On 7/18/20 19:51, Mark R Lindsey, ECG wrote:
Fortunately, all we have to do is setup call forwarding for 988 calls to
go to +1-800-273-8255
That's by no means all we have to do.
Device dialplans in VoIP phones, ATAs, PBXs, etc, recognize N-1-1 as the
only valid 3-digits-and-done dialplan. Now every such device will need
9-8-8 as well. Much of the older gear is not user-programmable to
accommodate such changes or manufacturer-discontinued.
988 is also a valid prefix in hundreds of NPAs, causing a conflict in
areas with 7-digit dialing. It will be a hot mess.
And now that we have started down the slippery slope, you can expect
poison control, ASPCA, stop smoking, gambling addiction, abducted
children, AA, Planned Parenthood, etc. to all lobby for their own
3-digit codes.
We have had 9-1-1 for decades and everyone knows it. There isn't a PSAP
in the country that can't transfer a 9-1-1 call to a suicide hotline at
the touch of a button.
--
Jay Hennigan - j...@west.net
Network Engineering - CCIE #7880
503 897-8550 - WB6RDV
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