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

[Michael Collins]

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 6:14 AM, Sean Devoy <sdevoy at bizfocused.com> wrote:

> Thank you for your responses, everyone.****
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> MC: This customer has rejected the idea of calling with a message as bad
> marketing!!  In my experience marketing people have their own “logic rules”
> and I can never follow their thinking.  And yes, they have 30 customer
> sales reps calling these “leads” all day long.  They claim 1/3 of the leads
> have invalid phone numbers.  My customer suspects fraud and that someone is
> submitting false leads to boost their lead rate and fees.
>
I agree with Steven's assessment (elsewhere in this thread).


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> Ken:  I am not sure we have any language in common – lol.  Where can I
> learn what  “ASR and ACD” are? I looked up lidb and lnp already!****
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> Also, the cost of a call compared to the cost of a fraudulent lead (over
> $20) is insignificant.
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How is that cost calculated and to whom does the money go? Maybe the
"verification call" needs to take place at the time that the form is filled
out.


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> The ideas I have suggested to my customer, for what it is worth, are
> comparing the State (we are in US) for the IP address of the submitter, to
> the State on the form and the State of the area code on the form.  In the
> situations where they do not agree, prompt the user for permission to robo
> call for verification.****
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