FYI: Telstra and Optus do NOT allow WIFI calling while overseas. Which sucks. I have US sim that does and it works fine so it’s a business not technical decision.
WIFI calling is such a tiny amount of data compared to almost all other uses it seems dumb to think about blocking it. Especially when people rely so much on mobile and a lot of in-building calling can suck pretty hard. (Heck, my multi-AP, Ubiquiti wifi at home gives me better in-home coverage than any of the telcos). MMC > On 12 Oct 2019, at 1:54 pm, John Edwards <jaedwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Every bit of territory that your "sworn competitor" gives up by putting call > data on your network instead of their private mobile network is territory > that it may never get back. > > Imagine what WiFi calling is doing for International roaming revenue if every > call now looks like a local origination. > > Rejoice in this scenario and encourage a world where a 20 billion dollar LTE > network or 100 year monopoly are not prerequisites to making mobile calls - > it's one of the few places where you might get a level playing field for > telecommunications services. > > John > > > On Sat, 12 Oct 2019 at 09:44, <m...@ozonline.com.au > <mailto:m...@ozonline.com.au>> wrote: > Hi All, > > So Telstra mobile services increasingly seem to revert to using > Wifi calling even in the presence of decent signal strength. > > If I were a CDN wanting to connect to Telstra IP, > they'd charge me for injecting traffic into their network or for transit, > and yet Telstra is injecting traffic into our our network to carry > some of their cell traffic, without payment or agreement. > > Now you might say, sure, but we're doing that for our customers not > for Telstra. But Telstra themselves will charge CDNs for delivering > content > to Telstra's customers, something Telstra's end customers are presumably > already paying for. So yeah, we know in this industry what is good for the > goose is not always good for the gander. > > Another point, Telstra, who are our sworn competitors, are using our > network for Wifi calling to supplement their mobile network. Presumably > this use of their competitor's networks reduces their capital investment > requirement and supports their revenue stream by raising the > quality of their coverage. Hence Telstra's use of their competitor's networks > enhances their ability to dominate the industry, again without > any kind of settlement to their competitor ISPs. > > Thoughts? > > Also, anyone have any thoughts about what ACL one might put in place > to block wifi calling if one was of a mind to? > > Michael > Australia On Line. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net <mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net> > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > <http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog> > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog
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