Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Eric Varsanyi Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Screwy PUC Policies Message-ID: <8904@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 13 Jun 90 02:06:26 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: Cray Computer Corporation Lines: 23 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 430, Message 2 of 13 In article <8860@accuvax.nwu.edu> mailrus!uflorida!rm1!bapat @uunet.uu.net (Bapat) writes: >While visiting my aunt in Alameda, CA, in the metro Bay area (415-865 >exchange) I was surprised to find that I couldn't retrieve messages >from my answering machine at home. The reason? My aunt's phone >couldn't send out tones, as Alameda has no touch-tone service! It was >shocking to know that there still are parts of major metropolitan >areas which don't have tone yet. I lived in 415-865 in 1989 and both of my phone lines most certainly had touch tone service. They also offered all the Comm*Star (I think thats what they called it) features (call waiting, call forwarding, etc...). Perhaps the phone itself wasn't working correctly? Eric Varsanyi Cray Computer Corporation ewv@craycos.com