Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!pttesac.UUCP!vanam%lll-tis.arpa.ARPA From: vanam%lll-tis.arpa.ARPA@pttesac.UUCP.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Incoming Phone Calls Message-ID: <455@pttesac.UUCP> Date: Sun, 28-Jun-87 14:20:51 EDT Article-I.D.: pttesac.455 Posted: Sun Jun 28 14:20:51 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 3-Jul-87 06:42:08 EDT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: pttesac!vanam%lll-tis.arpa.ARPA@buit1.bu.edu (Marnix van Ammers) Distribution: world Organization: Pacific*Bell ESAC, San Francisco Lines: 26 Approved: telecom@buit1.bu.edu In article WBD.MDC@OFFICE-1.ARPA (William Daul / McDonnell-Douglas / APD-ASD) writes: >This may end up sounding like a really dumb question but... > >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? Me and my friend who both work in the phone company and have experience with ESS happened to read this and before reading the followups decided that unless there was a problem with the office (poor load balancing), nothing would happen. That is, the incoming call would complete with no problem. If there were poor load balancing, some of the people in the neighborhood would start getting no-dial-tone or slow- dial-tone at times. On incoming calls to a very busy office with poor load balancing, callers could get re-order tone (120 ipm busy tone). -- Marnix (ain't unix!) A. van\ Ammers Work: (415) 545-8334 Home: (707) 644-9781 CEO: MAVANAMMERS:UNIX UUCP: {ihnp4|ptsfa}!pttesac!vanam CIS: 70027,70 ** So what *is* a deterministic finite automaton ? **