Re: [Asterisk-Users] Detecting when a called mobile is not reachable?

2005-04-04 Thread David John Walsh
I guess I should have added that this is based on the European, and specifically UK model, but I would have expected it to have been deemed best practice by most operators. On Apr 4, 2005 4:04 AM, Eric Wieling aka ManxPower [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rod Bacon wrote: This is quite interesting.

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Detecting when a called mobile is not reachable?

2005-04-04 Thread Ian Hailey
David John Walsh wrote: I guess I should have added that this is based on the European, and specifically UK model, but I would have expected it to have been deemed best practice by most operators. On Apr 4, 2005 4:04 AM, Eric Wieling aka ManxPower [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rod Bacon wrote:

[Asterisk-Users] Detecting when a called mobile is not reachable?

2005-04-03 Thread Ian Hailey
Hello all, I was hoping to be able to call a mobile and if it is un-reachable for whatever reason (e.g. switched off) then I was expecting an unobtainable response that would be detected in Asterisk. It seems that the operator (Virgin in UK) imedately completes the call and plays an automated

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Detecting when a called mobile is not reachable?

2005-04-03 Thread David John Walsh
This is traditional accross the mobile / cell providers, and there is no real way around it. Background : The only way to ensure that a mobile is truly there is to page the mobile, normally based on the Mobile Switching Centre (MSC) coverage area, and thats after looking up on the subscirbers

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Detecting when a called mobile is not reachable?

2005-04-03 Thread Eric Wieling aka ManxPower
On Apr 3, 2005 8:56 PM, Ian Hailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, I was hoping to be able to call a mobile and if it is un-reachable for whatever reason (e.g. switched off) then I was expecting an unobtainable response that would be detected in Asterisk. It seems that the operator (Virgin in

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Detecting when a called mobile is not reachable?

2005-04-03 Thread Rod Bacon
] Detecting when a called mobile is not reachable? Hello all, I was hoping to be able to call a mobile and if it is un-reachable for whatever reason (e.g. switched off) then I was expecting an unobtainable response that would be detected in Asterisk. It seems that the operator (Virgin in UK) imedately

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Detecting when a called mobile is not reachable?

2005-04-03 Thread Eric Wieling aka ManxPower
Rod Bacon wrote: This is quite interesting. I tested calls to 2 mobiles that I knew were off, and not diverted to voicemail. 1 with Telstra, the other with vodafone (I'm in Australia). Via ISDN, both calls were shown as unanswered by asterisk. When the calls went to voicemail, the call was