> Interesting :-)
>
> Any other opinions
>
>
>> Obelix a écrit :
>>
>> >I see a lot of Zones advertised as OnNet. What does that mean? Is it 
>> >access
>> via
>> >VoIP? Some of them use different area codes and I wonder what difference 
>> >it
>> >makes to the receiving party.
>> >
>> >
>> In my book, a call which is made 'On Net' is when the callee is on the
>> same network as your telephone provider. An 'Off Net' call would be a
>> call where the callee is on a different provider.
>>
>> So if you make a call to a t-mobile user using a t-mobile SIM card,
>> you're 'On Net'. If you're calling a vodafone user with the same SIM
>> card, it's an 'Off Net' call.
>>
>> At least this is the terminology I've heard so far - YMMV.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jean-Michel.
>>
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