Not true -- even if you didn't do anything, but allowed someone else to use your equipment to do something, you can be held responsible -- and at the very least, you'll have a major mess on your hands. Personally, I consider my privacy (and that of my phone-line) to be more important than a few dollars I can save on long distance -- and let's be realistic, you can call anywhere in the US for under $1/hour, and many places in the world for about the same. I think it's a great service, it's just not for me.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jay Austad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 4:32 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: bellster credits problem coming... > > > This is why you need to make sure to keep your call detail records > around. Though it would likely be illegal, you could set up your > asterisk box to record every conversation that went through it also. > Bellster hopefully has logs of where calls originated from also. > > If you didn't do anything, you shouldn't have anything to worry about. > > ~jay > > On Jan 25, 2005, at 1:05 PM, Jay Milk wrote: > > > I think there are a few holes in the system as well. Seems like I > > could > > offer a route to, say, Germany, which costs me 1.3c a > minute. I offer > > one call each day with the "10 min only" provision I've seen in the > > route list. In return, I get 10 US long distance calls every day, > > which > > is pretty much all I need. So for a mere $4/month, I get virtually > > unlimited long distance. Too good to be true? > > > > Another concern would be privacy and security -- block your CID all > > you want, you can still lift the number with the proper > equipment. Or > > what if someone begins using your line to make prank (or worse, > > offensive) calls, call a bomb-threat into the White House, > etc.? Too > > many scary scenarios. > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Samuel Tardieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:05 AM > >> To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > >> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Re: bellster credits problem coming... > >> > >> > >>>>>>> "Ed" == Ed Guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > >> Ed> On the chargeable 800 numbers, please provide specific details > >> Ed> off-list. > >> > >> Ed, is there a specific bellster mailing-list where > pitfalls should > >> be reported? > >> > >> For example, if someone is offering 331 and 332 numbers (in > >> France) at the same time, this person is probably using > the fact that > >> he doesn't pay for national calls. > >> > >> However, numbers starting with 33262 are *not* considered national > >> calls because they target landlines in La Reunion on the > other side > >> of the Earth. La Reunion is administratively part of France, but > >> calls terminating there from the metropolitan area are *very* > >> expensive, and not many people know that. I wonder whether > bellster > >> could check for the specific availability of those > numbers, which IMO > >> will cost a lot to people not paying attention... > >> > >> Sam > >> -- > >> Samuel Tardieu -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.rfc1149.net/sam > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Asterisk-Users mailing list > >> Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/aster> isk-users To > >> UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > >> > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/aster> isk-users > To > UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users