[cisco-voip] Core Network Down, but still need some inbound lines

[Jeffrey Ollie]

On 12/7/07, Matthew J. Hughes <mattjhughes at gmail.com> wrote:
> Our police department on campus has been using 2 DIDs that are part of a
> block associated with our 2 PRis.  They have been giving these numbers out
> to residence in the area as a kind of 911 emergency number. (calling 911
> might not get them to the right PD station if they are on cell)   We will be
> performing a upgrade to our Core network and all network will be down on
> campus.   The PRIs are terminated on a 2851.   Is there any way to get those
> 2 numbers redirected onto analog lines or made functional while the network
> is down??  Can this be done either with configuration on the 2851 or by
> discussion with the phone company?

Do you have any analog FXS ports on the 2851? If so, it would be
relatively easy to reconfigure the 2851 to send those calls to the
analog ports during your downtime.  The telco could probably do the
same, but it would take time and money.

Jeff