Path: utzoo!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!killer!vector!nobody From: eli@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM (Steve Elias) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Ringback that just won't quit Message-ID: Date: 30 Jan 89 12:20:12 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 11 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 39, message 8 10 or 15 years ago, in a suburban boston exchange, a friend and i discovered ringback codes... 981-xxxx worked in our area... here's where things get strange: sometimes the ringback just would not stop. you could pick up the phone, leave it offhook for a minute, hang up -- and the ringback would start again... and even stranger: sometimes, the ringback would be a continous ring -- not the normal intermittent bell. this didn't happen very often... steve elias (eli@spdcc.com)