>Are you stripping the digit you use to specify it is goin to be an > external call? I don't use a digit for that purpose. I have always used exten=>_NXXXXXX,1,Dial(Zap/g2/BYEXTENSION) Was using this just fine on the Adtran 750 on the same lines but the Adtran was just on loan so I'm stuck with the Zplex. Raymond McKay