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- From: Barton.Bruce@camb.com (Barton F. Bruce)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Hunt Groups
- Message-ID: <telecom13.21.9@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 06:19:12 GMT
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- Organization: Cambridge Computer Associates, Inc.
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 21, Message 9 of 13
-
- rboudrie@chpc.org (Rob Boudrie) wrote:
-
- > 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?
-
- Sure is! but depends on local CO equipment. Or there are tricks you
- can play.
-
- Most CO switches cover several exchange codes. Telco may bitch and
- scream, but often will hunt between exchanges on their own just to
- make their life easier or to get out of some messup they caused. You
- may also get number in a hunt group that are 'theoreticals' that have
- NO exchange mere customers can dial (can YOU dial 017-9325? I thought
- not!).
-
- If you can't get them to do it or it is IMPOSSIBLE (may be on
- different CO switches, not just exchanges), then, if you have NO
- message unit implications and NO problems paying for a phone line that
- only is a number, get call forwarding on the isolated single one and
- set it to forward and GROUND both Tip and Ring to PERMANENTLY busy it.
- If they bitch, tell repair you are having some equipment problems and
- you DID busy it, but if they could DO IT FOR YOU while you get your
- equipment straightened out, and that you will CALL THEM when you need
- it restored, they probably will leave it that way for ten years.
-
- All calls to that number will then forward to the other numbers were
- you can have several lines.
-
- If you can get few line centrex service, you may be able to get line
- in use forwarding - more a secretarial feature than hunting.
-
- > [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]
-
- Many times. No problem.
-