A bit of a confession…
By Simon Woodhead Sometimes, I get the chance prototype things outside of our CTO Charles and his loyal band of DevOps Ninjas. They’re always non-critical things nowadays as he has a very firm hand on…
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Affordability of broadband in the UK
By Peter Farmer In late July, the UK’s regulator, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) published a series of documents with some inter-related themes. We had a pricing trends report, a call for inputs about whether…
Reminder: No dirty surcharges
By Simon Woodhead With origination surcharges coming to UK fixed destinations from August 1st (following mobile on July 1st), we felt the need to remind you that Simwood has taken the decision NOT to pass…
Joining the surcharge party
By Simon Woodhead Before starting, let me be absolutely clear that the title does not mean we are about to start passing on surcharges to our customers. We remain unique in NOT doing so and…
3 big wins for Simwood customers
By Simon Woodhead I get so tied up in the ‘today’ and the ‘tomorrow’ that I sometimes forget to look in the rear-view mirror. To be honest, when I do it usually makes me cross…
Call forwarding behaviour change
Following the introduction of origin surcharging, we’re having to make an emergency behaviour change to our wholesale platform where numbers are set to call forward. Previously, the incoming caller ID was preserved, but given how…
The Clustercuss Begins!
By Simon Woodhead I’ve made no secret that I find origin surcharging a disgusting hijack of good intent. It is an embarrassing spectacle of economic Darwinism and tone-deafness that highlights big-business’ darkest underbelly. That starts…
CLI manipulation – Just Say No!
By Peter Farmer Those of us of a certain age will remember the “Just Say No!” campaign in relation to the war on drugs. Fast forward from Nancy Reagan to UK telecoms in 2021 and…
What to expect on July 1st
By Simon Woodhead There’s a massive change coming July 1st in that most UK mobile operators will be surcharging calls to their subscribers based on where calls appear to come from, largely but not entirely…
Origin based charging – what a mess!
By Simon Woodhead We wanted to update you on the latest state of the train-wreck that origin-based charging is rapidly becoming. We first advised in May that owing to Ofcom’s latest WVMR, Vodafone would be…