[Asterisk-Users] [OT] The stories people tell to support.

[matt.riddell at sineapps.com]

On 15 Jul 2004 at 20:48, Dave Cotton wrote:

> This one is for the archives.
> 
> I got a call today that the * at one of my clients was not working. 
> The switchboard is set up to ring for a while and then the rest of the
> phones start up if the switchboard doesn't pick up. This was not
> happening.  Instead the mobile phone of one of the people there was
> ringing and after the delay the internals started ringing.
> 
> When I connected to the web interface of the SNOM 200 I found the
> redirection set to always and the number of the mobile proceeded by
> the 0 to dial out as the destination. Apparently this is a bug with
> the SNOM 200.  If you move it 30cm., they didn't say in which
> direction, it automatically chooses a phone number and sets up the
> redirection.
> 
> It's not 1st April is it?
> 

You obviously didn't read the EULA...it says that they can install 
software on your phone or redirect it to numbers they have sniffed 
off your network.

Luckily, this only happens between 3:45pm and 3:46pm on the 32nd day 
of the month.  And only every third month.

This feature is called ALWANCAS (annoying lusers who are never clear 
about stuff)

Matt Riddell
> -- 
> Dave Cotton <dcotton at linuxautrement.com>
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