Re: [Asterisk-Users] Silly question: Why multiple lines on SIP phones?

2005-01-30 Thread Mike Dent
Hi Paul, I have the Cisco 7960 which has 6 lines. You can configure the other lines with different extension numbers if you wish and then set your dialplan so that calls coming in over different circuits, FWD, POTS etc come in different buttons on your phone. I'm sure there are lots of other uses

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Silly question: Why multiple lines on SIP phones?

2005-01-30 Thread Michael Graves
On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 21:17:56 -0500 (EST), Paul Dugas wrote: This is probably going to sound really silly and I must be confused about it. Maybe someone can set me straight. I've been tinkering for a while with * and a number of different FXO/FXS cards, SIP phones, and ATAs trying to get a feel

[Asterisk-Users] Silly question: Why multiple lines on SIP phones?

2005-01-29 Thread Paul Dugas
This is probably going to sound really silly and I must be confused about it. Maybe someone can set me straight. I've been tinkering for a while with * and a number of different FXO/FXS cards, SIP phones, and ATAs trying to get a feel for what works and what doesn't. In the SIP phone group, I