On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:32:31 GMT, Lobster
 wrote:

>Geoff Lane wrote:
>> Brian A wrote:
>> 
>>>> Yes, I know that - but what I was really asking was can I configure 
>>>> the dialler to pass 0800 calls to BT whilst barring 
>>>> 08-everything-else calls - without any need to dial 1280?
>> 
>>> Certainly you can. It is a standard function of the box. This is why I
>>> couldn't understand what you were trying to get at. You can route 
>>> 0800/0500/0808 numbers via BT and simply not route 0870
>>> and 0845 numbers. 
>> 
>> So how do you do that..
>> 
>> I am new to the dialer and am not looking to do this at the moment but 
>> some of the codes appear a mystery to me.
>> 
>> What, for instance is the difference between the carrier code of 18185, 
>> 18185# and 18185#00
>
>A # is a 1-second pause; a lot of the specific carrier codes in the 
>CW-client library come in several flavours, with different numbers of 
>#s.  Needed sometimes to ensure that the desired carrier is connected 
>and live before the called phone number gets fired at it.
>
>Dunno about the #00 though.
>

I will own up to getting Richard to add 18185#00 to the carrier codes.
It is used as a translation to enable international calls, where the
international number is preceded by a prefix which  when correctly
dialled in will route the international call via 18185. It was the
kids that drove me to this paranoia !

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brightside S9