[asterisk-users] Detect if cell phone or users

[Brandon Galbraith]

How do you handle situations where a cellphone number has been ported to a
land line/VoIP provide or vice versa? The phone number isn't a reliable
indicator of provider or medium.

-brandon

On 8/29/06, Matt Riddell (IT) <matt.riddell at sineapps.com> wrote:
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> Dovid Bender wrote:
> > Hi List,
> > I have sprint pcs cellular service and I discoverd that I am able to
> send a text message to a landline. If I do I get an SMS from the saying I
> sent a text message to a landline. Then the landline that I sent a text
> message to gets a call with my message (text to speach). I was wondering if
> there was any way for me to detect if a number is a mobile phone or a
> landline. Is this something that only cellular providers can do or can I
> have asterisk do it (I asume I would need to create a patch). Thanks a lot.
>
> Don't cellphone numbers start with a different code where you live?  Or
> were you wanting to do something worldwide?
>
> - --
> Cheers,
>
> Matt Riddell
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