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

[Ben Hohnke]

How is this any different from VoIP, or a Telstra customer sending an email
using your SMTP server, etc etc.
Your customer pays you to provide an internet service. If they choose to
use wifi calling over it, they're paying you for the privilege of using
that bandwidth.

Should Telstra block Netflix because they run their own streaming service?

On Sat., 12 Oct. 2019, 10:14 am , <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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