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Subject: Re: RINGMATE from New England Telephone
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Date: 4 Mar 90 04:26:32 GMT
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   From: SOLOMON@mis.arizona.edu (Unknown User)
   Subject: RINGMATE from New England Telephone

>Some areas served by New England Telephone can now sign up for their new
>RINGMATE(sm) service.

>Now you can know who's calling you - or who a call is for - by the way
>the phone rings!

Southern Bell has been offering this service for some time now.  While
I can't recall what they call the service (either Ringmaster or
Linebacker), you have the same capabilities as the RINGMATE Service.
 
As mentioned earlier, the numbers may be listed or unlisted.  In
addition, they asked me if I wanted my Call-Forwarding to extend to
the additional numbers.  You could have the capability to have your
regular number forwarded, but your additional number(s) could ring
through.
 
The charges from Southern Bell are similar to what NET charges.
 
This is a GREAT feature for my wife and I.....we give our respective
employers one of the additional numbers, we give family and friends
the other additional number, and the bill collectors, riff-raff, et al
get the regular number.  By listening to the ring, we know who (in
general) is calling before we answer the phone.  Similarly, if I hear
the double-ring (the number we gave my office) at 3:00am, I know darn
well I better answer it!
 

Shawn