asterisk users - Jan 2005 - Call(out) routing

Good day all
I had a look at the extensions.conf sorting
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+config+extensions.conf+sorting

What I'm trying to do is route all my cellphone number threw a  channel
and all other calls threw the other 3 channels
Cellphone numbers are 10 number,i.o.w XXXXXXXXXX.
This is what I tried but it doesn't seem to work,please help
Thanks
Altus
extensions.conf
[cell_calls]

exten => _0083XXXXXXX,1,Dial(vpb/1-4/${EXTEN:1})
exten => _0083XXXXXXX,2,Congestion
exten => _0082XXXXXXX,1,Dial(vpb/1-4/${EXTEN:1})
exten => _0082XXXXXXX,2,Congestion
exten => _0084XXXXXXX,1,Dial(vpb/1-4/${EXTEN:1})
exten => _0084XXXXXXX,2,Congestion

exten => _0073XXXXXXX,1,Dial(vpb/1-4/${EXTEN:1})
exten => _0073XXXXXXX,2,Congestion
exten => _0072XXXXXXX,1,Dial(vpb/1-4/${EXTEN:1})
exten => _0072XXXXXXX,2,Congestion
exten => _0074XXXXXXX,1,Dial(vpb/1-4/${EXTEN:1})
exten => _0074XXXXXXX,2,Congestion

[MAIN]

exten => s.........
........

ignorepat => 0
                                                                                
include => cell_calls
                                                                                
exten => _0.,1,Dial(vpb/1-2/${EXTEN:1})
exten => _0.,2,Dial(vpb/1-3/${EXTEN:1})
exten => _0.,3,Dial(vpb/1-1/${EXTEN:1})
exten => _0.,4,Congestion

On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Altus Snyman wrote:
> Good day all
> I had a look at the extensions.conf sorting
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+config+extensions.conf+sorting
> 
> What I'm trying to do is route all my cellphone number threw a  channel
> and all other calls threw the other 3 channels
> Cellphone numbers are 10 number,i.o.w XXXXXXXXXX.
> This is what I tried but it doesn't seem to work,please help
> Thanks
> Altus
> extensions.conf


Hi Altus,

You;ve done your includes exactly backwards.  The "most generic"
pattern
must be included at the bottom of the pile, as it were.

In other wrds

[dialout-telkom]
exten => _0.,1,Dial(telkom...)

[dialout]
include => dialout-telkom
exten => _0[78]2.,1,Dial(vodacom....)
exten => _0[78]3.,1,Dial(mtn....)
etc

The reason is that Asterisk only follows the include links when it can't 
find a match in the current context.

Regards,
Steve Davies
Connection-Telecom CC
Cape Town, South Africa