[Asterisk-biz] Verizon Pre-paid Calling Card

[Joshua Colp]

ANI2. It's how we do it at Asterlink, we get a two digit numerical value
that will tell us if you're calling from a payphone, special phone, Canada,
whatever... And we block based on that. This is over a regular PRI.

- Joshua Colp.

On 7/8/05 10:09 PM, "Michael Welter" <mike at introspect.com> wrote:

> Without SS7 signaling, how do you determine if the caller is a payphone?
> 
> 
> 
> Joshua Colp wrote:
>> It costs a toll-free number provider extra for a payphone to call that
>> toll-free number. That's a fact... They're just trying to survive by stating
>> it and billing it. As for the toll-free situation, they may not want to use
>> up their capacity with calls that generate no revenue.
>> 
>> - Joshua Colp.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
>> [mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Michael Welter
>> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 1:43 PM
>> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
>> Subject: [Asterisk-biz] Verizon Pre-paid Calling Card
>> 
>> I was looking at a Verizon calling card at the 7-11.  Besides the whopping
>> 79¢ call setup fee, I noticed it does not allow calls to toll-free numbers.
>> Is this a marketing ploy, or is there a financial reason they won't complete
>> calls to 800,888,877, etc.  I thought toll free meant toll free.
>> 
>> Also, there is a 50¢ surcharge for calls from payphones.  What reason would
>> they have for this?
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