[asterisk-users] Seemingly easy question: NPA/NXX

Jay R. Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Tue Sep 23 10:46:28 CDT 2008


----- "Ira" <ira at extrasensory.com> wrote:
> At 09:29 AM 9/22/2008, you wrote:
> >... except in some countries, the phone numbers vary in length in the
> >same city. Say in Hamburg, Germany, your number can be as short as 5
> >digits or as long as 10. You really have no way of knowing.
> 
> The unanswered part of that, is this? Can 5 digit number, say, 12345,
> be the beginning part of a 10 digit number, say, 1234567890?

And the answer is: do not confuse E.164 addresses with dialling patterns, 
grasshopper.

Cheers,
-- jr '1-888-MITSU2008' a
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