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From: john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon)
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Subject: Re: How Do I Rotary?
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Date: 7 Dec 89 00:29:19 GMT
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In article <1810@accuvax.nwu.edu>, lars@salt.acc.com (Lars J Poulsen) writes:

> I am amazed that people put up with such rip-offs, and THEN talk about
> how bad GTE is. 

Yes, but what do you pay monthly for a phone? I'll bet it's higher
than my rate. Of course, I probably actually pay more because I have
Commstar (home Centrex) which you can't get on unmeasured lines. Neah!

> Technically, what is the difference between hunting and busy-
> forwarding ? Sounds to me like the same thing in an ESS environment.

At first blush, it would appear that the two are simply tariff
differentiations. But busy-forwarding also allows you to cross prefix
boundaries, and will forward after a preset number of unanswered
rings.  In my case, I have that number set to something like 15 or so.
 
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