Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: "Marc T. Kaufman" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Automatic Call Forwarding Message-ID: <12488@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 23 Sep 90 17:12:07 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University Lines: 26 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 671, Message 4 of 12 In article <12442@accuvax.nwu.edu> nstar!watcher@ndmath.math.nd.edu (watcher) writes: >Some years ago I heard of an automatic call fowarding device (this was >before call forwarding was offered as an option by the telcos; it was, >in fact, pre-divestiture) that worked like this: you had two lines; >the first one rings (your "real" number); device dials out on the >second line; then conferences the lines together. Sure, you would have >to have two lines, but if you already have an extra one for the >dial-out modem, this wouldn't be a problem. When I took the public tour of the FBI building, the agent giving the tour described these devices as "cheese boxes", typically used by bookies to keep simple call traces from finding them. The agent said that now, bookies just use the call forwarding feature of the line to do the job. I told here that was dumb, because the forwarding number was in the telco data base ... and got a very strange look in response. I got the impression that they were deliberately trying to encourage would-be bookies to use the call forwarding method. Marc Kaufman (kaufman@Neon.stanford.edu)