asterisk users - Mar 2004 - Small office requirements - Can this be done?

I have 5 BT phone lines coming into my office. We use four for international
calls, and one for local/mobile calls. We have just obtained another call
carrier, and now we would like to be able to make calls from any phone to any
carrier, without having to remember what details to tap into the phone. I would
like all calls to be prefixed with the relevant codes, so that my employees can
all dial direct. Also, incoming calls, I want them all redirected to just one
phone, the one in reception, and then diverted as required. Is the above
possible??
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Angel Gabriel wrote:
> I have 5 BT phone lines coming into my office. We use four for 
> international calls, and one for local/mobile calls. We have just 
> obtained another call carrier, and now we would like to be able to 
> make calls from any phone to any carrier, without having to remember 
> what details to tap into the phone. I would like all calls to be 
> prefixed with the relevant codes, so that my employees can all dial 
> direct. Also, incoming calls, I want them all redirected to just one 
> phone, the one in reception, and then diverted as required. Is the 
> above possible??
Yes it is. Digium cards and asterisk setup.

At 08:51 AM 3/1/2004, you wrote:
>I have 5 BT phone lines coming into my office. We use four for 
>international calls, and one for local/mobile calls. We have just obtained 
>another call carrier, and now we would like to be able to make calls from 
>any phone to any carrier, without having to remember what details to tap 
>into the phone. I would like all calls to be prefixed with the relevant 
>codes, so that my employees can all dial direct. Also, incoming calls, I 
>want them all redirected to just one phone, the one in reception, and then 
>diverted as required. Is the above possible??
Absolutely; it's exactly what we do here at our office (in the US).

--Ernest 
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Angel Gabriel wrote:
> I have 5 BT phone lines coming into my office. We use four for 
> international calls, and one for local/mobile calls. We have just 
> obtained another call carrier, and now we would like to be able to 
> make calls from any phone to any carrier, without having to remember 
> what details to tap into the phone. I would like all calls to be 
> prefixed with the relevant codes, so that my employees can all dial 
> direct. Also, incoming calls, I want them all redirected to just one 
> phone, the one in reception, and then diverted as required. Is the 
> above possible??
Currently connecting more than 3 analog lines to asterisk can be 
problematic unless you get hold of a channelbank (not that availible in 
the UK)..

My suggestion is that you get your 5 analog lines converted to 3 ISDN 
BRI lines (6 channels probably with a lower cost than you are currently 
paying) and then use and AVM or EICON 4 port ISDN card with the 
chan_capi driver..

This will allow you to have the features you were after as well as a 
simplistic DDI system useing MSN numbers on the BRI's (if you get what 
BT call ISDN2e lines it will allow hunting across the lines if I 
remember correctly)..

Later..

Angel Gabriel said:
> I have 5 BT phone lines coming into my office. We use four for
> international calls, and one for local/mobile calls. We have just obtained
> another call carrier, and now we would like to be able to make calls from
> any phone to any carrier, without having to remember what details to tap
> into the phone. I would like all calls to be prefixed with the relevant
> codes, so that my employees can all dial direct. Also, incoming calls, I
> want them all redirected to just one phone, the one in reception, and then
> diverted as required. Is the above possible??
>
You will have to have a way of determining which  which carrier and/or
line should be assigned to each call.   Can you explain how you would make
that determination?  Once that is known then you will know how to build
the dialplan to support it.  Asterisk can add or subtract digits to/from
dialed numbers so its no problem to add the carrier selection codes to the
front of the number (assuming it works the same way there as here in
Germany and the USA).

What do you mean by "diverted as required"? You will need to specify
the
diversion rules.  examples:  If operator is busy, ring phones 2,3.  If its
night then go to voicemail.  If the call is from the boss's cell phone
then forward it to your cell phone.

Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "NetOne Administrator" <root@net1.cc>
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Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Small office requirements - Can this be done?

>
> Angel Gabriel wrote:
>
> > I have 5 BT phone lines coming into my office. We use four for
> > international calls, and one for local/mobile calls. We have just
> > obtained another call carrier, and now we would like to be able to
> > make calls from any phone to any carrier, without having to remember
> > what details to tap into the phone. I would like all calls to be
> > prefixed with the relevant codes, so that my employees can all dial
> > direct. Also, incoming calls, I want them all redirected to just one
> > phone, the one in reception, and then diverted as required. Is the
> > above possible??
>
> Yes it is. Digium cards and asterisk setup.
>
>
What would be the best way to do this? Is there a FAQ for this type of
setup?

On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 05:32:34PM +0000, WipeOut wrote:
> 
> Currently connecting more than 3 analog lines to asterisk can be 
> problematic unless you get hold of a channelbank (not that availible in 
> the UK)..
> 
Of course there is a 12 port configurable FXS/FXO
blade from VoiceTronix....

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Although there have also been times that with 2 concurrent calls we get dropped
packets....

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Riddell" <matt@surecall.co.nz>
To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 12:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Small office requirements - Can this be done?


| Telecom (In New Zealand)
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| Matt
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| From: "Senad Jordanovic" <senad@boltblue.com>
| To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com>
| Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 11:17 PM
| Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Small office requirements - Can this be done?
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| | > We do 4 per adsl with gsm every day.
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| | Who is your ADSL provider?
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