Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!telecom-request From: K_MULLHOLAND@unhh.unh.edu (KATH MULLHOLAND) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: 950 Access Message-ID: Date: 15 Mar 91 15:08:32 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 18 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 204, Message 3 of 14 I don't know where University of Nebraska is located, or what kind of switch their CO has, but here at UNH, admittedly in the wilds of NH, Durham's #5 crossbar does not route 950 numbers. Apparently it doesn't understand them. (The CO only went equal access a few months ago -- in a perhaps related manner, it does not do direct-dial for international calls, either.) Since we have our own PBX, we solved the problem by routing 950-numbers over various FX lines to more advanced switches. It costs us a minimal amount of money -- probably two or three cents per minute in lost revenue for a toll call that can't use the FX line while the 950 call is on, but the volume of such calls is low, and we feel it's a good service to offer. Since we have T-1, we also offer IDDD, which confuses some of the Durham residents who live on campus!. Kath Mullholand UNH, Durham NH