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On 2011-11-16, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
> smr <me@shawnritchie.com> wrote:
>>On 11/15/2011 2:22 AM, Cydrome Leader wrote:
>
>>>The other deregulation era complete joke was "reciprocal compensation"-
>>>where in theory, ameritech would pay you to terminal a phone call if you
>>>did it digitally or though your own switch or something like that. Of
>>>course they never payed unles you sued for so many years that everybody
>>>forogt what the suit was even about.
>
>>Ah, CABS fees. These are still a very hilariously entertaining part of 
>>the phone biz. We're all breaking a fuckton of Federal regulations and 
>>laws with how we handle 'em, is my guess. Basically, we all agree to not 
>>charge each other the recip comp fees. Every once in a while, some 
>>small-town asshole company makes a stink about it and we have to band 
>>together with the big dogs to let the little company know what's going 
>>to happen to their business overall if they really try to push the CABS 
>>issue.
>
> Are you talking about a business, or a very small telephone company?
> I thought the business model of the latter was to set extremely high
> rates to terminate calls on its network to rip off any IXC unfortunate
> enough to send a call their way.

It ain't just small telcos.

Our teleconference service at work is run by AT&T. We normally use the 
toll-free numbers, but there are also toll numbers to a "premium rate" 
exchange in Philadelphia, frequently used by international employees. I 
tried to use the toll number over my Vonage line for a while to save The 
Company some cash (as I have flat-rate calling), but Vonage apparently got 
pissed at AT&T's rates and stopped routing the calls, period. I've stuck 
with the toll-free number ever since.

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Kristian Zoerhoff
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