[A*UG] Line Pooling on PRI

[Mark Barry]

Brett,
I think you are correct and your suggestion is probably a better way to
accomplish this. My suggestion would just be sort of a short cut.

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Brett Nemeroff <brett-aaug at nemeroff.com>wrote:

> 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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>>
>>
>> --
>> Mark Barry
>> Exabar Phone Systems
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Mark Barry
Exabar Phone Systems
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