John Slater <johns@happy.uk.sun.com> (06/06/90)
In a perfect world I could dial "+44 81 676 XXXX" to reach my number in London from *anywhere* in the world, including the UK (where + means 010). Similarly it would be nice to be able to dial 011 1 415 XXX XXXX to reach San Francisco from anywhere in the US. I was originally going to post this with lots of ":-)", but seriously though folks, why should it be difficult with modern switches? Just a thought. John Slater Sun Microsystems UK, Gatwick office
martin@bellcore.bellcore.com> (06/07/90)
In article <8733@accuvax.nwu.edu> John Slater <johns@happy.uk.sun.com> writes: X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 418, Message 6 of 10 >In a perfect world I could dial "+44 81 676 XXXX" to reach my number >in London from *anywhere* in the world, including the UK (where + >means 010). Similarly it would be nice to be able to dial 011 1 415 >XXX XXXX to reach San Francisco from anywhere in the US. >I was originally going to post this with lots of ":-)", but seriously >though folks, why should it be difficult with modern switches? Actually, BT are kind of doing this now with the London area split. In an exchange with old mechanical directors, when you dialled '0', you would be connected to a register which would first pulse out the code to get you to the outgoing STD center, then just repeat the digits after the '0' to the STD center. With the 071/081 split, this would put an unworkable amount of traffic through the STD centers. What has actually happend is that all director echanges in London have processor controlled directors. (I used to write software for these beasts, but that's another story!) If you dial '0', the director looks at the following digits to see if the call is going to the other London area. If it is, the call is routed over the director area's tandem network, just as if you were calling to your own part of London. Of course if the call is destined to go to another part of the country, it is routed to the outgoing std center just as it always was. Martin Harriss