[asterisk-users] What is billsec in CDR?

[Jian Gao]

In my system (Asterisk 1.4.30) I found that if I have some playback() or 
saydigit() before dial(), the billsec in CDR count all the time includes 
the playback time. For example, if I dial a number, listen the playback, 
then just hangup before the call get answered, the CDR show me the time 
spent doing the playback in the billsec.

CDR has two fields - duration and billsec. My understand is the billsec 
start count when a call is answered. Am I right? or Am I missing 
something here.


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