Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: claris!wet!epsilon@ames.arc.nasa.gov Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Speed Dialing: CO vrs. Premises Equipment Message-ID: Date: 6 Jul 89 11:05:50 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Wetware Diversions, San Francisco Lines: 9 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 225, message 7 of 8 When I was living in 818, one of my favorite vices was playing radio station contests. Nearly all of these calls were to 213 or 714. Speed-8 wins--especially when used in conjunction with premises equipment. (It doesn't make that big a difference, but it more than pays for itself.) -=EPS=- P.S. the "dead phone for several minutes" syndrome described by another contributor wasn't that uncommon when 213-520 and 714-977 were taking a serious pounding...