[asterisk-users] Is there a smarter way to ban expensive calls in dial plan?

[Marco Mouta]

Insert your patterns in a database, have a field called expensive, and query
your database before making a call!

On 8/1/06, Chris Blunt <chris.blunt at entropy-it.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi List,
>
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> I need a bit of advice please.  I want to ban calls to expensive
> destinations such as cell phones.
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> This is fairly simple here in the UK because all cell phone numbers begin
> with a 7 where as all geographic numbers begin 1 and 2
>
>
>
> Elsewhere this is different, take Andorra for example all numbers begin
> 376, cell phone numbers are 3763, 3764 and 3765
>
>
>
> So if I try the following dial plan my pattern always matches the first
> wild card
>
>
>
> Exten => _00376.,1,Dial(my iax terminiator)
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> Exten => _003763.,1,Congestion
>
> Exten => _003764.,1,Congestion
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> Exten => _003765.,1,Congestion
>
>
>
> I seem to have been able to fix this with adding an x after the 6 in the
> first extension to make the patterns all the same length and thus making a
> better match with the blocked numbers.
>
>
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> Example:
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> Exten => _00376x.,1,Dial(my iax terminiator)
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> Exten => _003763.,1,Congestion
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> Exten => _003764.,1,Congestion
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> Exten => _003765.,1,Congestion
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> This is just so long winded, and you can imagine doing this for a huge
> list of destinations.
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> If any one can suggest an improved or more efficient way of doing this, I
> would be greatly appreciated!
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> Best regards
>
>
>
> Chris
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>
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> --
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>
>
> Chris Blunt
>
> Entropy IT Ltd
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>
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Com os melhores cumprimentos,

Marco Mouta
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