[Asterisk-Users] Receptionist

[Alain Major/Simard]

Hi,

Quick question.  With an old phone system a receptionist receiving a call 
has 1 button to push to transfer calls to a specific extension, with 
Asterisk, a receptionist would actually put the caller on hold, pick up 
another line, call the extension, ask if the person is available, hang up 
pick up the caller again and transfer.  To me it's seems a long way to 
simply do a receptionist job.  Is there a way we can program the system, 
or make an application, that would provide the same functionality ?

I am currently looking at buying 4 pbx for my offices across Canada and 
this particular feature is preventing us from choosing Asterisk.  Any info 
would be greatly appreciated.

Alain Major,
Directeur,
Département de l'Informatique et des Télécommunications
Manager,
Information Technology and Telecommunications Department

L. Simard Transport Ltée
Simard Transport and Warehousing
1212 32nd Avenue
Lachine, Québec, Canada
tél : 514-636-9411
email : amajor at simard.ca
web : http:\\www.simard.ca
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