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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 15:47:38 GMT
From: craigb@craigb.uark.edu (Craig A. Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Cost Accounting Software
Organization: University of Arkansas
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 780, Message 4 of 6

The University of Arkansas is presently using the TeleMate call
accounting software from Complementary Solutions for capture and
billing of institution long distance calls.  We are considering
providing our own, billable service to students.  Based upon the
length of time it currently takes to generate billing and management
reports from TeleMate on a 486/25, we are somewhat concerned about the
impact of the additional load.

We have received material from Styker System Incorporated for their
MegaBase product which they claim is the world's fastest large
database cost accounting software.

Have any of you had any experience with this product?  Thanks in
advance for any information.
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 23:43:02 EDT
From: Nigel.Allen@lambada.oit.unc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Personal Communications Services: Washington Post Co.
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 772, Message 4 of 11

Here is a press release from the Washington Post Co. and American
Personal Communications.

Washington Post Co. Receives FCC 'Tentative Pioneer Preference'
for Personal Communications Services

Contact: Guyon Knight of the Washington Post Co., 202-334-6642,
         or Albert Grimes, 410-825-4221,
         or W. Scott Schelle, 202-296-0005, both of
         American Personal Communications

   WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The Washington Post Co. announced today that
its affiliated limited partnership, American Personal Communications
(APC), has received from the Federal Communications Commission a
tentative pioneer's preference for Personal Communications Services.

   This preference, if finalized, will give APC one of two or more
licenses for a market area yet to be defined by the FCC.  APC had
applied for a pioneer's preference for the PCS licensing area
encompassing the Washington/Baltimore markets.  The pioneer's
preference decision today will be subject to further comment, and a
final decision on the preference grants will be made at the time PCS
services are authorized by the FCC, a step expected to occur in the
first half of next year.

   APC is a partnership of The Washington Post Co. and principals of
Schelle Cellular Group, Inc.  Since November 1991, APC has been
operating personal communications systems in Washington, D.C.,
northern Virginia, and the Baltimore region under an experimental
license authorized by the FCC in February 1990.

   Wayne Schelle, chairman of APC, said: "Personal Communications
Systems will be one of the major international growth industries of
the 1990s.  The FCC's actions represent a significant step in enabling
American manufacturing and service companies to be major factors in
the new business.  We're delighted we have been able to participate in
this industry from its inception."

   Martin Cohen, vice president of The Washington Post Co., said:
"This tentative award from the FCC reflects the creative and thorough
work done by the APC staff, especially in the area of technological
innovation.  Market and field testing, which are ongoing, also are
contributing greatly to the advancement of the process."

   Personal communications services embrace a range of wireless
telephony products that will be relatively inexpensive, small in size
and that will provide a range of voice and data services.  They
immediately will use digital technology, which permits clearer
conversation with less interruption and more privacy than traditional
radio phones.

   Alan Spoon, chief operating officer of The Washington Post Co.,
said he was very pleased and excited by the tentative pioneer
preference award, but cautioned that the FCC's rule-making process
still must be completed in a timely manner to permit the new industry
to roll out.
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 13:07:32 GMT
From: mcharry@mitre.org (John McHarry(J23))
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Cellular Phones With Scramblers Attached
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 768, Message 6 of 12

In <telecom12.766.15@eecs.nwu.edu> tmkk@uiuc.edu (Scott Coleman)
writes:

> Do scrambled cell phones really exist, or was this just another
> Die-Hard-esque fudge on the part of the show's writers?

They do indeed.  There are STU-III cellular phones available.  I
believe the commercial versions use DES encryption.  Manufacturers
include Motorola, I believe AT&T, and maybe others.  I have no idea
what restrictions there are on their sale, however.


John (McHarry@MITRE.org)
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 12:23:58 CST
From: Jack.Winslade@ivgate.omahug.org (Jack Winslade)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Telecom in the Midwest
Reply-To: jack.winslade%drbbs@ivgate.omahug.org
Organization: DRBBS Technical BBS, Omaha
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 777, Message 2 of 7

> [Moderator's Note: That has been the case for many years. Even twenty
> years ago, Tulsa, OK was considered an ideal place for telemarketers
> as was Omaha, NB. Why?  Because they had the least-expensive WATS
> costs of anywhere in the USA. After all, the most you can go in any
> direction from Tulsa is 2000 miles or less, unlike being located on
> the coasts where calls to the opposite coast travel 4000 miles and
> cost considerably more.  PAT]

Not only is Omaha (that's NE, not NB, Pat ;-) close to the wire center
of the US, but it is known for a high literacy rate, thus articulate
speech, and the lack of any regional accent.  (I might restate, with
several various emoticons, that Omaha has what might be considered the
'Columbia School of Broadcasting' accent. <insert smileys here>)
 
Seriously, Omaha is north enough to avoid the 'twang' which is obvious
even from residents as close as Kansas City, south enough to avoid the
'ooot' (out) and 'abooot' (about) that's common north of here, and, of
course exempt from the Bwooklynese 'toity-toid and toid' which is
spoken in some eastern states and some parts of New Awlans.  (Flames
to bit.bucket@black.hole, please.  ;-)
 
On the negative side, I've been told that Omaha is known in the
Teleslime industry for complacent non-union workers who are more than
willing to rent their voice for close to minimum wage.  In many
communities, a clear, distinct voice is an asset that is quite
marketable, and worth more than poverty wages.
 
On the positive side, however, almost anyone in Omaha who wants to
work and can speak can get a job almost any time.  It's probably not a
very promising career choice, but telemarketing jobs are almost always
available, especially right before the holiday season.
 

Good day!       JSW      Ybbat (DRBBS) 8.9 v. 3.14 r.1    (1:285/666.0)
From: 0005066432@mcimail.com
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: What is WSM? (Was Cellular Phones With Scramblers)
Date: 11 Oct 92 14:48:00 GMT
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 773, Message 1 of 15

Carl Moore (Cmoor@@brl.mil) asked what is WSM ...

WSM is a clear channel radio station that operates out of the Grand
Old Opry in Nashville.  I've never had the opportunity to listen to it
(and I don't really care for country music anyway) but I understand it
can be heard in some 23 states.
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 16:02 EDT
From: rsiatl!turner@rsiatl.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Questions About Token Ring Bridge
Reply-To: turner@Dixie.COM
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 782, Message 2 of 12

> We have two token ring network running at two different buildings.  We
> try to use fiber optic cable to bridge them together.  The problem is
> the cable come out of the LAM on both side is T1 type.  Is there a
> device that converts it into fiber optic?

Several companies make what you need.  AT&T makes the FT1 which will
support B8ZS and AMI.  It's avaiable in both single and multimode
models.  ADC also makes a similar product also called FT1 (I think).
Fibermux makes a model called the Fiber [in?] Loop Convertor.


Pat Turner KB4GRZ   turner@dixie.com
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 92 17:36:24 EDT
From: Nigel.Allen@lambada.oit.unc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Toronto Police Charge Teen in 911 Calls
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 769, Message 5 of 9

Here is a press release that I received from the Metropolitan Toronto
Police. The {Toronto Star} ran a story (based on the press release) on its
front page today.
 
1992 October 06, 1950 hours
 
Teenage Computer Hacker Nabbed by Police
 
Detectives from the Major Crime Squad at Police Headquarters have
arrested a 15-year-old North York boy and charged him with a number of
computer-related crimes. Investigations have revealed that on some
occasions his pranks paralyzed the Metropolitan Toronto 911 emergency
telephone system.
 
Last July, a young man called the 911 emergency number from a
location in the west end of Metropolitan Toronto and reported a number
of medical emergencies which caused units from the Metropolitan
Toronto Police, ambulance services and local fire departments to
respond. All of these calls were determined to be false.
  
On one occasion, he totally monopolized the 911 system and rendered
it inoperable thereby denying citizens access to the 911 lifeline
throughout the Metropolitan Toronto area.

Bell Canada security officers assisted police in their search for the
source of the calls. Acting on a Criminal Code search warrant, police
today entered a North York home, seized a quantity of computers and
arrested a teen-age boy.
 
He is to appear in Youth Court, 47 Sheppard Avenue East, North York,
Friday, November 6, 1992, charged with theft of telecommunications, 24
counts of mischief and 10 counts of convey false message.
 
Investigations are continuing.
 
                     (end of press release)
               
                      -------------------
 
Note from NDA: More information may be available from the public
affairs office of the Metropolitan Toronto Police at (416) 324-2222 or
from Detective W. Johnston of the Major Crime Squad at (416) 324-6245.
"Convey false message" is how the charge appears in the police press
release; it is evidently police shorthand for the charge of conveying
a false message.
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 00:28:53 GMT
From: rdippold@qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: It's Back - FBI Wiretap Bill
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 780, Message 6 of 6

According to {EE Times} this week (Oct 12.), the FBI has sent Congress
another version of the legislation to make it easier for them to
listen to any phone conversation.  "Both the House and enate are
expected to act quickly on the bill when Congress returns early next
year.

"The bill is a slightly rewritten version of legislation submitted
last spring, which was dropped after both lawmakers and the
telecommunications industry complained."

Then there's more whining from the FBI that they're apparently
incompetent to handle wiretapping with digital technology,

Unfortunately, the "slightly rewritten" isn't detailed, so there's no
specifics as to what changed.  It goes on to say that industry is
opposed, mostly because of the cost of fitting and retrofitting
everything so that the FBI can spy on people.  The FBI claims it will
"only" cost "$300 million, or around 1.5 percent of the industry's
total yearly acquisition budget."  Any government estimate of taxation
is going to be way too low, especially when applied to an industry
with the resources of the telecom industry, so we apparently have a
lower cost floor of $300 million.

"Industry has been talking to the FBI to try to get some agreement on
a private level rather than through legislation.  But the FBI says
these talks are moving too slowly and it wants its legislation to go
ahead."

I can't see any of the three major candidates vetoing something like
this once they take office, so we may have to swamp Congress again.
From: CER2520@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Curtis E. Reid)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: N-1-1 Codes for Relay Services
Date: 14 Oct 92 13:34:33 GMT
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 781, Message 7 of 12

In a message received on 12 Oct 1992, 18:28 attmail.com!cinpmx!
cdid!rhyre%cubs@attmail.com wrote:

>> Dialing 5-1-1 or 7-1-1 from anywhere in the country to access a
>> state's relay service will be easy to remember, quicker, and will

> Wouldn't this be a case where a 950-XXXX number is warranted?
> (950-TRS1 or 950-TDD1).  One could even imagine the XXXX mapping
> the the LD carriers which seem to provide these relay services
> in many states.

> This would seem to be easier to implement for most LECs, and
> it would also consume less of the remaining number space. An
> added benefit is that 950 numbers typically incur no message
> unit charges or other toll charges.

You're probably right; however, I believe that 950-xxxx is a local
implementation and so is the N-1-1.  It still requires the FCC to make
them consistent throughout the country.

Also, it's easier to remember the N-1-1 than the 950-xxxx number which
is probably why TDI made the proposal to FCC.

As a matter of fact, there is one state that did a similar
implementation: Maine.  The Relay Service numbers for Maine Residents
are: 955-DEAF and 955-DPRS.


Curtis E. Reid				CER2520@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Rochester Institute of Technology/NTID	REID@DECUS.org (DECUS)
P.O. Box 9887				716.475.6089 TDD/TT 475.6895 Voice
Rochester, NY 14623-0887		716.475.6500 Fax
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 11:04:29 -0700
From: mmt@redbrick.com (Maxime Taksar)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: College Phone System
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 768, Message 2 of 12

In article <telecom12.765.9@eecs.nwu.edu>:

> [Moderator's Note: What happens when you dial 9-0, or 9-00? Do you get
> an operator that way, or re-order?  What about 9-10xxx-0?  What about
> combinations like 9-411, 9-611 and 9-911?  
                                     ^^^^^ 
Please don't try this just as an experiment!  Most of us know that it
is in bad form to call 911 "just to make sure it works," but not
everyone would know this.

(And shame on you PAT for not including such a disclaimer.)


Maxime Taksar    KC6ZPS    mmt@RedBrick.COM
From: Bill.Pfeiffer@gagme.chi.il.us (Bill Pfeiffer)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Answering Machine CPC?
Date: 15 Oct 92 01:40:30 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 782, Message 7 of 12

In a recent TELECOM digest, hes@ncsu.edu (Henry E. Schaffer) writes:

> What does "CPC" mean?  What does it detect (battery reversal?)  Why
> would an answering machine allow this to be switched off?  Is "CPC" a
> common answering machine capability/feature?

> [Moderator's Note: CPC means 'called (calling?) party control'. It 
> is switchable on/off is because if a line is also equipped with
> call waiting, then the voltage drop from a call waiting signal would
> also trick the answering machine in to disconnecting. 
    ...
> take your pick: fast disconnect when the voltage change is detected,
> IE no dial tone and 'please hang up now' messages (etc). You can't have
> it both ways and the switch lets you the user decide.  PAT]

Actually, you can have it both ways, sort of.  Many machines have a
three position switch labeled (something like) CPC-off-A-B.  The idea
is that there are really two cpc pulses, of differing duration, one
long and one short.  The shorter one is sent out immediately upon the
disconnection of the calling party, the other (longer duration) is
sent out just before the new dialtone (or intercept 'please hangup
now' message) comes on the line.  The call waiting CPC is closer to
the initial, shorter pulse.  So with your CPC in the 'B' position, it
supposedly will ignore the shorter, immediate pulse, and wait for the
longer one.  Result?  A bit of line noise after the hangup, but no
dialtones or hang up messages, and the machine will not dump on call
waiting tones.. I understand that with newer digital call waiting,
(the quiet kind that does not have the traditional 'cachunk' on the
other end) there is no CPC pulse.


William Pfeiffer
Moderator - rec.radio.broadcasting - Internet Radio Journal
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Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 13:27:50 GMT
From: tadams@wedge.sbc.com (Tom. Adams 529-7860)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: What it Costs to Have the President Over
Organization: Southwestern Bell Technology Resources, St.Louis, MO
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 783, Message 10 of 10

In St. Louis we've had several presidential visits.  Most involve
shutting down a major interstate for 30 minutes, often during rush
hour.  Even the Vice President rates closing the Interstate.  After
Sunday's debate, the President spent the night in the city.  Monday
between 6AM and 7AM a police car was parked at every overpass and
every entrance ramp along a 20 mile stretch of the Interstate.
Pedestrian bridges had police stationed on foot.  St. Louis didn't
have the money to plow snow from most city streets last winter.  I
wonder if we can afford street lights and sewage treatment now.


Tom Adams   tadams@sbctri.sbc.com adams@swbatl.sbc.com   314-529-7860
From: holmanj@uwwvax.uww.edu (John Holman)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Use of Single Mode Fiber for Video
Date: 9 Oct 92 07:00:00 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 770, Message 7 of 11

The University of Wisconsin System is about to undertake a nine campus
fiber optic backbone project.  The inital design calls for 16 strands
of multi mode fibers to Residence Halls and low technology use
buildings and 32 strands to higher IT Buildings.  The plan calls for a
star configuation with the posibility of pulling in ten strands of
single mode where conduit space allows.  I would be interested to hear
from other campuses that have installed interbuilding fiber backbones
as to what their cable configuration includes.  The system plan seems
to arbitrary to me.  The project is explained to utilize four stands
for voice, four for data, four for video and four for building
controls.  The single mode fiber, which was donated by MCI, is
expected to be used for video.  Is anyone out there using single mode
fiber for video in a campus environment?
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 16:41:33 GMT
From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (Scott Coleman)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Cellular Phones With Scramblers Attached
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 766, Message 15 of 16

I was watching a re-run of thirtysomething yesterday (please, no
flames ;-) The main characters were involved in a hostile takeover
attempt of their ad agency. The outfit which was attempting to buy out
the agency gave their "inside man" a cellular phone with a built-in
scrambler, since they were concerned that the office phones might be
monitored.

Do scrambled cell phones really exist, or was this just another
Die-Hard-esque fudge on the part of the show's writers?
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 8:50:45 PDT
From: sgw@boy.com (Steven Warner)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Program to Send Alphanumeric Pages (MS Windows, Free)
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 766, Message 14 of 16

    Now Available!

Send alphanumeric pages using IXO protocol, with swIXO!

Swixo is a MS Windows based utility that enables you to quickly and
easily send messages to anyone who has an alphanumeric pager.

Swixo has configuations that allow tailoring for a variety of modems,
and paging options.  Support for GSC and POCSAG pagers is included.
Swixo remembers the last ten pages sent for quick recall, and it
remembers defaults, so your most common pages can be sent quickly.

Swixo can sit on the desktop as an icon, to be ready to go at any
time.

Requirements: Microsoft Windows 3.1, Any windows compatible modem, and
someone to send pages to.

Use of this program is FREE, and you are encouraged to distribute it
to others, for free.

To obtain your copy of swIXO, send email to:  rtfm@boy.com
and ask for product swixo.


Steven Warner   sgw@boy.com
From: shri%unreal@cs.umass.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Fax Store-and-Forward Service Wanted
Date: 16 Oct 92 03:53:41 GMT
Organization: UMass, Amherst, MA 01002 + Temporal Sys & Comp Net, Bombay, India
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 784, Message 9 of 10

In article <telecom12.777.3@eecs.nwu.edu> ndallen@nyx.cs.du.edu wrote:

> I wonder whether someone at Zimbabwe University turns the fax machine
> off after 5 p.m. to save electricity, assuming that nobody else in the

  Perhaps not to save electricity, but to save the (expensive) fax
machine.  Each minute it is powered on, it is eating operational life
and also each minute carries the risk of that surge or spike on the
power line that will carry the fax to heavens of delight, from which
they sometimes never like to return.

  And an outage of the fax machine means service charges, probably
difficulty in getting spares, and letting that clumsy local repairman
put his dirty hands into the machine ... they tend to be an addictive
sometimes :-)

  Also perhaps, everything in the office is turned off anyway in the
evening, and by force of habit ...

  People in the US do tend to forget power line surges, lack of
support and competent repair ...  and oh, please dont make then sound
so cheap ! :-) ;-) ,-) '-)

Besides the big carriers, are there any private operators who provide
store-fwd fax services ?


shrikumar ( shri@legato.cs.umass.edu, shri@iucaa.ernet.in )