On 7/5/07, David Steele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

OK, I've tested it out and it'll work for my initial purposes, but is
there any way I can generalize this for any one in my company that wants to
use this?

At the moment I have a specific DID for my voicemail access.  Is there a
way to figure out the cell phone that is forwarding the call?  If I can get
this I can build a lookup table to match back to a voicemail box.

From my debug I'm guessing that it isn't possible - my RDNIS field is
empty and my DNIS field shows the final DNIS, not the original number dialed
(the cell phone).


You say your RDNIS field is empty.  I take it you're using a PRI service?  I
never got to play with RDNIS and I always assumed it would be there if I
needed it, just based on the docs.  I'm disappointed to hear that it might
not

I was thinking the same thing for my users here.  I have about 15 Cel phone
users with VM from the carrier and if we got rid of Rogers voicemail it
would save us a chunk of money a month.  I just haven't taken the time to
work it out.

I have one possible solution to this.  If your direct to mailbox number was
416-555-1111 and the users extension was 3000, you could try entering
416-555-1111,,3000 as the destination number for CFNA.  That Then you just
need a prompt that says "please enter the mailbox of the person you're
trying to reach".  The trick is that it's not your phone that dials that
CFNA number, its stored up in the network.  I'm not sure if the carrier's
switch will respect the commas as pauses, but it might be worth a try.

Dave

Thoughts?

Thx.

On 7/5/07, David Steele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Thanks all!
>
> I knew that I would be treading over old ground with this one.  I'm
> going to play around with a few of these options.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave.
>
> On 7/5/07, Ian Darwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > David Steele wrote:
> > > Hi everyone, got a question for you.
> > >
> > > I've got my business number set to simultaneously dial my office
> > phone
> > > and cell phone.  If I don't pick up either it goes to my Asterisk
> > > voicemail.  However, if my cell phone is turned off the call goes to
> > my
> > > cell voicemail immediately.
> > >
> > > I understand why this is the case, but I'm hoping there is a way
> > around
> > > this.  I want simultaneous dialing, I want centralized voicemail, I
> > want
> > > my cake and I want to eat it too.
> >
> > Stop paying your cell provider for voicemail; have your cell forward
> > to
> > * voicemail; it's probably cheaper and it gives you more control with
> > fewer places to look for vmail.
> >
>
>

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