Re: Getting through when line is busy

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1 total messages Started by sullivan Fri, 03 Apr 1987 16:10

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Author: sullivan
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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