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- From: john@iastate.edu (John Hascall)
- Subject: Re: AT&T TIMEOUT & DISABLED
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- References: <476.42.uupcb@rsbbs.uucp> <TRSNYDER.92Dec28093724@vf0031.mcs.drexel.edu>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 18:04:21 GMT
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- trsnyder@mcs.drexel.edu (Bob Snyder) writes:
- }robert.seely@rsbbs.uucp (Robert Seely) writes:
- } AT&T has initiated a practice of auto disconnecting calls after x amt.
- } of rings/time for LD calls (at least).
- [and how this relates to the disabled]
-
- }This was discussed recently in the Telecom digest. Apparently this practice
- }started around the time Larry King told callers to simply call the number and
- }let it ring until they answered it and put you on the air; the result being
- }people letting the phone ring for 30 minutes or more. While I'm not
- }particularly fond of AT&T, I don't see why they should have to foot the bill
- }for this.
-
- [cordless phone or person-to-person suggestion]
-
- (do they even make cordless TDDs, for example?)
-
- Wouldn't it much simpler for them(AT&T etc.) to charge for ringing time over
- some reasonable amount (say 1 or 2 minutes) just as if it were "connected" time?
-
- John
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