> 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 > > 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 probably get quickly out of date.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. >