Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Fri, 28 Jun 91 22:56:49 -0700 From: Steve Forrette Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Highly Remote "Extensions" on Mitel Message-ID: Organization: University of California, Berkeley Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 499, Message 4 of 10 Lines: 30 In article Jim Hickstein writes: > Now that this is possible, I want to set things up so that I can > dial an "extension" (2xxx or 3xxx) on my phone, and have it somehow > prepend the area code and exchange and hand it to a CO loop. (It > already buffers the entire number and outdials it, so this should be > possible.) No way, say the few people I have asked who ought to know. > But I think they probably have a vested interest in not having to > take the trouble to figure it out. I have no knowledge of the > switch itself, or any apparent access to its features: I have to pay > some moron $100/hour to come and do adds and changes (which I have > managed to avoid doing so far). I don't know if this would work with your switch and internal extension numbering plan, but here goes: Set up a local extension numbered as above, and enable immediate call forwarding to the external number in Boston. I've done this sucessfully on a Toshiba PBX. Sometimes, when I went out to lunch, I would hit the forward button, then at the point where you normally enter the extension to forward, I hit 9 to get an outside line, then my cellphone number. Anybody dialing my three digit extension from the inside would get me in my car. If you have line cards to spare, this may work for you. Note that once you turn on the forwarding, you don't even need a desk set. Steve Forrette, forrette@cory.berkeley.edu