[asterisk-users] Toll-free dialing via PRI problem

[McGhee, Stefano]

 > This is a common issue with large inbound call center operations.  
> They like to cheat. They actually start sending prompts to 
> the caller  
> without actually signalling their carrier that they have 
> answered the  
> line. Typically they do not answer until a phone is ringing or you  
> are in a queue. I do believe this is illegal per the FCC.
> 
>  From asterisk, you do not hear anything other than ringing as it  
> does not cut the audio path through until it receives the 
> answer from  
> the far end, hence the steady ringing.

Forgive my impetuousness, but what's the differentiator that allows
calls to work from my legacy PBX and cell phone that precludes the
Asterisk from working as the others?

Just askin' is all... ;-)

Stefano