tel@cdsdb1.att.com (Tom Lowe) (02/24/90)
> From: Daniel A Margolis <dam@mtqua.att.com> > The ability to suspend Call Waiting is called *TONE-BLOCK* here in New > Jersey Bell land, but here's the catch - you have to subscribe to it. > You have to pay 50 cents extra per month to use it. Not necessarily true...I have it and I don't pay 50 cents per month for it. It was never mentioned to me when I signed up and it not on the list of features I subscribed to. I suspect that if you don't have three way calling and you want to disable call waiting on inbound calls, you may have to pay the 50 cents to give you the ability to flash hook to get secondary dial tone and dial your *70. I have three way calling, so I can do that already. Does anyone out there in Bell Atlantic country pay for this fifty cents/month Tone Block Feature? If I remember, I'll give the business office a call next week and ask them some questions. Tom Lowe AT&T Bell Labs Holmdel, NJ tel@cdsdb1.ATT.COM 201-949-0428 [Moderator's Note: But for that fifty cents per month for the right to interim dial tone, what prevents you from dialing whatever you want against that dial tone, i.e. a complete number of another party? I don't think you are correct on this. PT]
ahom@bellcore.bellcore.com (allen hom) (02/27/90)
In article <4348@accuvax.nwu.edu>, tel@cdsdb1.att.com (Tom Lowe) writes: > > From: Daniel A Margolis <dam@mtqua.att.com> > > The ability to suspend Call Waiting is called *TONE-BLOCK* here in New > > Jersey Bell land, but here's the catch - you have to subscribe to it. > > You have to pay 50 cents extra per month to use it. > Not necessarily true...I have it and I don't pay 50 cents per month > for it. > Does anyone out there in Bell Atlantic country pay for this fifty > cents/month Tone Block Feature? If I remember, I'll give the business > office a call next week and ask them some questions. I have tone block (as well as other CLASS services). When I had signed up for the services, the "salesperson" did mention the $0.50 extra charge for this service, and I see that charge monthly on my phone bill. Well worth the service, especially when you dial into work from home. Allen Hom Bellcore ahom@rruxff.cc.bellcore.com