owens-christopher@YALE.EDU (Christopher Owens) (10/12/89)
I have a two-line residential installation in which calls hunt to the second line if the first line is busy. Periodically I want to force all calls to the second line. What is the correct way to make a line busy? I know that leaving the phone off the hook ties up CO equipment and can cause a trouble flag to drop on the line. Dialling some other number and leaving both phones off hook seems like overkill. Is there any other way? [Moderator's Note: Call forwarding would do the trick. Forward line one to line two. Of course, unless you have unmeasured local service, you will pay a unit each time a call is forwarded. Maybe it is worth it to you. PT]
dave@uunet.uu.net (Dave Levenson) (10/16/89)
In article <telecom-v09i0446m04@vector.dallas.tx.us>, owens-christopher@YALE. EDU (Christopher Owens) writes: > I have a two-line residential installation in which calls hunt to the > second line if the first line is busy. Periodically I want to force > all calls to the second line. What is the correct way to make a line > busy? ... There is a local number available in most central offices that is always busy. Here in NJ, we dial almost any prefix followed by 9970. You could place a call to that number, and then leave your set offhook. There is a tariffed service available in NJ called hunting cut-off controlled by customer. With this service, you get a key switch at your premises connected to an extra pair from the CO. When you close the switch, hunting is disabled. (Don't know what it costs.) I realize that what you want is not to disable hunting but to force it on all calls. Perhaps the telco has another service offering up its sleeve? Dave Levenson Voice: (201) 647 0900 Westmark, Inc. Internet: dave@westmark.uu.net Warren, NJ, USA UUCP: {uunet | rutgers | att}!westmark!dave [The Man in the Mooney] AT&T Mail: !westmark!dave