I agree with you on one point - with PRI, you can answer before any rings...
PaulH ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Harper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 9:42 AM Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Why can Asterisk Auto Attendant pick up onfirstring? > Someone will probably tell you with more certainty, but (you don't say > but I assume you are talking about FXO) the Caller ID normally comes in > between the first and seconds rings, I think you can tell asterisk not > to get the CID but if you don't, it waits for it. > > Also, I remember reading in a modem manual something about the number of > rings you had to let your modem ring before doing an auto answer, I > think Telecom (Australia's government owned telco at the time, now > Telstra) required 2 rings. This was 15-20 years ago though. > > James > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dakota > > Sent: Friday, 13 January 2006 09:24 > > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Why can Asterisk Auto Attendant pick up on > > firstring? > > > > I have an Asterisk installation, however whever someone calls into it, > > they > > hear it ring two times, before the Auto Attendant comes on. > > > > Is there a way to get the system to answer on the first ring? > > > > > > ---Dakota > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
