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From: SKASS@drew.bitnet
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Subject: Re: LD vs Voice Mail / Lower Hotel Phone Charges
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Date: 10 Dec 90 01:28:00 GMT
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Laird Broadfield writes:

> In <15248@accuvax.nwu.edu> snowgoose!dave@uunet.uu.net writes:
> [stuff about pressing # to enter voicemail....]
 
>>[Moderator's Note: But don't you have to hold the # key for at least a
>>couple seconds to get a carrier disconnect? [...]
 
> Nope.  From _numerous_ locations throughout the ConUS I have made the
> mistake of hitting the # key to sign on to our voicemail system too
> soon and had AT&T dump the connection.  The "key" here is to _wait_ [...]
 
This is my experience with AT&T.  The literature that came with ASPEN,
our voicemail system, warns users to wait until the welcome message
has finished before pressing #.  Short vs. long doesn't matter.  Soon
vs. late is the key.  I get disconnected every time I'm too hasty,
never when I wait.
 
On the same subject, does anyone else find that ASPEN or other systems
have particular trouble hearing the number 3?  I often have to hold
the 3 key down for longer than the others for it to be recognized, and
from some phones, I can't enter my mailbox number at all because the 3
isn't heard.
 

Steve Kass-Math&CS Dept-Drew U-Madison NJ 07940-(201)4083614-skass@drew.bitnet