[asterisk-users] ring back tone

Andrew Joakimsen joakimsen at gmail.com
Fri Dec 12 22:24:45 CST 2008


On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 18:57, Eric ManxPower Wieling <eric at fnords.org> wrote:
>
>
> Philipp Kempgen wrote:
>> michel freiha schrieb:
>>
>>> I would like to ask please if there is a way to play a ring back tone from
>>> asterisk when the customer try to make a call...I already added the ringing
>>> function to the context in extensions .conf and it work perfectly...But the
>>> issue that the asterisk server is stoping playing back his own ring back
>>> tone as soon as it detect a ring back tone coming from the carrier side...
>>> Is there a way to play the asterisk ring back tone all the time?
>>
>> Dial(,,r) ?
>
> Much like violence and herding of llamas, the "r" option to Dial (and
> the Ringing app) almost never solve the problem they are intended to
> solve and frequently cause more, usually unforeseen, problems.
>
> Just say "No!" to "r".

If these are inbound calls you are answering, "r" can be acceptable.
But ONLY on the final leg where the call might actually be ringing.

But for outbound I fully agree. Let the carrier generate the ringing.
A second or 2 of dead air is acceptable.



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