[Asterisk-Users] Predictive dialer

[Steve Prior]

mattf wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> The asGUIclient suite has a predictive dialer component to it(VICIDIAL) and
> it can function well on multiple Asterisk servers at once using a single
> MySQL server backend. It performs on par with several mid-level commercial
> dialers that we have compared it to(Nobel, TripleP, DataTel, etc...) and it
> is free as in GPL. We released a new version of the suite last week with
> many enhancements.
> 

Before I found Asterisk I never heard the term predictive dialer before.  Is it
the feature used to make annoying telemarketing calls?  Does it have any
popular non-annoying uses?

Steve