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- From: alla0008@student.tc.umn.edu (Graham Allan)
- Subject: Re: Caller ID
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- References: <6531@mccuts.uts.mcc.ac.uk> <1993Jan21.091543.25465@edscom.demon.co.uk> <8249@skye.ed.ac.uk>
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:40:12 GMT
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- In article <8249@skye.ed.ac.uk> ken@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Ken Johnson) writes:
- >
- >In article <1993Jan21.091543.25465@edscom.demon.co.uk>
- >ian@edscom.demon.co.uk (Ian Green) writes:
- >
- ># Secondly - you cannot (on most if not all exchanges now) leave an
- ># unanswered call ringing for very long (3 mins??) to stop the tie-up of
- ># international lines
- >
- >Brilliant. It is now completely impossible to get through to British
- >Rail travel enquiries. You hang on for three minutes and dear ole BT
- >then aborts the attempt.
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- Aren't you glad these international lines aren't being tied up though?
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- British Rail Enquiries PLC (Cayman Isles)...?
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- Graham
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