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- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 00:24 GMT
- From: John C. Fowler <0003513813@mcimail.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: 710 and ABCD?
- Message-ID: <telecom12.627.9@eecs.nwu.edu>
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- Once, when I was living in White Rock, New Mexico, a friend bought a
- new modem and called me up to tell me about it. The modem was capable
- of generating the A-B-C-D tones, and he asked me what they would do if
- he dialed them on a normal phone line. I said I didn't know, so he
- went to three-way calling and tried them. I don't remember what A, B,
- and D did, so they probably weren't interesting, but when he dialed C,
- it hung up his second dial tone and transferred him back to me (as if
- he had flashed twice).
-
- Another friend, also with an A-B-C-D-generating modem, tried in San
- Diego, but got immediate reorder as soon as the switch heard A, B, C,
- or D. So I suppose it's dependent on the switch (or location or
- RBOC).
-
-
- John C. Fowler, 3513813@mcimail.com
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