In the good old days telcos didn't care how many channels your forward used up, they just did it. However nowadays they only allow one channel at a time to be forwarded, if you need more you have to pay for it. Verizon here in NJ charges around $8.00 a month for each call path (channel), and so do most CLECs. Optimum cable used to not restrict how many channels, however the last customer I tried this with only one channel worked, even though for the ones I set it up before they started blocking it it still works.
If you don't want to port it to the PRI for whatever reason you can convert it to a RCFW (remote call forwarded number) which is around $15.00 plus $8.00 for each additional channel again pricing is for here in Verizon land. On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 7:41 PM, Gondar Monn<gonda...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you for your quick answers! > @ Brent: rollover is on, I would like to any calls that come on 5551234 to > another DID, to be able to receive several calls on the same number > @ Don: You are right, I am talking about a specific DID: We have an analog > line with busy forward setup @ the telco to forward calls to 5551234 ... But > 2 lines are not enough, so I would like to do the same locally: All calls to > 555-1234 are forwarded to 555-2345 to free up the line .... Does that make > sense ? > To answer your second question: calls to 555-1234 are alerted on the first > channel available channel. All subsequent calls to the DID report busy > > Again, Thanks for helping me out > G. > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Don Kelly <d...@donkelly.biz> wrote: >> >> "Rollover" or "hunting" is generally the default on PRIs. It sounds like >> Gondar's concern is with a specific DID number (Do multiple calls to other >> DID numbers work OK?). I'd wonder about a couple things: >> >> Are people dialing '5551234' directly, or are calls being forwarded to >> that >> number? Some call-forwarding schemes will only forward one call at a time, >> giving other callers a busy signal. >> >> Are you sure that calls to '5551234' aren't being alerted on more than one >> channel and your Asterisk configuration is presenting the busy? >> >> --Don >> >> Don Kelly >> >> PCF Corp >> People Come First >> 651 842-1000 >> 888 Don Kell(y) >> 651 842-1001 fax >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com >> [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Brent >> Davidson >> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 5:37 PM >> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion >> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] PRI hunt group >> >> Gondar Monn wrote: >> > I am having trouble with a DID on a PRI. If there is a call to >> > that DID (let say 5551234) , the next calls get a busy signal. How to >> > I go about sending the call to the next available channel ? >> > Thanks! >> > >> > G. >> > >> > >> If the telco is providing the PRI then you need to tell them you want >> rollover on the PRI's. Otherwise, anybody calling across the PSTN to >> the DID number that is bound to the PRI channel is going to get a busy >> signal from the telco if that channel is in use. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users