Outbound routing is a set of rules that FreePBX uses to decide which trunk to use for an outbound call. Many VoIP systems have multiple trunks, and it can often be unnecessarily expensive to route all calls over a single trunk. Outbound routing also allows dialed numbers to be rewritten on the fly (to remove or prepend dialed numbers with specific outside access codes or area codes). Routes are defined using patterns, against which the dialed numbers are matched.
Outbound routes have a priority. If a dialed number matches the pattern in two outbound routes, the route with the lower priority will be used to place the call.
To start setting up an outbound route, click on the Outbound Routes link in the navigation menu is under the Basic section:
The Add Route page consists of eight configurable options and one "quick pick" drop-down menu used to populate certain fields as shown in the following screenshot:
Route Name is just used to identify this route...