[Freeswitch-users] Determine if a number is valid/working

[Gabriel Gunderson]

On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Michael Collins <msc at freeswitch.org>wrote:

> Well, pretty much the only way to guarantee that a number is working is to
> call it and see what happens. I suspect Ken Rice has some experience in
> this area and I'd definitely like to hear it. If anyone else has thoughts
> I'd like to hear them as well.
>

I would also love to hear from a few of the callcenter guys/gals on the
list about this topic.




> P.S. - Why does the customer think that calling the number and playing a
> short message will take too long? Also, what is the customer's primary
> concern about the web leads having non-working numbers? Is it because they
> have humans manually dialing them and it's a waste of time when the person
> comes across a bad number?
>

I think it's because it counts as a short-call on the account. The provider
has to do all the work of setting up the call and tearing it down without
getting any billable minutes for it. Just a guess.



Best,
Gabe
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