On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:40:42 -0500, Mark Gimelfarb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> why do cell phones and Gizmo both detect busy tones and terminate the > call? Is that a standard behavior? It *is* standard procedure for a cellphone to terminate a call immediately it discovers that the called number is busy. It will then, optionally, initiate its auto-redial function etc. > Why don't landlines do that? Because back in the old days there were no intelligent electronics to tell the user that the call failed. A special "busy" tone had to be generated to inform the user that they should hang the receiver up manually. Some traditions die hard. -- Godwin Stewart - Horwich IT services _______________________________________________ -- 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
