Dave Leibold <Dave.Leibold@f135.n82.z89.onebdos.UUCP> (06/03/91)
Regarding the double ringing tone of numbers in 416-392, that prefix is used by the City of Toronto for municipal services, and presumably a DID connection to their PBX. 416-393 is for the Metro level of government in Toronto. Thus, it's the PBX ringing tone that comes across (and PBX rings are normally faster than your average phone line). Not too many years ago, when step-by-step switches dotted the Toronto landscape, it was possible to get all kinds of error tones depending on which exchange was dialed. There were sirens for wrong numbers or invalid prefixes, or there were recordings, or there were many types of fast busy signals to be had. With the conversion of just about everything to DMS switches in Bell Canada territory, everything will soon sound the same. mail to: dleibold@attmail.com Dave Leibold - via IMEx node 89:681/1 Dave.Leibold@f135.n82.z89.onebdos.UUCP