[asterisk-users] Strange Call problems on some numbers

[Steve Totaro]

Mail Lists wrote:
> I am having some really strange problems calling from 2 asterisk boxes
> of mine. One is  version 1.2.22 the other 1.2.18. The problem is
> identical on both boxes.
>
> When I try to call certain numbers (8006375410, for instance) the call
> rings and rings and rings. Eventually the receiving end will pick up
> in the middle of an IVR as if I had been connected for some time
> already.
>
> When I call this number from a cell phone it connects normally.
>
> When I call this number from a sip phone connected to an asterisk box
> running 1.4 and out through a pri it connects normally.
>
> When I call it from these other two asterisk boxes out through
> whatever provider(my pri box, voip providers, whatever) it exhibits
> this behaviour..
>
>
> Does anyone know what might be causing this? It's turning int a
> significant problem.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve Glaus
> Peachnet Communications.
>   

Do you have an r in your outbound dial statement.  If so, you will hear 
ringing until you get an answer event rather than the actual audio on 
the line.  Some companies pass a little audio before technically answering.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro