GrandCentral/Google Voice does just this, although I have no idea what they use for a back end to make it happen. When someone calls your GC/GV number, it forwards out to a list of numbers you have given the service. You can choose to answer the call, send it on to voicemail, or a couple of other things by hitting 1-5 after you answer.
Cary Fitch wrote: >>From a cell user level perspective... > > The cell companies are "doing it" like they think makes sense. > If they know your cell is off/out of range they route instantly to VM. > They could give "4-10 rings" of fake effort, but why. With follow me > roaming and such, they want to process the call as fast as possible. > > If they don't know if the cell is available, they may go through about 4 > rings of searching, but beyond that it is time to send it to VM, charge for > the call :-), and move on. > > Ideally, a "find me" call forwarding system should have a "real person" > identifier and local voice mail. "Real person" means that all called > external numbers should not be assumed to be answered until they send back a > DTMF tone. > > Something like a Background announcement with some silence, waiting for > DTMF. It could be a "Boing...." or "You have a forwarded call, press any key > to accept the call...." > > Then the call should be cut through to that "extension". > > Cary Fitch > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users