Obitalk Setting to Hang up if the call answered too fast?
giqcass:
I just don't see a way for this to be done. At least not yet.
Quote from: Woodwards on February 18, 2014, 05:22:24 pm
Out of curiosity, if (using the example above) 1222222222 number is a bad number and the telco plays the disconnect tone sequence and chatters about the number being bad, does the obi detect this and NOT BRIDGE the call? Or will obi simply see "off hook" and transfer the inbound call to 12222222222 even though it is a recording?
That question is actually kind of interesting. To the best of my knowledge it depends on the VOIP provider you use. Some VOIP providers have a little hiccup when it comes to certain disconnected numbers and they continue to ring when you call a disconnected number. If you used a provider that has that issue all phones would continue to ring. Otherwise the caller would hear the recording and the other phone would stop ringing.
Woodwards:
Quote from: Woodwards on February 18, 2014, 05:22:24 pm
What I am asking is it is possible to have the obi (in the above example) ring 12222222222 and if it answers in less than 3 seconds, DROP the call to 12222222222 and NOT BRIDGE?
Quote from: QBZappy on February 18, 2014, 05:22:24 pm
The first phone/cell to answer will "DROP" all the other forked calls. Your objective if I understand you is to avoid the cell from answering before you have a chance to pick up using the the OBi attached phone or letting it go to voice mail on your voip service provider.
Not quite, QBZappy. My objective is to make sure the cell phone is answered in no less than three seconds before bridging the incoming call (terminating it) to the Cell phone. If the cell phone answers in under 3 seconds, do not terminate the call to the cell phone. Keep ringing other configured extensions until either the caller hangs up or voicemail kicks in.
It appears my "wish" is not possible yet! :) It seems like a viable feature addition, however. Put a timer on the call setup and if it goes off hook less than x milliseconds/seconds, drop it.
CLTGreg:
Is this a month to month plan or prepay minutes plan? I know it isn't your solution but I'm curious. Straighttalk allows call forwarding on no answer and I use Google Voice as my voice mail. If the cell phone is off it will forward back to GV even though the call forward originated from GV. Somehow GV manages this so it's pretty much set and forget for me.
I assume that's not part of your deal but I'm still curious as to what kind of cell plan you are on.
Woodwards:
Quote from: CLTGreg on February 19, 2014, 07:55:49 am
Is this a month to month plan or prepay minutes plan? I know it isn't your solution but I'm curious. Straighttalk allows call forwarding on no answer and I use Google Voice as my voice mail. If the cell phone is off it will forward back to GV even though the call forward originated from GV. Somehow GV manages this so it's pretty much set and forget for me.
I assume that's not part of your deal but I'm still curious as to what kind of cell plan you are on.
I use a Tracfone. It is a pay-as-you-go plan. You buy the fill-up cards at a local store and redeem them for minutes, good for 90 days.
The phone offers no services other than a dial tone. I can also text and web from the phone, but I do not do that. There is no control panel at tracphone's website to configure voice mail, call forwarding or anything. Only add minutes.
It fits my bill: I use less than 120 minutes over three month's time.
drgeoff:
Quote from: Woodwards on February 18, 2014, 12:45:03 pm
Now, if only I can find a cell provider that does not charge for inbound calls….that would make Auto Attendent awesome!
Come and live in the UK (or other parts of Europe). :D
System in the UK is that the caller pays the "mobile extra". Mobile numbers are in a different range (eg start 07... in the UK) so caller knows he will pay a higher rate for the call compared to a landline (01... or 02... numbers)
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