On Fri, 20 Mar 2009, Stephen Davies wrote: > Hi, > > Are you sure that Verizon amswers the call? They should play that > message as 'early media' without answering, after which they cam clear > the call with an appropriate cause code.
Similar issue in the UK and yes, the carriers do answer the call - because from that second onward thy are taking revenue. BT offer a free voicemailbox on landlines too - for the same reason. Gordon > > That would work for you and still give callers the audible ,essage they want. > > Steve > > On 3/20/09, drew einhorn <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm having a problem with Verizon Wireless. >> >> I would be extremely surprised if I was the only one having this problem. >> >> It seems to me that Verizon Wireless might be able to use one of the >> Special Information Tones to allow us to solve the problem. >> >> But I really do not whether my suggestion is compliant with the ITU-T >> standards. >> >> Perhaps someone can give me an expert opinion on whether I should try >> to get Verizon to implement my suggestion. >> >> First I'll describe the problem. >> >> I'm trying to implement Single Number Reach. For example, when a call >> comes in to one of my DIDs, it simultaneously rings on a couple >> extensions in my home office and a couple of Verizon Wireless cell >> phone numbers. Everything works just the way it is supposed to if the >> cell phones are powered up, and within the range of a cell tower. >> >> The problem is if a cellphone is turned off, or out of range and >> unable to talk to a cell tower, Verizon is unable to find the >> cellphone on their network, Verizon answers the call and plays a >> recorded message, instead of allowing the number to continue ringing, >> and allowing one of the voip extensions, or another cellphone to >> answer the call. >> >> Verizon really wants to get rid of the call as quickly as possible to >> free up their equipment to handle other calls. >> >> Unfortunately we spend a lot of time in rural areas where there is no >> cell tower to talk to. In that case we really someone else to pick up >> the call. >> >> I'm hoping that if Verizon would precede the voice message with one of >> the Special Information Tones, we could recognize the fact that the >> call has not really been answer, and continue to ring on the other >> lines. >> >> Two questions. 1) would the approach be compliant with ITU-T >> standards? 2) Assuming that it is, and we can convince Verizon to >> implement this. How difficult would it be to configure asterisk to >> handle this as I suggest? >> >> -- >> Drew Einhorn >> >> _______________________________________________ >> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
