[asterisk-users] Bandwidth usage

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 10:33:38AM -0400, Steve Glaus wrote:
> I thought I'd ask this, just in case I'm wrong. We're trying to set up 
> 'remote' users via asterisk. Basically all there is to this is asterisk 
> forwarding a DID to a cell phone. My question is this: Is there any 
> possible way for our local asterisk box to setup the connection and the 
> drop out so that our bandwidth isn't being used for the call? I really 
> don't think this is at all possible but I thought I would double check. 
> Perhaps with the cooperation of your DID provider?

You can do this if your trunks are PRI, and your carrier supports TBCT
(two B-channel transfer)... or whatever they're calling it these days.

I saw this feature documented in the NT DMS-100 feature planning guide
as much as 10 years ago; I assume a) it's still available and b)
carriers have finally started to roll it out.  :-)

But at least you know what to ask for.

Remember you won't get call-detail on those calls.

Cheers,
-- jra
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