[AusNOG] Telstra Wi-Fi calling on our network.

[James Hodgkinson]

Are you really considering blocking customers' access to services, via the connectivity/bandwidth they pay you for, because of the company that provides that service?

After so much heated argument over net neutrality, I feel this shouldn't even be a discussion.

I'd wager it wasn't even Telstra making the cellular vs wifi choice, it was the devices.

James

On Sat, 12 Oct 2019, at 09:31, James Harmey wrote:
> I looked into this as to allowing traffic for WiFi calling on our corporate WiFi. 
> 
> Allowing (or denying) traffic to these URLs should be enough to manage WiFi calling. 

> epdg.epc.<carrier mnc>.<carrier mcc>.pub.3gppnetwork.org

> so for Telstra that would be:


> epdg.epc.mnc001.mcc505.pub.3gppnetwork.org

> The MNC and MMC values are publicly available. 
> 
> It’s also just an IPSec tunnel so you could always block that if you were so inclined. 
> 
> On Sat, 12 Oct 2019 at 10:15, <mike at 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.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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