[asterisk-users] differential billing

[Abdul Basit]

Yes. you are right. I was thinking to avoid reinventing the wheel.
Will write AGIs. Trick is how to charge at 3min 59 sec or 4 min 01 sec
during live call.

We can monitor channel variables over AMI. But this will be a CPU overhead
(say for 100 or 200 calls) if we monitor channel variables on every second.
I want some thing to push channel details on each transition (or events like
IVR level changed, call duration updated to next minute) rather than i
request on AMI. Don't know if this logic is workable.

Just want a right direction.

-- 
Regards,

Abdul Basit | +92 32 1416 4196






On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Tarek Sawah <tareksawah at hotmail.com>wrote:

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> 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?
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> -- Tarek Sawah
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> 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
> >
> >
> >
> > From:
> > asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com]
> > On Behalf Of Danny Nicholas
> > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 4:19 PM
> >
> > To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
> > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] differential billing
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
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> > From:
> > asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com]
> > On Behalf Of Abdul Basit
> >
> > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 8:13 AM
> > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> > Subject: [asterisk-users] differential billing
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > 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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