Lucent Technologies MERLIN Plus Release 2 System Manual page 182

Disallowed List
DESCRIPTION
CONSIDERATIONS
ADMINISTRATION
Most businesses find it inappropriate for their employees to make billable calls
to numbers such as those beginning with the "976" exchange or the "900" area
code, for services such as, comedy, weather, sports, lottery, and chatlines. The
Disallowed List feature enables you to deny access to up to 20 area codes,
exchanges, and entire numbers, even on unrestricted lines.
If a voice terminal has been assigned a disallowed number, any attempt to dial
that number will not go through. As soon as the dialed digits match any
complete disallowed number, dialing is blocked. The only exception to this is if
a System Speed Dial number with Restriction override matches a number on the
Disallowed List, the number will go through. (see "System Speed Dial" for
more details.)
The Disallowed List can contain 20 numbers up to 16 digits each. This allows
you to deny access to virtually any number combination, including area
code/exchange, and foreign numbers. You can enter "wild card" digits
(which are pauses in the administration procedure) by touching the Hold button.
The pauses can be used to represent any area code or combination you require.
For example, to prevent calls to the "976" exchange in any state, the disallowed
number would be entered as 1 Hold Hold Hold 976 or 0 Hold Hold Hold 976.
You cannot dial a number on an Allowed List if it matches a number on the
Disallowed List. For example, if 976-3535 is on the Allowed List, but the 976
exchange is on the Disallowed List, the number will not go through.
If your responsibilities do not include system administration, skip this
information.
As you administer a Disallowed List to your system, refer to the Disallowed List
Form you completed in Section 2.
To setup a Disallowed List:
Slide the T/P switch to P and touch Administer.
1
Dial *09 followed by the Disallowed List code (01 to 20).
2
Dial the disallowed number (up to 16 digits). If the number includes
3
wild card digits, touch Hold once for each wild card digit.
Touch Administer.
4
The console beeps twice.
Leave administration mode by sliding the T/P switch to the center position.
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