[Asterisk-Users] Re: International callback strategies

[snacktime]

On Apr 10, 2005 2:21 PM, snacktime <snacktime at gmail.com> wrote:
> My wife is from Russia, and we have a lot of friends here in the US
> that have families back in Russia.  While calling Russia is fairly
> inexpensive, for someone in Russia to be able to call the US is a
> different matter.   So I'm looking at the best ways to setup a
> callback system.   Here is what I have so far.
> 
> 1.  Call from Russia to US * box using pstn.   Caller enters phone
> number to call back, hangs up.  This works, but it still results in a
> charge to the caller, and due to how long distance works for most in
> Russia it's a pain to place a long distance call.  You have to call
> the operator and be put into a queue to place the call.
> 
> 2.  Web interface to enter the callback number.   Would work, but most
> families in Russia won't have net access.
> 
> 3.  Trigger callback via sms.  Works if they have a cell phone, but
> again most of them don't.
> 
> Right now I'm thinking having both 1 & 2 is the best option.
> 
> What I would really like is a completely toll free call for the
> callers in Russia, but I havent' been able to find DID's anywhere.
> 
> Chris
> 

I forgot to mention,  at least from the regions of Russia I am dealing
with, caller id just shows up as blocked, so the dial/hangup before
answer method won't work.

Chris