Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Wed, 10 Apr 91 10:50:41 EDT From: Cristobal Pedregal-Martin Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Billed Busy Signals Reply-To: Pedregal@cs.umass.edu Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu 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 279, Message 9 of 12 Lines: 39 In Article 15305 in comp.dcom.telecom, Jack.Rickard@f555.n104.z1.fidonet.org (Jack Rickard) writes: > I've had continuing problems with both Sprint and Telecom*USA over the > past year regarding multiple billing entries for busy signals. And our esteemed Moderator remarks: > [Moderator's Note: You can't eliminate it by yourself. Only your long > distance carrier can do so. The problem you describe is common with > any telecom organization unable/unwilling to obtain 'answer supervision' > from the serving local telco. I have noticed a similar phenomenon calling Spain this last month: I get a busy signal and soon thereafter the characteristic high-pitch short tone (forgive my ignorance of the technical terms here) which one usually hears when international calls are answered. I do a bit of international calling, and this never happened to me before; plus, I remembered seeing a sign in a German PTT cautioning customers that "calls to Spain - due to equipment in Spain - start being billed after a few seconds regardless of whether there is an answer there". I remember it distinctly (this was about two years ago) because it annoyed me :-) So I called AT&T (my LD company) and described (in my layman's terms) the phenomenon. They assured I won't be billed for these "calls". I'll keep an eye on my next bill, and report what happens. Has anyone had a similar experience? And, what are the appropriate terms here (for the synch tone, etc.)? Cristobal Pedregal Martin internet: pedregal@cs.umass.edu || phone: +1-413-549-5137 (home) postal: LGRC - COINS Dept. --- UMass/Amherst, MA 01003 --- USA