[asterisk-users] garbled calls

[Joe acquisto]

. . .
>> "Away", in what sense?  Are you referring to packet "latency"?  How does 
> Asterisk measure this?  Ping response?
> 
> No, it does NOT measure packet latency.  qualify= measures the response 
> time of the remote device to a SIP OPTIONS packet.  If the device is 
> busy doing something and does not respond quickly enough the device will 
> be considered unreachable.
> 

I suppose I should just go do some reading, but . . .

Does this happen only at registration time?  Each time a call is attempted? 

In any  case, won't that just "kill" a call, rather than "cure" the problem?  Isn't this a Dr. Kervorkian solution <g>?

joe a.