bill@apple.com (Bill Cerny) (08/11/89)
In a recent Telecom Digest article, wales@cs.ucla.edu (Rich Wales) writes: [description of AUTOVON P,I,F,FO keys] > By pressing one of these keys before dialing a number -- and > assuming that your phone line had authorization to invoke that particu- > lar precedence -- the Autovon system would automatically disconnect any > call in progress of *lower* precedence in favor of your call. (I'm not > sure whether the disconnected party got any kind of notification of why > he had suddenly gotten cut off.) There is a one second preemption tone that is applied to your circuit at the time your circuit is robbed. This typically results in calling the AUTOVON operator and attempting the call again at a higher precedence. Preemption gets so bad during peak hours, some folks place 'Priority' precedence calls as a matter of habit. Sometimes it's hard to resist the temptation ... 8-) -- Bill Cerny bill@toto.uucp "I'm gone to San Diego in my mind."