Quoting "Thczv F. Thczv" <thczv.th...@gmail.com>: > 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.
In North America: 0 is the intra-lata operator 00 is the inter-lata operator 0+ <something else> will be an operator assisted call 11xx is used for the rotary dial equivilant of *xx on many central office switches. Assuming you are not using rotary dial, I generally use 4 digit extensions with the 11xx format for the same reason you suggest. --Shane ---------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ -- 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
