[Asterisk-Users] billing question

[Steven Critchfield]

On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 09:52, Arretni VoIP Tech wrote:
> hello,
>  
> Is it normal that * starts its billing when voicemail starts to
> prompt?  can I do something like it will only start to bill if the
> caller left a message? right now, im seeing that unanswered calls that
> are forwared to voicemail are considered billable as well as calls to
> voicemailmain.

Since the PSTN bills based on connect time, this is what Asterisk is
doing. The circuit is busy as soon as you answer the line regardless of
the action the user has.
-- 
Steven Critchfield  <critch at basesys.com>