[Asterisk-Users] ASTCC gives me only the time, but no cost

[Rusty Shackleford]

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> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
> Darren Wiebe
> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 8:08 AM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] ASTCC gives me only the time, 
> but no cost
> 
> 
> The included seconds field is not taken into account when billing the 
> connect charge.  IMHO this is a bug but I've not gotten 
> enough feedback 
> to put the patch through.  Therefore the patch has been closed. :-)

I spent an afternoon going through that code again, Darren. You were
right. If we assume that the intent was to use the "includedseconds"
column value as a way to allow for x/y billing intervals, and set
"connectcost" to the value that we want to charge for the call minimum
charge - "x", the stock code charges that amount, but also starts the
meter running on the "y" value from the start of the call, resulting in
an over charge. The "y" value, by the way, is set in the "brands" table
and flows to the "cards" table when cards are created (breaking
normalization). For example, we have a route to McMurdo Station for
which we charge $.50 per minute, in six second increments with a 30
second minimum (30/6). If we set the connect charge column to $.25, the
included seconds to 30, and the cost to $.50, a 30 second call should
cost $.25. Instead, it's costing $.50, because ASTCC charged the connect
fee, plus the cost of 5 six second increments - $.25. It shouldn't start
charging those six second increments until AFTER the "includedseconds"
interval has passed. 

I've patched by scripts to correct this. It would be nice if the
correction were made to the distributed source, perhaps with some
documentation of how things are supposed to work.

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