Thanks for the input, here are some comments back: - Yes, I'm using a PRI. I was sorry to find out about RDNIS as well. - Attempting to enter advanced strings using commas or "p" (pauses) doesn't work on my cell phone at least. I had already tried and I fooled around with it some more this morning - it seems that either my cell phone refuses to interpret it as a star code request and actually attempts to dial the string, or the carrier is at fault. -Voipnetwork.ca's offer of $1 DIDs is tempting, but on closer inspection they require a minimum 500 minutes per DID or the rate jumps to $5.95 a month. As long as I have an underutilitized PRI at my disposal I would be better off paying the $2.40/month fee to Bell for additional DIDs. Then I don't have to worry about incremental voicemail-minute costs. A business case for another day.
Long story short - yes, it looks like I need an individual DID per cellphone voicemail box. Dang. Thanks everyone. Cheers, Dave. On 7/5/07, Bernard Cresencia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
voicenetwork.ca's unlimited incoming (no per-minute) 647 DIDs would be perfect for this at $1.00 each (I think it's USD). However, I don't know their reputation and reliability. It would be cheap enough that everyone in the office can get a voicemail DID. Dave Donovan wrote: 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 <http://www.snapanumber.com/> and the users extension was 3000, you could try entering 416-555-1111 <http://www.snapanumber.com/>,,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. > > > > > > > >
