Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Lars J Poulsen Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: How Do I Rotary? Message-ID: <1810@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 4 Dec 89 17:30:19 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: Lars J Poulsen Organization: Advanced Computer Communications, Santa Barbara, California Lines: 33 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 552, message 2 of 7 In article <1782@accuvax.nwu.edu> john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) writes: > ... hunting costs an >arm and a leg with Pac*Bell (like everything else). It costs $20.00 >per line to make any change in hunting e.g. install, remove, number >change, etc. For instance, if I have two lines (as I do for my UUCP >modems) and I want the lead number to "hunt" to the second number, >then I pay $40.00 extra ($20.00 per line) to install over and above >any other charges and $1.00 per month ($0.50 per line). It would cost >$40.00 to have the hunting removed as well (@ $20.00 per line). > ... With busy-forwarding, you pay $5.00 >to put it in (on the first line, which when busy "forwards" to the >second) and $2.00 per month. ... and there is no termination >charge if and when it is removed. I am amazed that people put up with such rip-offs, and THEN talk about how bad GTE is. In my GTE area, the technical quality has been excellent since they ripped out the entire CO plant and replace it with ESS about 3 years ago. Since then they have replaced the cable plant in most of the city (they were running out of pairs). And hunting is free. I have my two lines in a circular hunt group, though I'll probably change that some day. (When the voice line is busy, I don't usually want to deal with another voice call untill I get off the first one). Technically, what is the difference between hunting and busy- forwarding ? Sounds to me like the same thing in an ESS environment. / Lars Poulsen (800) 222-7308 or (805) 963-9431 ext 358 ACC Customer Service Affiliation stated for identification only My employer probably would not agree if he knew what I said !!