[VoiceOps] Letting a phone ring forever?

[Carlos Alvarez]

Scott Berkman wrote:
>
> Not to mention there isn't a sane human in the world that will stay on the
> line for 5 minutes when the line is just ringing and ringing.  Way before
> that time they'll hang up and try your customer's competitor, who probably
> has an AA that answers immediately.

This of course is the most important thing; the human part.  When we had 
it configured with a "please hold while we find someone to assist you," 
people would hang on for 2-3 minutes with a very low abandon rate.  The 
customer refuses to tell us why he wanted it changed to just ring.

echo customername >> crazylist.txt

I've answered with the facts about industry standards, other carriers, 
and that nobody has yet hung on for even 90 seconds, and closed the 
support ticket.

-- 
Carlos Alvarez
TelEvolve
602-889-3003