On 4/30/05, Jason Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a problem. The average person is too freaking stupid to use a VOIP > phone. My experience has so far been that if it doesn't have 20 buttons with > little red LED's on it, the user cannot comprehend call parking, attended > transfer, blind transfer, DND, and navigating through a voicemail menu. > > I need a good receptionist phone that works with Asterisk. It basically needs > to act like an avaya partner phone, I don't need 20 buttons with little red > LED's...what I do need is for the phone to register multiple extensions to my > asterisk server and act like each SIP extension is a line, so if the idiot > receptionist has a call ringing in on line 1, she can pick it up, look at the > buttons, see a call ringing in on line 2 (and the phone ringer rings), put > call 1 on hold without hanging the caller up, and hit the little "I am an > idiot and need a line 2 button" to pick up line 2, so on and so forth. > > I love VOIP systems and all the functionality they bring and features I get. > Unfortunately, the average person in this country anymore is apparently > completely stupid and cannot understand how to juggle calls without hanging > up on people. > > </rant> > > So seriously does anyone have a recommendation for a good receptionist phone? > I tried the Snom today and I can't get the programmable buttons to do this, > even by following the manual. So please, any suggestions would be great, > before I get fired at my dayjob for everyone else's idiocy. > >
Hi, the Cisco 7960 (6 SIP lines) or the 7940 (2 lines) does what you wan, i think! I have one here which is registered with 6 different extensions on my * box. I can switch between calls on different buttons. Mike > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ 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
