Being "old school" I tend to think that dialing outside numbers should always be preceeded by "9" and then the number. However that was before "call back" or missed calls were invented. The problem is that the CID from these calls can't be just dialed out through a typical dialing plan eg. a caller CID of 705 xxx xxxx needs a call back but you dialplan needs 9+1+705 xxx xxxx to get an outside line. If we set up a dial plan thats more like the PSTN then local calls (416,647,905) can be set in the dialplan directly and long distance calls can have "1+" dialing (no problem so far) Most ITSP don't want the "1" so that would have to be discarded in the dial plan. Extensions can be in any range starting with 2,3,5,7 and 8. I like 2xx or 3xx. International call begins with "011" and if anyone knows what the CID looks like please let me know.
Dialplan. 1|NXXNXXXXXX - Longdistance 416NXXXXXX - Local 647NXXXXXX - Local 905NXXXXXX - Local 2XX - Local Extensions 3XX - OPX Now what happens if someone from New York wants a call-back ? Will the call-back number 212NXXXXXX conflict with Extension 212 or is there an elegant workaround? -- Henry L. Coleman. Web: www.voip-pbx.ca Tel: 1 866 415 5355
