Limiting Certain Users to Local Numbers

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This scenario illustrates an example where an administrator in Redmond would like to set up a calling policy to limit certain users in Redmond to just call local numbers in the Redmond area.

Table  SEQ Table \* ARABIC 91 User Policy

User Policy Phone Usage

Default Calling Policy

Local

GlobalPSTNHopoff

Redmond Local Policy

RedmondLocal

Table  SEQ Table \* ARABIC 92 Routes

Route Name Number Pattern Phone Usage Gateway

Redmond Local Route

^\+1(425|206|253)(\d{7})$

Local

RedmondLocal

Red-GW1

Red-GW2

Dallas Local Route

^\+1(972|214|469)(\d{7})$

Local

Dallas-GW1

Universal Route

^\+?(\d*)$

GlobalPSTNHopoff

Red-GW1

Red-GW2

Dallas-GW1

  • Administrators assign the Redmond Local Policy to users for whom they would like to restrict the calling to just Redmond destinations.

  • Since the only route that has the RedmondLocal phoneUsage is Redmond Local Route, that is the only authorized route for users with the Redmond Local Policy.