wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) (10/09/89)
SBT offers 'Ring Master' whereby for more $$ (of course) you can
have several different number assignments on one actual pair.
Then you receive different rings {long short short,
long short long short, short short short, etc} to identify
which number is being called.
They also offer call interuption. (IMHO-a system designed by
those who hawk high blood pressure medication)
Now if you have both, do you get long and short beeps in your
ear to identify incoming calls?
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[Moderator's Note: As a matter of fact, in the version of this offered by
Illinois Bell, called 'Selective Ringing', you *do* get distinctive call
waiting tones for each line. You get a chirp and a pause, two chirps and
a pause, or a chirp-pause-chirp. And for some reason, unlike 'normal'
call-waiting here, where you get notified on the first ring, and again
on the fourth ring (as the caller hears the rings), when associated with
Starline, we get only the first chirp(s)....no reminder chirp(s). When
your service is on the newest of the digital switches here, the person
you are talking to doesn't even hear them! Originally, the person you
were talking to would get a 'ker-chunk!' as the line dropped for a second.
Now all he hears is less than a second of dead silence if you are the
person talking. If *he* is talking at the time, he hears nothing. PT]john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) (10/12/89)
In article <telecom-v09i0440m02@vector.dallas.tx.us>, wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami. edu (David Lesher) writes: > SBT offers 'Ring Master' whereby for more $$ (of course) you can > have several different number assignments on one actual pair. This is but one of the "simulated facilities" features made possible by electronic switching. The term "simulated facilities" is actually an in-house term used by Pac*Bell personnel. Call waiting and "Ring Master" are commonly known SF services, where telco provides some of the functionality of additional equipment without actually tying it up (call waiting--"like having two lines", etc.), but Pac*Bell has the best scam going. It's called WATS service when associated with Commstar. If you have a WATS line with Commstar, you don't actually have a physical line. You dial a code (such as *14) to "access" the WATS from any line in the Commstar group. This is "simulated facilities" at its finest. You pay the monthly for the WATS ($25.00) but the telco doesn't have to provide a line. Dialing the code simply executes a class of service change for that call (changes the billing number). Fun with your phone: Dial the number readback code. Your number is announced. Then dial your WATS code followed by the number readback code. The POTS number for your "simulated facilities" WATS line is announced. > [Moderator's Note: As a matter of fact, in the version of this offered by > Illinois Bell, called 'Selective Ringing', you *do* get distinctive call > waiting tones for each line. You get a chirp and a pause, two chirps and > a pause, or a chirp-pause-chirp. And for some reason, unlike 'normal' > call-waiting here, where you get notified on the first ring, and again > on the fourth ring (as the caller hears the rings), when associated with > Starline, we get only the first chirp(s)....no reminder chirp(s). This appears to be part and parcel of that mini-Centrex-type service. You only get one "beep" on Commstar Call Waiting as well. Incidently, I am told that Commstar (or Starline) is simply a sub-group of a real Centrex group. If you know others with Starline or Commstar in your prefix, there are some interesting tricks you can do. Even so, it is possible to transfer any call on your line to any other phone in your switch, regardless of prefix or features on the destination line. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !