[asterisk-users] Is Answer really needed

[Ishfaq Malik]

Hi

All my incoming dial plans start of with an Answer which I now know 
starts the billing time. Some of the dialplans then get forwarded out to 
POTS via a carrier and so the actual amount of time that should be 
billed is being distorted.

I've done a few tests this morning and found that if I don't start with 
an answer then the billsec of my forwarded call is actually the length 
of time that the call was answered in reality and not the length of the 
call plus connection and answering time.

My question is, does Answer have any major function that I am 
overlooking before I remove it from all my dial plans? Because it 
doesn't seem to to me.

Thanks

Ish
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Ishfaq Malik
Software Developer
PackNet Ltd

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