On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 9:31 AM, Ken Dibble <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is it an "industry standard" for these systems to fail to pass through basic > signaling from the PSTN (public switched telephone network) to the ears of > people using the phones? > > We recently purchased such a system and, while it transmit a "ringing" > signal when we dial a number outside our system, it does not transmit "busy" > signals when the line we dialed is engaged. It also does not transmit fax > tones when we dial a fax number (useful for diagnosing faxing problems), nor > does it transmit recorded audio from a phone company, such as "The number > you have reached is no longer in service" (useful for what should be obvious > reasons). >
None of that sounds right. A VOIP/PBX system should have more features than the old copper circuits, not less. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cacw6n4vib7ucvkdm3k3ps3cgj3za83x4qkspdgd5rr6c92_...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

