Just to clarify, you DO have a TVS or some kind of voice mail hooked up right?? If so, do what I suggested and problem solved. If not, then get one ! (LOL) Thank You, John Berry, Owner Lantex Voice & Data Systems San Diego, CA
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of don > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 4:56 PM > To: kxt@kxthelp.com > Subject: Re: KX-T: call waiting confusion > > Everyone that answered is correct. > > you are left with two choices as I see it. > > ADD C.O. provided Voice mail to line 6, this is the best > option as most > > providers that provide CO based VM allow a number of calls to > go to voice mail at the same time - in this way your 6 line > system could take any number of messages on line 6 > > OR add line 7, that only goes to your local VM. > > Option one is cheaper and will work better, IF (and only IF) > someone checks the CO VM OFTEN - if you could get the CO > voice mail to page a pager when there was a VM waiting ... I > know that this is > possible- that's how my VM works. > > Don > > > > Charles Patterson wrote: > > > Jeff, > > > > You got to take a step back and think about this > objectively for a moment... > > If you have 6 lines on your system, then ONLY 6 calls can > get to your > > system. > > When you have call waiting from the phone company, the > second call on > > that line NEVER actually gets to your system. It is just > waiting on > > line 6 for the person who is already using line 6 to do the > phone company "hookflash" > > jig and > > switch his current call to the new one. > > > > i.e. call waiting does not give you a new line into the > system- it is > > still just line 6, so, of course, the call can never get to your > > voicemail system because someone is already talking on line 6. > > > > If you really want the "phone company call waiting", there > is a way to > > put the first call aside and answer the second, but there > is no way to > > get it to voicemail. > > If this is an office, then one could assume you really do > not want the > > phone co. call waiting. > > To prevent a call on line 6 from getting a busy you would > need to add > > a 7th line, and have calls roll over from 6 to 7. > > > > Charles > > > > > > Charles Patterson > > Patterson Communications, Inc. > > Tarrytown, NY > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.pattcom.com -or- > > www.pattersoncommunications.com > > www.telephonesecurity.com for security concerns > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jeff Bagnall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <kxt@kxthelp.com> > > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 2:43 PM > > Subject: KX-T: call waiting confusion > > > > > > > >>hey everyone- > >> > >>i recently pulled a line from a hunt group (thanks for everyone who > >>responded with helpful tips!) and have come across > something i can't > >>wrap my head around. > >> > >>for example purposes - let's call this line 6. > >> > >>at first, when the user was on line 6 and someone else > tried calling, > >>they got a busy signal. so i called up the local telco and > added call > >>waiting to line 6 hoping that would be the end of that. > however, the > >>line just rings and rings and the caller never gets dumped into > >>voicemail. i was thinking this may have something to do with the > >>'fwd/dnd' settings, but they work fine internally. > >> > >>do i need to buy a seperate answering machine for this line > 6, or am i > >>just missing a config somewhere??? because basically, i would > >>obviously like that when the line is in use and someone else calls, > >>that they get dumped into voicemail... > >> > >>thanks! > >>jeff. > >> > >> > >>_________________________________________________________________ > >>KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: > >>http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: > > http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt > > > > > > -- > The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard. > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.1 - Release Date: 2/27/2005 > > > _________________________________________________________________ > KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ > Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt
