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Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 22:31:58 +1300
From: Joe Abley <jabley@patho.gen.nz>
To: Dominic Mitchell <dom@happygiraffe.net>,
	Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>,
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Subject: Re: ispsetup (was: Re: FreeBSD in Dixons)
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On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 08:16:40AM +0000, Dominic Mitchell wrote:
> > There are complications in selecting which number to dial, too.
> > For example, here in NZ:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > I see in the Demon example you used 0845, which is cheating :) I'm
> > not sure a totally generic solution is even possible, but it'd be
> > nice to be flexible.
> 
> Well, I'm sure a gfeneric solution is possible; I do actually like the
> idea of the "dialling locations" feature in win95.  However, for the
> moment, I think it's best to just put a reminder in the program stating
> that the configuration assumes a national phone number and no pabx (edit
> if required).  We can then revisit this area when we have some more
> functionality in place.

I think the existence of a national number is the exception rather than
the rule, although I appreciate things might be a little different in
the UK.

How about extending your directory structure to:

  .../isp/COUNTRY/REGION/ISP/

where COUNTRY is an iso3166 country code, and REGION is either a
string representing a local calling area or some other obvious
country-specific string like "national".

See attached example -- note that I haven't changed your scripts; I've
just added an extra layer of directories.


Joe


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