Hi David, Thanks for your suggestions. Yes, I had been using that under $2 service from Bell. I just cancelled it as I think asterisk should be able to save that for me.
I also have bridged Skype network and my asterisk - so now I am able to have muliple outgoing skype lines and one main POT line. No need to use Unlimitel, les.net and others for now... Yes, the skype quality is not as good as POT line but its acceptable. And I can make unlimted free calls to US and Canada from home and from my cells. I can even call my skype buddies anywhere in the world for free from my cell... I also setup the callback feature as I have unlimted imcoming from my cell plan. No complain so far as it save me a few bucks... Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Cook (Canada)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 11:20 AM Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Setup call forward if not available in FreePBX > Quoting "Richard (Rogers @ work)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I only have the incoming > > line > > connect to asterisk and all of my analogue phones in paralle. > > For not, I would like my old phones to continue to ring and if no one > > answers, then forward to my cell where I have VM feature.> > > I fully understand and respect the parallel "play with it until I'm > happy" concept but once you have reached the level you are at I think > you have to take the plunge and change your phone paradigm. > > With a PBX, all calls should go to the PBX where the program code > determines who/what gets rung/processed (Even if this is simply an > asterisk aswering machine - 1 inbound line + 1 fxs tied to all phones > and it simply rings through then VM if you don't answer). > > Or you do something fancier like an IVR menu that says "Hi, you have > called us, for Richard, press 1 ....." etc. then it rings you > specifically. Once you know it is ringing you specifically rather than > your wife or your dog, have it ring your desk & cellular at the same > time. (Yes this assumes you have at least 1 phone (or line on a phone) > per person/pet in the house. I just picked up some 2-line Panasonic > cordless real cheap and you can do different rings per line. > > Once the PBX and PBX alone answers the phone, you never have to jump > over furniture to get the ringing phone before Asterisk picks up. Plus > down the road, you get to implement all kind of call control features > to help you manage your life/time better like limiting the CLID of > people who can call you between 12:00AM & 6:00AM and sending the > straight to voicemail but letting your family and other important > people call you without impediment. > > Just my 2c. > > Down the road, did you know that Bell Canada will do Busy Call Fwd? It's > not something they advertise and it is cheaper than their regular > services. I think it is costing me under $2/mth. My Bell line then > B/CFWD's to my Unlimitel number and I can have multiple people call me > simultaneously. This eliminates the only advantage of Bell Call Answer > (taking a message while you are on the phone) and it costs less/mth for > me to support B/CWD with Bell and my Unlimitel line than it would for > Bell Call Answer plus I can now support multiple in/out phone > conversations at the same time. > > OK, now we're up to about a nickel. > > dbc. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
