[asterisk-users] Prevent cell phone voice mail capturing call

[Matt Riddell]

On 6/11/09 3:25 PM, Darrick Hartman wrote:
> Russell Horn wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've a DID number that gets passed to three internal phones and a cell
>> phone via my outbound IAX trunk. If the cell phone is off or out of
>> coverage, its voice mail captures the call.
>>
>> What's the best way to avoid this? Is there a recommended way to force
>> the cell phone user to press 1 before the call is passed there ala
>> google voice? Or is there another way to detect the presence of the
>> answering machine rather than a human?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Russell.
>
> Require the cell phone user to press a button to accept the call (much
> the same way that the followme app does).

In fact it sounds like what he's actually wanting is the followme app:

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+cmd+FollowMe

-- 
Cheers,

Matt Riddell
Director
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