Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 6 May 91 12:58:34 GMT From: Perry Stokes Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: The Two Line Solution Message-ID: Organization: The Free Software Foundation 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 338, Message 4 of 9 Lines: 30 In article dave@westmark.westmark.com (Dave Levenson) writes: > In article , leryo@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Leryo > Malbito) writes: >> Upon calling a COCOT, I got a telco tri-tone message stating something >> to the effect of: "There are no incoming calls permitted to this >> telephone ..." Da-Daa-Daa... >> (I think this is the same type of message that Bell Atlantic provides >> when you have been chosen as a CALL BLOCK(tm?)ed number ... eg, you >> bother someone, then they block all future calls from your number.) > Actually, NJ Bell (part of Bell Atlantic) provides a recording which > is not preceded by the SIT tone, and says: "The number you are calling > is not accepting calls at this time" if the called party has blocked > calls from the calling party. That system is never going to work as well as planned. Rather than giving a message saying something, the phone should just sound as if it's ringing off the hook. The offending party would just assume they're never answering the phone. If you have a message saying "They don't want to accept your call.." then anyone with half a brain will just try calling from another number. (pay phone, friends phone, etc) Perry Stokes stokes@ai.mit.edu 512-836-2163