Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: csense!bote@uunet.uu.net (John Boteler) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Implementing CLASS #1 vs. #5 ESS Message-ID: Date: 9 Nov 89 21:56:22 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 32 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 502, message 9 of 11 My former housemate works for Bell Atlantic (serving D.C., Virginia, Maryland, et. al.) and last year brought home one of the many company newsletters desktop publishing has made possible. It described the proposal to implement CLASS services on an office-by- office basis and pointed out that ESS1 offices would get all the features at once, but, oddly, ESS5 offices would only get some of the features at first. The features to be implemented later include Select*Forward (selective call forwarding of a list of up to 6 calling numbers), Priority*Call (distinctive ringing from a list), and Call*Block (block up to 6 numbers from reaching you). It occurs to me that it would be easier to implement CLASS features in a #5 than a #1. Am I close? I note that the features to be implemented last in the #5 offices have the need to store a list of up to 6 numbers, and I believe the LECs are purchasing equipment from other telecom companies to provide these services, hence the delay. But why not the same delay for #1s?? BTW, if anybody is interested in hearing a recording of these 3 features mentioned above, send me email and I will describe to you how to access a little demo I have set up on a voice response system which I operate. I nabbed these during the test period (before they were turned off to begin the billing period!). It's a standard number in the Washington D.C. metro calling area. Fun if you're bored. Bote going away soon: uunet!cyclops!csense!bote changing soon: {zardoz|uunet!tgate|cos!}ka3ovk!media!cyclops!csense!bote to this: ...!media!csense!bote