Not sure about legality, but playing "network error" without charging user is perfectly logical. WHY should user pay for a few seconds of NO-SERVICE answer? This functionality does exist in PRI and SS7 - look at the Playback() command. Also you may alter the ringing tone (CPT) - make it music :) On 9 October 2006 16:03, Matthew Crocker wrote: > > On 10/9/06, M Jamshed <md.jamshed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Dear, > > > > I' m having a big problem now. please sort it out > > now... The matter is that.. if all our services are > > down then i need to play a voice prompt which should > > not be charged for the subscriber.. is there any > > solution for this,,, please tell me out > > > > sure, use playback without answering the call > > I'm pretty sure that is illegal here in the states. You > cannot send any information down the line with out first > providing answer supervision. It probably also won't > work because in an SS7 network (like the PSTN) the bearer > channel isn't built until the receiving side answers. > So, without an answer your playback doesn't go anywhere. > You should however be able to send the correct error > message back to the caller via PRI signaling. > > -Matt > > -- > Matthew S. Crocker > Vice President > Crocker Communications, Inc. > Internet Division > PO BOX 710 > Greenfield, MA 01302-0710 > http://www.crocker.com > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-ss7 mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-ss7
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