[asterisk-users] Not Dialing 9

[Philipp Kempgen]

Thczv F. Thczv schrieb:
> 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?

Generally speaking, it's impossible to get rid of the 0 (or 9 or
8 or whatever prefix) to get an outside line.

It may work for some people with SOHO setups. (Although it should
be mentioned that most of them make false assumtions.)

As soon as the company has extensions of varying length or
extensions longer than 2 digits (so they might as well be phone
numbers in the local area - they are rare but they exist) or when
we start talking about PBXs in foreign countries you can't avoid
the prefix.


   Philipp Kempgen

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