Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ucsd!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Auto-Call Back Message-ID: <15395@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 10 Dec 90 14:17:20 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 9 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 880, Message 3 of 10 I'm not sure I have the right name, but I'm referring to the (new?) service whereby if somebody calls you and you don't get to the phone before it stops ringing, you can just press some code to automatically generate a call back to the person who called you. My question is, does the system filter out any numbers? If somebody from Europe called me, will it dial back an international call for me? What if some slimey 900-type called me? Neither of the above scenarios would be appreciated.