Well basically we are a small operation. To begin with we really don't want any voicemenu ("press 1 for this, press 2 for that"). I just want all the incoming calls to ring to the 2 receptionists (and then maybe everywhere after a while). However, on our current analog (comdial) system you can see all 8 lines and they flash when a call is incoming. I'm worried if the lines all start ringing (or at least 3 or 4 of them), they will have no idea how many calls are coming in. Everyone else can live with a regular phone. So, do regular people even need anything more than a 1 line phone?
Jonathan Miller > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Joe Greco > Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 8:58 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Simple phone question > > > Continuing on/adding my $0.02 to Joe's reply on this thread.... > > > > --On Friday, October 15, 2004 23:30 -0500 Joe Greco > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > If Extension 1000 is a Zap channel (i.e. an interface > card that has > > > an > > > RJ11 into which you plug a phone), that may not be able > to receive > > > more than one call at a time (I'm not real clear on whether there > > > are built- in functions within Asterisk like call waiting > for this situation). > > > > Zap does call waiting tone, if callwaiting=yes. > > Does it also, then, implement hook flash handling of the > calls? That'd be cool. :-) > > > > If Extension 1000 is a SIP client, Asterisk simply offers > it off to > > > the phone, and lets the phone worry about it. From what > I've seen, > > > SIP phones (hard or soft) deal with this by allowing you > more than > > > one call per "line", but I've not worked with too many > clients or phones. > > > > Depends totally on the phone. Cisco phones can have call > waiting and > > such turned off either during provisioning, or if provisioning has > > allowed user control, by the user. The exact specifics > totally depend > > on each SIP phone here as you've noted. > > I also noticed that the Cisco phones seem to only allow two > calls (per line). This struck me as a bit odd. I haven't > walked through all the documentation yet, though, so maybe a > higher limit can be set. > > ... JG > -- > Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - > http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' > rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you > again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) > With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way > too many apples. > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users