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![]() "Rob S" wrote in message ... Am I going mad? I've just been speaking to a client who has had ADSL installed on a separate number from his switchboard. When he plugs a normal phone into the filter, he has to dial a 9 to make calls. I didn't think this was possible - why does he need to dial a 9 - what "switchboard" can his ADSL line be going through? Avaya or Panasonic perhaps? Or maybe they just wire round it at the exchange end. (His ADSL internet connection works fine) -Rob robatwork at mail dot com |
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![]() Am I going mad? I've just been speaking to a client who has had ADSL installed on a separate number from his switchboard. When he plugs a normal phone into the filter, he has to dial a 9 to make calls. I didn't think this was possible - why does he need to dial a 9 - what "switchboard" can his ADSL line be going through? (His ADSL internet connection works fine) -Rob robatwork at mail dot com |
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![]() Rob S wrote: Am I going mad? I've just been speaking to a client who has had ADSL installed on a separate number from his switchboard. When he plugs a normal phone into the filter, he has to dial a 9 to make calls. I didn't think this was possible - why does he need to dial a 9 - what "switchboard" can his ADSL line be going through? (His ADSL internet connection works fine) His 'switchboard' isn't BT featureline by any chance?? Jon |
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![]() Jonathan Pearson wrote: Rob S wrote: Am I going mad? I've just been speaking to a client who has had ADSL installed on a separate number from his switchboard. When he plugs a normal phone into the filter, he has to dial a 9 to make calls. I didn't think this was possible - why does he need to dial a 9 - what "switchboard" can his ADSL line be going through? (His ADSL internet connection works fine) His 'switchboard' isn't BT featureline by any chance?? The switchboard wouldn't make any difference if the 'separate number' has been installed as a business line, you get Featureline by default and, even on a single line, that will require a leading '9' to dial a number. Why they can't turn the '9' requirement off when Featureline is installed on a single line I don't understand, the '9' is completely functionless. -- Chris Green |
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![]() wrote in message [snip] I can't quite make up my mind whether that is intended to be sarcastic or not! Didn't look it to me. You could have all the facilities of Featureline without having to dial '9' before outgoing calls couldn't you? No. Ivor |
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![]() wrote: kraftee wrote: wrote: Jonathan Pearson wrote: Rob S wrote: Am I going mad? I've just been speaking to a client who has had ADSL installed on a separate number from his switchboard. When he plugs a normal phone into the filter, he has to dial a 9 to make calls. I didn't think this was possible - why does he need to dial a 9 - what "switchboard" can his ADSL line be going through? (His ADSL internet connection works fine) His 'switchboard' isn't BT featureline by any chance?? The switchboard wouldn't make any difference if the 'separate number' has been installed as a business line, you get Featureline by default and, even on a single line, that will require a leading '9' to dial a number. Why they can't turn the '9' requirement off when Featureline is installed on a single line I don't understand, the '9' is completely functionless. Because if they turned it off it wouldn't be single line featureline anymore, simple really if you put your mind to it.. I can't quite make up my mind whether that is intended to be sarcastic or not! You could have all the facilities of Featureline without having to dial '9' before outgoing calls couldn't you? Nope, it's the way the software is written. Mind you those services aren't much good if there's only one... |
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![]() kraftee wrote: wrote: kraftee wrote: Because if they turned it off it wouldn't be single line featureline anymore, simple really if you put your mind to it.. I can't quite make up my mind whether that is intended to be sarcastic or not! You could have all the facilities of Featureline without having to dial '9' before outgoing calls couldn't you? Nope, it's the way the software is written. Mind you those services aren't much good if there's only one... Er, yes, but software can be changed! I realised it was the software that makes the requirement to dial 9, it's just about *all* software nowadays. The whole advantage of that is that it can be changed without physical intervention. There are surely bug fixes and enhancements going on all the time. Thus Featureline could be enhanced such that, on a single line Featureline, no 9 is required. -- Chris Green |
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