On Mon, January 31, 2005 6:44 pm, Jason Kawakami said: > Is it in principle possible to create a dialplan that allows > prefix-free dialing to an outside line, and move all the > "PBX-like" features behind some special prefix? > > i.e. recognize 3, 7 and 11 digit numbers as phone numbers > and dial them without further ado, and put voicemail and > every other PBX-ish feature behind, say "#"? > > this really isn't this complex. I taught my mother how to dial '9'...
The only hitch I've found with making a dial-plan that "just works" like you're thinking (i.e. with or without the 9, areacodes where 10 digits are required, prepending 1 to 10-digit numbers, etc.) is the need for a timeout. I've got something like below here at my house in Atlanta where we do 10-digit local dialing. If I dial 800 (the voicemail extension) on a Zap station, I need to wait a few seconds for the channel to stopp looking for more digits before it decides the choose 800 over waiting for the rest of a toll-free 10-digit number. You can dial a # to force it to proceed if you don't want to wait. That said, IMHO, getting the gang here to press # or know to wait a few seconds was kinder and gentler than making them dial 9. Paul -- My Pseudo Outbound DialPlan: 911 -> Emergency 0 -> BellSouth Operator 411 -> BellSouth Info _9NXXXXXX -> forced analog call, prepend local area code _9NXXNXXXXXX -> forced analog call _91NXXNXXXXXX -> forced analog call _8NXXXXXX -> forced VoIP call, prepend local area code _8NXXNXXXXXX -> forced VoIP call _81NXXNXXXXXX -> forced VoIP call _NXXXXXX -> prefer analog, fallback to VoIP, call, prepend area code _770NXXXXXX -> 770 is local, prefer analog _1770NXXXXXX -> 770 is local, remove leading 1, prefer analog _678NXXXXXX -> 678 is local, prefer analog _1678NXXXXXX -> 678 is local, remove leading 1, prefer analog _404NXXXXXX -> 404 is local, prefer analog _1404NXXXXXX -> 404 is local, remove leading 1, prefer analog _888NXXXXXX -> 888 is free, add leading 1, prefer analog _1888NXXXXXX -> 404 is local, prefer analog (same for other toll-free, 877, 866, 855, 800) _900NXXXXXX -> block these _1900NXXXXXX -> block there _976NXXXXXX -> block these _1976NXXXXXX -> block there _NXXNXXXXXX -> long distance, prefer VoIP _1NXXNXXXXXX -> long distance, prefer VoIP _011. -> international, force VoIP _1XX -> internal extensions _8XX -> internal apps (voicemail, time/temp, etc.) -- Paul A. Dugas Dugas Enterprises, LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1711 Indian Ridge Drive p:404-932-1355 f:770-516-4841 Woodstock, GA 30189-6856 USA _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
