That's all I would need, it would be easy enough to work out the cost after that.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Angelo Sampietro Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 10:06 AM To: Scott Stingel Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re[2]: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk PBX Billing i think that the problem could be something more easy: it is possible inside asterisk to log all che calls of all the users and know the timing and the number called for each call? if it is possible to do that, could be possible to make a program that takes this files and generate the costs reading the log informations... so for me the real question is: there is a log of all the phone call that are made by asterisk? Angelo Wednesday, July 2, 2003, 3:28:22 PM, you wrote: SS> Shepherd- SS> Having designed one of these in the past (in a higher level voice SS> environment), I can tell you that this is not a small undertaking. SS> It's at least as much an SQL job as a voice task. SS> Usually the way to accomplish this is to establish more-or-less a SS> pre-paid phone card system, where the shop prepays an overall amount SS> for international calling access. Then you have to time each call SS> as it is occurring, debiting each account, and the master account, SS> in real-time. This can be a bit complex when you have 20 or 30 calls SS> going at one time. You have to cut them off promptly when the money SS> runs out (big problem). And you have to provide call detail and SS> charges to them at the end of each call, using their own retail SS> tariff. SS> To add to the complexity, each country has a different tariff from SS> the long distance carrier, and within the country, major cities SS> often have special rates per minute. Mobiles have a different SS> tariff too. Phone card platforms usually include a least-cost SS> routing system which chooses a carrier real time based on the call. SS> Tariffs change weekly and must be updated in the system. SS> Anyway, I'm just scratching the surface! I'll write more when I SS> can! SS> Cheers SS> Scott Stingel SS> Scott M. Stingel SS> Emerging Voice Technology Inc. SS> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SS> URL: www.evtmedia.com <http://www.evtmedia.com> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >> shepherd fungayi >> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 10:49 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk PBX Billing >> >> >> Hi >> >> I would like to use the Asterisk PBX as part of a phone shop >> system instead >> of the usual PBX plus PC. How can I do the the billing in a >> way that is >> convinient to the phone shop attendant? >> >> Regards >> >> Shepherd >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. >> http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Asterisk-Users mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> >> SS> _______________________________________________ SS> Asterisk-Users mailing list SS> [EMAIL PROTECTED] SS> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- Angelo Sampietro IT Manager ARC Interactive "After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, Science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are always artists as well." Albert Einstein _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users