asterisk users - Jan 2005 - Allowing "pooling" or "rollover" for inbound calls on VoicePulse

My goal is to have only 1 primary phone number that can seamlessly
"pool" multiple VoicePulse accounts.  Let's say I have 3 accounts
with
VoicePulse Connect

212-555-1000 (primary)
212-555-1001
212-555-1002

When I receive inbound calls on 212-555-1000, I want to "forward" or
"roll over" the connection to 212-555-1001 and 212-555-1002 so that
the
212-555-1000 remains open for connections.  Theoretically I would like
to maintain 11 simultaneous connections all coming in from just the 212
555 1000 account.

This situation applies if I wanted to voice conference more than 4
people on a single phone number (with multiple accounts on VoicePulse)

Is this possible with Asterisk?

This is more of a VoicePulse thing than an asterisk thing - you'd need them
to roll over to 5551001 after presenting you with 4 calls on 5551000..
although really, this is kinda silly.. It would be better to talk to them
about upping the limit on the number of simultaneous calls you can receive
per DID, no?

Paul

On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 15:12:08 -0500, Zeno Lee wrote:
>My goal is to have only 1 primary phone number that can seamlessly
>"pool" multiple VoicePulse accounts.  Let's say I have 3
accounts with
>VoicePulse Connect
>
>212-555-1000 (primary)
>212-555-1001
>212-555-1002
>
>When I receive inbound calls on 212-555-1000, I want to "forward"
or
>"roll over" the connection to 212-555-1001 and 212-555-1002 so
that the
>212-555-1000 remains open for connections.  Theoretically I would like
>to maintain 11 simultaneous connections all coming in from just the 212
>555 1000 account.
>
>This situation applies if I wanted to voice conference more than 4
>people on a single phone number (with multiple accounts on VoicePulse)
>
>Is this possible with Asterisk?
I haven't used VPC in a while but I suspect what you ask is already in
place. Not so much the rollover, which is really a hunt group. But VPC
allows multiple simultaneous calls ongoing from one account. Back in
the summer when I used them they allowed 6 calls on one account. You
pay for all six, but they would come in on your primary number. You may
not need the additional DIDs at all. I myself once conferenced 4 people
using one VPC account.

Michael
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