[asterisk-users] using asterisk on a shared line

[Steve Totaro]

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Tom Browning <ttbrowning at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> An exclusion adapter is overkill.  My Asterisk line card is the $10 Win
> modem card that I got from ebay.
>
> When you call my copper line, two devices see the inbound ringer:
>
> 1.  The Uniden 5.8Ghz cordless phone base station that answers 95% of the
> calls
> 2.  Asterisk with a win modem line card that: a. runs a perl AGI script to
> parse caller-id name and number b. rings a sip extension or c. answers the
> call and plays funny messages and DTMF tones at the telemarketers.
>
> Just make sure that Asterisk only RINGS the sip extensions but never sends
> the call to play a message or voicemail or any other Asterisk feature that
> will issue an implicit Answer and take the call.
>

Yeah, except in the OP he mentions that he wants or is at least using
Asterisk VM so your solution does not meet his needs.

@~$7 for the privacy adaptor does not seem like overkill to me, at least
price wise.  Easy solution so OP can "Can I have it both ways"

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Thanks,
Steve Totaro
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