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From: tad@ssc.UUCP (Tad Cook)
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Subject: Re: Distinctive-Ring Based Call Distributor
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In article <12383@accuvax.nwu.edu>, limhl@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Hui Lin
Lim) writes:

> > 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
>                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Could anyone elaborate on how this service is provided?  Does it
> require an ISDN switch etc?

Nope.  They do it on a standard digital switch.  I can get it on a
5ESS in my area.  What they do is assign two or more telephone numbers
to one line ... and each number produces a distinctive ringing signal
(like a double-ring for line two) when someone dials it.

Actually, in an older form it is available on really old SXS switches
from 40 years ago.  It's called Party Line ringing.

These call distribution devices for the home (like the AutoLine Plus
from ITI in Endicott, NY at 800-333-0802) are typically used as a way
of routing calls to a fax machine without the added expense of a
second line.


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