FLINTON@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Fred E.J. Linton) (11/04/90)
In <14216@accuvax.nwu.edu> Craig R. Watkins <CRW@icf.hrb.com> writes: > When people call the old published Sears number, XYB-2451, they get an > intercept: "The number you have reached, XYB-2451 has been > disconnected; calls are being taken by XYA-5600..." The problem is > that two or three people per day match the old exchange and the new > number and dial XYB-5600 and get Dave. How about an intercept on Dave's number with the following message: "If you are trying to reach Sears at their new number, please hang up and try your call again, dialing eks wye EIGH , five six hundred . That's eks wye EIGH , , five six hundred . If you are calling the <Dave's full name> residence, please stay on the line, you will be connected in a moment." Then a 10-second timeout; and action to match the message. Might even work -- if the local Bell company were willing :-) . Fred <flinton@eagle.Wesleyan.EDU> or <fejlinton@{att|mci}mail>