Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!umich!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Carl Moore (VLD/VMB) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Sports Stadium Use of a "Dedicated" Phone Message-ID: <13758@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 17 Oct 90 13:51:05 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 18 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 742, Message 10 of 11 Would it be possible for a baseball dugout to have phones connecting only to, say, the bullpen? (That is, take the phone off the hook and it automatically rings that other location, such as you might see in an airport for a car-rental company.) [Moderator's Note: Yes, it would be possible. I see a lot of ring-down lines in offices. Amoco Sales Authorization in Des Moines, IA has such a phone which when taken off hook rings on a desk at Diner's Sales Authorization in Denver, CO. and vice-versa. They use it to verify Torch Club cardholder charges at Diner's establishments and Diner's card holder charges at Amoco stations. But a ring-down line, like an FX line, is an overkill unless you keep it loaded at all times and can justify the savings over DDD, which is hard these days. From a dugout to a bullpen would be such an overkill when the already-in-place PBX connects them anyway with three digit dialing, no? PAT]