[asterisk-biz] PRI confusion

[Igor H]

Thanks for the help everyone.
One final question, are there any did providers who sell dids with a
big number of channels(say 30+)? If not how can i do to have my
customers call a single number and it be split among multiple DIDs? is
there an agreement I have to set up with the telco or something that
normally DID sellers offer?

Thanks again guys.

On Nov 24, 2007 4:32 PM, Brian Franklin <bfranklin at ntginc.net> wrote:
> The PRI will allow you to publish/distribute a virtually unlimited
> number of PSTN telephone numbers (DID's).  The Telco will send calls
> destined to your DID's over your PRI to be processed by your Asterisk
> Server.  The PRI will allow a maximum of 23 simultaneous conversations,
> whether they are inbound or outbound (your PRI can be provisioned by
> your Telco for inbound only, outbound only, or both inbound and
> outbound).  If I understand your scenario correctly, once the calls come
> in vis the PRI, they will transferred/routed to a destination via VoIP,
> using an Internet and/or some network connection.  In this scenario, the
> PRI will only be needed for inbound calls.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Brian Franklin
> www.ntginc.net
>
>
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> Subject: [asterisk-biz] PRI confusion
>
> Hey guys,
>
> I was hoping someone could clarify this for me since i've been trying to
> find out for a while now to no avail. Im thinking of deploying a call
> routing service through asterisk. Basically I want people to be able to
> call a number through the PSTN and then call whatever extension to be
> routed through a voip termination provider.
>
> Im guessing using a PRI is the best way to do this. However, im confused
> as to how it all works. Say a PRI has 23 usable channels, does that mean
> that I will be able to route 23 calls at the same time or does it mean
> that I would have to split 11 channels for incoming voice traffic(from
> PSTN) and 11 channels for outgoing voip traffic?
>
> Im stomped =\
>
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