[asterisk-biz] voice broadcast to premium numbers

[Nitzan Kon]

Did you actually pay it? :)


--- On Mon, 3/16/09, SIP <sip at arcdiv.com> wrote:

> From: SIP <sip at arcdiv.com>
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] voice broadcast to premium numbers
> To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
> Date: Monday, March 16, 2009, 1:21 PM
> C. Savinovich wrote:
> >    A premium number is the equivalent of a 900 number.
>  It can have a charge
> > of up to $3.00 per minute for the originator.  They
> are asking you to dial
> > it because they want to pay you 6 cents per minute,
> and you pay the charge
> > of $3 per minute to the carrier.
> >
> > CS
> >
> >   
> $3 a minute? Pshaw! That's pocket change. We were hit
> by PRS fraud early
> on in our company's lifespan where we saw some
> $500/minute calls. The
> thing about premium rate numbers is that most countries
> pretty much
> allow you to charge whatever the heck you want.
> 
> N.
> 
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