dattier@jolnet.orpk.il.us (David Tamkin) (08/20/89)
In TELECOM Digest, Volume 9, Issue 305, John Higdon wrote: | When you dial "0+NXX+NXX-XXXX", the synthesized voice says to push 1 | for a collect call and 3 for any other operator assisted call. After | pushing 1, the voice prompt you for your name. The unit then dials the | call (direct) and when it thinks the other end has answered it asks the | called party, "Will you accept a collect call from [your recorded | name]? If yes, press 1, otherwise press 0 now." It will repeat one time | if there is no response and then disconnect. | This raises some interesting questions. Where is the billing | information stored for charging the called party? In the phone? By some | special arrangement with whatever carrier they use for the call? What | if the called party refuses the call? Does the COCOT owner pay for the | one-minute refusal? And what if the called party picked up on a telephone that doesn't generate tones and cannot answer the automated question? David Tamkin dattier@jolnet.orpk.il.us {attctc|netsys|ddsw1}!jolnet!dattier P. O. Box 813 GEnie: D.W.TAMKIN BIX: dattier CIS: 73720,1570 Rosemont, Illinois 60018-0813 Voice Mail: +1 312 693 0591, +1 708 518 6769 These views are nobody's but mine because I will not let anyone else have them.