clark@ssc-vax.uucp (Roger Clark Swann) (12/01/90)
I just spotted a news item from Sprint in {Telephony} / November 26,
1990 regarding the introduction of Quick-Conference. Foncard user's
can now set up a three-way conference call from a push button phone
without operator assistance. To access Quick-Conference, a user calls
the first party, then enters *12 to put the call on hold. The user
then dials the second party and enters *13, the bridge code, to bring
all three parties into the conference call. The cost of the service is
the regular long distance charges plus a $0.75 bridge charge.
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OK, sounds neat and I might even use it. However, I do have a couple
of questions:
The first is technical, do they dedicate a tone decoder to each
circuit for the duration of the call? Remember there is no *flash*
used here ... Or do they time out the tone decoders after say a
minute?
The second, can this be used from a line with Sprint as the primary
LDC, using 1+ dialing???
Roger Swann uucp: uw-beaver!ssc-vax!clark
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