Intercept message to busy signal

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Saul

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#101372 30-Apr-2012 18:51

Hello

Does anybody know how to change the not in service message such as vodafone's into a busy signal?

Wikipedia says its possible:
Variations and enhancementsIn almost any case, a telephone switch may be programmed to return a slow or fast busy signal instead of an intercept message. Intercept messages also often end with a coded identifier signifying which switch the message is being played by; this can be useful for diagnosing network problems.

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#617647 30-Apr-2012 21:08

The most obvious question I'll ask you is why you would want that.

The not in service messages is played for a reason. The phone number isn't busy, it's not in service. It would be completely illogical to play a busy tone to the caller.

Saul

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#618022 1-May-2012 19:02

Hi

I am conducting political polling and rely on on random numbers. I want to save time rather than phone a not in service phone number filter it out. Have success using astrisk filtering out traditional not in service...beep beeps but not voice answered messages. If I can trick the voice message into an old ring tone I can get rid of the number.

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Saul

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#618039 1-May-2012 19:37

Cold calling, good luck with that.

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#618060 1-May-2012 20:04

Saul: Hi

I am conducting political polling and rely on on random numbers. I want to save time rather than phone a not in service phone number filter it out. Have success using astrisk filtering out traditional not in service...beep beeps but not voice answered messages. If I can trick the voice message into an old ring tone I can get rid of the number.

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Saul

So you're in effect wanting telco's to break their systems and configure them incorrectly just to help you?

A busy signal is there because the line is busy. A message is there because the number is not in service.

As for your problem - there are solutions not involving breaking phone systems, but they're going to depend entirely on how much you want to pay for an interconnect and the type of signalling / SIP responses they're sending you.

Saul

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#618079 1-May-2012 20:41

If I was cold calling I would be using databases...

Does this mean I would have to pay every single phone company to send me a distinctive return signal? Or could I just get my phone company to translate the signal differently?