[asterisk-users] Odd Local Channel and 0 billsec issue

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Monday 16 November 2009 04:01:22 am Ishfaq Malik wrote:
> I've been noticing an odd issue with our servers (1.4.17) where a large
> number of one particular customer's (we operate a hosted VoIP platform)
> calls go through a Local channel rather than the SIP channel and
> whenever this happens our asterisk CDR is recording a billsec value of 0.

Most likely cause is that somebody has set up their phone to forward to
another extension.  When that happens, Dial accomplishes the redirect
by generating a Local channel in place of the original.

-- 
Tilghman