[VoiceOps] Get ready for a weird dialplan change. 9-8-8 suicide hotline.

[Ross Tajvar]

This is very cool! Should we (as a VoIP reseller/not a CLEC) be doing this
forward or should we expect our upstreams to do it?

On Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 10:53 PM Mark R Lindsey, ECG <lindsey at e-c-group.com>
wrote:

> Fortunately, all we have to do is setup call forwarding for 988 calls to
> go to +1-800-273-8255
>
> If anyone here would like to help, they can send me the config steps
> necessary to make this work on the platforms you manage. I’ll collect and
> publish them (tentatively at http://988.support/ ).
>
> For me, the health-and-safety element of voice telecom is a big part of
> the reason it’s important. People depend on us — in a small way — for their
> safety.
>
> —
> Mark R Lindsey ECG +1-229-316-0013
>
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 21:45 Jay Hennigan <jay at west.net> wrote:
>
>> This should be fun. FCC is designating 9-8-8 as a service code.
>>
>>
>> https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-designates-988-national-suicide-prevention-lifeline
>>
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