On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Thczv F. Thczv wrote: > 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). You don't say, but I'm guessing you'r in the US, or at least not Europe. Starting extensions with 1 isn't a good idea in Europe, as our equivalent of 911 is 112 (and 999 in the UK) Gordon _______________________________________________ -- 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
