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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 21:57:10 GMT
From: Bud Couch <kentrox!bud@uunet.uu.net>
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Subject: Re: Operator Busy Break-in Now Costs $1.60
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In a responce to an articicle by  colnet!res@cis.ohio-state.edu (Rob 
Stampfli) our Moderator Notes:

> [Moderator's Note: When the operator is asked to 'verify busy' or
> interupt a call, they will first listen on the line only for a second
> or two to detirmine the status. A single word or two of conversation
> is sufficient. Even that brief intrusion might cause the modem to
> receive garbage, but the operator DOES NOT 'drop the call'.  

In these days of digital switches, digital xmission, and concentrated
operator services, operator monitoring of a call is extremely unlikely
to place any discernible noise on the line. The ones and zeros
representing that VF is simply switched into two gate inputs, instead
of one. Monitoring a PCM signal degrades it not at all.


Bud Couch - ADC/Kentrox    If my employer only knew.   standard BS applies