[asterisk-biz] Strange request.

[Steve Totaro]

Oh, I believe it.  Anything to make money, someone will do it.

I suppose this could be used for CallerID dip revenue sharing as well,
although certainly not as profitable.  2 seconds is about how long an
analog phone takes to retrieve the CallerID.

I used to get generic Office Depot looking invoices addressed to my
LLC, Accounts Payable.  They were not large bills and had things like
toner, paper, pens, or whatever.  Total under $200.

Total scam.  I never ordered from these guys but I wonder how many
larger companies get these small invoices with Net 30 terms and don't
even question it.  They just cut a check since it is a small amount
and it would be a pain to track down who made the order or find a
purchase order.

If they can make a buck the easy way, they will.

Thanks,
Steve T

On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 7:00 AM, Sahil Gupta <sgupta at tigercom.com.sg> wrote:
> Basically, what happens is these guys have numbers for expensive countries.
>
> They are usually countries either in Africa or South Pacific Islands.
>
> The idea of the model is to give missed calls to a range of numbers
> across the world and hangup upon receiving a connect from the far end.
>  They make their money when the B-party decides to call the A-party
> number back because they are concerned they will miss an important
> call.
>
> Believe it or not there are a number of people doing it.
>
> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Mobile Wi.Fi <asterisk-biz at mobile-wi.fi> wrote:
>> Hello Sahil,
>>
>> What is Audiotext numbers?
>>
>> On 2012-10-13 13:54, Sahil Gupta wrote:
>>>
>>> Sounds like someone is generating calls to Audiotext numbers.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 9:22 PM, Mobile Wi.Fi
>>> <asterisk-biz at mobile-wi.fi> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Recently I have a strange request from a customer which whats an account
>>>> just for making calls for 1 or 2 seconds :)
>>>> but a daily traffic of 30000 calls per day all over the world. I have 2
>>>> problems with this:
>>>>
>>>> 1.) At this type of traffic how can I correctly charge them because
>>>> there's
>>>> some providers where this type of calls will be charged as an 1 minute
>>>> call.
>>>> 2.) Is obviously that i must activate concurrent calls on customer
>>>> account
>>>> to be able to archive 30000 requests per day, but our services is
>>>> pre-payed
>>>> and I want to deactivate account when the customer finished the amount of
>>>> allowed calls.
>>>> 3.) As they want world wide access can somebody recommend me how can i
>>>> make
>>>> conveyable fixed per minute rate in context of variable cost per
>>>> different
>>>> destinations. I presume i must make a flat rate based on weighted average
>>>> formula adapted at your volume of call traffic. Do you use some tools to
>>>> archive this type of request?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Mobile-Wi.Fi Team
>>>>
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>
>
>
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>
>
> Sahil Gupta
> Director
>
> Tigercom Pte. Limited
> 998 Toa Payoh North #07-22/23
> Singapore 318993
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