ClarkFreeman

Hi,
Ottawa, Ont Canada is moving to 10 digit local dialing and would like to know how to enable it on our Option 11...

Thanks!
Clark

jhmccoy

In LD 90 program your local NPA as an SPN without the 1.

Lets assume your are in NPA 780. You most likely have an NPA of 1780 (for local toll calls). Keep the 1780 NPA but create a new SPN of just 780 (no 1 in front). You will need to check the RLI used for 1780 to make sure it does not have a DMI that changes the dialed digits and that it points to the local route. If the existing RLI has a DMI that changes the number of points to a LD route then you will need to create a new RLI with DMI 0 (this is the system default DMI and does not change the dialed digits (unless someone changed it)) and point it to the local route.

In Houston we have 3 NPA's (713, 281, and 832). some of the numbers within these NPA's are local toll calls from the other NPA's (or even within the same NPA) and require a 1 in front of the NPA so I have NPA's of 1713, 1281 and 1832 but I also have SPN's of 713, 281, and 832.

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ClarkFreeman

Thanks jhmccoy,
That is the best description I have seen. I have not stopped looking for information on this, and I have been reading as much about the system as I can find.

I am beginning to understand some of these TLAs (three letter acronyms) and what they are used for. With your description, and an LD 'cheat sheet' I found over at ghtrouts I should be good to go.

Cheers!
Clark

oozenoz

It's worth mentioning, if you have dedicated LD trunks your users could be racking up charges for local calls if your dialing plan is not set up properly. This is a common issue when 10-digit dialing is being introduced.

It's been a couple of years since I put my hands on a Meridian, but I seem to recall in the SPN list on our system in Houston, the 281 and 832 office codes that were local could be dialed as local, and toll forced to be dialed as 1+.

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