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Re: International 800 service [Telecom]

joeofseat...@yahoo.com (Joseph Singer) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:59:51 UT

<<What is the state of "international" 800 service these days? Is it
still such that virtually every country has its own 800 number space?
If so, does one incur a monthly charge for every country every month
regardless of traffic?
We do international business and are thinking about pursuing such
service but, if we have to provide a list of dozens of different

Asian satphone services [Telecom]

klu...@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:40:43 UT

While we are talking about satellite phone services, is there any currently
available service working in the Thailand/Yunnan/Bangladesh area? I know
they aren't allowed for use in Burma but I am curious if that is changing
with the relief efforts there as well.
Aside from Iridium and GlobalStar (whatever happened to GlobalStar?)

Re: Auditing telephone bills [Telecom]

re...@newsgroup.please (Geoffrey Welsh) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:36:31 UT

I understand what you're saying, but I think the phone bill has special
status here. Ask those same managers to authorize a recurring charge (or an
increase in an existing recurring charge) to improve service and they'll
either find the time away from their philosophy session to discuss your
suggestion or or they'll turn you down out of hand. Point out that what

Re: Setting up office phones [Telecom]

for.address.l...@www.ai.uga.edu.slash.mc (MC) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:33:53 UT

It sounds to me like you don't need the splitters. Each phone needs to
connect to both lines. Normally a single 4-wire modular cable carries both
lines (one on the inner pair of wires and one on the outer). Make sure it
actually has 4 wires.
If you need to "split" a single wall socket so you can plug both phones into

Postwar telephone conversion resources? [Telecom]

hanco...@bbs.cpcn.com — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:10:40 UT

During WW II the Bell System devoted all its resources to the war
effort. At the end of the war it faced a massive backlog in service
orders. In addition, massive new commercial, residential, and
industrial construction made it harder to get caught up. Many times
new suburban developments (like Levittown PA) were served solely by

Slashdot - Call Someone Without Having To Talk To Them [TELECOM]

j...@mayson.us (John Mayson) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:07:04 UT

[link]
This is rather interesting, but why do I suspect it's just an
invitation to large volumes of voice spam?

Setting up office phones [Telecom]

devin.wentz...@gmail.com (dwentzell) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:06:16 UT

Okay so every person that I have talked to, I have confused on this
issue, so I'm asking for help.
What I know; I have 2 phones, each capable of 2 lines, 2 phone
numbers, and 2 splitters(L1/L2)
What I need; I need my phone and my staff's phone to be able to pick
up line 1 or line 2, also if I am on a call, I can put a caller on

International 800 service [Telecom]

g...@somewhere.net (Gen) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:01:26 UT

Hello, all.
This may seem like a simpleton's question, but please indulge me.
What is the state of "international" 800 service these days? Is it
still such that virtually every country has its own 800 number space?
If so, does one incur a monthly charge for every country every month
regardless of traffic?

Re: Touch Tone at 1964 World's Fair [Telecom]

hanco...@bbs.cpcn.com — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:58:17 UT

In 1944 (during the war) the New York Times reported that IBM (among
others) applied to the FCC for a microwave license so as to transmit
data and television. I don't know whatever became of that, I don't
think anything did. Data communication between information processing
machines had begun in 1940 over telegraph lines for the army and

Re: Touch Tone at 1964 World's Fair [Telecom]

fgoldstein.seesigspamb...@wn2.wn.net (Fred Goldstein) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:03:39 UT

WXTV Channel 41, which at the time still had its studio in a
one-story garage behind a Main St. rowo of storefronts in Paterson,
NJ, its city of license. The Univision affiliate has since moved to
a bigger site in Secaucus.
From the studio it went to a relay site on Garrett Mtn in nearby
West Paterson, which overlooks Paterson and is what we call a "good

Re: 5E on Ebay. For real? Bogus? [Telecom]

dave.garl...@wizinfo.com (Dave Garland) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:44:53 UT

I don't know a damn thing about the hardware. But the website that
goes with the address given as an email contact appears to be a
company that's in the right line of work.
[link]
Of course, it *could* be somebody operating out of a one-room office
who just cobbled together a snazzy website.

Re: 5E on Ebay. For real? Bogus? [Telecom]

diespamm...@ikillspammers.com (Steven Lichter) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:43:56 UT

I agree, from what pictures are posted and a few seem to be the same, a
lot of the frames are not there so it may not have been a complete
switch. As I said it is strange to see on on eBay, but the company is a
known equipment broker.

Re: 5E on Ebay. For real? Bogus? [Telecom]

cnava...@wcnet.org (Carl Navarro) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:43:35 UT

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:28:58 -0400 (EDT), Steven Lichter
For what purpose? Anything today is tons smaller and more effiicient
than that. I was considering a bid of $12, but I was afraid I might
win it :-)
If you want to see some of the alternitive, start here
[link]

Re: 5E on Ebay. For real? Bogus? [Telecom]

diespamm...@ikillspammers.com (Steven Lichter) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:42:44 UT

There are plenty of companies that sell rebuild spare cards and the such
for the 5ESS, plus I seem to remember talking to a manager for a small
company in the Pacific Northwest that service contracts can be bought
and anyone working on one of these will be very well trained by one of
the schools or having been a Bell employee. I had training on them when

Re: 5E on Ebay. For real? Bogus? [Telecom]

john.dear...@veriyourpantszon.net (John P. Dearing) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:07:34 UT

jsw wrote:
It certainly looks legit.
My guess is that it is from a CLEC that subsequently got out of the
dialtone business or is now doing VoIP in a big way and doesn't need two
Lucent 5E's anymore (they may have others they're still using).
My vote is legit but not from a Bell (or former Bell) Telco.