[VOIPSEC] Off-topic 411/311/211 question

[Carlos Alvarez]

On 4/16/09 11:03 AM, J. Oquendo wrote:
> Yes, no... Sort of ;) I'm familiar with most of the numbers,
> was wondering if someone had the _XXX to direct DID listing.
> For example, 311 in New York can be accessed via 212NEWYORK
> so I can create dialplans on VoIP systems to map the 3 digit
> to the true number for whatever area code.

These are some great questions, and a good idea.

In our company, we've mapped 611 to go to our customer service.  If 
you're providing SIP connectivity, wouldn't that be who they want to 
reach?  We map 411 to Google's free service.  911 and 511 are mapped 
using a variable attached to the SIP account.  This is a totally manual 
process though, and an area code to service translation table would be 
awesome.

> Make sense? Granted the dialplan for this would be a PITA

Not really, or at least not with Asterisk.  Assuming you have a variable 
of some sort for the SIP account's local area code 
(setvar=defaultareacode=602), then you'd just build a macro that does a 
lookup for the value of 511 dialed in 602.

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Carlos Alvarez
TelEvolve LLC
602-889-3003