[Asterisk-Users] Multiple Calls with Asterisk?

[El Flynn]

Jim Lists wrote:

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> I'm still left wondering if Asterisk supports multiple lines
> at once? If I had one land line, voip line, and asterisk setup and 10
> people called my number, would all 10 people be able to speak to their
> appropriate party at the same time, or would the other 9 get a busy
> signal? 

If all 10 called your land line at the same time, only one will get through and 
the rest gets the busy signal. There will be variations to this, depending on if 
you've got value added stuff like call waiting etc on the landline.

> Also, could this work with outgoing calls? If this DOES work,
> can anyone explain how it works? 

Would what work? Ten outgoing calls at once? If that's what you mean, then the 
answer would be "not likely" :)

> More importantly, at what point does
> the analog line move to the VOIP line, and how is the connection
> maintained? 

It would depend on how you've got the stuff set up. You didn't mention if the 
VoIP line was internal or "incoming" from a VoIP provider. Is your question 
really "How does the incoming VoIP call get through to my (analog) extension" or 
"How does the internal VoIP call go out through my landline"?

In both cases, you should check out the Wiki at 
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk for more information on how it works.

Cheers,
Flynn