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From: I.G.Batten@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Ian G Batten)
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Subject: Re: Knowing You're a Call Waiting Beep
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yazz@devnet.la.locus.com (Bob Yasi) writes:

> II switch; I'm unsure of the software revision.  Until just about a
> week ago, a caller could tell whether he was causing a call waiting

The BT System X exchanges are far more sensible; they give the caller
a spoken message saying ``The phone you are dialing is in use; we are
attempting to connect you.''


ian