[General] What is a typical call termination cost in the U.S.?
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pandora @ 5th Nov 09:43PM:
[General] What is a typical call termination cost in the U.S.?

When I make a call to someone else via my VOIP service. I understand there is a termination charge made to my VOIP provider from the terminating phone number provider.

Does anyone know what the average termination cost is per call per minute? Is there some sort of industry or news link about this?

Thanks
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PX Eliezer @ 5th Nov 10:18PM:
Re: [General] What is a typical call termination cost in the U.S

You have the direction backwards.

The payment is made to the company receiving the call.
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josephf @ 5th Nov 10:37PM:
Re: [General] What is a typical call termination cost in the U.S

said by PX Eliezer :

You have the direction backwards.

The payment is made to the company receiving the call.
I believe that is what pandora wrote. (Although it could have been a little clearer.)
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PX Eliezer @ 5th Nov 11:01PM:
Re: [General] What is a typical call termination cost in the U.S

May be of interest:

»www.ipbusinessmag.com/department···e/id/446
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josephf @ 5th Nov 11:13PM:
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said by PX Eliezer :

May be of interest:

»www.ipbusinessmag.com/department···e/id/446
Old article. (Kevin Martin hasn't been Chair of the FCC since the last administration.) Wonder if anything came out of that proposal.
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PX Eliezer @ 5th Nov 11:29PM:
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said by josephf :

Old article.
Ack!

Or Gack!!

Should have seen that.

Still, the numbers are interesting.
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josephf @ 5th Nov 11:31PM:
Re: [General] What is a typical call termination cost in the U.S

That website does have the confusing practice of putting today's date on top of every page on the site. I thought that may have thrown you off into thinking it was a fresh article.

And even worse, the article itself is not dated. I'll bet they do it purposefully, thinking they'll get more readers by pretending all the articles are current.
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PX Eliezer @ 5th Nov 11:54PM:
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Yup and Yup, plus some sleep deprivation.

Thanks. :)
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RockyBB @ 5th Nov 11:58PM:
Re: [General] What is a typical call termination cost in the U.S

your VOIP provider pays a PSTN carrier to deliver the call to the termination carrier. the termination carrier will bill the PSTN carrier a per minute charge, the PSTN carrier adds a markup, then bills your VOIP provider.

I sell a wholesale termination service and the rates range from a low of $0.00139 per minute to a couple of cell providers in Palm Springs CA to a high of $0.0493 mostly to some codes in Alaska.

Average would depend on traffic distribution; most figure around $0.005 per minute.
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josephf @ 6th Nov 12:03AM:
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said by PX Eliezer :

»www.ipbusinessmag.com/department···e/id/446
Some additional background to that article:

»'Intercarrier Compensation Reform' Means Higher Rates

And it seems that proposal was pushed off:

»Opposition Grows To 'Intercarrier Compensation Reform'
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