Telecom-Request%usc-eclc@brl-bmd.UUCP (Telecom-Request@usc-eclc) (11/01/83)
TELECOM Digest Tuesday, 1 Nov 1983 Volume 3 : Issue 89
Today's Topics:
Re: TELECOM Digest V3 #88
MCI system
N.Y. State Government Phones
FCC Rules and Regulations
letter prefix
Re: TELECOM Digest V3 #85
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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 83 23:19:37 EST
From: Ron Natalie <ron@brl-vgr>
Subject: Re: TELECOM Digest V3 #88
OK...if you want to get into the trivia:
303-963-xxxx is just a reserved exchange in Denver which has varous
things on it:
1111-road conditions on one side of the city.
1234-rode conditions on the other
1311-Time/Temperature
In C&P land:
301-WE6-XXXX: National Weather Service (C&P)
301-TI4-XXXX: C&P Time
Wasn't it in San Francisco that you dialed POPCORN for the weather.
-Ron
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Date: Mon 31 Oct 83 01:31:44-PST
From: David Roode <ROODE%SRI-NIC@SRI-NIC>
Subject: MCI system
Location: EJ286 Phone: (415) 859-2774
It looks to me like they have an X.25 gateway to the VAX that they
use--i.e., it is not the standard (physical) terminal driver with
which you interact.
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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 83 08:15:22 PST
From: jmrubin%ucbcoral.CC@Berkeley (Joel Rubin)
Subject: N.Y. State Government Phones
There was an article in yesterday's N.Y. Times about N.Y. State's new
phone systems. It shows what large long distance users are likely to
do in the future, especially if the rates are kept artificially high
so as to subsidize local service. New York has private lines from
Albany to New York City, and will be getting in more soon, from Albany
to the cities along the old Erie Canal. Their computer system can
instantly determine, for example, that an employee code is only valid
for dialing Washington, D.C. at priority #3. If it is at 9 A.M., the
call may be routed on a cheap route to California, and back to
Washington, D.C. at Pacific Time night rates.
The system can choose between several long distance sellers, including
AT&T, MCI, et. al.
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Date: 31 Oct 83 11:31 EST (Monday)
From: Wheeler.WBST@PARC-MAXC.ARPA
Subject: FCC Rules and Regulations
My copy of Volume II of the FCC Rules and Regulations has this entry
as a notice at the beginning:
The FCC Rules and Regulations are grouped into ten volumes and sold in
volume units by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing
Office. The price of the volume entitles the purchaser to receive its
amended pages for an indefinite period.
The volumes are then listed, showing which parts are included in each.
The address is Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing
Office, Washington, DC 20402.
Jack Wheeler - Xerox - Rochester
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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 83 12:05:15 EST
From: cmoore@brl-bmd
Subject: letter prefix
In Delaware County, Pa. yesterday, I noticed that there was still a
letter prefix (215-EL6, Newtown Square exchange) on the label on a pay
phone. Phone books in the Phila. area now use all-number prefixes
(change within the last few years).
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Date: 31 Oct 1983 14:14-EST
From: york at scrc-vixen at mit-mc
Subject: Re: TELECOM Digest V3 #85
My group will be moving into new office space soon and we are looking
at commercial phone systems. The best pick so far looks like a system
from Executone, called "Command". The system supports up to 8 CO
lines and 16 stations. Each station has a speaker, as well as a
button for each of the other stations in the system (i.e. you don't
have to remember your co-workers' extension numbers) and a button for
each outside line. The price is reasonable and the people seem
reasonable. Does anyone have any experience with this vendor or this
system? Comments on other particularly winning or losing systems will
be appreciated. Reply to me unless you think that the comments are of
general interest.
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