[UCIMC-Tech] IMC Telephone system in the basement

[Jay Schubert]

Yeah,

BTP also uses Google Voice to direct incoming calls to different numbers on
different days & times.  Some of our older volunteers like the idea of
having a land line in the room for safety reasons (though most people do
carry cell phones these days).

Thanks,
Jay

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Phil,
> Thanks for the reply. What ya'll are doing at The Bike Project seems like
> it might work for other groups too. I think Books to Prisoners used to have
> a split of the current IMC line and when we went to Comcast voice, that
> stopped working. I'd like to set up somethign more robust in the future, but
> until then your solution seems to be working
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Phil Graff <pmgraff at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> Right now The Bike Project is using Google Voice to forward to volunteers'
>> personal phones, and we don't have an actual "phone line" wired to the
>> basement.  I'll ask the rest of the steering committee if we might be
>> interested having a phone line (or an extension of a number), but I'm
>> guessing that we'll probably stick with the current arrangement because it
>> allows us to respond to inquiries without being physically present in the
>> IMC.
>>
>> If there's anything else we can do to help out on the project, though,
>> please let me know.
>> Thanks!
>> Phil
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jay & Phil,
>>> The last effort I put in on this was to track down & document the IMCs
>>> phone service and to test lines to the room. We have Comcast business with
>>> digital voice and I believe there are two lines usable from the cable modem.
>>>
>>>
>>> Our next steps would be to look at setting up some sort of free PBX
>>> computer such as Asterix http://www.asterisk.org/
>>>
>>> which would allow us to add functions like voice mail, extensions for
>>> different working groups, etc.
>>>
>>> this is the direction we'd like to go in, and if you are interested in
>>> helping Phil, let's talk more.
>>>
>>> -Chris
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Jay Schubert <jay.schubert at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Techsters,
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone update me on where things were left with the IMC wired phones
>>>> in the basement?   We used to have phone service in our space and I recall
>>>> that at one point there was some attempt to restore it, however I don't know
>>>> what happened or what the current situation is.   We have a volunteer (cc'd
>>>> on this mail) who is familiar with telephone systems and is willing to put
>>>> in some work if it is still an option which can be explored.
>>>>
>>>> Please let us know.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Jay
>>>>
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