In the case of campaign calls with the Predictive dialer, the customer, after receiving the call, can wait a few seconds for the agent to set up the call. After the customer answers the call, the system verifies that it is not an answering machine (this takes a few seconds), and then sets up the call with a free agent. If there is no free agent at the time, the dialer waits for the user to vacate, which can also take a few seconds. If no agent is available within the specified time, the dialer disconnects the calls - and marks the call as DROP.