[Asterisk-Users] new to Asterisk, is it possible to call two external lines and connect them using twochannels

[Thomas Christie]

Rob,
It seems you're okay with your company incurring the cost of the call(s).

If I understand your goal, you might be able to do a flash-hook-transfer to
the second line.  This will only use one extension from your asterisk to
your PBX and when you release the line to complete the transfer, that
extension is freed up -- the connection is maintained inside the PBX for the
remainder of the call.  (Of course, the connection to the PBX will have to
be an analog line OR a digital trunk that can mimic the "flash-hook"
capability of an analog line.)


Thomas Christie

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-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Tom Hayden
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 13:48
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] new to Asterisk,is it possible to call two
external lines and connect them using twochannels

I'm afraid that you're going to have to incur the cost of the call if you
are calling both parties then bridging the call.  Otherwise, there would be
no-one to bill.  Besides, your box is going to be the one doing the
bridging.

--
Tom

On 7/20/05, Robert Bachan <robtrinibachan at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  Hi All,
>  I am just looking at using Asterisk now and the first thing I need to  
> do is via pass two external numbers to asterisk and call out  
> connecting the calls togther. These will be through our physical PBX 
> connected to the asterisk server. We are essentially trying to connect 
> two external numbers through asterisk with us incurring the cost of 
> the calls.
>  
>  I've been reading on call out files and the manager API. I can see  
> how to call an external number and bridge it to an extension. Do I  
> have to run an application on that extension to then dial the second  
> external number and then they both connect?
> 
> Many Thanks in advance guys
> Rob
> 
> 
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