I asked them about it as I was looking at the billing, and they implied that this was their standard thing, so I don't think it's just a grey route thing.
"International calls are billed the second the call initiates per our vendors. Unfortunately we have no control over this" N. Nitzan Kon wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ --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
