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From: bill@toto.info.com (Bill Cerny)
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Subject: Re: 16 Buttons -- Not 12?
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In article kentrox!ktxc5!brent@uunet.uu.net (Brent Capps) writes:

>and since there is little that a 4W set can do that a normal
>2W set cannot, the CO mfgs have been pushing the military to phase
>them out.

The base operator also has plug access to AUTOVON (now DSN?) trunks
grouped by precedence.  If you tire of reaching reorder when dialing
'8' for routine AUTOVON, you call the operator and provide the
authorization code for the precedence (P, I, F) and destination
(CONUS, Overseas), to which she usually replies, "I'm sorry sir, there
are no circuits available at this time."  :-(

In San Diego, things are a little better now.  The old 1ESS AUTOVON
switch is now a 5ESS, and all the Navy base step switches have been
replaced by AT&T Sys 75 and 85 PBX's (are any slated for upgrade to
Definity Generic 1 or 2?).  Apparently, the 4-wire desk sets have been
replaced by regular 2500 (or 74xx, or STU III) sets.  You select
AUTOVON precedence with the trunk code (80 for routine, 81 for
priority); provided your station has the class of service mark to
access that precedence (otherwise it's back to authorization codes and
the operator).  I accessed a routine AUTOVON trunk from a peon
station, and pressed 'P', to which the AUTOVON switch announced "You
may not access that precedence..."

The AT&T PBX provides the proper ringing for incoming AUTOVON calls:
routine precedence gives the normal double ring for "outside call",
while priority (and above) gives a triple ring for "priority call."


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