[Asterisk-Users] Stuck. Extenions.conf? Realtime? MySQL? Grrrrr!

[Dovid Bender]

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> Nothing complicated really.... Just a carrier class
> solution, with advanced custom routing, incoming and
> outgoing number blocking (at user/company and global
> level) and whitelisting, findme/followme, user
> specific pic codes and rate centres based on number
> dialled, blocking of specific star code prefixed
> features, different caller ID based on intra company
> calls, outside calls, calls overriden to use
> alternate caller id with feature codes, and not to
> mention it all has to be HA.
> 
> I'd been doing it in python written AGI scripts
> interfacing to custom built MySQL tables. Doing
> stuff this complex in the dial plan would be a
> nightmare (oh, did I mention a user web interface so
> that users can make changes themselves?), and
> Realtime, well it just has too many limitations.
> Imagine trying to code choosing a specific pic code
> based on the number prefix in realtime or the dial
> plan. For example, 1* might be 1123, 1303* might be
> something else, and 130* might be another pic code.
> 
> Throw in findme/followme with caller id based
> routing, multiple numbers per dial (easy in Asterisk
> but the MySQL tables start to get complex - actually
> not that easy if you want to dial a local user AND
> an OffNet user at the SAME time with
> redundancy).While we're at it, write the application
> generic enough so that it can handle Queues,
> voicemail and everything else.
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How about having some one else come in to help you. It
sures seem's like a load. Convince them that having
some one else will get things done faster etc.

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> My brain hurts.
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My brain is hurting from just reading it.

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