On 7/9/10 10:29 AM, "Mike Ely" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Some of the systems blokes might just figure that¹s another collections agent > and hang up then ;) > > > On 7/9/10 10:09 AM, "Steve Edwards" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, 9 Jul 2010, Mike Ely wrote: >> >>>> I've set up an outbound alerting system to play a recording when systems go >>>> down, etc. and I'm noticing that cellphones tend to answer() and then start >>>> ringing the actual handset. So far, I've verified this behavior with >>>> Verizon, T-Mobile, and Google Voice (the last produces a SERIOUS delta >>>> between bogus answer and actual answer). >>>> >>>> Has anyone figured out how to detect the actual cellphone answer rather >>>> than >>>> the bogus one sent by the cell carrier? In the short term, I just have the >>>> call play MOH for ten seconds before announcing that all hell has broken >>>> loose in the server room, but it¹d be nice to have something a bit more >>>> accurate and reliable. >> >> How about a loop with "Please press pound to continue?" > > Sorry, bad joke. In all seriousness though, is there not a way to detect this behavior and handle the answer() correctly? -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
