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After working at a CLEC for a while, I must say that I know of very few PBXs that can do this, that the avg customer can afford.. Of course the BIG Lucent Definity series, maybe a few of it's peers.. But the Lucent/AT&T partner/Magix systems, I am nearly positive(99.9%) they can't.. And forget about those 4 line toshiba's..... Anyway that is not a discussion for this list... Jim >-----Original Message----- >From: Mark Segal [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:04 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: Move all 9-1-1 to 8-5-5 > > > >> Whenever the North American Numbering Planning Administration >> releases a new toll-free prefix (e.g. 1-800, 1-888, 1-877, >> 1-866) there is always a lengthy delay for individuals >> operating some telephone switches to update their routing >> tables. Its common to be in hotels, and find the hotel PBX >> doesn't recognize a recent toll-free prefix. > >Yes.. But most people don't run translations for all NPA-NXXs >on their 4 >line PBX.... > >Regards, >Mark > >-- >Mark Segal >Director, Data Services >Futureway Communications Inc. >Tel: (905)326-1570 > > >> >> So to "fix" this problem, why don't we move all 9-1-1 numbers >> to the new toll-free prefix, which will break stuff for >> people who don't update their PBX's promptly. When they find >> out they can't report a fire in the hotel because their PBX >> is blocking the new prefix, then they'll fix the PBX. >> >> Let's get real, no one is going to break any "critical" >> resource just for the purpose of making people fix their systems. >> >> >> Rob's bogon lists are good, but unless you have the processes >> in place to keep it update to date (or hire an consulting >> firm to do it for you), its about as useful as putting a list >> of "invalid" phone numbers in your PBX. The lists change all >> the time, and unless you are a full-time LERG expert, it will >> probably get quickly out of date. >> >> Of course, we can always use LDAP to keep all the PBX's updated. >> > |