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Subject: Re: Phone systems
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Date: Fri, 13-Mar-87 16:19:31 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 13 16:19:31 1987
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in article <1443@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM>, lodman@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Mike Lodman) says:
> 
> You telecom people, what would it take for the phone company to connect
> two people who are trying to call each other and getting busy signals?
> Is it even possible?
> Michael Lodman

Yes and no.

I the two callers are within the same central-office or if the two
CO's are linked (so that they could pass billing/routing info to each
other), then the answer is yes.

If the call is going through different or isolated CO's, then the
answer is no.  This also applies to the question "is there a box
that will tell me the number of the person calling me?".

Gary