prahrens@mips.com (12/21/90)
For the sake of completeness, I would add to my remarks of 12-20-90 in my reply to you that there is a way to obtain distinctive ringing on a single line (other than "Home Intercom" or "Intercom Plus" where the line is calling itself - revertive trunking - in order to ring distinctively another extension; this feature probably goes by other names in other RBOC's). This would be a feature known as "Multiple Directory Number" or "Teen Service", where supplementary directory numbers are assigned to a master directory number (the original LDN). This application would be ideal for FAX, etc. It is offered in some RBOC's; Bellsouth, I believe. One tariff issue would be whether the feature would be available to business lines as well as residence. Alas, it is not currently available in Pacific Bell's serving area -- so your correspondents from California do have a point when they complain about a certain lack of robustness in feature offerings. I have often made this very point in discussions formal and informal with my colleagues. I wholeheartedly sympathize with and understand their complaints, but I, to quote Mongo, "am only a pawn in the game of life." Merry Christmas, Pete Ahrens