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

["McBurnett, Jim" <jmcburnett () msmgmt com>]

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 () FUTUREWAY CA]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:04 AM
> To: nanog () merit edu
> Subject: RE: Move all 9-1-1 to 8-5-5
>
>
>
> > 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 probably get quickly out of date.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.