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Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 11:55:10 GMT
From: wegeng.henr801c@xerox.com (Don Wegeng)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Does a CNID Device List Exist?
Reply-To: wegeng.henr801c@xerox.com
Organization: Xerox Corp., Henrietta, NY
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 10, Message 8 of 11

With all of the requests for information about CNID devices, it
occured to me that it would be useful if someone or some publication
had assembled a list of the devices that are currently available.  I
appreciate that it may be very difficult to keep track of all of the
products that are being introduced, but perhaps one of the consumer
magazines has published a summary.  Does anyone know of such a list?


Thanks,

Don   wegeng.henr801c@xerox.com
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 21:23:42 MST
From: Richard Lucas <rlucas@bvsd.Co.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Colorado Gets Caller ID
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 8, Message 3 of 11

     Caller ID is officially available in Colorado today.  My wife
finally got through to the business office this evening to order it
for us, after busy signals on attempts during the day.  While we are
normally served by the Loveland business office, our call ended up
being answered by the Colorado Springs business office (different area
code and LATA).  The rep said that calls had been non-stop all day,
with virtually every other call involving an order for the Caller ID
service.

     The best gauge of consumer opinion is how they vote with their
dollars, not with their words.  If Colorado's first-day results can be
generalized to other areas, then John Higdon is quite correct that the
PUC decision in California gives the voices of a few more weight than
the desires of the majority.


Rick Lucas (rlucas@bvsd.co.edu)
Debate Coach, Fairview HS, Boulder, CO


[Moderator's Note: When Caller-ID officially started here in Chicago a
couple years ago, telco had a huge number of orders the first few
days. It is still one of the more popular services offered by IBT.  PAT]
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993  19:51:50 EST
From: Paul Robinson <FZC@CU.NIH.GOV>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Sega Announces VR Peripheral
Reply-To: TDARCOS@MCIMAIL.COM
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 16, Message 7 of 12

From Page D12 of the January 7, 1993 {Washington Post}:

Sega of America said that Virtus Sega, a full-color "virtual reality"
peripheral for the 16-bit Genesis, will be available in the fall.
Sega plans to release at least four software titles in 1993.  The
games will feature flying, driving and fantasy action.
From: dannyb@Panix.Com (Daniel Burstein)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Hunt Groups
Date: 7 Jan 93 02:43:29 GMT
Organization: Panix, NYC
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 14, Message 3 of 14

In <telecom13.10.7@eecs.nwu.edu> rboudrie@chpc.org (Rob Boudrie) writes:

> Is it possible for two numbers serviced by the same physical CO to be
> placed on a hunt group even though they has different exchange
> prefixes?

<reasons for request deleted>

> [Moderator's Note: I've never heard of a hunt group including lines on
> different prefixes, even if they were in the same CO.  Anyone?   PAT]

Yes, indeed it IS possible, but whether they'll provide it or not is
aanother story.

I initially had a single line in the NYC 212-874 exchange, and
upgraded (?) to have a total of six lines.  There were two hunt
sequences in it, and yes, they crossed over from the "old" exchange
(874) to the other ("491" I think ...) and back.

And, to have even more fun, the lines were all "intellidialed" (tm
nyt) which is a version of centrex. This allowed pick up from any line
(helpful) as well as the ability to three way a call, hang up, leave
the other two folk connected, and get back to dial tone. (VERY helpful
if someone calls and you say, oh, John is the one you want, hold while
I transfer you).


danny burstein    dannyb@panix.com
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 08:07:50 GMT
From: mwgordon@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mike Gordon)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Additional Phone Charges
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 17, Message 7 of 9

In article <telecom13.7.4@eecs.nwu.edu> TDARCOS@MCIMAIL.COM writes:

> I may have mentioned this before, but the simplest way to get the
> equivalent of an unlisted number is to ask for the phone to be listed
> {without address} under your roommate's name of Zyagur Xeanamux.  When
> someone calls asking for him, you know that it's a telemarketer.
> What, you mean you don't have a roommate by that name?  Exactly ...

    Good luck trying to get the number listed under a name that's
different than the billing name!  Our local telco won't do it, which
can be quite annoying when you have a few people sharing a house.
(Another college town telecom woe :( ) And forget about being billed
under a different name!

    I've heard that you can get your name trademarked (or something
like that) as it refers to you.  This supposedly is what stars use to
keep their names from being used by unethical retailers, etc.  (For
example, the Mel Gibson line of sportswear at Sammy W's Superstores.)

    Now, couldn't a Joe Regular do the same sort of thing?  Something
like "All businesses are forbidden to use the name Joe Regular (when
refering to Joe Regular of 123 Average St. blah blah) in any
advertisments or publicatio without the express written permission of
Joe Regular."  Then write the telco a certified letter saying that
they are expressly forbidden from using your name in their
publication.  Of course you would include a copy of the "trademark"
document.  The same tactic could be used for those nasty (and
brain-dead) junk mailers that love to fill our mailboxes and trash
cans.

    I know it is expensive to get any sort of legal documents created,
but maybe some of our readers are lawyers (or have friends or family
members who are) and thus can get a free opinion on this.

    Any opinions about this out there? 

   By the way, I feel that being charged monthly to protect (in one
small way) our right to privacy is extortion!  What real cost is there
associated with being left off of a list?


Mike Gordon   N9LOI  99681084@uwwvax.uww.edu
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:16:28 GMT
From: troyf@microware.com (Troy Frericks)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: 976 Fraud in Toronto
Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Des Moines, Iowa
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 20, Message 9 of 17

> A similar scam has been going on in New York City. A messenger will
> show up at a company with a package, and when no one there seems to
> match the addressee, he asks to use the phone.  Calls a "540" exchange
> (one of the extra charge numbers; the others are 550, 970, 976, and
> another about to be announced) and the company gets billed for $50 or
> so.

Please explain.  I thought that 1-976-xxx-xxxx and 1-900-xxx-xxxx were
the only way for the called party to gain $$$ from the call.  What
other ways are there?  Do the above reference calls area code 212:
1-212-540-xxxx, 550-xxxx, 970-xxxx, and 976-xxxx?  If so, how am I
going to know that an extra charge applies (being from Iowa)?


Troy Frericks                      Internet: troyf@MICROWARE.COM
Microware Systems Corporation          UUCP: uunet!mcrware!troyf
1900 NW 114th St                      Phone: (515)224-1929
Des Moines, IA 50325-7077               Fax: (515)224-1352


[Moderator's Note: Being from Iowa you don't have to worry about it,
as your telco will not connect you to a 212-540/550/etc number. In
that sense, they (540 numbers) are like 976; since the host telco has
no way to legitimatly collect for these numbers from interstate
callers (one could question the legitimacy of the whole concept, but
that is another issue), telcos simply do not put them through to each
other.  In the case of 900, specific tariffs apply for interstate
calls; for 976 and its kin, they do not. Many of the IP's from a few
years ago can tell you how they begged and pleaded with telco to not
allow calls to their 976 numbers from out of state: callers from
Chicago and elsewhere would dial into (as an example) 415-976-GAYS --
a gay bridge operating in SFCA at 13 cents per minute interstate night
rates -- and tie up all the ports so none of the locals could get
through at two dollar or more per minute rates. If you are not in NY
Tel's territory, you will not connect with 212-540 et al; if you are
not in Illinois Bell's territory you will not connect with 312-976.
Ditto PacTel and their premium lines. That's why whenever I see these
'urgent memos' from security personnel at various corporations warning
their employees against 'a scam originating in New York where they
call your beeper number and you call back, getting charged X dollars'
I always get a big laugh. It WILL NOT work (to the benefit of the
scammer) unless the victim is in the 212/718/914/516 area codes.  PAT]
From: scm3775@tamsun.tamu.edu (Sean Malloy)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Format of ZIP Code Bars on Envelopes
Date: 12 Jan 93 10:30:42 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 21, Message 3 of 13

> Also, Is there a summary of several bar codes ftp-able somewhere ?

As an aside: On wuarchive.wustl.edu in /mirrors/win3/fonts/truetype
are two fonts that might relate to this topic:

usps_bar.zip and barcod39.zip 

I make no claims about their accuracy, but if you're running MS
Windows 3.1 then they might help.


Sean C. Malloy  -  Texas A&M University  -  scm@tamu.edu
From: martin@bdsgate.com (Martin Harriss)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: It's Not a Bug, it's a Feature ...
Date: 7 Jan 93 14:50:23 GMT
Reply-To: bdsgate!martin@uunet.UU.NET (Martin Harriss)
Organization: Beechwood Data Systems
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 14, Message 10 of 14

In article <telecom13.7.11@eecs.nwu.edu> armhold@dimacs.rutgers.edu
(George Armhold) writes:

> At RU, I worked with Sun 4/110s.  They were networked via thin-net
> coax.  I have pretty sensitive ears, and could always hear a
> high-pitched whine when lots of data went through the wire (opening an
> xterm, for example.)  One thing that was neat about this is that
> whenever someone logged in to the workstation I was working on I could
> actually *hear* them log in.  Nobody believed me of course.  Whenever
> I tried to show it to someone they thought I was nuts. :-)

Ethernet tranceivers have a DC-DC converter on them that isolates the
electronics that interface with the network and the electronics in
your computer.  Said DC-DC converter probably operates at 10-20kHz.
When the tranceiver electronics sends or receives data, it may draw
more current and in doing so change the frequency that the converter
operates at.  This may be the whine that you hear.

So you're probably not nuts after all!


Martin Harriss    uunet!bdsgate!martin
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 93 16:12:47 PST
From: jpp@StarConn.com (John Pettitt)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Voice Mail Options
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 8, Message 8 of 11

With my startup moving along, I now have an office and since I can't
afford or justify a receptionist I am going to get voice mail (horrid
as it is I don't have a lot of option).

So the question is: Should I get a voice mail card for a PC (Nat Semi
has an interesting looking card that does voice/data/fax ($229 in the
local Comp USA) or do I go with the Pac Bell offering?  Comments
suggestions etc, either way most welcome.

BTW If you know anybody who has 500K to invest in a software startup
let me know :-) (for the legal freaks this is not an offer to sell
securities :-)


John Pettitt		Mail: jpp@StarConn.com
CEO, Dolmus Inc.	Voice: +1 415 967 UNIX
			Fax: +1 415 967 8682
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 11:30:24 -0500
From: Dave.Leibold@f730.n250.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Dave Leibold)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: AT&T Buys 20% of Unitel
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 16, Message 6 of 12

AT&T will buy 20% of Canadian carrier Unitel Communications, according
to an announcement issued shortly after Bell Canada and BC Tel
announced that there would be no further appeals to last June's
pro-competition decision.

Before, Rogers Communications had 40% of Unitel while Canadian Pacific
had the other 60%. Now AT&T will get 20% with Rogers stake going down
8% to 32%, and CP's stake down 12% to 48%. The deal is expected to
close 29th January, plus a $200 million equity investment among the
three shareholders to boost capital base.

The U.S. stake in Unitel raises concerns. Rod Hiebert of British
Columbia's chapter of Telecommunications Workers Union said "The U.S.
carriers have enough spare capacity in their systems to serve all of
Canada at the flip of a switch." Thus, foreign-controlled carriers in
Canada may have no incentive to provide facilities in Canada. The AT&T
link does allow for convenient cross-border connections and
opportunities.

Another part of the deal means Unitel will be getting its network
switching equipment from AT&T rather than Northern Telecom.

Unitel reports 38 000 subscribers to its limited public long distance
service so far. Bell Canada revenues last year were $2.2 million,
Unitel's $400 million.


Dave Leibold - via FidoNet node 1:250/98
INTERNET: Dave.Leibold@f730.n250.z1.FIDONET.ORG
Date: 7 Jan 93 14:00:00 GMT
From: ron.herff@satalink.com (Ron Herff)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: What is Junk Fax?
Reply-To: ron.herff@satalink.com (Ron Herff)
Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 12, Message 11 of 13

The FCC has passed some new regulations regarding junk telephone calls
and "junk FAXes."  Does anyone have the text of these new regulations?
I am particularly interested in what makes a FAX a "junk FAX."  Are
all unsolicited FAXes "junk FAXes?"  Is an unsolicited FAX directly
addressed to a person "junk?" and illegal?


Ron Herff
                                                      

[Moderator's Note: An unsolicited fax sent to someone is not automat-
icaly 'junk' any more than an unsolicited phone call is 'junk',
despite what a lot of companies may claim about 'unauthorized' fax
messages or 'unauthorized' email, etc. If a large company can call me
on the phone and try to sell me something, I can send them a fax
message telling them what I think.   PAT]
From: toml@Cayman.COM (Tom Lahey)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Hunt Groups
Date: 7 Jan 93 13:05:00 GMT
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 14, Message 8 of 14

We have had this done several times. Over the past two years we have
had several additions to our incomming local lines and in each of the
cases we were issued numbers with a different prefix (889-xxxx,
880-xxxx, 883-xxxx), and have had them added, to our existing hunt
groups. NYNEX (New England Telephone) issued the numbers when we asked
for extra trunks on the hunt groups.  Currently of our two hunt
groups, one has two different prefixes and the other covers all three.

I don't know it this has any bearing however we are serviced by a
"SLICK 96", which may be doing some of the translation that allows
this?


Tom Lahey   batfish!toml@attmail.com


[Moderator's Note: Uh, no ... the SLC-96 (subscriber line carrier) has
nothing to do with the hunt groups. It is a way of providing additional
phone service in areas where wire pairs are in short supply.  PAT]
Date: 10 Jan 1993 00:23:39 +0000 (GMT)
From: andyb@wndrsvr.la.ca.us (Andy Brager)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Data Intensive Wan - Need Recommendations
Organization: Wonder Server - Public Access for SoCal
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 16, Message 5 of 12

I need recommendations for a WAN.  The WAN will have a star topology,
as there will be one central site, and many (currently three
envisioned but more to be added) remote sites.  The remote sites may
have a small (three user?) LAN.  The central site will probably have a
larger LAN, type unknown, quite possibly Novell.

The amount of data involved is enormous.  On the order of 500MB every
20 minutes or so.  I believe it will not be a steady stream of data,
but a 500MB chunk every so often.  This may or may not already take
compression into account.  Currently, ten minutes or so to get the
data from the remote sites to the central sites is acceptable, however
this may change in the future.  Eventually real-time may be required.
The remote sites will most likely have the data coming from a HP 9000
HP/UX system.

Currently there is no equipment, no cable, no building (as far as I
know there is no building).  My main question is, what hardware is
needed at each end to support this WAN?  In addition, what facility
and service would be best?  My back of the envelope calculations say
that T1 would take 45 minutes, T3 would be 90 seconds.  Is there a
dial-up T3 option?  Are there other facilities that would work for
this?  What sort of bandwidth can one get using a VSAT and spread
spectrum (if that is a bad question, how fast can 500MB be
transmitted)?

One or two of the sites may be geographically close (a few miles?),
but most will eventually be quite far.  Do I need to worry about the
local phone company, or do I only have to deal with a long distance
carrier?  What other questions should I have asked?  What information
did I leave out?  Thanks in advance!!


Andy    Large Packages (10K+ Total) to: cerritos.edu!swc!wndrsvr!andyb

Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: treisner@stpaul.ncr.com (Tim Reisner)
Subject: What Does Hayes Compatible really mean?
Organization: System Support Services - St. Paul
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 23:12:51 GMT

I need to know what Hayes Compatible really means.  I beleive that
it relates only to the support of the AT command set.  The question I
have if it also encompasses the response codes and the timing of the 
responses.  

Specifically:

Sending a dial sequence to a "hayes compatible" modem:

ATDT9,xxxxxxxx,,,,,xxxx#,;  

This is a sequence for a dialing a pager.  The pauses are there for the
delay before entering a pager code and then putting the modem in 
command mode. 

The problem is the modem will echo the sequence and immediately 
give an OK response before dialing the number.   Other "hayes compatible"
modems will not give the OK until the complete number is dialed.
 
Its easy enough to code around but a pain when coding for any 
"hayes compatible" modem.  

Does anyone know if both can be considered Hayes compatible or if there
is more to it than the AT command set.  

My thanks to any constructive responses.

Tim Reisner
NCR USG/SSD
Network Support Center
email: treinser.gateway@cssm004.stpaul.ncr.com
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: urakawa@lynx.cs.washington.edu (Bryan Urakawa)
Subject: MODEM PROBLEMS
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering Dept., Univ. of Washington, Seattle
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 01:19:49 GMT

Can't someone give me any help whatsoever with my modem problems?
I know someone out there knows at least a little about this problem.
I posted a message about 15 messages ago about a Twincom 96/42i.  Please
help.  Thanks.

Bryan
From: rlyle@nl.oracle.com (Rob Lyle  Wizard of Ozje)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: USA modems in Europe
Keywords: phone systems standards international
Date: 5 Jan 93 14:31:11 GMT
Organization: Oracle Netherlands

Anyone got any experiences with using USR modems (or any other 14.4K beasts)
built and bred for the States over in Europe?  (Specifically Holland/Britain).

Ta.

--Rob.

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: paul@tct.com (Paul Levin)
Subject: HELP - do you have the BitFax software ??
Organization: TC Telemanagement, Clearwater, FL
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:22:54 GMT


I am a legal, registered owner of BitFax by Bit Software.  I recently
upgraded to the latest version, and due to a long story, I no longer have
the older version.  I have been having some problems with the new version,
and a new modem I recently bought.  I would like to get a copy of an older
version, if you have one.

The version I currently have is --  BitFax/SR  TR-29  Ver 3.09.03
This is BitFax for straight DOS, not Windows.

If you have a version of BitFax for straight DOS, with an older Version
number, can you please contact me.  Send e-mail to   paul@count.tct.com  
or call 813-532-2239 (work) or 813-969-3367 (home).

		Thanks
-- 
From:  Paul Levin   paul@count.tct.com   813-532-2239 (work, 9-5 EST)
    --> Jesus loves you, and died for you; thank Him today. <--
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke)
Subject: Re: Boy, do *I* have a question!
Organization: Netcom
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 08:16:35 GMT

Don Becker (grendel@jaflrn.UUCP) wrote:
:  
: I own an AT&T PC6300 (ARGH!!!), an 8086-based system that isn't totally 
: compatible with the IBM XT, but is close enough to run most XT-related 
: programs. I doubt I can run 14.4, but I've heard (from somewhat unreliable 
: sources, but sources nonetheless) that some 9600's can run on XT's.
:  

I have three of these ATT6300 and run them with V30 CPUs. A nice feature
is that you can stick a 16550 AFN UART right onto the motherboard. And
yes, even a socket for a 8530 UART is provided.

Using them with a Scout+ modem, either internal or external results in
transfer rates of about 1620 cps for compressed files using Zmodem and
about 1670 cps with Ymodem-G. Often I just use a 8250 UART and 38400 bps
since this is more sensitive to bad lines and CRC error prone and is
thus more useful for testing. For solid connections you might prefer the
16550AFN and 57600 bps, though.

Top speed with this 8 MHz machine is with HSLINK in both directions
simultaneously in which case I get about 1600 cps uploading while 
downloading at the same time at 1600 cps for a full duplex 
data rate of about 3200 cps. This is for compressed files.






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