[asterisk-users] Slow to get dialtone when going off hook - bigproblem for me :(

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From: "John Novack" <jnovack at stromberg-carlson.org>
To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" 
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Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 6:46 AM
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Slow to get dialtone when going off hook - 
bigproblem for me :(


> Jim Archer wrote:
>> Hi All...
>>
>> My Asterisk system uses VoIP and also 2 POTS lines from Cox 
>> Communications. Recently, the dial tone presentation from Cox seems to 
>> have slowed, so it can take as long as 3 seconds to get a dial tone.
>>
>> The problem I am having is that Asterisk does not seem to wait for the 
>> dial tone when dialing out.  I'm using zaptel T400 cards.  Is there any 
>> way to configure it such that I can insert a delay between the time the 
>> card goes "off hook" and the time it starts dialing?  Alternatively, can 
>> I make it wait until there is a dial tone?
>>
>> Incoming calls are just fine, so I am almost certain this is what's 
>> happening.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Jim
> Asterisk/Zaptel has NEVER detected dial tone.
> Inserting multiple w's as others have mentioned only seems to work with 
> Tone dialing as well, which is OK for 95% of the people.
> Of course you still have to guess at the number of w's, and as Cox gets 
> slower, you will have to go back and insert yet another.
> No one seems to be interested or skilled enough to fix this.
> It's much more fun to add new wiz bang features than to fix some 
> fundamental design flaws.
>
> John Novack
>
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How hard would it be to have asterisk detect a dial tone ?