Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Thu, 6 Jun 91 18:03:49 GMT From: rees@pisa.citi.umich.edu (Jim Rees) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Service Overlap Reply-To: rees@citi.umich.edu (Jim Rees) Message-ID: Organization: University of Michigan IFS Project 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 431, Message 10 of 10 Lines: 18 I have recently moved from an apartment to a house half a block away, on the same (aerial) cable. When I called TPC to get my phone changed, they offered to provide service at both locations for a while. This works just like an extension phone, as far as I can tell. It's a great convenience. The cost is the same as the cost of having a second line, so it's not terribly cheap, but for ten days it will only cost me $5 or so. They had this all set up within two hours of my call to them. I was impressed. How is this physically done in the CO? Is it just software in the switch (mine is a 1AESS)? What would happen if I picked up phones in both houses at the same time? I may try this just to see.