[Asterisk-Users] Dialing area question

[Clif Jones]

Thanks! I was hoping you wouldn't say that... ;)  It is always such a 
joy getting the carrier to cooperate.

mattf wrote:

>You have to get the local calling information from the carrier that the
>lines go through. We have 6 local T1s in our office and they are in 3
>different groups of local calling zones(what is a local call on one T1 can
>be a intra-state long distance[expensive per minute!] call in another T1)
>It's all a real pain in the ass actually. We are in the process of switching
>all 6 of our T1's and their local numbers to the one with the nice wide
>local calling area, but this too is a pain, should be done some time next
>summer.
>
>I would recommend getting a local calling LATA table from you carriers in
>all locations that you want to use for local calling. Also keep in mind that
>most carriers update these tables every month, so make sure they send you
>the updates.
>
>Hope that helps,
>
>MATT---
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Clif Jones [mailto:ctjones at earthlink.net]
>Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 11:21 PM
>To: asterisk users
>Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Dialing area question
>
>
>I am wanting to perform toll bypass using multiple gateways for outgoing
>calls.
>For example, if I call from location A to location B and I have a gateway in
>location B I obviously want to use location B's gateway to make it a
>local call.
>I understand how to get the local prefixes from NANPA but my question is:
>If there are additional numbers that are local (non-toll) calls from a
>particular
>calling area, how do I discover them.  Many adjacent calling areas are
>accessible
>via 7-digit dialing but you get usage sensitive charges which are
>undesirable.
>I just want to easily figure out which ones are free for an area without
>going
>through a huge search.  Anyone know how this works?  This has got to be
>stored somewhere.
>
>
>
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