[asterisk-users] Curious what 'early media' is in terms of Answer()

[Paul Belanger]

On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Hose <hose+asterisk at bluemaggottowel.com> wrote:
> Can someone clarify what "early media" is?
>
Basically playing audio to the channel before actually answering the
channel (IE: Answer()).  You usually use Progress() at the start of
your dial plan to send 183 Session Progress SIP Message.

Usually used to play audio to the line, by passing toll charges as a
result of using Answer().

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