[Ekiga-list] Dialing 1-800 numbers in the US

[Damien Sandras]

Le vendredi 12 octobre 2007 à 20:43 +0200, yannick a écrit :
> Le vendredi 12 octobre 2007 à 10:25 -0700, JCA a écrit :
> > test e.g. 1 800 4321359 (for Frontier Airlines.)
> 
> It seems this number answer a SIP 407:
> "407 Proxy Authentication Required
> 
>    This code is similar to 401 (Unauthorized), but indicates that the
>    client MUST first authenticate itself with the proxy.  SIP access
>    authentication is explained in Sections 26 and 22.3.
> 
>    This status code can be used for applications where access to the
>    communication channel (for example, a telephony gateway) rather than
>    the callee requires authentication."
> 
> I'm not sure what this exactly means in this situation...

That the user should directly register with the SIP registrar providing
access to that number.

Imagine XY provides access for free to those numbers, Ekiga.net will
route the SIP requests to XY, which should relay the call.

In some cases (I suppose it is the case here), XY will require the user
to have an XY account to relay the call.

We are doing this for 500 at ekiga.net, it is restricted to Ekiga.net
users. However, Ekiga.net users can be called by anyone without needing
the remote peer to have an ekiga.net sip address.

It is a question of policy.
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