[Asterisk-Users] Problem with Cisco local conference and hangup

[Tom Rymes]

On Nov 14, 2005, at 5:27 PM, C F wrote:
> On 11/14/05, Leif Neland <leifn at neland.dk> wrote:
>> ---- Original Message ----
>> From: "C F" <shmaltz at gmail.com>
>> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion"
>> <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005  
>> 4:50
>> PM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Problem with Cisco local conference and
>> hangup
>>
>>> Cisco 7960 gets a call from zap/1, hits conf to call out on zap/2,
>>> then hits join, after a while cisco hangsup, at which point zap/1  
>>> and
>>> zap/2 can still talk, shouldn't asterisk hangup on all three?
>>
>> That is the way I would prefer it to work.
>> Like an attended transfer.
>
> I cannot understand why, why not use attended transfer then?

Because the person performing the conference can speak to both  
parties at the same time before hanging up and "transferring" the  
call. With an attended transfer you can only speak to one caller or  
the other, not both.

Also, it is worthy to note that this feature, as well as transfers to  
outside numbers, creates a toll-fraud concern. Here's the scenario:

1.) Employee's wife calls employee at work - Local call.
2.) Employee conferences/transfers wife to inlaws in New Zealand -  
Long distance call.
3.) Upshot: The company ends up paying the long distance for the wife  
to speak to her mother.

(Of course, if your company is in NZ, this wouldn't be a big deal,  
but it is for everyone else!)

Tom

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