[asterisk-users] Prepaid billing

[Zohair Raza]

Hi,

I understand this, but I think there isn't any option that helps us to
reduce cost while call is in progress.

One option that I was thinking is to check elapsed time by "core show
channel channel-id" and deduct the amount but we need to check it every
second or x seconds via AMI.

Regards,
Zohair Raza



On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 9:35 AM, virendra bhati <virbhati at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Zohair,
>
> By using only asterisk it's not possible. So used progremming languages
> and do realtime billing at your ends.
>
> like 1st caller will take complete amount ($5) and if 2nd call will come
> then deduct used amount and share remaining amount to others like that.
>
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Zohair Raza <engineerzuhairraza at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am writing a billing engine in AGI. My scenario is :
>>
>> One customer can have simultaneous calls and I need to hang up one
>> customer's all call when balance reaches 0
>>
>> If I set limit for each call using 'L' in dial command, lets say 5
>> minutes in accordance with remaining credit and connect the call, few
>> seconds later a 2nd call comes in and the first call is still in progress.
>> If I permit the same 5 minutes as per this formula and both calls remains
>> connected for the next 5 minutes then credit will go in minus which is not
>> acceptable.
>>
>> One option is to charge credit via AMI and as soon as the credit goes 0,
>> hangup all calls for this customer.
>>
>> Is there any other way to achieve this ?
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Zohair Raza
>>
>>
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>
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