cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) (03/10/91)
I just now thought of this movie excerpt: "Bells Are Ringing" (made in 1950s? starring the late Judy Holliday) starts off with scenes of several women rushing to answer a ringing phone only to have the ringing stop just before they got to the phone. The idea there was to have an answering service to pick up the phone when you could not. (This is a little spinoff of the discussion about charging after a certain number of rings even if the call is not answered.) [Moderator's Note: That was a wonderful movie, and one seldcom seen on television these days. PAT]
cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB) (04/01/91)
Since the earlier message, I stopped in a motel which had a note saying that if your call goes unanswered after FOUR rings, try hanging up and redialing. (Otherwise, you may be charged for call even though it's unanswered.)