Should I use DID for paging access?

[Zu56]

Hello,
I am getting a new in-house paging system which will allow to page wide area pagers as well. A few years ago, before me, there was non DID extension used to access a similar but much older system
Does anybody know of any reason NOT to use DID to access in-house transmitter for pager system?
Thank you

 

[sjs1717]

If I knew the DID I could page there too.......as long as you restrict incoming calls to the DID I guess there would not be a problem


Steve
We're doing this stuff for the wealth and fame right?

 

[jfh9219]

Publish your paging DID and I will have all my fax machines call it. Within minutes you will wish you didn't make it a straight DID.

Actually if you are going to make it a DID, make the DID go to a vector that requires the caller to enter some code before routing the caller to the paging system. That will reduce the number of wrong number calls.

A prior telcom guy made our plant paging system accessible via a FAC of 60 and we live in the 608 area code. How many people do you think forget to dial the 9 or forget to include it in the fax machine dial string? yeah, that's right a lot.

 

[Zu56]

Thanks everybody,
I guess I will stay with non DID extension for now and see if there is enough demend for accessing paging system from the outside.
jfh9219, I like your idea about using the vector, though. ..and why would you want to have all of your fax machines calling the number? LOL

 

[phoneguy55]

x2 on what jfh9219 said.

 

[wilroy]

Maybe look into setting up remote dial access. You could use a DID & a barrier code, a COR, an expiration date.

We would not set it up here but it would be tempting to set it up & not tell anyone. Then, when the time was right; call in and say your piece. I would never do it but just think of the possibilities.