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I did some looking and it looks like the plan would be that they'd add a zero in the area code. It'd have to go at the end, as 0 is a reserved number and no phone numbers can begin with 0. So, my area code (Maine only has one, and is a long way from needing more) is 207 and as they start to run low on numbers they'll just change my existing area code to 2070.

At least that's what some quick skimming tells me. I am not actually an expert on the subject - but I did set up a phone exchange way back when we were too poor to afford real IT staff that had the time to attend to that stuff. For a while, IT was partially in my domain. I set up a PBX back then. We'd also convert to internal VOIP before it was fashionable. That spanned the main office and the two satellite offices. I did not set that up. We had staff by then, of course, but we actually contracted it out to the equipment provider as that was cheaper, easier, and came with support contracts.

There's a reason you get some of the jobs you get. Support contracts! They're fucking awesome, especially if you can negotiate a high availability percentage and have established penalties when the vendor fails to meet the uptime goals!

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I have done a whole lot of PBX and VIOP work over the years for many businesses

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It's too bad ALS took that guy so young. It's great that he's still composing music, but that has to be a damned tedious task as it's all communicating with the eyes. They're doing a lot in this department, with eye tracking and even a brain implant that you learn to use. Though I'm not sure if that was out of testing phase or what...

And, yeah, I kinda figured you'd done both PBX and VOIP. I figured that'd be a good example that we'd both be at least a little familiar with. Even way back when, our phones had an LCD in them (or maybe an LED, it was a long time ago) that'd display a bunch of information. I dimly recall there being a bit of hassle getting CID passed to the internal phones. It was resolved, I'm sure. Fuck, that seems like a lifetime ago. I sold my company in 2007. I've been retired for 15 years.

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Yeah it really sucks when shit like ALS happens to someone and debilitates them and they have no control or no blame for it even happening. That is shitty.

I just thank god for Amphenol cables when I do that work. I dont want to have to run all those wires