Yes, they are using Premium numbers as CallerID to make money<br><br>Regards<br clear="all"><div><b>Tahir Almas</b><br><br>Managing Partner<br>ICT Innovations<br><a href="http://www.ictinnovations.com" target="_blank">http://www.ictinnovations.com</a><br>
Leveraging open source in ICT<br><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 2:10 AM, Steve Totaro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stotaro@asteriskhelpdesk.com" target="_blank">stotaro@asteriskhelpdesk.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Oh, I believe it. Anything to make money, someone will do it.<br>
<br>
I suppose this could be used for CallerID dip revenue sharing as well,<br>
although certainly not as profitable. 2 seconds is about how long an<br>
analog phone takes to retrieve the CallerID.<br>
<br>
I used to get generic Office Depot looking invoices addressed to my<br>
LLC, Accounts Payable. They were not large bills and had things like<br>
toner, paper, pens, or whatever. Total under $200.<br>
<br>
Total scam. I never ordered from these guys but I wonder how many<br>
larger companies get these small invoices with Net 30 terms and don't<br>
even question it. They just cut a check since it is a small amount<br>
and it would be a pain to track down who made the order or find a<br>
purchase order.<br>
<br>
If they can make a buck the easy way, they will.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Steve T<br>
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On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 7:00 AM, Sahil Gupta <<a href="mailto:sgupta@tigercom.com.sg">sgupta@tigercom.com.sg</a>> wrote:<br>
> Basically, what happens is these guys have numbers for expensive countries.<br>
><br>
> They are usually countries either in Africa or South Pacific Islands.<br>
><br>
> The idea of the model is to give missed calls to a range of numbers<br>
> across the world and hangup upon receiving a connect from the far end.<br>
> They make their money when the B-party decides to call the A-party<br>
> number back because they are concerned they will miss an important<br>
> call.<br>
><br>
> Believe it or not there are a number of people doing it.<br>
><br>
> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Mobile Wi.Fi <<a href="mailto:asterisk-biz@mobile-wi.fi">asterisk-biz@mobile-wi.fi</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Hello Sahil,<br>
>><br>
>> What is Audiotext numbers?<br>
>><br>
>> On 2012-10-13 13:54, Sahil Gupta wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Sounds like someone is generating calls to Audiotext numbers.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 9:22 PM, Mobile Wi.Fi<br>
>>> <<a href="mailto:asterisk-biz@mobile-wi.fi">asterisk-biz@mobile-wi.fi</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Hello,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Recently I have a strange request from a customer which whats an account<br>
>>>> just for making calls for 1 or 2 seconds :)<br>
>>>> but a daily traffic of 30000 calls per day all over the world. I have 2<br>
>>>> problems with this:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 1.) At this type of traffic how can I correctly charge them because<br>
>>>> there's<br>
>>>> some providers where this type of calls will be charged as an 1 minute<br>
>>>> call.<br>
>>>> 2.) Is obviously that i must activate concurrent calls on customer<br>
>>>> account<br>
>>>> to be able to archive 30000 requests per day, but our services is<br>
>>>> pre-payed<br>
>>>> and I want to deactivate account when the customer finished the amount of<br>
>>>> allowed calls.<br>
>>>> 3.) As they want world wide access can somebody recommend me how can i<br>
>>>> make<br>
>>>> conveyable fixed per minute rate in context of variable cost per<br>
>>>> different<br>
>>>> destinations. I presume i must make a flat rate based on weighted average<br>
>>>> formula adapted at your volume of call traffic. Do you use some tools to<br>
>>>> archive this type of request?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Thank you.<br>
>>>><br>
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>>>><br>
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