abstract:Call Origination, also known as voice origination, refers to the collecting of the calls initiated by a calling party on a telephone exchange of the PSTN, and handing off the calls to a VoIP endpoint or to another exchange or telephone company for completion to a called party.
Known as Friaco, for Flat Rate Internet Access CallOrigination, this charges ISPs for the number of lines they take from BT rather than the amount of traffic flowing over them.