hello, Is it normal that * starts its billing when voicemail starts to prompt? can I do something like it will only start to bill if the caller left a message? right now, im seeing that unanswered calls that are forwared to voicemail are considered billable as well as calls to voicemailmain. thanks, -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20040212/ecc39d5d/attachment.htm
On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 09:52, Arretni VoIP Tech wrote:> hello, > > Is it normal that * starts its billing when voicemail starts to > prompt? can I do something like it will only start to bill if the > caller left a message? right now, im seeing that unanswered calls that > are forwared to voicemail are considered billable as well as calls to > voicemailmain.Since the PSTN bills based on connect time, this is what Asterisk is doing. The circuit is busy as soon as you answer the line regardless of the action the user has. -- Steven Critchfield <critch@basesys.com>
Arretni VoIP Tech wrote:> hello, > > Is it normal that * starts its billing when voicemail starts to > prompt? can I do something like it will only start to bill if the > caller left a message? right now, im seeing that unanswered calls > that are forwared to voicemail are considered billable as well as > calls to voicemailmain. > > thanks,This should help some... bebop*CLI> show application NoCDR -= Info about application 'NoCDR' =- [Synopsis]: Make sure asterisk doesn't save CDR for a certain call [Description]: NoCDR(): makes sure there won't be any CDR written for a certain call