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From: pushp@cerf.net (Pushpendra Mohta)
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Subject: Re: What is Toll Saver?
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Date: 4 Sep 90 06:35:36 GMT
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#Moderator's Note: "Toll Saver" is a way of saving money on calls to
#answering machines by having the machine not pick up until after
#several rings if there are no messages received. If a message is on
#the tape, then the answering machine picks up immediatly, on the first
#or second ring, as you have it set. If there are no messages, then the
#owner calling in knows to hang up after about the third ring so no
#charge will be made to call an answering machine which has nothing to
#say.  Its a little more involved than that, but that is the idea.  PAT]

Be prepared to be mislead if you call immediately after someone called
and left a message.  On most (non-digital) answering machines, You
will continue to hear rings till the machine resets itself.


pushpendra
CERFnet

[Moderator's Note: This of course depends on your call arriving within
seconds of the last call; not impossible, but not terribly likely
unless you have a very busy line. And one guideline would be if you
called and got a busy signal, then called a minute later and got a
ring, let it ring until it does reset.  PAT]