Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!linac!att!ucbvax!agate!telecom-request From: Bob_Frankston%Slate_Corporation@mcimail.com (Bob Frankston) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: What Hardware Supports Ringmate? Message-ID: Date: 29 Mar 91 00:38:00 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 7 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 250, Message 11 of 11 I realize that Ringmate works with forwarding (yes, selective forwarding would be much nicer). The problem is with hunting -- I've got two numbers and when the first is busy the second rings. One alternative would be to forward on busy -- how does forwarding compare with hunting in terms of capabilities and other tradeoffs? (Hunting is free, but I think I've also got forwarding).