[asterisk-users] differential billing

[Tarek Sawah]

if you are deploying your own system.. then you can build a small application (AGI) that would do the math for you .. will devide the call duration into the stages you want .. and does the calculation.. i think MYSQL already can do that.. but a PHP script will do it faster and easier.. or like our billing system.. C# application interacting with Asterisk doing all the math. after all it's all SQL and Asterisk working. you can do that with a dial plan i believe.. so why not build an AGI to do it for you?



-- Tarek Sawah

Integrated Digital Systems

CCNA, MCSE, RHCE, VoIP USA: +13864929993








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> From: basit.engg at gmail.com
> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 23:27:56 +0500
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] differential billing
>
> Tarek,
>
> I already tested this feature with a2billing.
>
> This is difficult to extract the working code from a2billing.
> Also we are developing billing system so this is not a good idea
> to deploy another billing system in parallel.
>
> Any idea or link might help full.
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Tarek Sawah
> > wrote:
>
> A quick answer? A2billing.
>
> It has what you call it differential billing.. but they call it
> progressive billing.. 3 steps .. for 3 different rates ..
>
> Go for it.. easy to setup and quick to learn and use.
>
> Regards
>
>
>
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> On Behalf Of Abdul Basit
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> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 8:13 AM
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>
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> How can we develop a differential charging setup using asterisk like
> for 1st min we charge 1 cent, for 2nd min we charge 0.5 cent, for next
> 30 sec charge @15cent, etc?
>
>
>
> Any idea, suggestion.
>
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>
> Abdul Basit | +92 32 1416 4196
>
>
>
> Since the CDR records the call duration in seconds, this should be a
> relative “no-brainer”, assuming you are billing post-call. If you are
> wanting to generate the charges during the live calls, AMI would be
> your best option for getting a running duration of the connection.
>
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