> So we could provide caller position announcements > without the callers actually incurring charges? > Has anybody tried this (in the UK)? Maybe.. but probably not..
In the UK (and most European countries), the ACCEPT message triggers generation of ringback tone at the calling party's exchange (central office). This is as opposed to the North American way of doing things where the ACCEPT message opens up a one way speech path from the called party to the calling party (originally for providing inband call progress tones I believe). Also, there's a timer on how long you can be in that state without issuing an ANSWER and thus tripping answer supervision/billing commencement. I think technically it IS possible to get UK kit to work in the US fashion, but you have to talk to a switch tech that knows what he's doing, and of course you may get bitten with the "Yeah, it's doable, but we don't have that software feature pack installed on our switch" line. Paul _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
