Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pyrdc!netsys!vector!nobody From: berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Smart box wanted Message-ID: Date: 1 Nov 88 22:37:00 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 13 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu (TELECOM Digest Coordinator) X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 8, issue 169, message 7 I have a box that does straight call forwarding and doesn't generate special tones or require a tone every so often to keep it on-line. I got it surplus from a phone company. The drawback is that it pulse dials, and takes 20-30 seconds to forward the call, so the caller doesn't know what's going on during that time. There's no "security" - it always forwards the call. Of course, it requires two lines. Mike Berger Department of Statistics University of Illinois berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu {convex | pur-ee}!uiucuxc!clio!berger