Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Mon, 24 Jun 91 13:17:05 PDT From: Phydeaux Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Operator Busy Break-In 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 489, Message 1 of 12 Lines: 13 It used to be that if you asked an operator to make an 'emergency breakthrough' call to a number that was handling modem traffic, they would tell you that the number was busy because of some technical problem. They probably heard strange tones, didn't know what they were and thought something was wrong. Hopefully they know more nowadays... reb *-=#= Phydeaux =#=-* reb@ingres.com or reb%ingres.com@lll-winken.llnl.GOV ICBM: 41.55N 87.40W h:558 West Wellington #3R Chicago, IL 60657 312-549-8365 w:reb ASK/Ingres 10255 West Higgins Suite 500 Rosemont, IL 60018 708-803-9500