On Saturday 21 July 2007 11:42:34 pm Simon P. Ditner wrote: > I believe it clobbers the progress indication passed back by the > remote end, so if for example you were calling overseas, you wouldn't > hear their progress indication, you'd just hear a north american ring > until the remote end picked up. It will also be playing that ring > indication even if there were a 30 second delay before the remote > party's phone started ringing.
Yes, 'r' completely clobbers any call progress audio coming from the far side. This is problematic for several reasons, but in cases where the progress tones are missing or wrong, it's not such a bad idea. I use it whenever I dial my cell phone so that there is *never* a chance that someone hears the carrier tell them that my cell is out of range or turned off. You can always tell when someone's screwing with your call progress tones when you dial a busy number -- you will hear the start of the ringback, followed by the busy beep. -A. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
