On Sat, 10 Dec 2005, Derek Conniffe wrote: > Hi Jerry, > > I've come across a major "restriction" (perhaps the only one?) with PRI > E1 (T1?) vs. SS7 interconnects: the PRI connections do not offer network > id transfer. It means that you cannot determine what network has > contacted you. True, on SS7, you get pointcode of the calling switch.
> Normally this may not matter but, here anyway, it becomes very important > with determining what the "subsidy" charge is when receiving freephone, > or similar, calls. Strangely in Ireland the highest subsidy is charged > when receiving calls from pay phones (higher than mobile phones & land > lines) - its nice to be able to do a Hangup based on the network id. Not exactly true. You can get ANI2 on a PRI in US. ANI2 will inform you whether the call is coming from a payphone etc. -alex _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
