Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: John Higdon Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: "Intercom Plus" by Pacific Bell Message-ID: <1907@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 7 Dec 89 00:11:04 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: Green Hills and Cows 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 557, message 9 of 11 In article <1803@accuvax.nwu.edu>, nvuxr!deej@bellcore.bellcore.com (David Lewis) writes: > > How long is Pac*Bell going to sell bits and pieces of Centrex service > > to the residential and small business public while avoiding the > > necessary upgrades to offer really state-of-the-art telephone service? > As long as necessary to fully depreciate their 1AESSs. I have no problem with Pac*Bell keeping their 1As around for awhile. They can provide almost any service currently available (with help from an adjunct, they can provide *any* service) and they do it in a grand style when compared to DMS or 5ESS. 1AESS has always had superior feature implementation, IMHO. My major gripe involves the way Pac*Bell can't get off their can and replace their rickety-tickety crossbar. Don't tell me they can't write those dinosaurs off yet. And in my case, I am sick of this 1ESS that can't even do "cancel call forwarding". My CO has four prefixes of 1ESS (marginal, at best) and eight (8) prefixes of crossbar. For any telco that pretends to be "big time", this is laughable. But it boils down to: Yes my calls are completed somewhat reliably (if slowly), dialtone is there most of the time (when the earth doesn't shake), and I can hear the party to whom I am speaking. If it was GTE, that would all be somewhat iffy. So I'm supposed to count my blessings, and be thankful that I have Pac*Bell. Well, I guess crossbar is better than directorized step-by-step. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !