[asterisk-biz] voice broadcast to premium numbers

[SIP]

Actually, we got out of it because of a contractual dispute between our
carrier and the international carrier. But our carrier was PERFECTLY
happy to pass on the obviously ridiculous bill to us. :)

N.

Nitzan Kon wrote:
> 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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