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

[Ryan Delgrosso]

Correct.

The 9-prefixed 8 and 11 digit strings aren't valid anywhere in north 
america so they are easily identified. I suppose you could also add a 9 
prefixed 12 digit for people who dial 91NPANXXYYYY and 9011X. which is 
also free of collisions.

I dont get any pushback on timeouts for 7D as most users are on a 
deskphone with a dial button or a mobile app. Cell phones have trained 
people to hit send.

-Ryan

On 7/19/2020 9:46 AM, Mike Johnston wrote:
> On 2020-07-19 11:21, Ryan Delgrosso wrote:
>> if there is any pre-9 dialing going on, i just add a 8 digit and 11 
>> digit check for leading 9s and drop them at ingress and then both use 
>> cases are gracefully managed.
>
> Sounds like a form of permissive dialing.  Jam digits in, your 
> translations will sort it out.  I like it!
>
> So for example, if I dialed an 8-digit string starting with a 9, such 
> as...
> 9-555-2222
> ...it would strip the 9 and send it out as...
> 555-2222
> ...?
>
> And if I dialed an 11-digit string starting with a 9, such as...
> 9-619-555-2222
> ...again, it would strip the 9 and send it out as...
> 619-555-2222
> ...?
>
> Do you have issues with timeouts, though?  Especially in the 7/8-digit 
> case?  However, this new 988 order will require many areas to convert 
> to 10-digit dialing (including mine), which may make that irrelivent.
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