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On 7/9/10 10:09 AM, "Steve Edwards" <<a href="asterisk.org@sedwards.com">asterisk.org@sedwards.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>On Fri, 9 Jul 2010, Mike Ely wrote: <BR>
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>> I've set up an outbound alerting system to play a recording when systems go <BR>
>> down, etc. and I'm noticing that cellphones tend to answer() and then start <BR>
>> ringing the actual handset. So far, I've verified this behavior with <BR>
>> Verizon, T-Mobile, and Google Voice (the last produces a SERIOUS delta <BR>
>> between bogus answer and actual answer). <BR>
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>> Has anyone figured out how to detect the actual cellphone answer rather than <BR>
>> the bogus one sent by the cell carrier? In the short term, I just have the <BR>
>> call play MOH for ten seconds before announcing that all hell has broken <BR>
>> loose in the server room, but it’d be nice to have something a bit more <BR>
>> accurate and reliable. <BR>
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How about a loop with "Please press pound to continue?" <BR>
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