[56601] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Move all 9-1-1 to 8-5-5
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Segal)
Tue Mar 11 09:05:40 2003
From: Mark Segal <MSegal@FUTUREWAY.CA>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 09:03:47 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> 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 probably get quickly out of date.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.
>
