Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1991 03:35:35 GMT From: lairdb@crash.cts.com (Laird P. Broadfield) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Dumb (Neophyte) Cellular Question Reply-To: lairdb@crash.cts.com (Laird P. Broadfield) 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 467, Message 2 of 9 Lines: 30 Okay, here it is: Can you have two cellphones (I guess you can't call them "desk sets", can you?) on the same number? I'm sure you could get ring-no-answer and busy-forward from one to another, but I'm talking about for-real both sets on one 7digit. What happens if they're in the same cell? What happens if they both originate a call? What happens if they both *answer* a call at the same time? I can mentally make a case that this would work, but I can also make a good case that it wouldn't. It all depends on how the interaction between the 7digit and the ESN works; does the switching equipment broadcast on the control channel for a particular device, or does it say "Would anyone like to be 555-1212 today?" and listen for replies? I'd appreciate it if one of you in-the-know people would give the $0.05 lecture on how this all works, and/or point me toward a cellular primer. (P.S. U.S. West is the B carrier out here; does anybody know if they have sales offices anywhere where bundling *is* legal?) Laird P. Broadfield UUCP: {ucsd, nosc}!crash!lairdb INET: lairdb@crash.cts.com