[Asterisk-Users] passing through MWI info from SBC

[Jon Radon]

Woah woah woah.. why not just disable SBC voicemail and have asterisk
handle it?  I don't understand why you would go to such great lengths
when you can just have Asterisk deal with it.

On 7/1/05, andrew matthews <exstatica at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there alternative access to voicemail? Like web access?
> 
> If there was then you can write a program to check the site every 5 or 10
> minutes maybe every 30, and parse out the message listing and then send MWI
> to the phones if there is a VM waiting.
> 
> Or
> 
> You could get one of those cheep 20 dollar devices and hook it up to the
> serial port on the asterisk box and then you can use sty to monitor the port
> for changes. Then send the message that way. I'd have to research it a
> little more but it very possible.
> 
> Just a thought :)
> 
> 
> On 7/1/05, Chris Gamble <Chris.Gamble at cpbinc.com> wrote:
> > Does this just sound worse than it is?
> > 
> > >> "With SBC you are out of luck, since Asterisk doesn't detect dialtone 
> (
> > >> it dials blind, sometimes too quickly for the CO to catch the first
> > >> digit, resulting in wrong numbers )) or stutter dialtone either, and 
> > >> reportedly has had any indication of the DC status of a POTS line
> > >> removed due to problems."
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com]On Behalf
> Of John Novack
> > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 10:42 AM
> > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] passing through MWI info from SBC
> > 
> > 
> > Mike Myers wrote:
> > 
> > >Hi..  I am about to replace my aging Nortel Venture
> > >system with an Asterisk system and 6 Polycom IP 501
> > >phones, and a couple sipura 841's for less used areas.
> > >
> > >We have 3 phone lines here.  One is SBC, one Vonage,
> > >and one Voipjet...  One hangup is that I can't figure 
> > >out how to pass through a voicemail waiting indication
> > >from SBC.  This is important because my wife and her
> > >family all exchange voicemails with each other on the
> > >SBC voicemail system.  They can leave messages for 
> > >each other without having the phones ring, etc...  We
> > >have a 2 yr old at home, and her sister has some small
> > >kids too, so that's how they manage to send voicemails
> > >when they are unsure if the kids are sleeping, etc... 
> > >Anyway, preserving this capability of using the SBC VM
> > >and being notified when a message is waiting is
> > >critical for good WAF.
> > >
> > >The vonage line and voipjet line can be intergrated
> > >into the Asterisk VM.  My Nortel venture phones light 
> > >the MWI if any line has VM on it, and the display
> > >tells you which lines have VM waiting.  I would love
> > >to be able to duplicate this function on the Polycom's
> > >and hopefully the Sipura's as well. 
> > >
> > >I've looked for answers on this, but haven't found
> > >one, hence the post.  My apologies if I have missed
> > >something.
> > >
> > >Thanks much,
> > >Mike
> > >
> > >
> > You haven't missed much. 
> > With SBC you are out of luck, since Asterisk doesn't detect dialtone  (
> > it dials blind, sometimes too quickly for the CO to catch the first
> > digit, resulting in wrong numbers )) or stutter dialtone either, and
> > reportedly has had any indication of the DC status of a POTS line
> > removed due to problems.
> > 
> > Only choice would to port the number to a VOIP provider and provide the
> > VM in Asterisk.
> > Similar problem with Vonage VM. 
> > 
> > John Novack
> > 
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