[167226] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Question related to Cellular Data and restrictions..
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joshua Goldbard)
Wed Dec 4 17:18:28 2013
From: Joshua Goldbard <j@2600hz.com>
To: Warren Bailey <wbailey@satelliteintelligencegroup.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 22:18:12 +0000
In-Reply-To: <CEC4D914.E2DD%wbailey@satelliteintelligencegroup.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
TL;DR: peering is not free in wireless.
Hi,
So as you may or may not be aware, most operators do not, in fact have nati=
onwide networks, just as you, as I assume you're an operator, do not run la=
st mile connectivity to all your customers (or every intervening interconne=
ct for that matter). The same is true in wireless.
Sprint (arbitrary example) has coverage in most of the top 100 metros but s=
upplements this coverage with domestic roaming agreements (usually with Ver=
izon or a group of independent tower aggregators). Sprint pays Verizon for =
the traffic they send to their network.
The pricing you receive as a consumer is based upon the majority of your tr=
affic hitting sprints towers (and not being ferried over a more expensive c=
hannel, like a roaming agreement). When you send your data over a partners =
network it raises your wireless company's cost of delivering service, in so=
me cases so much so that you become unprofitable. Sprint isn't a charity an=
d therefore cuts you loose.
Cheers,
Joshua
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 4, 2013, at 2:06 PM, "Warren Bailey" <wbailey@satelliteintelligenceg=
roup.com> wrote:
> All,
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> I realize this is not exactly relevant to the usual topics on NANOG, but =
I thought this list was a decent place to ask a question related to cellula=
r data usage limits.
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> Have any of you experienced or been subjected to a "domestic data roaming=
policy"? I am a customer of a carrier who advertises "Unlimited Nationwide=
4G data", but limits their customers to 50MB per month while traveling in =
an area they do not have coverage (Alaska, for example). I've never heard o=
f such a policy in regards to a "Nationwide" plan.. I thought the entire id=
ea of saying nationwide was to represent you were covering the ENTIRE NATIO=
N.
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> Happy to receive replies on or off-list.
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> Thanks!
> //warren
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