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Not correct and I don't know where you get those prices from. OFCOM has regulated termination charges (http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/mtr/statem
by martinald 12y ago
Not correct and I don't know where you get those prices from. OFCOM has regulated termination charges (http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/mtr/statement http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/mtr/statement) in the UK. Right now they are at 0.8p/min but it is likely they are going to rule to drop them to below 0.5p/min.
Edit: these are wholesale prices, so there will be some overheads for whoever provides it to end users, but the crazy termination fees in the UK are long gone.
- anemitz 12y agoWhere does the overhead come when you look at rates from carriers like http://flowroute.com/rates/ http://flowroute.com/rates/ or https://www.plivo.com/pricing/GB/ https://www.plivo.com/pricing/GB/ or http://www.twilio.com/voice/pricing/gb http://www.twilio.com/voice/pricing/gb It might be that wholesale rates are capped but it clearly isn't pushing prices down for consumers who want to call into mobile numbers.
- martinald 12y ago2.65c/min on Plivo? The other prefixes are more 'premium rate' numbers, not mobile numbers. That's about 1.5p/min. Considering Plivo charges 1.2c/min for US numbers as a benchmark, the difference between US and UK numbers is 1.45c/min or... 0.88p/min, exactly the wholesale cost pretty much. So I think it is working.