[A*UG] Line Pooling on PRI

[Brett Nemeroff]

I personally wouldn't have the carrier do anything for this. If you do,
you'll have to call them when you want to make a change. Mark, is there some
reason you wouldn't recommend the use of GROUPs for this?

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Mark Barry <mark at exabar.com> wrote:

> If you are trying to have a busy signal when the customer is over the limit
> of channels then I would call that a hard limit. In this case I would
> recommend that you have the carrier setup 2 groups on their end. One for
> each DID. This will automatically handle your dynamic allocation issue. Then
> all you need to do is limit the channels on the outbound calling for each
> customer. This is like a multi-tenant system, so you probably need to have
> each customers extensions in their own context. If need be, you can check
> channels in use before making a call.
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Jim Freeze <asterisk at freeze.org> wrote:
>
>> I have another question about line pooling.
>>
>> The setup is this: Two businesses (A and B) sharing 10 digital lines
>> over a PRI on the same asterisk server. There are 2 DiDs, both on the
>> same hunt group.
>> Normally, uncontrolled line sharing works fine, but there are times
>> when biz A wants 8 of the available 10 channels.
>>
>> I'm wondering how to limit the inbound and outbound calls for B.
>> One piece of data that is needed is how many lines B is using at any
>> given moment.
>>
>> The other is what to do when a call comes in and B is over its limit.
>> Do we have the system just hang up on the user, or is there a way to
>> give a busy signal?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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>> Jim Freeze
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