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Making calls with VoIP and the fixed line network
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Making calls with VoIP and the fixed line network
Making an external call
External calls are calls made via the public telephone network (fixed line
network) or via the Internet (VoIP). You decide which connection type you want
to use for a specific call when you dial the number. You have the following
options:
u Select the connection type with the Talk key
c
(briefly press/press and
hold
c
),
£
Page 38 .
u
Select the connection type via the display keys by assigning VoIP or the fixed
line network to your left Display key,
£
Page 39
u Select a special connection via your line suffix,
£
Page 38
Use the Talk key to select the type of connection and make the call
By briefly pressing or pressing and holding the Talk key
c
, you can determine
the type of connection for the call you want to make (fixed line network or
VoIP).
Prerequisite: You enter the number without a line suffix (
£
Page 38 ) and
have not defined any dialing plans for this number
(
£
Page 123 ).
~ c
Enter number (without suffix) and briefly press / press and hold
the Talk key.
A default connection is established on your phone (fixed line network or VoIP
£
Page 86 / Page 119 ).
¤
Briefly press the Talk key
c
to make a call via this default connection.
¤
Press and hold the Talk key
c
to make the call via the other connection
type.
Please note
u
You can conduct three separate external calls via your base station (using
different handsets): two calls via VoIP and one via the fixed line network.
u You can define dialing plans for certain numbers or area codes by determin-
ing the connection and therefore the billing method to be used (cost con-
trol
£
Page 123 ) when these numbers are dialed.
u Dialing with the Directory (
£
Page 62 ), Shortcut keys (
£
Page 64 ) or Last
Number Redial list (
£
Page 57 ) saves repeated keying of phone numbers.
You can modify or add to these numbers on a call-to-call basis.
u
If you use VoIP to make a call to the fixed line network, you may also have
to dial your local area code for local calls (depending on the VoIP provider).
You can avoid having to dial your own area code by entering it into the con-
figuration (
£
Page 87 , Page 122 ) and activating the option Predial area
code for local calls through VoIP (
£
Page 122 ).
u Depending on the exchange, you may not have to dial your own area code
when making local calls via the fixed line network.