Yes, they are using Premium numbers as CallerID to make money Regards *Tahir Almas*
Managing Partner ICT Innovations http://www.ictinnovations.com Leveraging open source in ICT On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 2:10 AM, Steve Totaro <[email protected]>wrote: > Oh, I believe it. Anything to make money, someone will do it. > > I suppose this could be used for CallerID dip revenue sharing as well, > although certainly not as profitable. 2 seconds is about how long an > analog phone takes to retrieve the CallerID. > > I used to get generic Office Depot looking invoices addressed to my > LLC, Accounts Payable. They were not large bills and had things like > toner, paper, pens, or whatever. Total under $200. > > Total scam. I never ordered from these guys but I wonder how many > larger companies get these small invoices with Net 30 terms and don't > even question it. They just cut a check since it is a small amount > and it would be a pain to track down who made the order or find a > purchase order. > > If they can make a buck the easy way, they will. > > Thanks, > Steve T > > On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 7:00 AM, Sahil Gupta <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Basically, what happens is these guys have numbers for expensive > countries. > > > > They are usually countries either in Africa or South Pacific Islands. > > > > The idea of the model is to give missed calls to a range of numbers > > across the world and hangup upon receiving a connect from the far end. > > They make their money when the B-party decides to call the A-party > > number back because they are concerned they will miss an important > > call. > > > > Believe it or not there are a number of people doing it. > > > > On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Mobile Wi.Fi <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello Sahil, > >> > >> What is Audiotext numbers? > >> > >> On 2012-10-13 13:54, Sahil Gupta wrote: > >>> > >>> Sounds like someone is generating calls to Audiotext numbers. > >>> > >>> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 9:22 PM, Mobile Wi.Fi > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hello, > >>>> > >>>> Recently I have a strange request from a customer which whats an > account > >>>> just for making calls for 1 or 2 seconds :) > >>>> but a daily traffic of 30000 calls per day all over the world. I have > 2 > >>>> problems with this: > >>>> > >>>> 1.) At this type of traffic how can I correctly charge them because > >>>> there's > >>>> some providers where this type of calls will be charged as an 1 minute > >>>> call. > >>>> 2.) Is obviously that i must activate concurrent calls on customer > >>>> account > >>>> to be able to archive 30000 requests per day, but our services is > >>>> pre-payed > >>>> and I want to deactivate account when the customer finished the > amount of > >>>> allowed calls. > >>>> 3.) As they want world wide access can somebody recommend me how can i > >>>> make > >>>> conveyable fixed per minute rate in context of variable cost per > >>>> different > >>>> destinations. I presume i must make a flat rate based on weighted > average > >>>> formula adapted at your volume of call traffic. Do you use some tools > to > >>>> archive this type of request? > >>>> > >>>> Thank you. > >>>> > >>>> --- > >>>> Regards, > >>>> Mobile-Wi.Fi Team > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> > >>>> _____________________________________________________________________ > >>>> -- 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 > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > > > Sahil Gupta > > Director > > > > Tigercom Pte. Limited > > 998 Toa Payoh North #07-22/23 > > Singapore 318993 > > > > -- > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > -- 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 >
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