I assume you are going to with a VOIP provider. Essentially, you have one DID and any number of channels/ports.
Typically, you pay per port with a minute charge. Some people give you "unlimited" ports but charge a higher per minute fee. In you case, where you currently have 3 lines, you would need 3 channels. This would provide three concurrent calls to be in place. Asterisk does not know anything about channels in this example. If 3 calls come in it answers three calls. If a 4th caller comes in , the VOIP prvovider will send the busy signal to the caller. Asterisk does not see it. Joseph L. Casale wrote: > I am about to order some DIDs for my first install but I am unclear on how > Asterisk > will function in either scenario with the two options I can order with. One > option > is the DID has unlimited connections. Another option for the DID is that it > has a > maximum of two concurrent calls only. How does Asterisk understand the > multiple > calls that are coming in and behave for both scenarios? The phone system we > are > trying to replace and therefore replicate the functionality is that of a very > base > Meridian system with 3 lines. > > Thanks for any guidance! > jlc > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
