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From: knauer@cs.uiuc.edu (Rob Knauerhase)
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Subject: Re: Recording Phone Calls
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Date: 21 Jan 91 06:08:51 GMT
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In article <16076@accuvax.nwu.edu> forrette@cory.berkeley.edu (Steve
Forrette) writes:

>"Federal and State tariffs state that for a telephone conversation to
>be recorded, one of the following conditions must be met:

>"2.  All parties being recorded must hear a 'beep' tone approximately every
>15 seconds.

Just FYI, apparently the Ohio State Highway Patrol records all
incoming calls, and uses only the 15-second beep.  My mother, who has
called them several times to check interstate highway conditions, was
annoyed enough by the beep (present even when they put her on hold) to
ask about it.

    I don't know many people who read the front of the White Pages
(_Telecom_ readers excepted :), but I can't offhand think of any
better way to inform the general public of the significance of the
fifteen-second beep.

[Side question: does anyone know how such a recording system might
work?  Loop tape of a certain length, I'd assume...]


Rob Knauerhase, knauer@cs.uiuc.edu
University of Illinois, Department of Computer Science