Davin Milun <milun@hadar.cs.buffalo.edu> (06/12/91)
At a camp that I'm associated with in Ontario, we have just installed a phone line for the counsellors. The dial has been disabled so that it is for incoming calls only. But we would like to arrange it so that they cannot accept collect calls, or bill third party calls to that number. A first call to Bell Canada resulted in us being told that this was impossible. Does anyone know if this is truly not possible, or if it is worth us persuing the matter? It is a 613-336-xxxx number. Thanks. Davin [Moderator's Note: Whether or not it is possible in the USA seems to depend on the type of equipment serving the number. The CO serving my home phones is the latest ESS and my lines are fixed in this way, but a friend in the area with an older version of ESS cannot have it. I assume your situtation is the same. Ask Bell Canada if any exchanges there are able to do it, provided you have no special interest in the number assigned to the phone now. PAT]