<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On 1 Oct 2006, at 04:54, Naija Man wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV></DIV>As a habit, I do not force users to dial 9 or any other prefix of any kind to access external lines. You can just check the dialled number and prefix with appropriate digits appropriately. See below. NOTE: THIS IS US-CENTRIC!! but can be easily made to work for any country.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>As I understand the German system their phone system passes the complete dialled number so can pass extra digits as many German subscribers use ISDN even for domestic telephony. It's something not all international carriers understand so sometimes sending faxes is difficult as subscribers in germany add the extra digit to tell their system that it's the fax extension.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>In the UK we have 6,7,8, and 11 digit local dialling and 8, 10 and 11 digit national dialling. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Situations like these make it easier to use a access digit to gain external dialling. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>M@t :o)</DIV></DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>-- </DIV><DIV>Matthew Thompson</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:matt.thompson@actuality.co.uk">matt.thompson@actuality.co.uk</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>