[Asterisk-Users] 5 way calling?

[Michael Graves]

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 18:05:58 -0400, hugolivude wrote:

>Here's the problem - I only have 2 FXO lines.  I can call one person,
>transfer them to the conference room then hang up.  Now 1 FXO is used.
> I can then call another person and transfer them to the conference
>room and hangup.  Now the BOTH lines are used.  I can then dial the
>local extension for the conference room and I have a three way call
>but that's as far as I get.
>
>I've tried establishing a three way call on a single line, but then I
>cannot seem to transfer the call to the conference room.
>
>There's another problem as well.  I have three way calling on my Bell
>lines, so b4 Asterisk, 3 way calls were established by pressing the
>Flash key and the three way call only used one line.  I just
>discovered that when I do the same thing w/ Asterisk (press the Flash
>key, dial the other party, press Flash again) BOTH of my POTS lines
>get used up.  Any ideas on what's wrong w/ my configuration?
>

I'd not bother with using the flash based 3 way calling. Instead I'd
setup an account with an ITSP and make the outbound calls via IP,
preferabbly via IAX2. That way to can reach out to as many people as
your bandwidth allows. Simply. Conveniently.

Add one IP based DID and you can let others call in to your conference
via IP.

Michael

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