[asterisk-users] Country numbering plan resources

[Michael]

> Hmm, I looked over your summary again against the route prefixes I just
> gave and they seem to match.  They aren't as detailed, but that isn't
> important, as long as I can tell a cellular from a landline, which those
> prefixes do accomplish.  I don't really care how accurate they are either,
> as long as my carrier will honor the prices for the prefixes they have
> provided me.

Great! I will send you some 900 calls lol :-)

> > Let's forget about USA/Canada for now as from my/most people's point of
> > view the routes are all so cheap (and blended) that it does not matter. I
> > think it is more important to focus on other countries.
>
> You have no idea what an uphill battle you will be fighting, and one that
> is constantly changing.  If the idea is to compile all this info to make a
> master routing list for making purchases, you really don't need to bother.
> They will be given to you buy your carriers.  NANPA is complex, but for
> purchasing at the wholesale level blended routes are pretty common, which
> actually makes it one of the simpler ones.  Try the Dominican Republic - I
> currently have over 1200 routes to this small country, and they cannot be
> any further collapsed...

Yes, but with an A-Z carrier, this can become risky when landline calls are 
charged very differently to cellular calls, as is the case in NZ, Australia 
and many other countries, unless someone is just a 'virtual' provider and 
letting their up line do the invoices.

Michael