[asterisk-users] False answer() being sent by cellphone providers

[Mike Ely]

Some of the systems blokes might just figure that¹s another collections
agent and hang up then ;)


On 7/9/10 10:09 AM, "Steve Edwards" <asterisk.org at sedwards.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 9 Jul 2010, Mike Ely wrote:
> 
>>> >> I've set up an outbound alerting system to play a recording when systems
>>> go 
>>> >> down, etc. and I'm noticing that cellphones tend to answer() and then
>>> start 
>>> >> ringing the actual handset.  So far, I've verified this behavior with
>>> >> Verizon, T-Mobile, and Google Voice (the last produces a SERIOUS delta
>>> >> between bogus answer and actual answer).
>>> >> 
>>> >> Has anyone figured out how to detect the actual cellphone answer rather
>>> than 
>>> >> the bogus one sent by the cell carrier?  In the short term, I just have
>>> the 
>>> >> call play MOH for ten seconds before announcing that all hell has broken
>>> >> loose in the server room, but it¹d be nice to have something a bit more
>>> >> accurate and reliable.
> 
> How about a loop with "Please press pound to continue?" 

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