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Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1991 12:12:09 GMT
From: payne@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Andrew Payne)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Operator Busy Break-In Now Costs $1.60
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In article <telecom11.499.7@eecs.nwu.edu> jgd@convex.csd.uwm.edu
writes:

>> 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. 

> This is going to play merry hell with data calls, as I'm sure many
> others have mentioned (or will mention).

The tariff here in NY states the busy/interrupt procedure goes like:

"1.  The operator will determine if the line is clear or in use and report
to the calling party.

"2.  The operator will interrupt a call on the called line only if the calling
party indicates an emergency and requests interruption."

I suspect that (1) is a listen-only for the operator and thus wouldn't
affect your data call (though the operator would get an earful!).


Andrew C. Payne, N8KEI        UUCP:  ...!cornell!batcomputer!payne
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