Interdigit Delay

[butscher]

Yippee!

My LNP was finalized yesterday afternoon/evening. I noticed a delay between the entry of the last number dialed and the connection being completed. I called support and chatted with a very nice guy who changed the setting in question. I believe the setting was the interdigit delay.

[KLH]

FYI, you can also hit the # key when you are done dialing, and the phone will start ringing instanly (no waiting).

And welcome to the forums Butscher!

[KLH]

I've also moved this thread to a more appropriate place.

[Brian188]

It's actually the interdigit long timer. Be careful now. You will have less time between entering numbers on your keypad, if for instance you forget the last number of a phone number and have to look it up on a sheet of paper etc.

[DracoFelis]

It's actually the interdigit long timer. Be careful now. You will have less time between entering numbers on your keypad, if for instance you forget the last number of a phone number and have to look it up on a sheet of paper etc.
Agreed. I actually INCREASED the length of that timer, so I wouldn't be annoyed by things starting to ring (to the wrong location) when I'm part way through dialing.

However, I did also modify my "dial plan" to recognize normal 10 and 11 digit USA dialing, and complete the call "right away" (i.e. my timer is normally very long, but I have my dial plan recognize USA 10/11 digit dialing, and set the timer to 0 as soon as the proper 10/11 digits is dialed). So in a sense I got "the best of both worlds", as I have the longer timer setting, but I also get "dial immediately" for normal 11-digit phone calls.

And as another poster already mentioned, you can always press the #-key when you are done dialing digits (the #-key will act a lot like a cell phone's "send key" in this case, causing the call to "dial immediately").

[Brian188]

I have my dial plan set to recognize 7, 10, & 11 digit dialing. With 11 set to Straight out. I have my timers set to 3 for short and 15 for long. So if I dial 7 or 10 digits it waits 3 seconds, if I'm dialing something that doesn't match the dial plan it waits 15 seconds such as a pause after 8 numbers or something like that. The only reason I would be dialing something that doesn't match my dial plan is very rare, and would most likely be me looking for a number. 15 seconds is usually more than enough time to find it.