Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!sun-barr!texsun!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: len@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Leonard P Levine) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Number of devices on 1 line? Message-ID: Date: 9 Jun 89 19:24:06 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 25 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 194, message 1 of 9 In article , by decvax!decwrl!apple!zygot!john@ucbvax.berkeley.edu (John Higdon) writes: > If memory serves, I believe the maximum REN (Ringer Equivalence Number) > allowed on a 1/1A ESS is 8. Higher than this, the CO will withhold ring > current and you will never know anyone is calling you. Does this mean that I can surpress the ringing of my home phones when I want to just by increasing the number of equivalent ringers? If so, that would be very useful at times. + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + | Leonard P. Levine e-mail len@evax.milw.wisc.edu | | Professor, Computer Science Office (414) 229-5170 | | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Home (414) 962-4719 | | Milwaukee, WI 53201 U.S.A. Modem (414) 962-6228 | + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + [Moderator's Note: I think this would be an *awful* way to go about what you want to accomplish. It's like saying can I turn out the lights before I go to bed at night by short-circuiting the fuse box in the basement? Yes, of course you can. Why not regular off/on switches instead? PT]