[asterisk-biz] ANI

[Nitzan Kon]

--- On Fri, 5/9/08, Peter Beckman <beckman at angryox.com> wrote:

> I wonder if the interlata and intralata rates are based on
> ANI or CLID.

There is absolutely no way to tell the "real" ANI with calls
pushed through SIP, so my experience has been that we've been
billed using the CID solely. (what ANI is sent I have no idea)

> I could really save some money terminating calls if I could
> set the ANI as within a LATA, but the CLID a completely different 
> value. I'm sure this is considered "FRAUD" but given no regulations, 
> hey, use it until it's no longer allowed.

I'm sure some out there are doing exactly that. (set the CID to
something which would yield lower rates) I wouldn't call it fraud 
though. When you think about it interconnection rates and reciprocal
revenue and all that were meant for the PSTN. You can't treat a call
coming to you via your owned PSTN wiring and a call coming to you via
someone else's (internet) backbone as the same for billing purposes.

Can't being "shouldn't". ;)

  -- Nitzan