sudarisi@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Subbarayu Darisipudi) (07/10/90)
Just curious, wondering how the phone system works. When I call up India using the University phones I dial 8 and after a I get a different tone I enter my billing code and I get back to the usual tone. Now I press 01 - Country Code - Area Code - Phone number. The call usually takes a couple of seconds to set up. When the call is not set up, I get a message which goes something like this: "YOUR INTERNATIONAL CALL DID NOT COMPLETE IN THE DESTINATION COUNTRY DIALLED. PLEASE TRY YOUR CALL LATER 405 2 T" Two questions: 1. Is the message due to the reason that the party called is busy or is it due to the reason that there were no lines available to India at that instant? ( Note: When I call up from a friend's phone with a direct AT&T line or from a pay phone using AT&T or MCI card, the call is usually set up promptly but from the university phone, it literally takes forever!!) 2. The numbers at the end of the message, are they indicating the originating area code. I am calling from (405)-XXX-XXXX. As I said, just curious. Nothing more. Thanks, Subbarayudu D.