[Asterisk-Users] problems with outbound routing

[David Newman]

On 7/14/05 6:33 AM, "Rich Adamson" <radamson at routers.com> wrote:

>> AAH 1.3, Digium 4-port FXO card connected to PSTN
>>  
>> I am having problems with outbound calls, where the call goes to either an
>> error message from the PSTN, or a fax number, or a wrong number. It works
>> correctly maybe 1 time in 10.
>>  
>> Also, outbound calls *sometimes* work if they are numbers previously dialed.
>> 
>> I've pasted below the relevant parts from extensions-additional and
>> zapata.conf, as well as a bad call log.
>>  
>> Inbound calls work fine. What's wrong with outbound?
> 
> Have you tried inserting a "w" in the dial string?
> 
> If not, try something like this:
>  exten => _770XXXX,1,Dial(Zap/g1/w${EXTEN})
> 
> Some central office switches don't like the speed at which asterisk
> starts sending dtmf. The "w" inserts a small delay before dialing.

Yes. I have the same problem even with the "w" in place.

Thanks in advance for any other clues.

dn