> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Radon > Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 10:49 AM > To: andrew matthews; Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial > Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] passing through MWI info from SBC > > Woah woah woah.. why not just disable SBC voicemail and have asterisk > handle it? I don't understand why you would go to such great lengths > when you can just have Asterisk deal with it. >
Because in most cases, the POTS provider will not disable voicemail on a per number basis as it is a part of the 'package'. So there really isn't an option to do that. The other issue is that with call waiting, if you do not answer the call there is no way to have Asterisk handle the voicemail. So here is where you would still need the pass through in order for the subscriber to know there was a message. For me, I just got a $5 per month DID and forwarded all my POTS call to it. I get up to two simultaneous incoming calls that Asterisk handles completely. It also includes a voicemail system where if my connection goes down or I exceed those two calls, then if someone leave a message, it gets emailed to me. The other benefit is that I still have my POTS line and use it for all my local outgoing calls and use a 1.3 cent per minute provider for all LD calls and I still save money by not spending that extra $20 a month for unlimited LD on my POTS line. Has worked great so far. Only down side is if my DID connection drops, I have no way to call into the house. But, I just use the cell to call the wife in that case. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
