Adding back PSTN connectivity
The PBX isn't up again but at least we have a single conference
online. We're using
SIP
Broker for our PSTN connectivity. It's a lot like what we used
to have with Free World Dialup and Libretel several years ago. In
addition to this we plan on publishing SIP URIs so that everyone
can connect if they have a SIP client or a softswitch.
We'll post on the blog as we add more features. For now we only
have a single conference running. To connect you need to
dial an
access number, then dial our network code *9098, followed by
the desired internal extension. The extension for our single
conference is 666 so the full code is *9098666.
Try it out and let us know if there are any bumps in the road. In
particular we've noticed that +1-360 codes have trouble passing
DTMF. Avoid those numbers for now and post which ones work best for
you. We'll be putting our preferred DID list online as we learn the
new system.
The Bell's Mind conference lives again and will get a lot more
exciting soon.