[Asterisk-Users] Put a wait in a .call file.

[John Novack]

Ronan Eckelberry wrote:

>Does anyone know of a way to put a wait or a pause in a .call file?
>When my * tries to make an outgoing call on a Zap channel, it does not wait for a dialtone.  It just starts dialing.
>
>Thanks,
>-Ronan
>  
>
This seems to be a serious shortcoming in Asterisk.

Can anyone explain why listening for dialtone wasn't an early consideration?
With all the toneplans , by country, that are defined, it seems this was 
considered, but then never made to work


John Novack