[Torian]

Hi,

Can anyone point me in the direction of info on setting up extensions.conf patterns for pstn calls in the UK (British Telecom network)? I have googled around for some while and only found a few bits and pieces on this

Thanks,

Ben.

[rizsher]

The following covers everything (as far as I've used it for the last 2 yrs) in the UK:
0[1278]XXXXXXXXX
[2-8]XXXXX

First Line covers all out of local area (i.e with a NWD vode), mobile or special numbers:

e.g 01274: Bradford
0207: London
07XXX: Mobiles
0800: Freephone etc etc
087/084: Special rate numbers.

all uk numbers are 4 0r 5 digit NWD code, followed by 6 or 7 digit phone number:

e.g.

0131 123 4567
0207 123 4567 [secial case for London and possibly few other locations)
01224 123 456
0788 123 4567
0800 123 4567 etc etc

etc. This excludes 0900 calls which I believe are premium rate calls, though they can be inclded by changing adding 9 to the square brackets [12789]

The second line takes care of local dialling, so you don't need to dial the NWD code for your local area, I get this to work in conjunction with the "Dial Rules" in the trunk:

I live in a 5 digit NWD code area, so my phone number is actually a 6 digit number. So, the dial pattern in the route catches ANY 6 digit number starting with 2,3,4,5,6,7,8, will be sent thru to my UK trunk, which will then add 01274 (my NWD code) to the number and dial thru.

01274+XXXXXX
0[1278]XXXXXXXXX

[awair]

Important:

Don't forget 999 [& any other required operator services].

Its been a while since I was in UK [192 r.i.p.] but you may also need 100, 150 [BT sales?] 15x [BT faults?] and the 118xxx crowd...

I don't use UK pstn, so don't have a dialplan to offer.