[asterisk-users] Is existing CDR in Asterisk is enough for complete billing

[Sherwood McGowan]

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Steve Murphy <murf at parsetree.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 7:41 AM, Sherwood McGowan <
> sherwood.mcgowan at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 6:56 AM, Nikhil <d.nikhil at cem-solutions.net>
>> wrote:
>> > anyone have a idea on this..
>> >
>> > On 11/22/2010 10:50 AM, Nikhil wrote:
>> >> Hi everyone,
>> >>     I am facing lots for problem with CDRs in 1.6 and above
>> >> versions,its shows wrong records when I do transfer(caller side and
>> >> calee side),callforward,call parking.Is the present CDRs in 1.6 is
>> >> enough for Complete billing.?What I need to do to make it
>> >> proper.Please help me on this.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >> Nikhil
>> >
>>
>>
>> I can tell you that back in 2005 I set up a complete
>> residential/business VOIP ITSP that was using just the Asterisk CDRs
>> to track billing. As long as you setup your billing, I see now reason
>> wh
>>
>>
> Oh, and by the way, Sherwood is correct; you can ignore everything I wrote
> previously, IF you
> don't do call transfers, and you don't park calls.
>
> And even if you do a small amount of that, as long as no one forwards an
> incoming call to some international destination, you'll probably be OK with
> CDR's. If you don't mind losing a little chunk of the conversation here or
> there,
> the current CDR's should be sufficient for you, and you don't have to go
> thru
> any bother.
>
> Just keep in mind that clever people can/will take advantage of the fact
> that everything after an incoming call is transferred is lost to billing
> (as an example).
>
> murf
>
>
>
> Steve Murphy
>
> ParseTree Corp.
>
>
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Good call Steve! Your comment is spot on, as you said, transfers screw it
all up. My prior client did not allow transfers, since it was just a simple
VOIP provider service, without transfer capabilities for customers :)

Good to see you around!
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