Nortel ICS Install Manual page 405

c. Set AbsorbLength to 1.
The 9 is only used internally and should be dropped.
The 1 is needed to direct the call to the public carrier
network.
Tips -
cannot be used together. If the destination code 91 is needed to
direct long distance calls, you must create a separate set of
codes that use local calling routes. These codes would be, for
example, 90, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98 and 99. See Wild card
character on page 396 for information about programming
destination codes.
Using destination codes to make a call
User dials
9-1-601-555-2222
9-1-601-555-2222
91 is a destination
code – system uses
Route 001 and Line
Pool A
Routing tables
absorb the 9
N0130943 02
The destination codes 9 and 91 used in the examples
1-601-555-2222
Call is directed in the
public system
1-601-555-2222
External lines recognize
the long distance access
code and switch to the
appropriate carrier
10222-1-601-555-2222
Dialout programming
tells the system to add
the access code for long
distance (e.g. 10222)
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