Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!bionet!hayes.fai.alaska.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Phone/Fax Switchbox -- Do They Work? Message-ID: <10324@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 1 Aug 90 08:45:22 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 20 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 535, Message 4 of 11 Bill Huttig writes: > Then there is the option of getting the multi-pattern ringing service > from you phone co. (Some common names for it are RingMaster, Smart > Ring, RingMate....etc). Anyone remember party lines? You know, one pair of wires serving multiple subscribers with different phone numbers -- useful when pair availability is limited. Bet you thought they were a thing of the past. Now the telcos have found a way to bring them back and sell both halves (or all four quarters) to the same subscriber! Talk about your simulated facilities! Well, it IS cheaper than having multiple lines, but much less useful. But the telco sure cleans up. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !