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From: john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon)
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Subject: Re: Lower Hotel Charges
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Bill   B40417 2-7390 <nickless@flash.ras.anl.gov> writes:

> Two frequently dialed numbers differ only in the transposition of the
> final two digits.  One is the office of a colleague, and the other is
> a modem pool.  I accidently dialed the modem, and was unable to avoid
> hanging up and re-entering the AT&T Universal Card number while the
> modem tones were active.

As far as AT&T is concerned:

The real reason for this is that the '#' "recall" function is diaabled
during supervision. It wouldn't matter if it was a modem on the other
end or your Aunt Sophie -- as long as the call is supervised (distant
end off hook), you cannot use the '#' to make another call. To make
another call, you MUST wait for the called party to hang up or use the
'#' before they answer.

This has been an inconvenience at times, since I occasionally use a
DISA. If I call into the DISA and make a mistake, the only way to
recover is to physically hang up and dial again; since the DISA will
not disconnect until the caller hangs up, the '#' is useless.


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