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RCF vs. Out of Rate Center DID

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WikiTech

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Oct 10, 2013
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A client of mine is shutting down their Service Center in the (510) and transferring the pilot number to their corporate office in the (714). The logical way to accomplish this would be to RCF the number to utilize the hunt group. Instead, the network provider is selling them an "Out Of Rate DID" circuit. The N.P. told the client, "All your vendor needs to do is run a X-connect. The Cisco Router (channel bank -66 blk) supposedly has been provisioned for this. No tech from the N.P. has made a field visit to tag the circuit which I have since learned is supposed to go from the router to an Adtrans, which currently doesn't exist. This will ultimately be integrated into my Magix's System on a line port.
I would assume the circuit will show the same characteristics as an incoming WATS line.
With one incoming line, what will become of call traffic? Busy Signal? Ring-no-answer?
I believe my client has been over-sold a circuit that will not benefit their needs. Why wouldn't RCF'ing the number not be the first choice?
 
Some providers charge per call forwarded so to permanently RFC a line could end up being expensive (say they charge 10 cents per call forwarded). Actually moving the line might then be more cost effective. But, if they are delivering it as a POTS off a 66 block then they will only receive 1 call and then busy. Unless they set-up call forward on busy to another number which would beg the question why did they not just RFC the line in the first place.

If it was a DID on a PRI I could understand porting the number to the PRI, but just bringing in 1 analog line doesn't make much sense.
 
Thankyou for the info. Unfortunately, the client is not phone savvy and when I asked her about the rollover calls, she rolled her eyes and asked me to ask Tel.Pac. They are not delivering it to the RJ2 block, the DID line will be interfacing to an ADtrans ( supposedly) At this point, there are only two vacant C.O. ports left on the magix so we could add another line
 
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