Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: fred@dtix.ARPA (Fred Blonder) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Establishing a hunt group between private lines Message-ID: Date: 9 Jun 89 21:47:54 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 26 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 192, message 4 of 9 I'm hoping that someone can provide some useful advice regarding the following situation: I'm planning on getting my own phone line run in a house which I share with roommates. I've been told by the local phone company (Chesapeake & Potomac) that they will not allow the new line to hunt to the old "communal" line which I already share with my roommates, because it's listed under a different name. While they may have sound reasons for this policy, I don't see how they apply in this case. My question is: Does anyone have an idea of how high up the chain- of-command I'll need to go in order to get an exception granted? Has anyone done this, or something similar? Is this hopeless? ----- Fred Blonder David Taylor Research Center (202) 227-1428 [Moderator's Note: Why not order C&P's version of 'Starline', a residential centrex package which allows what you are asking plus a lot more, including intercom between your phones; pick up an incoming call from either line; transfer a call to any other line, etc. One feature in that package is 'forward on busy/no answer', which would seem to meet your request. All the phone lines get billed on one account, but you get directory listings as desired, and you do get separate breakdowns of long distance charges, etc. Illinois Bell calls it 'Starline'. I don't know C&P's name. PT]