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From: mailrus!uflorida!rm1!bapat@uunet.uu.net (Subodh Bapat)
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Subject: Re: Leaving Brief Messages With Free Collect Calls
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Date: 7 Sep 90 18:40:28 GMT
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In <11395@accuvax.nwu.edu> radius!lemke@apple.com (Steve Lemke) writes:

>Basically, our arrangement was this: If I wanted my dad to call me, I
>would call his house and let the phone ring only once (and then hang
>up).  He would therefore wait until a second ring before ever
>answering the phone.  

I have a feeling that this may not always work the same way, depending
on the CO switches in the circuit, especially long distance where
multiple switches are involved. The reason is that the number of rings
heard by the caller is not necessarily the number of rings generated
on the called line.

I have had occasions where people who called me have asked me,
surprised, "How come you answered even before the phone rang at all?"
when I had distinctly heard the phone ring twice at my end.

Any switch gurus care to shed any light on this?


Subodh Bapat              bapat@rm1.uu.net     OR           ...uunet!rm1!bapat
MS E-204, PO Box 407044,  Racal-Milgo, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33340  (305) 846-6068


[Moderator's Note: A telecom person once told me, "The only reason we
put a ringing signal on the line (for the caller to listen to) is
because otherwise the caller might think the line was out of order.
The ringing signal is simply a way to let the caller know he is not
being ignored and that telco is attempting to make a connection."  PAT]