<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Michael Collins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:msc@freeswitch.org" target="_blank">msc@freeswitch.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div id=":tm">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.<br>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I would also love to hear from a few of the callcenter guys/gals on the list about this topic.<br></div><div><br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div id=":tm">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?</div>
</blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">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.<br>
<br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best,<br>Gabe<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></div>