Michael wrote:
> There IS life outside of the USA (shock, horror!) I am not making the metaphysical error of assuming otherwise. I'm just pointing out that routing complexity introduces exponentially with competition. > Anyone can download NZ's entire numbering plan down to suburb/town level from > the NZ Telecom wholesale website. I doubt they would be alone in this. Sure, I just gave you the link to NANPA's equivalent of that. What good is it going to do you, whether with regard to the US or in any other country that has more carriers than thou hast fingers? > Because LOTS of countries differenciate between landline and cellular calls. > From my list here I would say over 80% do. What do you mean by "countries differentiate?" Countries don't differentiate anything - carriers differentiate. And the nature of those differences is inextricably bound up in their interconnection agreements. Many international backbone carriers privately interconnect with mobile carriers and bypass the incumbent telco (if the country's laws allow this), allowing them to achieve lower termination rates. The point is that this landline vs. mobile distinction is not particularly universal, not particularly uniform, and therefore, not particularly useful. It's rather specious. -- Alex Balashov Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : (+1) (678) 954-0670 Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671 Mobile : (+1) (706) 338-8599 _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users