Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Wed, 19 Jun 91 09:33:11 EDT From: Gary W Sanders Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Operator Busy Break-In Now Costs $1.60 Message-ID: Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories 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 474, Message 8 of 8 Lines: 28 With my Ohio Bell Phone bill I saw an interesting little notice. This capability has been around for a long time, but was generaly used for emergencies. Now Ohio Bell is encourging people to use the service for non-emergency calls.. DIAL 0 (OPERATOR) TO INTERRUPT A BUSY LINE ON A LOCAL CALL. Do you need to talk to someone, and the line is busy? For a $1.60 per call, you can ask the Ohio Bell Operator to interrupt a busy line. The Operator will inform the called party that someone is trying to reach them. The called party will then have to the option to hand up, freeing the line for you to make your call to them. Gary Sanders (N8EMR) AT&T Bell Labs, Columbus Ohio gws@cblph.att.com 614-860-5965 [Moderator's Note: But you should be aware that the called party has the option to NOT break the connection if he so chooses, and you will still pay the $1.60. The Operator did her work by notifying the party. Also, if you claim an emergency exists as the reason for the busy party to break the connection when in fact there is no emergency, then you are probably guilty of a misdeamenor crime. Likewise if an energency *does* exist and the called party refuses to yield the line then he is guilty of a misdemeanor crime. PAT]