In article <mn.cc687d83847b81e2.88534@blueyonder.invalid>,
Jono <nothanks@blueyonder.invalid> wrote:[color=blue]
>Gordon Henderson brought next idea :[color=green]
>> In article <mn.cb937d83632b6244.88534@blueyonder.invalid>,
>> Jono <nothanks@blueyonder.invalid> wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> Gordon Henderson explained :
>>>> In article <mn.c5687d83c40c3b72.88534@blueyonder.invalid>,
>>>> Jono <nothanks@blueyonder.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> Crikey, just started playing with the Dial Plan for a Snom which is
>>>>> connected to a PBX and requires 9 for external calls.
>>>>
>>>> Why not get the PBX to remove the requirement to dial 9?[/color][/color]
>
>I also forgot to mention that the users prefer dialling 9 before an
>external call.[/color]

Bonkers! (But I guess it's been that way since forever )-:

Does it add a "9" to incoming numbers so any phone-books in the
phones work?
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>>> haha. I did - there's a little custom outbound config that allows for 6
>>> digit local dialling & 11 digit national dialing without the need for
>>> 9.[/color]
>>
>> What about 10 digit national dialling? (Eg. South Brent - 01364, same
>> prefix as me, but 5 digit local numbers starting with 7)[/color]
>
>That would be an awfully complex dial plan to construct - I would have
>to discover all the 5 digit number ranges - I think I'll leave them
>having to press Tick on those![/color]
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>>> .....the problem, though, is that the extension numbers & speed dials
>>> start with 2 or 3 - as do some local numbers.
>>>
>>> So, in order to cater for 221, for instance, users would be unable to
>>> dial 221xxx. (I think)[/color]
>>
>> If it's asterisk, 221 should have a higher priority over _[23]XXXXX[/color]
>
>Yes, though the useful thing about the dial plan I posted is that the
>Snom initiates the call as soon as the third digit is dialled (so long
>as it starts with a 2, 3 or 4)....or a 7 or 12 digit number beginning
>with 9.
>
>So, if the user intends to dial 222333, the phone will dial 222 as soon
>as the third 2 is keyed (without the need to press tick)[/color]

Ah, early-dial. OK. Not something I use - I try to make people think in
the same terms as mobile phones - dial the number, then "send" (or
"tick" on the snoms)
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>> And if your local numbers are all exactly 6 digits, then just
>> _XXXXXX will work, as that'll match exactly 6 digits rather than 3, no
>> matter what the start digits are.
>>
>> Of-course, if it's not asterisk,[/color]
>
>It is
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>> I know a man who could upgrade you to one :)[/color]
>
>You or me?[/color]

Either/Or, but you're probably more local than me :)

Gordon