Lawrence Conroy wrote: > > Everyone MOSTLY calls from a small contact list, and the same holds for the > group of people who call them. The goal is to support them when they don't. > I don't know how long a phone number in Marrakech should be. Rather than > place an International call to find out I've missed a digit, I would like > a scheme to help me, ideally before I even get into the voice application. > I guess I could use google, but that is too Web 2.0 for my taste or patience. > > As for overlap signalling being obsolete -- it depends on your definition. > I'm pretty sure every equipment provider would be VERY happy if big Telcos > removed the requirement, and the requirement to continue to support it for > years. EnBloc dialling has definite benefits, but until landlines ALL go > away we're stuck with digit-by-digit dialling.
I fail to understand where the really big problem is with dialing. Privately and at home I'm using either mobile or DECT, and in both cases I type the number in its entirety before "picking up", simply because I can edit typos without having to start over. All of the DMTF-capable phone should have a "#" button, and when doing navigation in voicemail systems and pre-paid account loading one often needs to use that button already. Covering the legacy dialing with a time-out should IMHO be sufficient to maintain support for *old* equiment and also provide a slight motivation for end users to upgrade if they don't like pressing "#" or waiting for the timeout before the connection is established. Probing each time when a new digit arrives does not seem reasonable to me. -Martin _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf