We've had a few carriers for PSTN termination over the years, and with our most recent one (Vitelity), I've noticed something that's unusual in OUR experience, so I'm wondering how common it is.
For what they call "international" calls -- i.e. calls outside the US-48 (they're ALL "international" to US, since we're not a US-based company), they start charging based on when the call was initiated and not when it was established. Whereas, for US-48 calls, they bill based on when the call connects. Is that normal? Was the first we'd seen it, so I was just somewhat curious whether that was common practice. It was wholly unexpected for us, as we bill our customers based on when the call connects to the other party and not when it starts 'dialing' to the other party. Just somewhat curious as to everyone else's experience with carriers. We've certainly no complaint with Vitelity's service -- just thought it was a little odd. N. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
