Move all 9-1-1 to 8-5-5

Tue Mar 11 14:03:47 UTC 2003

> Whenever the North American Numbering Planning Administration 
> releases a new toll-free prefix (e.g. 1-800, 1-888, 1-877, 
> 1-866) there is always a lengthy delay for individuals 
> operating some telephone switches to update their routing 
> tables.  Its common to be in hotels, and find the hotel PBX 
> doesn't recognize a recent toll-free prefix.

Yes.. But most people don't run translations for all NPA-NXXs on their 4
line PBX....

Regards,
Mark

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Mark Segal
Director, Data Services
Futureway Communications Inc.
Tel: (905)326-1570

> 
> So to "fix" this problem, why don't we move all 9-1-1 numbers 
> to the new toll-free prefix, which will break stuff for 
> people who don't update their PBX's promptly.  When they find 
> out they can't report a fire in the hotel because their PBX 
> is blocking the new prefix, then they'll fix the PBX.
> 
> Let's get real, no one is going to break any "critical" 
> resource just for the purpose of making people fix their systems.
> 
> 
> Rob's bogon lists are good, but unless you have the processes 
> in place to keep it update to date (or hire an consulting 
> firm to do it for you), its about as useful as putting a list 
> of "invalid" phone numbers in your PBX. The lists change all 
> the time, and unless you are a full-time LERG expert, it will 
> probably get quickly out of date.
> 
> Of course, we can always use LDAP to keep all the PBX's updated.
> 