[Asterisk-Users] Re: Outbound IAX calls stop ringing remote phone, yet can still pick up

[Stephen David]

>>>> Greetings,
>>>>
>>>> I've recently encountered some strange behavior placing outbound calls
>>>> using IAX via a VOIP provider.  Intermittently, calls placed will ring
>>>> the called phone a couple times, then the ringing stops.  However,
>>>> even after a few seconds of silence i can pick up the phone and the
>>>> call is connected.
>>>>
>>>> I've tried this with two different VOIP providers (voicepulse and
>>>> nufone), and have experienced the behavior on both.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?  I would've thought that the voip provider would be
>>>> responsible for generating the ring tones, but i'm not sure.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Steve
>>> add an r to the end to your dial statement
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen David" <steve at davidnj.net>
>>> To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 12:06 PM
>>> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Outbound IAX calls stop ringing remote
>>> phone,yet can still pick up
>>>
>>>
>
>> That will, of course HIDE any BUSY or telco messages.  And the caller
>> will never know of they dialed an invalid number or of the number they
>> dialed is busy.  Do you think he REALLY wants that?
>>
>> Steve Totaro wrote:
>I don't know, but sweeping the problem under the rug with "r" is not a 
>solution except as a last resort.  Regardless of if he ends up using "r" 
>or not he needs to know what other problems "r" will cause.
>
>What we really need is a console output of a call that happens with 
>(hopefully with a note where the ringback actually stops).
>

Thanks, both.  However, i was talking about the ringing for the 'CALLED' party, no the 'CALLING' party.  I don't care about the ringing for the calling party because its an oubound dialing app using .CALL files.  The ringing (periodically) stops after 2 rings or so -- but the CALLEE can still pick up the line and connect the call.

also, killing the call progress information for the call is no an option -- i need to know if the lines was busy / no answer.  (don't worry, NOT a telemarketing app!)

can you think of any reason why the CALLEE's line would stop ringing after 2 rings (sporadically), while the line is still active?