Some thoughts inline: logan wrote: > Hi Paul, > > Thanks a lot for the response. > > I'm a novice so pardon me for the stupid questions. I thought that maybe the > PSTN lines don't allow more than 1 simultaneous calls on a line, but on GSM > it might be possible. > > I basically want to know how Asterisk can dial out calls from the lines > connected to it. Ideally I want to make out as many calls from the lines > connected to my Asterisk box. > I don't really understand this question - Asterisk can make calls over phone lines. And it does it well.
> I have a few related questions, again pardon me if I'm a novice. How did PBX > in days when didn't have Asterisk worked? We used to have an NEC. > If a company wanted to give desk phones to all the employees then it would > have a switchboard which would > route the calls. Maybe. Or maybe not. > Now in this case I'm guessing that the company had only one > PSTN line, Why would you guess this? We had 16 phone lines in the first business I worked in. > but somehow the switchboard let everyone make calls and receive > calls at the same time. Because the calls never used the phone lines. > So is it possible to have the switchboard and have it connect to Asterisk who > can there by use these lines? > I suppose.....and I think attaching a vintage jack-style switchboard would be a very fun project. > Paul, could you also describe a bit about hook flash? > > It's a way of putting a call on hold and taking one off hold - much like your descreption of how calls work on a mobile phone. You should had a read of: http://www.asteriskdocs.org/ later, PaulH _______________________________________________ -- 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
