VOICE OVER NETWORK (VoN)/VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL (VoIP) ARCHITECT HAVING HOTLINE AND OPTIONAL TIE LINE

A method for providing a voice over network services, comprising:

• decoding a voice over network setup communications signal to associate an internal communications address with a directory communications address, the internal communications address corresponding to a voice over network service of the directory communications address;
• and
• determining a called party's communications address from the directory communications address,
• wherein the internal communications address comprises a data format that is the same as a data format of the directory communications address, and
• wherein the internal communications address comprises a shadow line number that is unknown to a user that is associated with the directory communications address, wherein the shadow line number comprises a data format that is the same as the data format of the directory communications address.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code when executed by a processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

• decoding a voice over network setup communications signal to associate an internal communications address with a directory communications address, the internal communications address comprising a voice over network service of the directory communications address and including a data format that is the same as a data format of the directory communications address;
• presenting a dial tone to a communications device of the directory communications address, the dial tone indicating availability to communicate voice over internet protocol communications signals;
• and
• receiving a called party's communications address from the directory communications address, and
• wherein the internal communications address comprises a shadow line number that is unknown to a user that is associated with the directory communications address, wherein the shadow line number comprises a data format that is the same as the data format of the directory communications address.