[Asterisk-Users] using * for Internet call waiting

[Gary Carr]

The * box would sit in a CO connected via PRIs.



Gary



> Gary Carr wrote:
>
>> Wondering if it is possible or if something already exist to setup * to 
>> offer Internet Call Waiting. For those that do not know what it is, it's 
>> a small application that runs on a users computer that will pop up a 
>> window letting them know they have a incoming call and who it is from 
>> then they can choose to take the call which will disconnect their dialup 
>> modem and ring their phone or send the call to voice mail.
>
> That doesn't really make sense if the * box is in your house because
> if the phone line is tied up for a dialup call, then the * box doesn't
> have a phone line to receive the call either (unless you had call hunting
> in which case you wouldn't need the feature in the first place).  This
> sounds like the sort of feature that can only be offered on the
> central office side which can know your line is tied up and then know
> to email/alert you.
>
> The other scenario is having an * box in a call center that is forwarding
> calls to agents and notifies them by TCP/IP if when it tries their
> extension and gets a busy signal.  This sounds possible, but I don't
> think it's what you meant.
>
> Steve
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