Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Starline Service From Illinois Bell Message-ID: Date: 17 Sep 89 23:47:26 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 37 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 384, message 4 of 5 In article , telecom@eecs.nwu.edu (TELECOM Moderator) writes: > A while back, a reader in Australia asked for more information about home > centrex service here in the United States. In some places, this service is > called 'Intellidial', and in other places, such as Chicago, it is known > as 'Starline'. There may be other names for it in other communities. In > most cases, the features are the same. > > Here are the basics -- [complete explanation of Starline, deleted] What you have described is identical to Pac*Bell's Commstar II with some interesting differences. (It used to be called Premiere 2/6.) Instead of 6 lines, Commstar II has 30 line capability with intercoms numbered #20 thru #49 (I have 8 in mine). The trade-off, which I hated until I needed to add those 2 extra lines:-), is that speed calling is only 6 numbers (how useful) and is individually programmed on each line as opposed to being programmed system-wide from the "main" line. Speed numbers are accessed with *2 thru *7. Since *7 is a valid beginning to other features such as cancel call waiting and forwarding, etc., when you call the *7 entry you either wait six extra seconds or hit # (*7#). The other difference is that *8 is used for call pick-up, while *9 is used for hold/call waiting. Your explanation of how they screwed up your order I think must be written into the Bellcore spec for the offering. Every time (and I mean every time) I have placed the simplest change order or have ordered new service in conjunction with my Commstar II, it has been a circus, wherein they either botch the order itself and I don't get what I want, or the bill makes Fantasy Island look like sober truth. They used to have a "complex residential" department, but apparently they have decided that it's more fun just to foul things up. -- John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !