asterisk users - Sep 2005 - Multiple Line Appearances / Why use this?

I apologize for the double post.  I am curious as to
what the usefullness is of the multiple line
appearance feature on Polycom phones.  I setup our
phones to register one line per extension but I hear
the IP501's can do three line appearances.  Why and
how could this feature be applied?  

Thanks again all.

Kenny




	
		
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If you're talking about what I think you are, the usefulness is this: 
 Call waiting: 2 line appeances, 1 for the current call, 1 for the incoming 
call
3-way calling: 2 line appeances, 1 for the current call (on hold), 1 for the 
new call
Call waiting with a call on hold and a call active: 3 line appearances: 1 
for current call, 1 for call on hold, 1 for incoming call waiting call
3-way calling with call waiting (if the box is doing it's own 3-way): 3 
appearances: 2 for the active calls, 1 incoming
dual callwaiting: 3 appearances: 1 current call, 2 incoming calls
you busy as hell and not even on the phone: 3 incoming calls...each it's own
line appearance
 Now, whether your Polycom actually supports all these or not, I don't know.
My Cisco does. 

 On 9/8/05, Kenny Kant <kennyk74@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> I apologize for the double post. I am curious as to
> what the usefullness is of the multiple line
> appearance feature on Polycom phones. I setup our
> phones to register one line per extension but I hear
> the IP501's can do three line appearances. Why and
> how could this feature be applied?
> 
> Thanks again all.
> 
> Kenny
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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