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

Tue Mar 11 16:20:02 UTC 2003

After working at a CLEC for a while, I must say that 
I know of very few PBXs that can do this, that the avg 
customer can afford.. Of course the 
BIG Lucent Definity series, maybe a few of it's peers..
But the Lucent/AT&T partner/Magix systems, I am nearly 
positive(99.9%) they can't.. And forget about those 
4 line toshiba's.....

Anyway that is not a discussion for this list...

Jim

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Segal [mailto:MSegal at FUTUREWAY.CA]
>Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:04 AM
>To: nanog at merit.edu
>Subject: RE: Move all 9-1-1 to 8-5-5
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>> 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
>
>--
>Mark Segal
>Director, Data Services
>Futureway Communications Inc.
>Tel: (905)326-1570
>
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>> 
>> 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 probably get quickly out of date.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.
>> 
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