When I set up my Asterisk box at home I didn't want to have to dial 9 to dial off premises, so I gave all my local phones three digit extensions with this format: 1[1,0]*. My thought is that there are no area codes that start with 0 or 1, so if I use those numbers, I can create 20 local extensions that can be dialed with 3 digits, and not have to use a timeout when dialing long distance. If I dial 1, then anything other than 0 or 1, Asterisk knows I am dialing long distance. If I start with any number other than 1, Asterisk knows I am dialing a local or local toll call.
This has worked fine for me (as far as I know). Is there some flaw I am not seeing? I see a lot of small businesses that require a 9 to dial out, even though they don't have very many extensions. Couldn't they do what I did and not have to dial 9? I ask because we are having a problem where I work with our Cisco 7940 phones adding an extra 1 sometimes, which gets the local Sheriff upset (too many 911 calls). Thanks, Dave _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
