[Asterisk-Users] Newbie Question: Building anAsterisk systemtoreplace an old PBX but using existing phone

[Andrew M Stemen]

> You write out a dialplan, then when you match a pattern in the dial
> plan, the Polycom will initiate the call immediately.  This way you can
> have 4 digit internal extensions dial immediately, or have it wait for a
> long distance or international number.

Ah... OK. Sounds like it's similiar to the 3Com VOIP Phones I've worked 
with then... they just relied on a dialplan to tell them when to 
complete the call.