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- From: otto@jybox.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
- Subject: Re: scheduled events that take phone off-hook?
- Message-ID: <m3mwXB3w165w@jybox.jyu.fi>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 01:28:45 EET
- References: <1jmjkbINNp9o@phakt.usc.edu>
- Organization: Jyvaskyla Electronic Mailbox
- Lines: 16
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- hho@phakt.usc.edu (** N.T.K.C.D. ***) writes:
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- > Instead of taking the phone off the hook during news/batch etc.
- > Is it possible to run something TSR and answer the phone. It will
- > print out a message "System is busy, please call back in a few minutes.."?
-
- No, no, NO. That way users get to pay in their phone bills for a silly
- message instead of just getting a busy signal for free. "Paying for it"
- is also another reason to make the phone busy, some long-distance services
- start billing after a certain time online instead of after someone has
- answered the phone.
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