hmm.. interesting.. what is this custom billing? what is this billing port? where can i find out more info about this? and will this work with both contract and prepaid customers?
thanks mike -----Original Message----- From: Konstantin Vayner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 1:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: splitting messages Not if you have an option to set custom billing - then you can choose billing port depending on split count DILWORTH MICHAEL wrote: >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? > > >
