telecom@ucbvax.UUCP (02/01/86)
Consider this scenario:
"Operator, can I help you?"
"This is an emergency. I have to call 967-1111, and the
line is busy. Can you break in, please?"
"Certainly; one moment...
<clickety clickety>
<Screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....MODEM TONE!>"
Well, what now? What we'd like is for the operator to break the
existing connection and ring the phone. Can operators actually
do this, or can they only break into calls and request that the
parties relinquish the line? I don't want to miss an emergency
call just because I'm typing netnews into a home terminal...
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Mark Brader and uw-beaver!utcsri!lsuc!msbtelecom@ucbvax.UUCP (02/01/86)
Well, if you're lucky, the operator cutting in will cause one of the modems to disconnect. Call-waiting beeps do that, of course. Dave Sherman The Law Society of Upper Canada Toronto ihnp4!utzoo!lsuc!dave
telecom@ucbvax.UUCP (02/08/86)
Nope. The operators can do nothing. We succeed only once. A friend convinced a plant man to let him on and he whistled loud and long. There was so much garbazh on my screen that I disconnected and he was able to call me. It's a daily event around here: "I tried to call you but your /deleted/ modem...!" We finally got a second line. Meanwhile, if you leave the modem connected the caller connects to the modem. Unable to whistle ASCII, he's in trouble -- and so am I. Alex Zell ...ihnp4!chinet!editor... -- Alex Zell ihnp4!chinet!editor I'd rather be on Pictou Island, N.S.