Most carriers bill based on when the call is answer()'ed even for international. They should most definitely not bill a call unless and until the channel is answered.
Having said that, it is very common for grey routes and even white routes in some countries to false-answer the call, and only then start ringing. The end result is that you get billed despite not completing a call, or get billed from the time it starts ringing rather than the time you start talking. In this case the provider can do nothing about it as the call indicates answered. If this happens only on some countries, it's probably just grey routes acting up. If it happens with EVERY country, then it is a problem. -- Nitzan Kon, CEO Future Nine Corporation www.future-nine.com --- On Fri, 9/5/08, SIP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: SIP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [asterisk-biz] Common charging patterns for US-based carriers > To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" > <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, September 5, 2008, 3:10 PM > 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 _______________________________________________ --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
