neil gardner wrote:
Hi guys - I just spent 5 minutes talking to Telstra in between 45 minutes of working while on hold... The question I asked was:
If TelstraClear go ahead with cutting the links to a couple of big national network access points (I was speaking to a non-tech), what will happen to the national / international traffic billing. This person had zero clue but came back ten minutes later and stated she'd been talking to someone that knew exactly what I was talking about.
His statement was that "Shortly the International / National traffic distinction will be phased out and there will be only one class of traffic. The cost will be similar to the current International rate. But don't worry since it only matters if you go over your limit" (The lady relayed his comment and that's as close to a direct quote as I can recall)
Does this mean that TelstraClear are going to adopt the Telecom Jetstream traffic charging model? Anyone in the know care to correct me if I was given false information by junior Telstra Staff?
Or, horribly, was this statement correct?
(I specifically wanted to know what would happen to my national / international charging if TelstraClear cut their peering, and it appears they do in fact have a plan to make sure the consumer experiences no confusion over what's National or International traffic)
Most likely correct. Has it not sunk in yet that after November 1st, peering in NZ will be gone? Unless of course non-telco providers get their corporate derrieres into the sling and start networking with one another. -- Juha