john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) (09/28/89)
With the A's and Giants headed for the playoffs, the Bay Area is going
through what Chicago just experienced. Everyone is picking up the phone
to call BASS Ticketron to get those few miserable tickets.
I have observed that it takes at least one minute to pull dial tone on
my lone crossbar line, while the ESS seems to be completely unaffected.
On the local news, they had a reporter remoted live from the Pac*Bell
San Ramon traffic control central showing the "heroic" efforts of
Pac*Bell to keep Northern California traffic moving. He claimed that
Pac*Bell frequently works with companies like BASS who have occasional
high volumes.
I must say the "control center" as seen on TV looked awfully
impressive. Supposedly they were rerouting calls with particular
attention to those COs that had BASS offices served out of them.
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