[Asterisk-Users] US telco lingo

[Matthew Crocker]

On May 23, 2006, at 1:18 AM, Eric Bishop wrote:

> Could someone explain to a non-US dummy the following phrases I  
> have seen on the list.
>
> "I can provide you with tier 1 termination 6/6.  I can blend or  
> NPANXX breakout."
>
> "We provide US48 termination, blended rate for 1 MOU and above is . 
> 008 with 6/6."
>
>
> What is 6/6?

Each MOU (see below) is billed in fractions of a minute.  6/6 means  
they will round the call up to the nearest 6 second (1/10th of a  
minute) increment.  So a call that lasts 75 seconds will be billed as  
78 seconds.

> What is US48?

United States 48 States.  All states except Alaska & Hawaii

> What is blended?

There are different rates depending on if your endpoint is a cell  
phone, on a CLEC, on an RBOC switch.  They could charge you in each  
rate separately which will be more accurate but harder to manage.   
Blended means they will average the rates based on normal calling  
patterns.  Blended is easier to manage because it is one rate but if  
all of your calls are going to residential customers, which are  
almost all RBOC owned customers you can do better with an unblended rate
>
> What is MOU?

Minutes Of Use.

> What is NPANXX breakout?

My guess is they can get your DIDs from all over the country.


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