On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 16:11 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Tim Burt wrote: > > >PLUS... > >Numbering your extensions in the "100" to "119" range (or for larger > >environments 1000 to 1199) will provide the cleanest interface. This is > >because a leading 1 indicates a long distance call, and the number > >following a leading 1 cannot be a "0" or a "1" for long distance. > >Therefore, asterisk can determine with the second digit dialed that you > >are dialing an extension, and not a long distance number. > > > > > > > Just a general comment.. Slightly OT, but others might find it > interesting. The ORIGINAL intention of leading a phone number with a "1" > was NOT a toll indication. In fact, it was explicitly NOT a toll > indicator. Rather it was an indicator that 10 digits would follow. It > just happened that that _typically_ a 10 digit phone number was a toll > call. Given that and the natual evolution of the network, the original > meaning was bastardized.
Funny, my memory has been that 1 was always toll as it was possibly to dial a 7 digit number prefixed by a 1 and it was LD. Of course that may be that for the longest time I lived in areas where the entire state could be a single area code without risk of running out of numbers. At that point you only dialed the 10 digit number if you dialed out of state. -- Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
