S.D-REUBEN%KLA.WESLYN@Wesleyan.BITNET.UUCP (07/02/86)
Recently I tried making a call from my ESS line (ESS-5, I
think) at about 3 AM, EDT, from New York to California. Each time I
tried the call, I was sent to a nonsense recording stating that "You
have reached a non-working number in the 976 exchange in New York".
Obviously, I wasn't dialing 212 for NY, nor was I dialing a 976
number. I assume that it was just sent there since they didn't have a
better recording, but what interests me is that why this happens EVERY
day, at about 3AM?
Is it due to testing, or are they getting the day's billing records
or something? I noticed that this only holds true for AT&T, and on ESS
exchanges. (My Crossbar doesn't seem to do this, and any Equal Access code
other than AT&T's will let the call go through...) Seems interesting
that they would have to do this on an ESS and NOT on a Crossbar...
Also, I have noticed at time that features such as Call Forwarding
and Speed Calling won't work on the ESS. For example, I tried forwarding my
calls out-of-state, which normally works fine, but a few times (in the
early evening it seems) all I get is a re-order, and when I call the Telco
they say "It must be a problem on YOUR end"...(IE, I must have forwarded it
wrong) However, after trying it repeated times, the same thing still
happens. Occasionally, a Speed Calling call will return a re-order, but
if I dial it direct (IE, enter all the digits) it will go through fine.
Anyone know why it does this?
I would be interested to hear if anyone does,
Thanks,
Doug
Reuben@Weslyn.Bitnet