Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: *TONE-BLOCK* Message-ID: <4367@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 25 Feb 90 17:06:51 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 18 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 128, Message 9 of 12 > [Moderator's Note: But for that fifty cents per month for the right to > interim dial tone, what prevents you from dialing whatever you want against > that dial tone, i.e. a complete number of another party? I don't > think you are correct on this. PT] There is dial tone on my statewide 800 number. You might ask, "What would prevent someone from making calls on that line (for which it is not tariffed)?" If you dial anything other than an intercom code, you get a recording. The reason for the dial tone in the first place is so that the line can access the Commstar features, and calls can be transferred. Maybe the "Tone Block" interim dial tone is so restricted if the customer doesn't have three way calling. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !