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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi
everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;
I was wondering if anyone could tell me the best approach for a dial plan or of
any link you can send me for best practices.&nbsp; Currently we only have a
couple of sites which have 5 digit dialing within each cluster and also of
course internally in each cluster.&nbsp; We are consolidating into one single
cluster.&nbsp; We will also have about 25 remote sites later.&nbsp; Right now, users
on the VOIP system dial 9 to dial external numbers.&nbsp; We have a new site
which is assigned numbers where the 6<sup>th</sup> digit is a 9, so for 5 digit
dialing, there number is 9XXXX.&nbsp; I understand that I can simply put the
line DN below external route patterns (but also causes a 15 second delay for
those extensions to be dial as the system waits for more digits).&nbsp;
However, my concern is that there may be an overlap of extensions later in the
system 25 (or more) sites.&nbsp; I don&#8217;t think it will happen, but I&#8217;d
also be concerned of two users with the same last 5 digits, even though users
are in different area codes. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Bill Hendrix</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>L-3 Communications</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:george.hendrix@l-3com.com"><span
style='color:blue'>george.hendrix@l-3com.com</span></a></span><span
style='color:blue'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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alt="STRATIS - Horizontal with Tag line"></span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

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