Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!ucsd!ames!killer!vector!nobody From: hp-sdd!rog@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Roger Haaheim) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Excuses instead of info Message-ID: Date: 29 Dec 88 13:17:43 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 8 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 1, message 1 Back in the good old days...one could dial a special number, hang up, and the dialing phone would ring; some kind of echo. It was used by phonefolks who came to fix the phone, to check to see if it was working. They had no problem telling the customer what that number was so the customer could dial back to him/herself. Why has that capability become proprietary? I know it's still done, but when I ask...excuses, but no number. How come?