[Asterisk-Users] Dialing 800 numbers with VOIP

[Chris Albertson]

I think the "please try your call again later" part of
the recording is to be taken seriously.

I've tried 800 numbers and failed but I tried re-dial several
times and it worked after a few attempts.  I have no idea how
my call is routed but I'd not be supprized if NuFone, Iconnect
FWD and the like don't just have a small number of POTS analog
lines for the outbound toll free calls and you simply have to
be lucky to call when one of those is available.  It may not be
exactly that but I'll bet there is "n" of something and you are
the "n+1" caller.

What you can do is put backups in the dial plan so if, say FWD
fails you go for the next service in line.


--- Tim Petlock <tim at petlock.net> wrote:
> Hm.  After seeing all the people who say it works, I thought - maybe
> I
> forgot to dial 9 in front of the number and that's why the call
> failed.
> 
> So I looked up the Wells Fargo toll free number again and tried it.
> Failed.  SIT tones and "We're sorry, your call did not go through. 
> Will
> you please try your call again later?"  The recording has nothing at
> the
> end that might give some clue who was generating it either.
> 
> Okay, I thought, maybe it's a regional number and that's why.  
> 
> Nope, for further testing I looked up toll free numbers that for sure
> would be nationally dialable.  They fail exactly the same way.
> 
> Perhaps it's something in my Nufone account setup?  I don't know. 
> The
> SIP and IAX debug messages on my console don't look appreciably
> different from those where calls complete so I know the call is
> getting
> there.
> 
> It's impossible for any recording to be generated on my * box because
> my
> sound driver has yet to work, it's not coming from there.
> 
> I'm certainly not out to bash Nufone - I live in Uruguay and have a
> 64k
> internet connection.  Vonage barely works because the codec they've
> chosen and the speed I've bought don't match up.  (I imagine that it
> would work better if I had a 128k connection - but 64k is USD$42 per
> month and the providers prices increase exactly proportional to the
> speed you want.)  There was about a 1.5 second delay in the other
> party
> hearing what I was saying and only one person could talk at a time.
> Using a different Cisco ATA to connect to * and then GSM over IAX to
> Nufone sounds night and day different.  No delay, minimal distortion,
> two-way conversation - this is good stuff.
> 
> -Tim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Greg
> Boehnlein
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 12:50 AM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Dialing 800 numbers with VOIP
> 
> On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Tim Petlock wrote:
> 
> 
> [ Long Explanation Deleted ]
> 
> > Nufone and Voicepulse would have to maintain some number of trunks
> with
> > an ILEC or CLEC to complete toll-free calls.
> 
> I dial 800 numbers all the time from my Nufone account without
> problem. 
> Hell, my DID through Nufone -IS- an 800 number!
> 
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