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- From: Jeff@digtype.airage.com (Jeff Wasilko)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Fake Call-Waiting Product
- Message-ID: <telecom12.866.11@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 01:48:34 GMT
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 866, Message 11 of 12
-
- Regards dave@westmark.com (Dave Levenson)'s article in the TELECOM
- Digest:
-
- > A Mr. David H. Schmidt has invented a product called "Gotta Go". You
- > can buy it for $14.95 and plug it into your telephone. When you've
- > got someone on the line who won't let you go, you push the button and
- > it makes a click-beep that sounds like a Call Waiting signal. You can
- > then use that as an excuse to bring the unwanted conversation to an
- > end.
-
- I heard a demo on the radio this week (apparently the inventor is from
- Connecticut).
-
- The box simulates what the other party hears on a 1AESS or 1ESS --
- just the clicks. From what I heard on the radio, it sounds just like
- the real thing.
-
-
- Jeff
- Jeff's Oasis at Home. Jeff can also be reached at work at:
- jwasilko@airage.com
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