asterisk users - Dec 2005 - Play soundfile before snswer

Hello,

can anybody tell me, if it is possible to play a soundfile to a caller 
BEFORE having picked up? Will the call be billed for the caller on PSTN?

Best regards,
Arik

How would you play a file to a line that hasn't been picked up? You have to
pick up the line in order to do anything with it. 

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Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Play soundfile before snswer

Hello,

can anybody tell me, if it is possible to play a soundfile to a caller
BEFORE having picked up? Will the call be billed for the caller on PSTN?

Best regards,
Arik
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If you have a PRI you can use app_playback with the NOANSWER option,
check show application playback in the CLI

On 12/27/05, Arik Funke <arik.funke@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> can anybody tell me, if it is possible to play a soundfile to a caller
> BEFORE having picked up? Will the call be billed for the caller on PSTN?
>
> Best regards,
> Arik
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