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From: forrette@cory.berkeley.edu (Steve Forrette)
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Subject: Re: Slick-96
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Date: 21 Nov 90 13:50:01 GMT
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Another problem with these "concentrators": most do not pass the CPC
signal upon disconnect.  According to a friend who works for US West,
the one specifically called "Slick-96" does deal with this, but the
others don't.  Apparently, it is quite a problem when they cut
existing lines over to one of the ones that doesn't handle CPC -- they
get all sorts of calls "My answering machine just runs and runs, and
doesn't detect when the caller hangs up like it used to."  US West's
attitude seems to be that it is not a "supported feature" of their
service.  If it works, great!  But if it stops one day, you'll just
have to do without.