General IVR Stability
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:58 pm
We have an application in the test environment now that we've opened to more people than just myself for testing. We're have inconsistent reports that when a user enters the extension for our app, they are getting disconnected with a "mumbled" error about "numbers".
I have not been able to reproduce myself. I *have* had a similar issue where if I call from a VOIP phone, the system just ignores my touch tones. This was with a cell phone that can operate through a VOIP gateway or through GSM to the POTS. Normal GSM calls resolved the touch tones correctly. The users who have reported this generally had a spotty connection.
Once our testers get past the extension, they are able to move about the application fine. For this reason I'm not convinced it's a problem with the DTMFs, but rather the gateway itself. If so, this probably won't be a problem when we go live, as our toll-free number will pipe straight in. I tried searching for a similar problem, but it's a bit ambiguous for that. I've asked my testers to give me as much detail as possible when they encounter the error again. While waiting, though, I thought I'd raise a point about this to see if we're doing something wrong on our end.
I have not been able to reproduce myself. I *have* had a similar issue where if I call from a VOIP phone, the system just ignores my touch tones. This was with a cell phone that can operate through a VOIP gateway or through GSM to the POTS. Normal GSM calls resolved the touch tones correctly. The users who have reported this generally had a spotty connection.
Once our testers get past the extension, they are able to move about the application fine. For this reason I'm not convinced it's a problem with the DTMFs, but rather the gateway itself. If so, this probably won't be a problem when we go live, as our toll-free number will pipe straight in. I tried searching for a similar problem, but it's a bit ambiguous for that. I've asked my testers to give me as much detail as possible when they encounter the error again. While waiting, though, I thought I'd raise a point about this to see if we're doing something wrong on our end.