[asterisk-users] Special Information Tones

[Joe Greco]

> 
> On Fri, 20 Mar 2009, Stephen Davies wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > Are you sure that Verizon amswers the call?  They should play that
> > message as 'early media' without answering, after which they cam clear
> > the call with an appropriate cause code.
> 
> Similar issue in the UK and yes, the carriers do answer the call - because 
> from that second onward thy are taking revenue.
> 
> BT offer a free voicemailbox on landlines too - for the same reason.

Many carriers allow you to opt out of these sorts of misfeatures, though
you may have to be somewhat insistent.

... JG
-- 
Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net
"We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I
won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN)
With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.