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Article #780Re: Getting through when line is busy
From: sullivan
Date: Fri, 03 Apr 1987 16:10
Date: Fri, 03 Apr 1987 16:10
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Pausing before dialing the last digit is an old trick, and I would also like to get an informed explanation of why it works. It must do something to the incoming queues. In countries with less capable phone systems, it's done all the time and doesn't work as well; I guess if everything gets dequeued, getting your number becomes a random process (which is done deliberately with many popular radio talk shows and contests as a "fairness" policy. This has appeared on Telecom before. Does anyone have the story on it? Best, -Pat Sullivan Defense Communications Engineering Center Reston, VA.
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