"Meggahurtz" <nobody@here.com> wrote in message
news:Jc8wh.86012$HV6.51993@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net

[snip]

> I think you could be right, then I had a Dial plan I used
> which had my local std code which worked perfectly for me.
>
> Don`t know if the Dial Plan had any bearing on using the
> "*" though...

The default line switcher on the SPA-1001 is the # key.

Ivor