I am kind of wondering if we can get to a stage of complete number virtualisation. Mainly so when I’m overseas I can more easily direct actual inbound SMS how I see fit. Have also had the same number for almost 10 years. At present I hook up an Android phone and send/receive SMS via email or forwarding with normal call diversion.
Ideally, I could port my number to a virtual mobile service and receive calls via SIP of whatever then receive SMS via API calls or email. >From the carrier VOIP side it would be awesome if we could receive SMS in a similar fashion as SIP. On Tue, 1 May 2018 at 07:36, Matthew Moyle-Croft <m...@mmc.com.au> wrote: > Previous thread about fake caller ID made me think about what phone > numbers mean in the Australian context. > > Historically we’ve had numbers that are geo based for landlines (02, 03, > 08 etc) and other numbers that delineate the cost to call (eg. 04 for > mobile, 13/18 for fixed cost non-geo or free, 1900 for “premium” etc). But > we’re now looking to a future where a range of factors are meaning that the > differentiation is less meaningful. > > A _lot_ of people are moving, because of generation change, NBN, etc to > only have a mobile number. Many people are on mobile or “fixed line” plans > where calls are all-inclusive so knowing the cost of a call from the phone > number is pretty much irrelevant. My parents and some of my grandparents > (yes I still have them) basically use mobile only and don’t answer home > phones *because* of the scams on home phones! I don’t actually know what > my brothers and sisters home phone numbers are. > > There’s still a historic “interconnect” charging model/market between > telcos that I suspect is just as painful as when I last looked at it. > > What is the future for voice and calls in Australia? Do geo-numbers make > sense? Why shouldn’t I be able to have an 08 xxxx xxxx number as my mobile > number? (I know the back-end charging/porting reasons, but we’re looking > forward not backward here). > > Even calling internationally - voice calls now between countries are > generally so awful to use (delay, crappy audio etc) that even for business > calls I use things like Facetime/Facebook/WhatsApp/Hangout calls where the > voice is so good and low delay I can’t tell where the other person is from. > > I suspect nothing much will change and that’s primarily because the major > telcos with mobile networks want to continue to make money out of charging > each other for calls, but, even that I suspect will all fade away. > > We do get attached to phone numbers - my Australian mobile is one from the > dawn of GSM in Australia and I’ve had it now for more than 20 years and > even though I don’t live in Australia at the moment I keep it running on a > long life prepaid! So, don’t think I lack sentiment here. > > MMC > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > -- Regards, Mark L. Tees
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