Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Sat, 8 Jun 91 22:32 PDT From: John Higdon Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Modification of Ringback Tone by Subscriber Apparatus Reply-To: John Higdon Message-ID: Organization: Green Hills and Cows Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 445, Message 2 of 12 Lines: 35 Tom Ace writes: > It seems there's a potential for fraud here. I assume there are rules > for what may be sent out as a local intercept without returning answer > supervision. I assume that a call answered by a "we're closed now, > call back in the morning" recording ought to be paid for. Are > businesses with DID on an honor system in this regard? Yes and no. There is a potential for fraud, but businesses that have DID circuits maintain a fairly high visibility with the serving telcos. I have known some people who have done some pretty rude things with DID, but eventually someone from telco (or in one case AT&T) discovered what was going on and "suggested some changes" in the way supervision was returned. For example, 800 EAT SH*T used to terminate on a DID that had a barker for a 900 service where you could gripe about bad drivers. The clever person delivered the barker message without benefit of supervision so HE was not charged for the 800 call. When AT&T finally got wind of this, they threated and huffed and puffed, but the person explained that the recording on the 800 number was simply a "referral" to the 900 number. AT&T was not amused, but in lieu of other action disconnected the 800 number and gave it an unembellished referral to the 900 number. Interesting while it lasted. As far as "we're closed now, call back in the morning" is concerned, many businesses do this and get away with it. By the way, do not bother to write me for a list; I still have to live here :-) John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !