I just found out recently that with Centrex off of a Siemens switch, at least in my area, can be configured assume 9, but that you can hit # to get the Centrex group. So to dial another centrex extension I might dial #1001.
I didn't believe it when they first told me. It works, I tried it myself just to prove it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Patterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael N. Marcus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 6:58 PM Subject: KX-T: Re: Re: Re: Dial 9 Behind Centrex... | Yes, "assumed 9" is a good alternative if you can get it... but I had one | customer who was told that to switch from his regular Centrex to the | "assumed 9" he would be breaking his contract and still liable for the | penalty charges!!! | | With assumed 9 you do loose some features, I think, such as the ability to | dial direct to another of your own centrex lines with just 4 digits. Not too | many people use that though. | | cp | | | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Michael N. Marcus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: "Charles Patterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 7:18 PM | Subject: KX-T: Re: Re: Dial 9 Behind Centrex... | | | > Hi, Charles... | > | > Years ago, NY Telephone (pre-NYNEX, pre-BellAtlantic, pre-Verizon, | > pre-Disney or whatever it will be next) could provide "assumed dial 9" | with | > Centrex service, which made it much easier to live with. | > | > NY Tel wanted to lower the price of Centrex below POTS, and they | negotiated | > a deal with the NY Public Utility Commission to eliminate "assumed dial 9" | > so the less expensive service would be a PITA to use. | > | > Michael N. Marcus | > AbleComm, Inc. | > www.ablecomm.com etc. | > | > ----------------------------------------------------- | > For telecom newbies don't understand the acronyms: | > POTS is Plain Old Telephone Service | > PITA is Pain In The Ass | > | > | > | > | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: "Charles Patterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 6:52 PM | > Subject: KX-T: Re: Dial 9 Behind Centrex... | > | > | > > The 9 in the PBX code does not dial anything. That just tells toll | > > restriction to ignore that digit when it is looking at all the digits | > > dialed. | > > Ther is no way I know of that can pre-dial the 9, other than pickup | > dialing | > > (which we know is not good enough). | > > You need two 9's in all speed dial strings too. | > > | > > Charles | > > | > | > | > | > _________________________________________________________________ | > KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ | > Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt | > | > | | | | _________________________________________________________________ | KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ | Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt | _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt
