[Asterisk-Users] Can asterisk be programmed to make "alarm calls"?

[Steven Critchfield]

On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 13:41, Mark Phillips wrote:
> Those of you whom have a free Washington State phone number from ipkall.om
> will know that one has to use the number at least every 30 days or else
> the number becomes disconnected.
> 
> I have 3 numbers pointed at my asterisk my which work very well but I
> still had the 30 day problem.
> 
> Is there a way that I can program asterisk to make a call to my WA numbers
> so that they wont get disco'd? I'm thinking of something like a "alrm
> call" that one has in a hotel room. YOu pick up the phone and program a
> ring back time.
> 
> Hope this make sense.
> 

Research sample.call, write cron job to submit one every x days to
guarantee you get a call out. I suggest, every 10 days, this gives you 3
opportunities to make the call in case your computer was down or
unreachable for some reason during the month.
-- 
Steven Critchfield  <critch at basesys.com>