DREUBEN@eagle.wesleyan.edu) (DOUGLAS SCOTT REUBEN) (09/28/90)
In response to Bob Goudreau's posting about a special code for "976" like numbers (sorry for the terrible oversimplification of your posting...): Just in case anyone cares, I think 110 is used to call back an operator on an operator assist call IF you have three way-calling. See, let's say I make a operator assist call, and after the call is over, I want to talk to the operator again (perhaps for "time and charges"). If I have Three-Way calling, any FLASH that I generate with the hookswitch or whatever will usually cause me to get a three-way dial tone, and no matter what I won't be able to flash the operator on the initial leg of my call. SO, some Bell Co.s (or psuedo-Bell Co.s) use the code "110" to flash an operator. You basically get the three way tone, dial "110", and then you are dropped back to the initial call and an operator will come on the line shortly. (It is similar to dialing *70 [Call Waiting Block] using three-way calling, after you dial *70 your calls are blocked and you are dropped back down to your initial call. ) I've noticed that DMS offices don't seem to support this, but older 1/1A ESS offices seem to have it. (I've never had the opportunity to try it on a 5ESS ... anyone know if it works there?) Doug dreuben@eagle.wesleyan.edu dreuben@wesleyan.bitnet
amb@ai.mit.edu (09/28/90)
Another reason for not using "110" that I'm suprised no one has brought up in the last burst of replies: in most modern switches that I've used, dialing "11" is the functional equivalent of dialing "*". (PS: Yet Another Reason the Universal Card PIN is not on the card -- you can have it changed with a phone call.)