[Asterisk-biz] Re: Best stable asterisk release for SOHO for 35 users

[Kevin Hanson]

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>You do not deal with A at H limitations, but rather the AMP system.  I do not
>find AMP limiting, and if you look at the configuration files there is a way
>to override every customization installed by AMP. 
>  
>
There are two things that I cannot find a way to customize via the 
xxxx_custom.conf files:

1.  Inbound routing based on analog trunk:  If I want to route calls 
coming in on zap/1 differently than zap/2 I have to modify 
extensions.conf directly (fake AMP out into thinking DID is available).

2.  Override extensions dial plan:  If I want to change the behavior of 
calls to an extension, I have to edit extensions.conf (or 
extensions_additional.conf) directly.  Because asterisk sorts extensions 
in a context *before* it sorts included contexts, overrides in 
extensions_custom.conf have no affect.

>So when I need to dial another server without using a prefix I can customize
>the extensions.conf by using the custom file (which takes precedence) rather
>that the rewritten AMP extensions file.
>
>You should take another look at the time saver.  Since that is what it
>really is.
>
>Regards,
>Paul Norris
>  
>
Cheers,
Kevin