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From: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Telephone Answering Machines
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Date: Thu, 23-Jan-86 21:11:15 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 23 21:11:15 1986
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>6. Toll Saver:  The purpose of this feature is to alert you prior to 
>   the machine answering your phone that there have been no new calls 
>   recorded since the last time you checked for messages.  I don't 
>   know how this works but I would guess that the "ring" must somehow 
>   be made to sound different.
>
Actually, it changes the number of rings it waits before answering.
Typically, it will answer on the 4th ring if there are no messages
waiting, but on the first ring if there are.  Thus, if you call the
machine to check messages remotely, and it doesn't answer on the
first ring, you know that there are no messages and may hang up,
saving the cost of the call.

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Tim Smith       sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim || ima!ism780!tim || ihnp4!cithep!tim