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From: mailrus!uflorida!rm1!bapat@uunet.uu.net (Subodh Bapat)
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Subject: Distinctive-Ring Based Call Distributor
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I seem to recall a request posted here a couple of months ago asking
whether there was any such beast as a call distribution device (for
the home) based on Distinctive Ringing Service offered by the LECs
(variously sold as RingMaster, SmartRing, RingMate around the country,
in which multiple numbers mapped to the same line generate different
ring patterns). Well, here are excerpts from a recent article
describing just such a device.

Begin quote....

Fone Filter is a hand-sized, circuit-filled plastic box that, when
connected to your telephone line, automatically routes voice calls to
your telephone, fax calls to your fax machine and computer calls to
your computer. A different ring pattern is assigned to each device.
When it hears a certain ring, Fone Filter connects the appropriate
device.

Fone Filter has other uses in connection with personalized rings.  By
hooking it up to your answering machine, it helps you block certain
calls while answering others.

Fone Filter is available from South Tech Instruments, Inc., at
800-999-3237.  It costs $79.95. It saves $30 a month in residential
line fees ($68 a month in business line fees) by utilizing a single
telephone line instead of three.  The only additional outlays are
about $10 a month for three personalized rings (about $17 a month for
businesses) and about $3 a month for call waiting, in case, for
example, you wanted to put someone on hold while you received a fax.

End quote....

(I have no affiliation with South Tech.)


Subodh Bapat              bapat@rm1.uu.net     OR           ...uunet!rm1!bapat
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