[Asterisk-Users] Good ringing plans for small office

[Adam Greenbaum]

On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 16:11, Christopher TenHarmsel wrote:
> At the place I work we're using Asterisk to run our in-office phone 
> system.  We have about 15 employees and a total of about 5 hard phones.  
> Right now when asterisk receives an incoming call, it rings all 5 
> phones, because we don't really have a "receptionist".  I was wondering 
> if anyone has had a similar situation and might be able to suggest some 
> better approach to ringing the phones?  I don't really know what I have 
> in mind, just kind of looking for what other people in similar 
> situations might have done.

In our last office we had a DECT phone on the main office line. The
phone can be passed around to whoever is designated to answer it.
As it sounds different to all of the others everyone knows when it is
ringing and can call pickup it from their phones. Seems a reasonable
solution.

Adam.