[asterisk-users] Not Dialing 9

[Mattias Andersson]

Way make it complicated. Make shore Asterisk match internal numbers first.
Else external number.
Trixbox works like that by default.
No nead for 9 to call external numbers.
//Mattias


On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Thczv F. Thczv <thczv.thczv at gmail.com>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).
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
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