jon
Michael Bryan wrote:
>Joshua M. Thompson wrote:
>>I'm beginning to think there is some underlying reason why only seven
>>digits are sent. We only get 7 from TCG on our PRIs, we only get 7 on our
>>Ameritech BRIs, and we only get 7 from our "in-house" CLEC. In the latter
>>case the switch guy and I sat down for a good hour or so trying to figure
>>out a way to convince the switch to send all ten digits, and we couldn't
>>find anything.
>>[...]
>>Of course we've been calling Ameritech
>>every day for weeks now making sure our NPA-NXXs are correctly 7- and
>>10-digit dialable from all over Ameritech land.. :)
>
>I'm really -not- looking forward to this fall. On 10/2/1999, it will
>become necessary to dial 1+10 digits when dialing all local calls in
>the 408 area code, due to the new overlay of the 669 area code. Right
>now we are in a permissive stage, where you can dial with either 7-digit
>dialing or 1+10-digit dialing. We're starting to educate users now, so
>they can get their dialin numbers modified appropriately, but I fully
>expect that during the week of 10/2 we're going to get a lot of support
>calls from our analog users. The 415 and 510 area codes will get similar
>overlays and mandatory 1+10-digit dialing during the year 2000.
>I believe ISDN calls already have mandatory 10-digit dialing, though.
>
>Of course, our PRIs all deliver 7-digits of called number information,
>no matter how you dial. (Some are from WorldCom, some are from ICG.)
>For accounting purposes, this isn't -horrible-, since the numbers are
>all unique anyway. But I really would like to get the full 10 digits
>transmitted. I'll have to try bothering them to see if it's possible.
>From the sounds of your experience, it might be a wasted effort, though...
>
>
>Michael Bryan
>pmu@ursine.com
>
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