covert@CASTOR.DEC (John Covert) (11/07/85)
As I mentioned, "Multi-Line Variety Pak" or "Premiere" or whatever it's called in your favorite state is not tariffed everywhere, which explains Fred Goldstein not knowing about it. As tariffed in Atlanta, separate customers CAN agree to belong to the same group, even though they receive separate bills, and can do call pickup even though it may not be very useful if the premises are far enough apart that you can't hear the bell ringing. Two of my friends in Atlanta who used to live in adjacent apartments kept MLVP after one of them moved about a mile away. Another friend, in Minneapolis, ordered two lines with the service and then had one line removed -- and then, in effect, had a one-line CENTREX. The advantage was the call transfer and call hold features, not available on normal POTS lines. /john