david@cs.uow.edu.au (David E A Wilson) (07/18/90)
Here in Wollongong, Australia we have just got fully itemised international phone bills. A collegue of mine on the same exchange as me makes numerous calls to the USA. His bill lists a number of four second calls. We think these are calls that were never answered at the US end. Do international calls have answer supervision? Does it depend on which telco is responsible for the subscriber in the USA? David Wilson david@wraith.cs.uow.edu.au
john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) (07/19/90)
David E. A. Wilson <david@cs.uow.edu.au> writes: > Do international calls have answer supervision? Does it depend on > which telco is responsible for the subscriber in the USA? Yes, of course international calls have supervision. With money like that at stake, do you think they would "guess" whether to charge or not?:-) Seriously, however, I can tell you for an absolute fact that international calls (including those to Australia) supervise quite reliably. It may be that your local situation is not handling the supervision properly for billing purposes. The local telco is getting the answer indication back from the US; you should ask them why the problem with your bills. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !
rmadison@euler.berkeley.edu (Linc Madison) (07/30/90)
In article <9925@accuvax.nwu.edu> John Higdon writes: X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 499, Message 7 of 14 >David E. A. Wilson <david@cs.uow.edu.au> writes: >> Do international calls have answer supervision? Does it depend on >> which telco is responsible for the subscriber in the USA? >It may be that your local situation is not handling the supervision >properly for billing purposes. The local telco is getting the answer >indication back from the US; you should ask them why the problem with >your bills. When I was in Australia in 1987, I observed that international calls, as I think with other calls (at least STD calls), from pay stations, were charged the initial 30c rate if allowed to ring more than a certain number (something on the order of one minute), whether or not answered. However, they seemed to grab the coins immediately on connection if the call completed. My guess: they get answer supervision just fine, but charge you anyway if you wait too long for a connection. Linc Madison = rmadison@euler.berkeley.edu
Colin Plumb <colin@array.uucp> (07/31/90)
In article <10246@accuvax.nwu.edu> rmadison@euler.berkeley.edu (Linc Madison) writes: > When I was in Australia in 1987, I observed that international calls, > as I think with other calls (at least STD calls), from pay stations, > were charged the initial 30c rate if allowed to ring more than a > certain number (something on the order of one minute), whether or not > answered. However, they seemed to grab the coins immediately on > connection if the call completed. Perhaps they've found international answer supervision to be just a trifle flaky, so they apply a generous timeout to catch those cases? Colin ....