Re: [asterisk-biz] US VoIP DIDs that accept collect calls

A call where the recipient pays instead of the caller.

In phone systems (especially mobile) in some other countries, this is
normal. But in the US, this is highly unusual and requires special
steps to accomplish, which is why it has special terminology associated
with it.

Seysan wrote:

> What is Collect Call?
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Peter Beckman<beckman@angryox.com> 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?
>>
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