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From: bill@toto.info.com (Bill Cerny)
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Subject: Re: TELECOM*USA Voicemail via 800 Number
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Date: 19 Aug 90 03:38:01 GMT
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In article <11035@accuvax.nwu.edu> you write:

>I recently decided to sign up for voice mail service from Telecom*USA.
>I get my own 800 number (not to be confused with the 800 number I have
>from them camped onto my residential line
           ^^^^^^ 
Forgive me, but I must take exception to your use of "camp on."
Really now, Patrick, you embarrass me; "camp on" is PBX terminology
for queueing to a busy station.  I believe you should state that "the
800 number is routed to my residential line."  Indeed, until CCS7
connectivity is a coast-to-coast reality, no IXC can "camp on" your
residence line. ;-) 


Bill Cerny bill@toto.info.com | attmail:
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[Moderator's Note: You are correct in the strictest use of the term
'camp on'. However, it is also used commonly to refer to the process
by which auxilliary phone numbers with no actual wire pair assigned to
them are associated with 'real' numbers. The term is also commonly
used to describe the condition when a call-waiting is placed on your
line in the background -- at the CO -- until you choose to bring it up
by flashing. Your phrase 'routed to' is the most accurate way to
describe it.  PAT]