asterisk users - Aug 2008 - 5 min limitation on phone calls! how to!

Hello all! 
 
my last month's phone bill sky rocketed after i setup asterisk with
softphones all over the house!

could someone help me set up a limitation for my wife and kids not to be able to
talk for more than 5 min at a time!
or like 20 min per week! or whtever limitation i could set for this!

any help would trullyyyy be appreciated:)

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RoLaNd RoLaNd wrote:
> Hello all!
>  
> my last month's phone bill sky rocketed after i setup asterisk with 
> softphones all over the house!
>
> could someone help me set up a limitation for my wife and kids not to 
> be able to talk for more than 5 min at a time!
> or like 20 min per week! or whtever limitation i could set for this!
>
> any help would trullyyyy be appreciated:)
I would check the CDR logs first and make sure that a hacker did not get 
into your * box and is making calls on your dime.

Lyle

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RoLaNd RoLaNd schrieb:
> Hello all!
>  
> my last month's phone bill sky rocketed after i setup asterisk with
> softphones all over the house!
> 
> could someone help me set up a limitation for my wife and kids not to be
> able to talk for more than 5 min at a time!
> or like 20 min per week! or whtever limitation i could set for this!
Set(TIMEOUT(absolute)=seconds)

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+cmd+AbsoluteTimeout


Terve,
Stefan

-- 
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"Where is that rotation on the radar?!"

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:50 PM, RoLaNd RoLaNd <r_o_l_a_n_d at
hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> my last month's phone bill sky rocketed after i setup asterisk with
> softphones all over the house!
>
> could someone help me set up a limitation for my wife and kids not to be
> able to talk for more than 5 min at a time!
> or like 20 min per week! or whtever limitation i could set for this!
>
> any help would trullyyyy be appreciated:)
>
You could check out ASTPP or ASTCC and give them their own accounts.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro

You're not kidding. I would have to investigate cheaper routing.
Truncating my wife's calls would be met with harsh reaction at best.
Maybe painful, too.

Michael Graves
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] 5 min limitation on phone calls! how to!
> From: Singer XJ Wang <wang at pythian.com>
> Date: Thu, August 21, 2008 2:42 pm
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> 
> 
> Phone Guy: NO PHONE FOR YOU!
> 
> Karl Fife wrote:
> > This has got to be one of the funniest threads ever to grace this
forum.
> > "Sorry honey! ...CLICK."
> > In my house, this might require a more 'diplomatic' approach
:-)
> > -Karl 
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:41:40 +0300, "RoLaNd RoLaNd"
> > <r_o_l_a_n_d at hotmail.com> said:
> >   
> >> i tried that before.. it didnt actually work! it the call kept on
going
> >> well beyound the allowed test seconds...
> >> heres my extensions.conf:
> >>
> >>
> >> [sipura-line]
> >> exten => 301,1,Answer() ; Answer inbound calls
> >> exten => 301,2,Playback(silence/1)
> >> exten => 301,3,Background(simzy1) ; input an extension
> >> exten => 301,4,WaitExten(8)
> >> exten => 301,5,Dial(SIP/100,15) ; goes to operator
> >> exten => 301,4,Wait(8)
> >> include => spa
> >> exten => _XXX,6,VoiceMail(100 at default)
> >> exten => 301,n,Hangup()
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> [spa]
> >> exten =>_301,1,GoTo(sipura-line,${EXTEN},1)
> >> exten => _1XX,1,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN},15) ;each ring equals to 5
seconds so
> >> it will ring 3 times
> >> exten => _1XX,2,VoiceMail(${EXTEN}@default) ; direct 2
voicemail box if
> >> line is busy or unavailable
> >> exten => _1XX,3,HangUp()
> >> exten => _2XX,1,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN},15) ;each ring equals to 5
seconds so
> >> it will ring 3 times
> >> exten => _2XX,2,VoiceMail(${EXTEN}@default) ; directs to
voicemail box if
> >> line is busy or unavailable
> >> exten => _2XX,3,HangUp()
> >> exten => _3XX,1,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN},15) ; each ring equals to 5
seconds so
> >> it will ring 3 times
> >> exten => _3XX,2,VoiceMail(${EXTEN}@default) ; directs 2
voicemail box if
> >> line is busy or unavailable
> >> exten => _3XX,3,HangUp()
> >> exten =>_01,1,Dial(SIP/$(EXTEN)@300) ; old ogero line
> >> exten =>_01,2,Set(TIMEOUT(absolute)=5)
> >> exten =>_02,1,Dial(SIP/$(EXTEN)@304) ; new ogero line
> >> exten =>_03,1,Dial(SIP/$(EXTEN)@305) ; samer
> >> exten =>_04,1,Dial(SIP/$(EXTEN)@306) ; gilberte
> >> exten =>_05,1,Dial(SIP/$(EXTEN)@307) ; conference
> >> exten =>_06,1,Dial(SIP/$(EXTEN)@308) ; line 4
> >> exten => 303,1,VoicemailMain ; voicemail box to be redirected
to
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>     
> >>> Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:26:48 +0300
> >>> From: list-asterisk-users at gofferje.homelinux.org
> >>> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> >>> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] 5 min limitation on phone calls!
how to!
> >>>
> >>> RoLaNd RoLaNd schrieb:
> >>>       
> >>>> Hello all!
> >>>>  
> >>>> my last month's phone bill sky rocketed after i setup
asterisk with
> >>>> softphones all over the house!
> >>>>
> >>>> could someone help me set up a limitation for my wife and
kids not to be
> >>>> able to talk for more than 5 min at a time!
> >>>> or like 20 min per week! or whtever limitation i could set
for this!
> >>>>         
> >>> Set(TIMEOUT(absolute)=seconds)
> >>>
> >>>
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+cmd+AbsoluteTimeout
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Terve,
> >>> Stefan
> >>>
> >>> -- 
> >>> Last words of a stormchaser:
> >>> "Where is that rotation on the radar?!"
> >>>
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