[Asterisk-Users] Re: bellster credits problem coming...

dhickman at its-my.net dhickman at its-my.net
Tue Jan 25 17:01:50 MST 2005


If I have * play a message telling the caller that the messages are logged
and recorded as a
condition of the use of my line, if they
do not agree to this hang up.  Would it be illegal to record then?

dhh


> This is why you need to make sure to keep your call detail records
> around.  Though it would likely be illegal, you could set up your
> asterisk box to record every conversation that went through it also.
> Bellster hopefully has logs of where calls originated from also.
>
> If you didn't do anything, you shouldn't have anything to worry about.
>
> ~jay
>
> On Jan 25, 2005, at 1:05 PM, Jay Milk wrote:
>
>> I think there are a few holes in the system as well.  Seems like I
>> could
>> offer a route to, say, Germany, which costs me 1.3c a minute.  I offer
>> one call each day with the "10 min only" provision I've seen in the
>> route list.  In return, I get 10 US long distance calls every day,
>> which
>> is pretty much all I need.  So for a mere $4/month, I get virtually
>> unlimited long distance.  Too good to be true?
>>
>> Another concern would be privacy and security -- block your CID all you
>> want, you can still lift the number with the proper equipment.  Or what
>> if someone begins using your line to make prank (or worse, offensive)
>> calls, call a bomb-threat into the White House, etc.?  Too many scary
>> scenarios.
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Samuel Tardieu [mailto:sam at rfc1149.net]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:05 AM
>>> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>>> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Re: bellster credits problem coming...
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>> "Ed" == Ed Guy <edguy at pulver.com> writes:
>>>
>>> Ed> On the chargeable 800 numbers, please provide specific details
>>> Ed> off-list.
>>>
>>> Ed, is there a specific bellster mailing-list where pitfalls
>>> should be reported?
>>>
>>> For example, if someone is offering 331 and 332 numbers (in
>>> France) at the same time, this person is probably using the
>>> fact that he doesn't pay for national calls.
>>>
>>> However, numbers starting with 33262 are *not* considered
>>> national calls because they target landlines in La Reunion on
>>> the other side of the Earth. La Reunion is administratively
>>> part of France, but calls terminating there from the
>>> metropolitan area are *very* expensive, and not many people
>>> know that. I wonder whether bellster could check for the
>>> specific availability of those numbers, which IMO will cost a
>>> lot to people not paying attention...
>>>
>>>   Sam
>>> --
>>> Samuel Tardieu -- sam at rfc1149.net -- http://www.rfc1149.net/sam
>>>
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