On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Alex Balashov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Igor Hernandez wrote: > >> Can someone more knowledgeable here explain what a dial around is and >> more importantly how it works? There are companies that allow you to >> dial 10-10-xxx before the country code + number and they provide you >> with long distance access/bill you later. I have been trying to find out >> how that works and what it would take to get something like that set up. > > The 1010 prefix is just a subscriber > > All IXCs (long distance carriers, whether domestic or international) > have a four-digit[1] carrier identification code (CIC) assigned[2]. > When you, as a sign up for long distance service, your phone company > simply configures in its switch a default CIC associated with your > preferred long-distance provider that your non-local calls should go out > to; this is known as a PIC (preferred/predesignated interexchange > carrier). > > Sometimes there arises a need to dial "around" the PIC to a > long-distance carrier other than the one you were PIC'd to. Either you > don't want to pay a recurring monthly rate for long-distance service, or > you need to use some carrier other than your default for a cheaper rate, > or your default carrier is having a technical problem or is out of > trunks, or something like that. That's what the 1010 dial-around is for. > > You still get billed for the calls by the carrier you access. How > that's done varies by carrier. With some of them, you have to have an > account tied to your ANI in order to use them in that manner (just as > with a regular PIC'd carrier). Some will send you a bill based on your > number, perhaps. Some require that you input information relevant to > prepaid billing. > > So, in summary, it's just a way to get to some long-distance carrier > than the one that is provisioned on your line by default (if any). > > I am not sure what you mean by "get that set up." I assume the > penultimate paragraph speaks to that. > > HTH, > > -- Alex > > [1] They used to be three-digit. In 1998, they were expanded to four. > Existing carriers got a "0" prefixed to their former three-digit > code. > > [2] http://www.nanpa.com/reports/reports_cic.html > > -- > Alex Balashov > Evariste Systems > Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ > Tel : (+1) (678) 954-0670 > Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671 > Mobile : (+1) (706) 338-8599
ANI huh? Sounds like someone I know might be making some test calls. Thanks, Steve Totaro _______________________________________________ --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
