RE: Editing of area codes

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

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I use the WorksRight software and may implement that.

The consensus is that 1 is not currently used as the first digit in an
area code, but may be in the future.  But if they did much software and
hardware will have to be changed.

This is what our problem was.
To make it faster to dial in an emergency our new phone system (Cisco ip
phones) was changed to dial 9911 if you dialed 911.  Therefore in a panic
situation you'd get emergency.  Then we had a user enter an incorrect area
code, which began with a 1.  9 to get out, 1 for long distance, and 1 for
the first digit of the area code.  Fax didn't go?  Retry - numerous times.
 Not real popular with the emergency dispatcher.  Our phone system has
been changed back to require the 9911.  Seems there were other problems,
(I don't know what.)  Hopefully the change will block the occurrence from
repeating.  (9911315551212 would not go, we would trap that as too many
digits and yet still not formatted for an international call.)

Yet I've been asked to consider changing the software, for now, to make
all area codes with a 1 invalid.  Failsafing I suppose.

Rob Berendt
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