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

[Matthew Moyle-Croft]

FYI:

Telstra and Optus do NOT allow WIFI calling while overseas. Which sucks.  I have US sim that does and it works fine so it’s a business not technical decision. 

WIFI calling is such a tiny amount of data compared to almost all other uses it seems dumb to think about blocking it. Especially when people rely so much on mobile and a lot of in-building calling can suck pretty hard. (Heck, my multi-AP, Ubiquiti wifi at home gives me better in-home coverage than any of the telcos).

MMC

> On 12 Oct 2019, at 1:54 pm, John Edwards <jaedwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Every bit of territory that your "sworn competitor" gives up by putting call data on your network instead of their private mobile network is territory that it may never get back.
> 
> Imagine what WiFi calling is doing for International roaming revenue if every call now looks like a local origination.
> 
> Rejoice in this scenario and encourage a world where a 20 billion dollar LTE network or 100 year monopoly are not prerequisites to making mobile calls - it's one of the few places where you might get a level playing field for telecommunications services.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> On Sat, 12 Oct 2019 at 09:44, <mike at ozonline.com.au <mailto: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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