On Wed, 2006-07-26 at 10:03 -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Martin: > > We're planning to support our existing four old type of DID lines, the ones > that are inbound only. They act as trunk lines so incoming calls are > randomly routed to one of these four lines. I don't know if that is what you > mean by POTS DID but watch out for that little problem. I've ordered a DID- > to-loopstart conversion card for testing, since there are no DID cards for > Asterisk. I can let you know how that goes. If it works, we will require > four > FXS ports as well to handle the incoming calls.
Can you clarify what you mean by DID to loopstart conversion? As far as I'm aware these are two completely different concepts. > So this office you mention is like ours, right? Not enough revenue to > support > a T1? Asterisk needs to do a better job of support the low end organizations > I think, to make more inroads. Asterisk has always supported the low-end well. That is after all the entire reason it was created so I'm confused why you need converters etc. and why standard digium or sangoma FXO cards won't work for you? John > what? > > Peter M. > > > HI, > > > > The question has more to do with setting up lines than with the particular > > Asterisk server configuration so I'm not sure if this is the right forum to > > be posting this into Apologies if it isn't > > > > Scenario > > Six POTS lines coming into an Asterisk server for an office of 9 people. > > One line dedicated for fax > > Of the 5 remaining, 4 are DID's and will ring directly into 4 offices. The > > last line will be the main company number and will be directed to reception > > / > > auto attendant. > > > > Questions > > How should these lines be setup? I see a problem when for example, 1 of the > > DID's is in use and another call comes in on that same number - Should call > > waiting be setup for the DID lines? Should redirect on busy be used to > > redirect to the main number? If the call is redirected is there any way for > > it to go directly to that persons voicemail? > > > > > > For outbound calls, what would be the recommendation? Offices with DID's > > use > > their DID lines as their primary outbound number, or just use a pool of all > > the POTS lines. What about the offices without the DID's? > > > > Should I be getting more lines or are 5 sufficient for 9 people? > > > > How have others gone about doing this or am I going about it completely > > wrong? > > > > Thanks for any insight. > > > > Martin > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ******************************************************** > Peter MacFarlane, ACP > Network Administration & Programming > Target Call Center/ Message Centre P.E.I. > ***************************************************************** > OpenBSD's PF Firewall: Now available with CARP Failover. > Nothing to do with fish, but everything to do with security! > ***************************************************************** > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
