[asterisk-biz] UK Mobile Needed

[David Knell]

>> 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).

Err.. with respect:

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

No, you're not.

> 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.

None of this is true.

--Dave