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Article #3178Re: scheduled events that take phone off-hook?
From: Otto J. Makela
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 23:28
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 23:28
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hho@phakt.usc.edu (** N.T.K.C.D. ***) writes: > Instead of taking the phone off the hook during news/batch etc. > Is it possible to run something TSR and answer the phone. It will > print out a message "System is busy, please call back in a few minutes.."? No, no, NO. That way users get to pay in their phone bills for a silly message instead of just getting a busy signal for free. "Paying for it" is also another reason to make the phone busy, some long-distance services start billing after a certain time online instead of after someone has answered the phone. /* * * Otto J. Makela <otto@jybox.jyu.fi> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ /* Phone: +358 41 613 847, BBS: +358 41 211 562 (V.32bis/USR-HST,24h/d) */ /* Mail: Kauppakatu 1B18/SF-40100 Jyvaskyla/Finland, ICBM: 62.14N25.44E */ /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!news.funet.fi!network.jyu.fi!jybox!otto From: otto@jybox.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle Subject: Re: scheduled events that take phone off-hook? Message-ID: <m3mwXB3w165w@jybox.jyu.fi> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 01:28:45 EET References: <1jmjkbINNp9o@phakt.usc.edu> Organization: Jyvaskyla Electronic Mailbox Lines: 16