asterisk users - Jun 2006 - is '9' needed for "outside" numbers

I have a small setup with half a dozen phones and a couple of soft 
phones that share a voip line and a pstn line.  Right now I have it 
configured to require a 9 prefix to dial to a number outside the 
building.  Where we are it is 10 digit dialing for even local numbers, 
the local dialable area codes start with 2,4,6 or 9 and our internal 
extensions all start with 3.  So I was thinking that I could make it 
more natural to just eliminate the requirement to dial the 9 prefix for 
an outside number?  Can anyone see problems with doing this?

Thanks for any opinions,

Mike

At 10:06 AM 6/3/2006, you wrote:
>So I was thinking that I could make it more natural to just 
>eliminate the requirement to dial the 9 prefix for an outside 
>number?  Can anyone see problems with doing this?
Works perfect, jut remember to leave the code that recognizes 9 for 
the people who have a hard time learning the new way. You can ever 
get fancier and add the 1 if they leave it off. or add the local 3 
digit prefix if they just dial the 7 digit number. I do those things 
and it works perfect.

Ira