Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!rutgers!sri-spam!mordor!lll-tis!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!SEISMO.CSS.GOV!uunet!swlabs!jack From: jack@swlabs.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Incoming Phone Calls Message-ID: <257@swlabs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 24-Jun-87 20:40:12 EDT Article-I.D.: swlabs.257 Posted: Wed Jun 24 20:40:12 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 26-Jun-87 07:14:44 EDT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: Software Labs, Ltd. Easton CT USA Lines: 13 Approved: telecom@buit1.bu.edu In article , WBD.MDC@OFFICE-1.ARPA (William Daul / McDonnell-Douglas / APD-ASD) writes: > If all the lines in a neighborhood are being utilized and someone tries to > call into that area to a phone that is NOT being used what (if anything) will > happen? Will they get a busy signal? I believe that they will get a re-order tone. This is a "fast-busy", which sounds like a busy signal but the cadence is (I think) twice as fast. This (or a recording) is the mechanism to indicate that all circuits are busy and to retry (or "re-order" later). -- Jack Bonn, <> Software Labs, Ltd, Box 451, Easton CT 06612 seismo!uunet!swlabs!jack