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Originally Posted by John247

Mike,

Thanks for the welcome to the forum.

You state that "The IOM carrier is cleaning up". In callback do you realise how expensive the A leg can be? Check the best termination you can find to a Bulgarian mobile for instance. Most callback operators offer free inbound in Europe and beyond and in some instances a small profit is made on inbound (if called in peak times). I have used Bulgaria as an example and with all inbound calls nobody meakes a bean of profit and some organisations take a big loss hit.

Add on top of that unconnected B legs where the callback operator still has to pick up the bill for the expensive connected A leg.

Take all of this into account and please understand why i and others take dislike to inviduals who totally abuse the system.

Thanks

John

John -
Explain to this dense person what happens to the money the IOM carrier collects when a caller dials your IOM number? I am sure the amount that is collected is more than enough (with a sizable profit margin) to deliver the call to Bulgaria et al. If the country called is a "high price termination country" (Cuba is an example) the price charged by the IOM carrier - or any other carrier - is much higher.
All carriers have a rate chart of what it costs you to receive calls in various countries. Normally it is based on their actual costs - other times it is based on what they think they can gouge.
A prime example is Costa Rica. Costa Rica has somewhat low termination when dialing both landline and cellular. Most cell carriers charge $2/min. or more when the cost to terminate to both landline and cell is about 5 cents.

Eg. T-Mobile U.S. (actually its forerunners) 10 years ago charged 29 cents LD charge to call most first world countries (both landline and cell). They also charged 29 cents a min. for incoming when roaming in those countries. About 3 years ago they more than tripled the roaming charge to 99 cents. LD calling to those countries was raised to 69 cents/min. - altho you can pay $5/mo. to get discounted rates of 6 to 9 cents.

Since Bulgaria is a high cost termination country, i'm sure it costs an IOM user more to to roam (and get an incoming call) in Bulgaria than France. As a reseller of IOM service you should be charging more. However, the IOM carrier keeps all that money. That's what isn't fair.


...mike