[56612] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Move all 9-1-1 to 8-5-5
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (McBurnett, Jim)
Tue Mar 11 11:20:43 2003
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 11:20:02 -0500
From: "McBurnett, Jim" <jmcburnett@msmgmt.com>
To: "Mark Segal" <MSegal@FUTUREWAY.CA>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
After working at a CLEC for a while, I must say that=20
I know of very few PBXs that can do this, that the avg=20
customer can afford.. Of course the=20
BIG Lucent Definity series, maybe a few of it's peers..
But the Lucent/AT&T partner/Magix systems, I am nearly=20
positive(99.9%) they can't.. And forget about those=20
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
>
>
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>> Whenever the North American Numbering Planning Administration=20
>> releases a new toll-free prefix (e.g. 1-800, 1-888, 1-877,=20
>> 1-866) there is always a lengthy delay for individuals=20
>> operating some telephone switches to update their routing=20
>> tables. Its common to be in hotels, and find the hotel PBX=20
>> doesn't recognize a recent toll-free prefix.
>
>Yes.. But most people don't run translations for all NPA-NXXs=20
>on their 4
>line PBX....
>
>Regards,
>Mark
>
>--
>Mark Segal
>Director, Data Services
>Futureway Communications Inc.
>Tel: (905)326-1570
>
>
>>=20
>> So to "fix" this problem, why don't we move all 9-1-1 numbers=20
>> to the new toll-free prefix, which will break stuff for=20
>> people who don't update their PBX's promptly. When they find=20
>> out they can't report a fire in the hotel because their PBX=20
>> is blocking the new prefix, then they'll fix the PBX.
>>=20
>> Let's get real, no one is going to break any "critical"=20
>> resource just for the purpose of making people fix their systems.
>>=20
>>=20
>> Rob's bogon lists are good, but unless you have the processes=20
>> in place to keep it update to date (or hire an consulting=20
>> firm to do it for you), its about as useful as putting a list=20
>> of "invalid" phone numbers in your PBX. The lists change all=20
>> the time, and unless you are a full-time LERG expert, it will=20
>> probably get quickly out of date.
>>=20
>> Of course, we can always use LDAP to keep all the PBX's updated.
>>=20
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