The + sign is grammatic only it just means your international dialing prefix "+" the country code ....etc. So for dialing a number from Canada to the UK you would advertize the number as + 44 xxxx xxxxxx etc. In Canada we dial "011" for international calls so I would actually dial 01144 xxxxxxxxxxx etc.
Henry L.Coleman CEO *VoIP-PBX* 1-866-415-5355 Toronto Ontario Canada > Wow what a mess! I can imagine how much easier it would be if the world > adopted a country/area/exchange scheme like in the US with known length. > It must be complicated in Germany just within the country. At least in the > US we know what the length should be so if we don't have that we know the > number is in error. > > Doug > > > On Fri, 22 Dec 2006, Anselm Martin Hoffmeister wrote: > >> Am Freitag, den 22.12.2006, 00:53 -0500 schrieb Doug Crompton: >> > Question... What is the purpose of the + before the number? Does >> anyone >> > actually have to enter it? If so how would you do it? It is not used >> in >> > the US but do I see it come in on SIP lines CID. I assume the CID >> ignores >> > it in the number as I do not see it on the display. It is however >> stored >> > in asterisk and when doing CID comparisions it can be a problem. >> >> The "+" is replaced by the telco you are connected to - by whatever the >> local prefix for "international call" is. In the US and Canada it will >> be 011, in most parts of the world "00", and there is Russia with its >> exotic "08 wait for beep 10"... The "+" should work in GSM mobile >> networks and most SIP providers seem to accept it. >> >> For callerid, there seem to be several cases. One of my providers (the >> others manage better and always give "00492281234567" formatted numbers) >> gives CID as "+491601234567" for calls from one German mobile network, >> "491637654321" from a second network and "02281234567" from landline, so >> my dialplan has to cope with that such that my endpoints show the proper >> number. This is done by the following logic: >> >> If number begins with "+", strip it. >> If number begins with anything but 0, prepend "00". >> If number begins with "0049", replace by "0". >> >> Although in Germany you can dial "0049" (region) (number), readability >> is better when there is only the "0" (region) (number) on the display - >> especially as numbers tend to get long, and e.g. Grandstream BT-100 only >> have a 12-digit display. >> >> BTW the longest number I _think_ is planned in Germany is 9 digits after >> the area code for 2- and 3-digit area codes, 8 for 4-, and 7 for 5-digit >> areacodes. There is one exception though that I know of: One of our >> ministeries has usually 55-4444 numbers (55 being their number, then >> four digits DDI), but their fax numbers are 8-digit. Thus resulting in >> total in 011-49-228-55-87654321 from US, 18 digits. >> >> If you can, leave room for long numbers. >> >> BR >> Anselm >> >> _______________________________________________ >> --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> > > > "Those that sacrifice essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety > deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklin (1759) > > **************************** > * Doug Crompton * > * Richboro, PA 18954 * > * 215-431-6307 * > * * > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > * http://www.crompton.com * > **************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
