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Originally Posted by emjay
Are you not familiar with IPRS? In those markets - like China - that do not have a domestic premium rate infastructure, the surfer is invited to dial an
overseas number. PbP has revshare agreements in place with the TERMINATING country, ie the country to which the call is made. And since this is not data traffic, the telcos do not block as they did with diallers!
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ok I see; international caller rates apply for chinese surfers. That explains a lot.
Let's shine a light on this construction for the others. We now know that the chinees surfer has to dial a 'diego carcia' number and will be charged through his own telco (wich is (still) government owened and controlled). So the guy that has set up the diego carcia route (iprs ltd. I asume) has a LEC billing agreement with the chinese telco. Meaning that the international call that the Chinese surfer made will show up on the invoice he gets from the chinese telco. After the chinese telco has collected the money, it will pay lets say 75% of that amount to the guy with the route (iprs). I don't think iprs has told the chinese telco that they are actually billing for porn access. If the chinese telco figures that one out, the number will be blocked instantly and they will hold all funds.
What i'm saying is, that having an agreement with the terminating country (e.g. diego carcia) won't secure outpayments.
