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From: piet@cs.ruu.nl (Piet van Oostrum)
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Subject: Re: Automatic Call Forwarding
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Date: 26 Sep 90 14:41:55 GMT
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In article <12442@accuvax.nwu.edu>, nstar!watcher@ndmath.math.nd.edu
(JW) writes:

JW> Some years ago I heard of an automatic call fowarding device (this was
JW> before call forwarding was offered as an option by the telcos; it was,
JW> in fact, pre-divestiture) that worked like this: you had two lines;
JW> the first one rings (your "real" number); device dials out on the
JW> second line; then conferences the lines together. Sure, you would have
JW> to have two lines, but if you already have an extra one for the
JW> dial-out modem, this wouldn't be a problem.

I know somebody (a vet) who uses such a device to redirect calls to
his cellular phone when he is not at home. Call forwarding is a new
thing here, and not many people have even heard of it.


Piet* van Oostrum, Dept of Computer Science, Utrecht University,
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