hi yes this option has been mentioned.. but then this means all our binary messages will have to be the same size, or at least have the same number of splits.
mike -----Original Message----- From: Arne K. Haaje [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 11:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: splitting messages torsdag 21. august 2003, 09:57, skrev DILWORTH MICHAEL: > thanks to all who got involved in this. I have certainly learnt much more > about the issue now. excellent! > > a quick summary: > > I needed to have the split use different from numbers for billing reasons. > We wanted to bill binary (ringtone and logos) on MT, but because of the > splitting issue we were in danger of charging for every message. As charges > are stated to the user simply, for example 1 euro per ringtone, it would > have been messy to fix this. I also work for the carrier and my comments > our billing systems were treated in typical telco style.. we arnt very > flexible.. anyway.. the idea was to send the first of the split from a > chargeable number and the rest from a non charging number.. simple if it > works. Also this would work well with our prepaid customers. > > As we cant do this now we are faced with 2 more options. > > 1. send a chargeable "ping" message to the user. if this gets delivered ok > then send the binary from a free short code. 2. implement MO charging. > > > option 2 is the favourite here as it seems to be the established way of > doing it. Why can't you split the cost between the messages? If the price for a ringtone is 1 euro but it must be split into two messages, can't you bill those two messages 0,5 euro each? -- Med vennlig hilsen, Eurobate ASA Arne K. Haaje Senior Network Engineer -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eurobate ASA - Postboks 4589 Nydalen - 0404 Oslo - Norway Phone: +47 23 22 73 73 - Fax: +47 23 22 73 74 - Mob: +47 92 88 44 66 http://www.eurobate.com/
