Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: bovine!john@apple.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Answer Supervision Message-ID: Date: 13 Feb 89 07:43:53 GMT Sender: news@vector.UUCP Reply-To: bovine!john@apple.com Lines: 20 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 61, message 1 of 9 On Feb 10 at 14:26, *Hobbit* writes: > > I was told a few months ago by a Sprint operator that they now did real > supervision in most areas. I didn't call Corporate and verify this or > anything -- is it true? How do the LOCs offer this to the carriers? Sprint does indeed have answer supervision. This was an issue with me some months ago and to confirm it, I made *many* test calls all over the country to test numbers, some supervising, some not. I stayed on the line for a long time on unsupervising calls, and even called some supervising busys. Sprint's billing was 100% accurate, perfectly agreeing with my log. LOCs offer this to carriers (I assume you mean OCC's) the same way they offer it to AT&T. Remember "equal access"? As a matter of fact, Sprint, like AT&T, is now utilizing SS#7 signaling and in some cases have a slicker interface to the local company than AT&T in some small areas. -- John Higdon john@bovine ..sun!{apple|cohesive|pacbell}!zygot!bovine!john