Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: JAJZ801@calstate.bitnet Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Distinctive-Ring Based Call Distributor Message-ID: <12740@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 27 Sep 90 21:36:17 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 17 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 690, Message 3 of 10 > 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. The latest issue of the Hello Direct catalog I just received (winter 1990) has a "Ring Director" box advertised on page 38. $99.95 qty 1-2. As usual for them, no manufacturer given. Jeff Sicherman jajz801@calstate.bitnet