[asterisk-users] Not Dialing 9

[Gordon Henderson]

On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Thczv F. Thczv wrote:

> 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.

> This has worked fine for me (as far as I know).  Is there some flaw I
> am not seeing?  I see a lot of small businesses that require a 9 to
> dial out, even though they don't have very many extensions.  Couldn't
> they do what I did and not have to dial 9?
>
> I ask because we are having a problem where I work with our Cisco 7940
> phones adding an extra 1 sometimes, which gets the local Sheriff upset
> (too many 911 calls).

You don't say, but I'm guessing you'r in the US, or at least not Europe.

Starting extensions with 1 isn't a good idea in Europe, as our equivalent 
of 911 is 112 (and 999 in the UK)

Gordon