[Asterisk-Users] Call Rate in CDR

[John Todd]

>So what do people think about adding the "call rate" to the CDR
>structure??
>
>This would allow you to detail a call with the rate that was
>in affect for that call.  When you come back later and do
>the billing for the customer you would have the actual per min
>rate in the record.
>
>I think this solves an issue when you have changing rates and
>multiple providers.  If one provider is down, and you use
>a back up you can track the "rate" better.
>
>In fact as I type this, I think we should have 
>
>cost_rate   the rate you where charged for this call
>cust_rate   the rate you charge your customer for this call
>
>
>
>or is their a better way to do this.
>
>
>john brown, ceo
>chagres technologies, inc (US)
>chagres technologies, BV   (EMEA) opening soon
>Providers of VoIP hardware
>http://www.chagres.net/products/voip/
>

This is already more-or-less supported with the custom variable 
fields in the CDR, and is awaiting integration into CVS.  There are 
two versions of the patch: one that has multiple custom fields, and 
the second version that has only one field, into which you'll need to 
create your own separators (uuuuugly, but for some reason that was 
what was decided upon as the final version.)

See http://bugs.digium.com/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=0000442

JT