Actually, we got out of it because of a contractual dispute between our carrier and the international carrier. But our carrier was PERFECTLY happy to pass on the obviously ridiculous bill to us. :)
N. Nitzan Kon wrote: > Did you actually pay it? :) > > > --- On Mon, 3/16/09, SIP <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> From: SIP <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] voice broadcast to premium numbers >> To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" >> <[email protected]> >> Date: Monday, March 16, 2009, 1:21 PM >> C. Savinovich wrote: >> >>> A premium number is the equivalent of a 900 number. >>> >> It can have a charge >> >>> of up to $3.00 per minute for the originator. They >>> >> are asking you to dial >> >>> it because they want to pay you 6 cents per minute, >>> >> and you pay the charge >> >>> of $3 per minute to the carrier. >>> >>> CS >>> >>> >>> >> $3 a minute? Pshaw! That's pocket change. We were hit >> by PRS fraud early >> on in our company's lifespan where we saw some >> $500/minute calls. The >> thing about premium rate numbers is that most countries >> pretty much >> allow you to charge whatever the heck you want. >> >> N. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by >> http://www.api-digital.com-- >> >> 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-- > > 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-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
