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phone fun, was GeoIP database issues and the real world consequences
> On Apr 20, 2016, at 7:59 AM, Jean-Francois Mezei <jfmezei_nanog at vaxination.ca> wrote:
>
> On 2016-04-20 10:52, Owen DeLong wrote:
>
>> For the most part, ?long distance? calls within the US are a thing of the
>> past and at least one mobile carrier now treats US/CA/MX as a single
>> local calling area
>
>
> Is this a case of telcos having switched to IP trunks and can reach
> other carriers for "free"
>
> Or are wholesale long distance still billed between carriers but at
> prices so low that they can afford to offer "free" long distance at
> retail level ?
I think it boiled down to a recognition that the costs of billing were beginning to account for something like $0.99 of every $1 billed.
Owen
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