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From: merlyn@iWarp.intel.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: The "Best Psychic Line" Didn't Predict This ...
Date: 13 Apr 92 16:46:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: eecs.telecom12.316.9
Reply-To: merlyn@iWarp.intel.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
Organization: Stonehenge; netaccess via Intel, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 316, Message 9 of 9

The 800 number for the 900-like 800-service that charges $120 for a
20- to 30- minute private "psychic reading" is dead.

One wonders if they were shut down for illegal activities or lack of
revenue.

Does anyone now have an 800 number that reads the phone number to you?
I found that feature most useful.  ("Psychics agree, you are calling
from five-zero-three-seven-seven-seven-zero-zero-nine-five." :-)


Randal L. Schwartz, Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095
on contract to Intel's iWarp project, Beaverton, Oregon, USA, Sol III
merlyn@iwarp.intel.com ...!any-MX-mailer-like-uunet!iwarp.intel.com!merlyn
From: niebuhr@bnlux1.bnl.gov (david niebuhr)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Cat Named George, 3 Way Calling, Speed Calling 8, etc.
Date: 11 Apr 92 15:16:19 GMT
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 315, Message 9 of 11

In <telecom12.304.12@eecs.nwu.edu> levin@BBN.COM (Joel B Levin)
writes:

> eli@cisco.com writes:

>> Yesterday I got a summary of available services from Pac Bell and
>> apparently there is no speed calling 30 out here!  I wonder if NYNEX
>> still offers it ...

> I have it from N. E. Tel. in N. H., so it's available (unless I'm
> grandfathered, which I doubt).

NYTel has speed calling 30 also so I figure that the whole of NYNEX has
it.


Dave
From: trebor@foretune.co.jp (Robert J Woodhead)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Need Fast Info on Northern Telecom FiberWorld
Date: 7 Apr 92 15:04:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: eecs.telecom12.301.6
Organization: Foretune Co., Ltd.
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 301, Message 6 of 13

My wife is a professional interpreter, and Thursday (Wednesday US
time) she will be interpreting for a gentlemen from Northern Telecom
at a trade show regarding NT's FIBERWORLD products.  She has been
given some preparatory materials (including product info in Japanese
for the S/DMS TransportNode, SuperNode and AccessNode) but is having a
hard time with them because she is not (not yet anyway) a telecom pro.
I do have a modicum of telecom knowledge (enought to understand and
explain the background of the products if I had English product
information) but I am having a hard time explaining some of the jargon
and background to her.

If there is a reader out there who can email me some information about
these products and the technology behind them, we would be most
grateful.


Robert J. Woodhead, Biar Games / AnimEigo, Incs.    trebor@foretune.co.jp
Xref: sparky comp.dcom.telecom:6482 misc.misc:2455
From: arubin@Apple.COM (Android Rubin)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Telenova PBX Question
Date: 15 Apr 92 03:21:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: eecs.telecom12.321.11
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 321, Message 11 of 16

Hello,

If anywhere, it's someone on Usenet that will still be using a
Telenova PBX ...

I need to know how to setup music-on-hold.  I've been all over the
admin utils, but nothing seems to do it.

The manuals got lost during our last move (about two years ago), and,
as you know, the company is DOA.

Let me know if anyone has any ideas.  Appreciate the help!


Andy  arubin@apple.com
From: henze@girtab.usc.edu (William Henze)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Pagers Question
Date: 15 Apr 92 20:11:10 GMT
Article-I.D.: eecs.telecom12.321.15
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 321, Message 15 of 16

I'm seeking general information on paging devices.  Does anyone know
of a good source for background info on pagers?  Perhaps some journal
or magazine article?  (My boss asked me to research this for him.) I
personally know nearly zilch about pagers other than their very basic
function.  I believe Motorola is the number-one manufacturer of the
devices?  Any information is greatly appreciated.


Bill Henze    henze@aludra.usc.edu
From: jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Phone Line Surge Suppressors
Date: 9 Apr 92 02:41:11 GMT
Organization: Shaman Consulting
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 304, Message 11 of 16

In article <telecom12.300.6@eecs.nwu.edu> pedregal%unreal@cs.umass.edu
writes:

> I have seen Radio Shack offers something ($12.95) that's line powered
> and one puts between phone line and device.  Advice on these?  Other
> sources?  Specs to look at? Any help is welcome.

It's not line powered. Rather, if it sees a surge, it dissipates the  
excess energy through the ground line. Quite ingenious ...

I should really buy one, although I'm balking at paying $13 for an MOV
and plastic case (either with the above ingenuity factored in).


Jiro Nakamura			jiro@shaman.com (NeXTmail)
NeXTwatch / Technical Editor	76711,542 (CIS)
The Shaman Group		+1 607 277-1440 (Voice/Fax)
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 14:29:06 GMT
From: ganek@apollo.hp.com (Dan Ganek)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Telecom From a Tropical Isle
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Chelmsford, MA
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 306, Message 12 of 12

> Is it possible in practice to set up an ittsy bittsy bandwidth uplink
> dish in a remote area and communicate through a satellite to internet?
> I wish to remove myself with some gear to a tropical isle and see if
> it is possible to live on sun, sea, Usenet and email.
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> I am serious.  Is it possible and what would it cost?  If you don't
> know could you put me in touch with someone who might?

I suggest you try it first WITHOUT the latter two. I quite sure that
after a few days you will have hard time trying to figure out what the
purpose of them were.


dan ganek   ganek@apollo.hp.com
From: johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Massachusetts To Close Down Non-Compliant COCOTS
Date: 11 Apr 92 18:14:56 GMT
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 312, Message 2 of 7

Yesterday (Friday) the {Boston Globe} printed in a sidebar that the
state Attorney General was asking the DPU to tell New England Tel. to
shut off service to 72 COCOTs around the state, because the COCOTs
didn't provide free 800 and local directory assist and other familiar
complaints.  It didn't explain how he chose the particular COCOTs to
attack.  Directory Assistance is a particular sore point because it's
free from telco pay phones but costs 34 cents/call after the first 10
calls per month from other lines.

Today there is a piece on the front page saying that some legislators
claim that the new 900 number to buy state lottery tickets is illegal.
There's been a lot of back and forth -- NET wouldn't provide service
unless the DPU ordered them to, which they did.  There are laws
forbidding the use of phone lines for gambling, and it's not clear how
they interact with the laws authorizing the lottery.  The lottery
commission claims it's a tempest in a teapot, the total amount of 900
business so far is tiny.  I'm not surprised at that, since the 900
number costs considerably more than the face value of the tickets, and
lottery tickets are available at face value at nearly every food,
liquor, book, and variety store in the state.  The Mass. lottery is
otherwise considered well run, assuming that you think that a state
lottery is a good idea in the first place, and the per capita ticket
sales are the highest in the country.


Regards,

John Levine, johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us, {spdcc|ima|world}!iecc!johnl
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 92 11:04:18 CST
From: Jack.Winslade@ivgate.omahug.org (Jack Winslade)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Motorola Cordless Telephone
Reply-To: jack.winslade%drbbs@ivgate.omahug.org
Organization: DRBBS Technical BBS, Omaha
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 306, Message 11 of 12

Several years ago, I did some experimenting with the idea of making
semi-secure telephone sets.  I experimented with ring modulators and
demodulators with the idea of using a frequency shift/inversion
process with different modulation frequencies as 'keys'.  This was in
the early 1970's, so it was without Ma's blessing, and the technology
was not what it is today.  I used mostly discreet components,
miniature AF transformers and such, mostly purchased from Radio Shark,
so the quality and consistency was not the best.
 
I found that by using a modulation frequency around 3000 Hz, a fairly
decent inversion could be obtained, and the result would pass down a
voice grade line fairly well.  The decoding was simple, and the
resulting audio was intelligible, but definitely had that 'SSB sound'
to it.  (The characteristic quality of ham radio single sideband, and
some who heard it said it reminded them of the way the Apollo
astronauts sounded when transmitting from the moon back to the earth.)
 
The encoded AF was pure gobbledegook.  I could recognize the cadence
of the speech, but it was impossible to discern any sounds.
 
Playing around with different modulation frequencies as keys yielded
two results.  One was a shift in pitch where the decoded audio was off
frequency, like Donald Duck, but still quite understandable.  The
other was when the significant portion of the audio was shifted
outside the passband of the phone network.  This gave the decoded
audio a mushy sound.  This varied quite a bit from CO to CO, and even
from call to call when calling some rather distant local COs.
 
The worst problem (which frustrated me enough to give up the idea) was
sidetone cancelling.  I wanted to balance the line to a degree that
the encoded sidetone was negligible and simply inject a non-encoded
local sidetone.  This is the project that convinced me (and I STILL
believe this) that balancing a two-wire line from the subscriber end
of the loop is strictly a black art.  When I would think I had it
balanced properly, I would inject local sidetone, and STILL have a
god-awful sound.  Listening to your own voice in your ear after
passing through TWO ring modulators is worse yet.  As I said, it was
good experience, but I never really got it to the point that it was
really usable.
 
I guess the people at Motorola used the same idea, but carried it out
to the point of completion.
 

Good day!         JSW

Ybbat (DRBBS) 8.9 v. 3.13 r.5
DRBBS, Omaha   Daylight Savings Time SUCKS :-(  (1:285/666.0)
From: bs496@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (John S Wylie)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Area Code Splits
Date: 6 Apr 92 03:50:22 GMT
Article-I.D.: eecs.telecom12.297.10
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 297, Message 10 of 13

Can anyone tell me when the following area codes go into use and
where?

210, 610, 710, 810, 910, 909, 917


John S. Wylie - Philadelphia PA USA    Internet: 72417.2604@compuserve.com
From: jeff.mattox%heurikon.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu (Jeffrey Mattox)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: 900-SPELLIT With a Computer
Date: 6 Apr 92 19:13:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: eecs.telecom12.301.5
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 301, Message 5 of 13

In Monday's {Wall Street Journal}, Daivd Stipp writes about trying to
win at 900-SPELLIT by using a computer.  He got the 21 words correct
in the allotted time, but was disqualified because the recorded
instructions say *you* must type the letters on your touch tone
*telephone*.  Stipp had the computer do the dialing, after he typed
the words on the computer's keyboard.  The 900-SPELLIT people check
their fast-dialing winners by asking them to play an impromptu game,
or they come and tape the person while playing to prove that he can
actually type the words on the telephone keypad that fast.  The
instructions do not specifically say you cannot use a computer,
however.

So, how about this:

Instead of connecting the computer to the telephone, wire the computer
to lights located next to each button on your telephone, then program
the computer turn on the lights in sequence to show you the correct
letters.  To synchronize the computer with your dialing, you could
have the computer listen to the line as you dial, or you could tap the
space bar with one hand as you dial with the other.  You'll be doing
all the dialing, and you can even let them videotape you!


Jeff
From: Sue.Welborn@ivgate.omahug.org (Sue Welborn)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: New Form of Caller*ID Available
Date: 15 Apr 92 15:22:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: eecs.telecom12.321.3
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 321, Message 3 of 16

We are located in Omaha, Nebraska and last week we received a flyer
from US West that announces the availability of Caller*ID with the
display of both the number and the name of the calling party beginning
April 7th.

You can keep the service as it is now for $5.50/mo or for $5.95/mo
have both name and number displayed.

US West has made special arrangements with the manufacturer for Caller
ID customers to purchase a new display for $59.95 (plus tax and
shipping) and when you return your existing display unit (provided it
was a US West model 125C or 125BX) to the manufacturer, you will
receive a $20.00 rebate to make your cost $39.95 plus tax and
shipping.

The trade-in offer is good through June 30, 1992 and they have
provided an 800 number to order the new unit.

You can also lease the new unit from US West for $3.00/mo plus a
one-time handling charge of $6.75.


Sue Welborn  Internet: Sue.Welborn@ivgate.omahug.org  Fidonet : 1:285/666.3
From: andys@ulysses.att.com (Andy Sherman)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Sending Faxes Overseas
Date: 13 Apr 92 14:10:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: eecs.telecom12.322.1
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 322, Message 1 of 10

On 12 Apr 92 11:54:48 GMT, Robert.Lindh@eos.ericsson.se (Robert Lindh)
said:

> I think this could be a service sold by a email-system. (To receive
> email and send it as a FAX to given telephone number.)  Could
> telemarketers be a bigger problem compared with today, if this
> service exist and is made available (mostly a US-internal problem?)

The service already exists.  ATTMAIL users may send mail to fax!number
(/Attention name ) for fax delivery.  The MCI Mail and Sprint Mail
users on the list can tell you if similar services exist there.


Andy Sherman/AT&T Bell Laboratories/Murray Hill, NJ
AUDIBLE:  (908) 582-5928
READABLE: andys@ulysses.att.com  or att!ulysses!andys
What? Me speak for AT&T?  You must be joking!


[Moderator's Note: Some Internetters have tried emailing to the
address fax!number@attmail.com only to find that it just won't work.
Both AT&T Mail and MCI Mail screen mail coming in addressed to the
premium services they offer. Someone has to pay for it!   PAT]
From: John.Slater@UK.Sun.COM (John Slater - Sun UK - Gatwick SE)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Incredibly High Mexican Phone Rates
Date: 9 Apr 92 12:40:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: eecs.telecom12.313.6
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 313, Message 6 of 10

In article 3@eecs.nwu.edu, johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine)
writes:

-> Indeed, you can call
-> anywhere else in Latin America, for no more than $1.11.*

-> * - Well, actually, it costs $2.99/minute to call the Falkland Islands

Hmmm ... The Falklands in *Latin* America? I seem to recall there was
a little disagreement about that between Britain and Argentina in
1982 ...


John Slater   Sun Microsystems UK
From: pdh@netcom.com (Phil Howard)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: ATT & Larry King
Date: 5 Apr 92 23:43:20 GMT
Article-I.D.: eecs.telecom12.305.6
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 305, Message 6 of 7

Someone has to pay, when resources are used up because people sit and
wait on a phone line:

1.  The caller, if the station answers, takes your name or topic, and puts
    on hold (listening to the show itself without the time delay).

2.  The station running the show (they usually avoid this).

3.  The telco/carrier.


The question is, who SHOULD pay?

I would suggest that one way for the program producers to handle this
is to take your name and number, and call you back when you are next
in line.  This way they only need two or maybe three lines, and would
generally have the costs pretty well fixed to two or three times the
show time at phone rates.

This would also cut down on the crank calls.

The big problem is the waiting.

I called in one show by radio one time and waited 1 hour and 20
minutes and never made it on.  The show came to an end.  It was not a
toll free line so I ended up paying for the call and got nothing out
of it.


Phil Howard  ---  KA9WGN  ---  pdh@netcom.com
From: roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Interesting Caller-ID Twist: Blocking at the Far End
Date: 13 Apr 92 18:31:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: eecs.telecom12.317.2
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 317, Message 2 of 8


	Here's an interesting twist on blocking Caller-ID.  Mac
Connection has a two-page spread in the front of their catalog talking
about how wonderful CID is, and how it will help them speed your order
processing.  It's the usual bit about how they will already know your
name and account number as soon as they answer the phone, etc.

	The interesting part is that they acknowledge that some people
consider it an invasion of privacy, and if you request it, they will
do CID blocking from their end!  They still get the CID info, but if
your phone number is on their stop list, they won't use the
information.  They show a picture of an Order Entry screen with a
dialog box in the middle saying "Caller ID blocked at customer
request.  Please process order manually".
From: covert@covert.ENET.dec.com (John R. Covert 09-Apr-1992 1046)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: 900 Service from Germany - Correction!
Date: 9 Apr 92 14:49:15 GMT
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 307, Message 8 of 10

Well, a friend in Germany just tried 00-1-610-204-04xx and it worked,
so apparently Sue Lloyd was incorrect, or USP Inc isn't the provider
of this service.  Typical for a telecommunications company to not be
able to provide correct information about what they are doing.

I also just tried it from France (19-1-610-204-0402) and from the U.K.
(010-1-610-204-0402) and in both cases I got a German recording, which
I only listened to for a couple of seconds.

I owe an apology to uk84@dkauni2.bitnet.  And I wish I had more time
to check into this.

OK, we have managed to prove that this +1 610 204 0402 business is
coming from Canada.  Not surprising, since it's their TWX area code,
which they are apparently using for something else.


john
From: monty@vnet.ibm.com
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Sending Faxes Overseas
Date: 13 Apr 92 13:49:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: eecs.telecom12.322.8
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 322, Message 8 of 10

In issue 314, Robert Eoodhead wrote:

> peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) writes:

>> Wake up, folks, FAX is a massive botch. Work for better email services
>> instead of screwing around with broken-as-designed technology.

> I communicate with my office in Wilmington several times a day.  If
> what I have to send is a simple message, or perhaps a "binhex'd" file,
> then I email.  Otherwise, I fax.

> The future:

> What I want to see, and what I would pay reasonably serious bucks for,
> is a machine that is all of the following:
>
>   A Photocopier
>   A Scanner
>   A Fax Machine
>   A Postscript Printer (at least 600dpi)
>   A High Speed Modem

My colleagues and I were talking about such a device just the other
day.  We already have the postscript printer connected to a LAN. What
we reall wanted was a scanner which could photocopy using the printer,
but more importantly fax the many companies not on the internet.
Currently, we ma well use a PC to generate the fax, print it off then
fax it -- what a waste of a poor defenceless tree!!

Does any one know of such a machine? If there isn't one, how come? Any
entrepuners out there?


Bryan Montgomery
From: dancer!whs70@uunet.UU.NET (24411-sohl)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: ISDN on DMS-100, was Re: ISDN in Houston, Texas
Date: 7 Apr 92 13:43:56 GMT
Article-I.D.: eecs.telecom12.302.1
Reply-To: dancer!whs70@uunet.UU.NET
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 302, Message 1 of 10

In article <telecom12.299.4@eecs.nwu.edu> hd@rice.edu writes:

> Obviously, my first question was: "Well, how much would it cost to
> upgrade the DMS-100 to be ISDN capable, so that I can forgo the
> surcharge and have a monthly rate of $44.50 from my home?" 

> S.W. Bell Answer: "Oh, I think it would be tens of thousands." 

> My reply: "Are you sure it's not just a line card change and a 
> software upgrade from Northern Telecom?"

> S.W. Bell Answer: "Well, we don't plan to upgrade that switch
> because we don't see a big market in the residential area." 

> MY QUESTION TO THE NET: 
> Does anyone KNOW what is involved in upgrading a DMS-100 from POTS
> to ISDN?

In addition to the ISDN line card, there are at least two significant
elements 1) the software upgrade and 2) the specific equipment
bays/modules that can accomodate the ISDN line line card.  Rather than
possibly state an inaccurate detail, I'll let someone else provide
specific Northern Telecom details.

Standard Disclaimer- Any opinions, etc. are mine and NOT my employer's.


Bill Sohl (K2UNK) BELLCORE (Bell Communications Research, Inc.)
Morristown, NJ             email via UUCP      bcr!dancer!whs70
201-829-2879 Weekdays      email via Internet  whs70@dancer.cc.bellcore.com