Faris Raouf wrote: > Can anyone help point me in the right direction please? > > I'm based in the UK and I want to start using a Premium Rate number with > Asterisk - I think the equivalent in the US would be a "900 number". > Effectively the caller pays much more to call such a number than a > normal national or local call. > > The problem with these is that I don't want Asterisk to actually signal > to the telephone network that the call has been answered until someone > really does answer it, otherwise the caller will be paying a premium > rate just to listen to an Asterisk-generated ring tone until someone > answers the call.
This is pretty standard Asterisk behaviour exten => <whatever>,1,NoOp exten => <whatever>,2,Dial(SIP/<n>&SIP/<n+1>&SIP/<n+2>....) exten => <whatever>,3,Hangup The incoming ISDN call will ring the specified SIP phones, and will not be answered until one of them picks up. Snip > Ideally I'd also like the caller and the person answering the call to > hear a recorded message saying that calls to this number cost X per > minute ... blah blah...., this message being triggered only when someone > answers the call. This will warn the caller *and* the person answering > that this is a premium-rate call. The person answering the call will > know to speak after this message has been played. But that's just an > ideal situation. Right now I'm more concerned about how to stop Asterisk > answering until someone is available to take the call. Hmmmm ... sorry, no idea how to do this bit - I believe it's a requirement that's been addressed before by implementing a MeetMe conference, but my recollection is hazy... _______________________________________________ --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