Yup.  And he actually lied to you... the path charges (actually called PSTN 
connections in the Bell Tariff) are as follows

Connections 1 thru 5 - $17.30 / month each
Connections 6 and up - $28.84 / month each

Also sounds like he is also lying to you about the Centrex line charge.

Standard (tariffed) pricing for Centrex, assuming that you have less than 100 
lines in one wire centre are:

Month to Month : $43.05 / month
1 year contract : $40.90 / month
3 year contract : $38.75 / month
5 year contract : $36.55 / month

For these reasons, we have never found that Centrex was a viable option.

What NPA-NXX is your phone number located in?

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Phil Oxrud 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 5:09 PM
  Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Forwarding Bell Landline to SIP DID


  Well I spoke to someone at Bell who seemed to know what they are talking 
about. The person said that we need to get Centrex line for $49 and then we can 
add as many "paths" for forwarding as we want at $17/path. He said that we'll 
be able to control forwarding on busy, no answer, and always forward. 



  On 2/28/07, Andrew Kohlsmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
    On Wednesday 28 February 2007 3:07 pm, Phil Oxrud wrote:
    > we want to forward incoming calls coming to our business landline number 
to
    > a SIP DID that we got. Doing normal forwarding only works with 1 call at 
a 
    > time. Second caller gets a busy signal. Is there a way for Bell to 
increase
    > the number of "paths" on our business line so that forwarding works with
    > more simultanious callers? I've spoken with their tech support but they 
are 
    > not being helpful at all.

    Yes, they can increase this by changing a setting relating to your number in
    their switch.  No, they are unlikely to do it.  Some switches have a number
    of forwards allowed, others are set more restrictively.  It's all just a 
    setting though.

    I'd politely ask them to do it and if they refuse, port the number to
    Unlimitel, or the SIP provider of your choice and let them know that you are
    doing this precisely because of their arrogance. 

    -A.

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