Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!ria!uwovax.uwo.ca!telecom-request From: covert@covert.enet.dec.com (John R. Covert 16-Mar-1991 0520) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Maestro Phones from Northern Telecom Message-ID: Date: 16 Mar 91 10:20:35 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 22 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 209, Message 8 of 11 > Just the other day I received a collect call from a local payphone. I > would have expected it to display "Unknown" as the call was placed > through the operator, but instead, the display was "Long Distance." > Go figure. > [Moderator's Note: Probably the reason it said 'long distance' was > because the payphone was a COCOT, and the Alternate Operater > Disservice involved in handling the collect call was not really an > Operator, and they splashed the call via DDD from some other location. Remember, though, that this happened in Canada, where they do not yet have COCOTs, AOSs, or LATAs. It's really very simple. The Bell Canada Operator Services System is connected to the network via the toll switch, even when handling local calls. john [Moderator's Note: You're correct. Canada remains relatively unpolluted where telecom is concerned as of yet. PAT]