Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!bionet!ames!attctc!vector!telecom-gateway From: ijk@cbnewsh.att.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: While Phone Rings, Charges May Begin Message-ID: Date: 11 Jul 89 19:04:46 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 17 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 232, message 9 of 12 One thing that many people might not be aware off is that what you hear ringing is NOT the end user's phone ringing [the user's phone might not be plugged in, and you'll still get a ring back.] Futhermore, the number of rings is not consistent with what you hear and what the user hears [sometimes, I've had people answer their phone before I even hear a ring - since I'm not a real believer in ESP, ...]. So, you might be counting the rings, and hang up on the third, while the answering machine has heard 4, and has started to answer. Ihor Kinal att!cbnewsh!ijk Standard disclaimer - although I work for Bell Labs, I'm a software person, and my real interfaces with phones are primarily the ones at home and sitting on the desk. My opinions are my own.