[Asterisk-Users] Why use 'Answer'?

[Michael Vogel]

Rich Adamson schrieb:

> Rephrased: Why do folks think they have to use Answer in the sequence
> when Playback (etc) is _not_ used?

Because they don't think or they love the telephone companies ...

I think its stupid because the call is established and the caller has to 
pay for it even when the call isn't really answered by a human or an 
answering system.

Just imagine you make a call from a place with very high rates 
(satellite phone) and you let the phone ring several times maybe 60 sec 
before disconnecting because the called person isn't at place. This can 
be a very cost intensive experience ...

Bye!

Michael