Re[2]: flexfax: Dialrules for a local call

[kabrahamsen@wrightgroup.com]

     Hi Nico / Lee,
     Well, we're in the same geographic area with the same problem. Part of 
     the problem might be being behind a PBX with / without automatic route 
     selection (ARS). Depending upon the actual PBX ARS programming, 
     destinations might indeed be processed as long distance merely based 
     on how the call was dialed (ie; a '1' prefix might force it to be a 
     toll call and therefore billable even if the destination was indeed a 
     local (toll-free) call. One of the (many) joys of deregulation.
ken abrahamsen
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Subject: Re: flexfax: Dialrules for a local call
Author:  Nico Kadel-Garcia <raoul@cirl.meei.harvard.edu> at Internet_TCO
Date:    01/19/2000 12:57 AM


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On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Lee Wilson wrote:
     
>     Well, due to the nightmare that is our US phone system, we have rather a 
> tough deciding whether a call is long-distance or not via dialrules.  For
> example, I am the 425 area code.  Most numbers in the 425 area code are local,
> but not all.  Most numbers in the 206 area code are local, but many are not. 
I
> have to look at both the area code and number prefix to see if a number is 
local
> or not.
     
To save work, can't you simply always dial it as a long distance call and 
have it work correctly and at the same price?
     
                        Nico Kadel-Garcia
                        Senior Engineer, CIRL 
                        Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary
                        raoul@cirl.meei.harvard.edu
     
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