Try www.logicvoice.com they support it. On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Trevor Hammonds <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Friday, July 31, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Peter Beckman wrote: > > > >I've got a few customers who have asked several times for DIDs that can > >accept collect calls. Vitelity says their providers don't support it, > >which I can understand. The purpose is likely to get a local number near > a > >prison so the inmate can call locally and not pay $10/minute. Since the > >collect call can be billed at widely varying rates, I'm guessing it is a > >headache to do well. > > > >Does anyone know of any providers offering US DIDs that can accept collect > >calls? > > Best solution I have found for this is to get a Remote Call Forwarding > number from the local ILEC. Make sure it is in a prefix local to the > institution or area from where they expect to receive the calls. Have the > RCF number forward to a standard VoIP DID. While you will pay a per-minute > charge in addition to the Collect Call charges, it is usually around $0.01 > (or less) per minute if the forwarded location (VoIP DID) is a local call > from the RCF number. The client would then pay the collect charges on the > ILEC bill. > > Let me know if you need any assistance. > > Sincerely, > Trevor Hammonds > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 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 >
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