Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Thu, 30 May 91 16:33:29 BST From: Clive Feather Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Ringing Tones Around the World 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 412, Message 11 of 14 Lines: 31 In 11-394, ct@dde.dk writes: > No! Denmark is ED, not BD. And the Moderator Notes: > And he really should have left the USA out of his list also, since > we have a wide variety of ringing and busy signals, depending on > where you call. The list that andyb@rags.coat.com posted was originally posted by me, and comes direct from a British Telecom publication. Please blame them, not Andy or me. Also, cbmvax!.UUCP!robert@uunet.uu.net writes: > I dialed a number in 703, and instead of receiving the standard U.S. > single ring, I received a non-US double ring. This could be because the number is connected to another country. For example, 1-800-XDESK-57 is located in Cambridge UK (it maps to a UK number, not the one in my signature), and so gives the double-ring that all UK numbers do. Clive D.W. Feather | IXI Limited clive@x.co.uk | 62-74 Burleigh St. Phone: +44 223 462 131 | Cambridge CB1 1OJ (USA: 1 800 XDESK 57) | United Kingdom