AWalker@RED.RUTGERS.EDU.UUCP (05/07/86)
Around here they just started dunning us with a similar package called RSVP [Residence Service Variety Package]. With all the cheap processing power on the market these days, it seems kind of silly to do all this local-type stuff in your home by making the CO do it. Anyway: Standard: User transfer - transfer a call to another of your RSVP lines Call hold - what you'd expect Call pickup - snarf an incoming call from another line Automatic transfer - transfer on busy or no answer Conferencing - what you'd expect Intercom - call from one RSVP line to another with a digit Standard feature package costs $8/month. But of course you need lots of lines, which will bring this much higher... Optional: Distinctive ring/call wait tone - Allows you to tell where an incoming call originated from Toll restriction - block either long distance or >1 message unit calls Additional call pickup - create your own "blocks" of pickup groups Optional features are an additional $3.50/month each. The last sentence in the flyer is "Either way, you'll start a simpler, more liveable life - today." I wonder how hard they thought about that before they sent it off to the print shop??? _H* -------