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TELECOM Digest     Tue, 23 Aug 94 13:20:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 351

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    EPIC Statement on FBI Wiretap Bill (Dave Banisar)
    North American Electronic Phone Directory (Mona Brennan-Coles)
    Book Review: "The Internet Unleashed" (Rob Slade)
    Joining Two Networks Over Dialup or Dedicated Phone Line (Martin Loeffler)
    LDDS Byys Wiltel (Daily Oklahoman via Wes Leatherock)
    Add an External Antenna to Prevent Drop Out (Yang Yu-shuang)
    Re: Personal ACD vs. Telemarketers? (Steve Cogorno)
    Re: Personal ACD vs. Telemarketers? (John Higdon)
    Re: Personal ACD vs. Telemarketers? (John David Galt)
    Re: Personal ACD vs. Telemarketers? (Robert J. Woodhead)
    Re: Companies Protest Illinois 630 Overlay (John Nagle)
    Re: Companies Protest Illinois 630 Overlay (Stan Schwartz)

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Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 16:42:34 GMT
From: Dave Banisar <[e-mail]>
Subject: EPIC Statement on FBI Wiretap Bill


           EPIC Statement on Digital Telephony Wiretap Bill

     The digital telephony bill recently introduced in Congress is the
culmination of a process that began more than two years ago, when the
Federal Bureau of Investigation first sought legislation to ensure its
ability to conduct electronic surveillance through mandated design
changes in the nation's information infrastructure.  We have monitored
that process closely and have scrutinized the FBI's claims that
remedial legislation is necessary.  We have sponsored conferences at
which the need for legislation was debated with the participation of
the law enforcement community, the telecommunications industry and
privacy advocates.  We have sought the disclosure of all relevant
information through a series of requests under the Freedom of
Information Act.  Having thus examined the issue, EPIC remains
unconvinced of the necessity or advisability of the pending bill.

     As a threshold matter, we do not believe that a compelling case
has been made that new communications technologies hamper the ability
of law enforcement agencies to execute court orders for electronic
surveillance. For more than two years, we have sought the public
disclosure of any FBI records that might document such a problem.  To
date, no such documentation has been released.  Without public
scrutiny of factual information on the nature and extent of the
alleged technological impediments to surveillance, the FBI's claims
remain anecdotal and speculative.  Indeed, the telecommunications
industry has consistently maintained that it is unaware of any
instances in which a communications carrier has been unable to comply
with law enforcement's requirements.  Under these circumstances, the
nation should not embark upon a costly and potentially dangerous
re-design of its telecommunications network solely to protect the
viability of fewer than 1000 annual surveillances against wholly
speculative impediments.

     We also believe that the proposed legislation would establish a
dangerous precedent for the future.  While the FBI claims that the
legislation would not enhance its surveillance powers beyond those
contained in existing law, the pending bill represents a fundamental
change in the law's approach to electronic surveillance and police
powers generally.  The legislation would, for the first time, mandate
that our means of communications must be designed to facilitate
government interception.  While we as a society have always recognized
law enforcement's need to obtain investigative information upon
presentation of a judicial warrant, we have never accepted the notion
that the success of such a search must be guaranteed.  By mandating
the success of police searches through the re-design of the telephone
network, the proposed legislation breaks troubling new ground.  The
principle underlying the bill could easily be applied to all emerging
information technologies and be incorporated into the design of the
National Information Infrastructure.  It could also lead to the
prohibition of encryption techniques other than government-designed
"key escrow" or "Clipper" type systems.

     In short, EPIC believes that the proposed digital telephony bill
raises substantial civil liberties and privacy concerns.  The present
need for the legislation has not been established and its future
implications are frightening.  We therefore call upon all concerned
individuals and organizations to express their views on the
legislation to their Congressional representatives.  We also urge you
to contact Rep. Jack Brooks, Chairman of the House Judiciary
Committee, to share your opinions:

     Rep. Jack Brooks
     Chair, House Judiciary Committee
     2138 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
     Washington, DC 20515
     [phone] (voice)
     [phone] (fax)

The bill number is H.R. 4922 in the House and S. 2375 in the Senate.
It can be referred to as the "FBI Wiretap Bill" in correspondence.


Electronic Privacy Information Center
666 Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E.  Suite 301
Washington, DC 20003
[phone] (voice)
[phone] (fax)
<[e-mail]>

EPIC is a project of the Fund for Constitutional Government and Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility.

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: North American Electronic Phone Directory
Date: 23 Aug 94 05:45:02 EDT
Organization: CCS, UWO, London, Ontario, Canada


Hello:

My name is Mona and I am the analyst/programmer for Telecommunications
at The University of Western Ontario.

We now spending approximately $25,000 for North American Long Distance
and Local Directory Charges.  We are currently investigating
alternatives to provide Directory Assistance to our users via our
Switchboard.

I am aware of "CanadaPhone" -- a CD-ROM listing of ten million Canadian
Households and Businesses -- from Pro CD Inc., Marblehead, Maine.
This company also produces a multi-CD US wide directory plus separate
1-800 and European Business Lists.  These products with quarterly
updates would cost us approximately $2500 annually.  Our initial
investment for hardware for four operator positions would be
approximately $20,000.  This system would pay for itself in one year
and generate significant cost savings after that. For the initial $500
investment for all products, we were planning to order the disks and
try it out.

However, in the August 11,1994 edition of {The Toronto Star}, Gerry
Blackwell discusses this product and its limitations -- out of date,
Windows program driving the first version is buggy and causes
"frequent, not nice" crashes. I am contacting the author for more
details and the company for their comments to this article.

My questions are:
  1. Has anyone used this product?  What was your experience?
  2. Has anyone used another product?

I will summarize the responses I receive plus any other information I
collect if anyone is interested.


Mona Brennan-Coles
ITS-Telecommunications
Natural Sciences Centre 211C           INTERNET: [e-mail]
The University of Western Ontario           FAX: [phone]
London, Ontario   CANADA   N6A 5B7        VOICE: 519-661-3323

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Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 01:52:07 MDT
From: Rob Slade <[e-mail]>
Subject: Book Review: "The Internet Unleashed"


BKINTUNL.RVW  940520

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"The Internet Unleashed", various, 1994, 0-672-30466-X, U$44.95/C$58.95

At over 1400 pages in total, this book weighs in as the most massive
Internet tome received to date.  It is "net-like" in another way: it
seems to have been produced the way the Internet is run, by consensual
anarchy.  No one is taking responsibility here; there isn't even an
editor listed.

Individual items in the book are excellent.  Overall, there is a
tremendous resource of Internet information.  Unfortunately, there are
also inconsistencies in the quality, style, audience, and technical
level of the material.  One chapter may contain an in-depth analysis
of certain RFCs and specifications, while the next is a "gee-whiz-isn't-
this-neat" puff piece.

There are sixty-two chapters, and a detailed table of contents which
takes up thirty-two pages, alone.  The five chapters of parts one and
two are the usual conceptual and historical introduction.  Part three
is a guide to access and connection, and generally pretty useful.
Part four covers communication, including mail, mailing lists, Usenet
news and real time chat systems.  Some of the chapters give great
detailed documentation on, for example, various UNIX mail readers, but
related chapters give little coverage of the use of mail for
information gathering and dissemination.  Part five should probably
have been two parts, as it deals with both access tools for obtaining
information, and resource tools for finding information.  True, there
is a reason for linking related access and resource tools, but that is
not how the chapters are organized in any case.  Parts six to nine
look at specific uses for business, libraries, education, and
community purposes.  A good idea, but mostly weak material.  Part ten
looks at issues and controversies; by no means exhaustive, and
inconsistent in quality.  Part ten lists diversions.  The appendices
contain some solid information; the PDIAL list, handy Internet tools,
UNIX basics; and some miscellaneous stuff.

The volume of paper does not correspond to an equal volume of
material.  There is much duplication of content.  Chapter two covers
the growth of the Internet and acceptable use policies -- topics which
spawn two later chapters (thirty-five and thirty-seven) with almost
identical information.  Chapter fourteen, on internetwork addressing,
has a very helpful and practical section on finding email addresses.
This is also the topic of chapter twenty, which has a broader range of
directory tools, but is far less helpful, and misses a number of the
most useful.

There are also a number of holes in the coverage.  The chapter on the
use of mailing and distribution lists concentrates almost exclusively
on the BITNET LISTSERV system, with only token mention of the others.
These and other gaps should have been filled, rather than wasting
forty pages giving sample gopher screens, or the two chapters which
are little more than advertising for commercial systems.

There is some good information and a few great pieces.  The tips on
how to set up a mailing list or gopher could be very useful, and the
list of Internet related tools is first rate.  However, there are also
holes, errors and dross.  I would recommend this as a resource, but
not necessarily as a sole source.

copyright Robert M. Slade, 1994   BKINTUNL.RVW  940520. Distribution
permitted in TELECOM Digest and associated newsgroups/mailing lists.


DECUS Canada Communications, Desktop, Education and Security group newsletters
Editor and/or reviewer [e-mail], [e-mail], Rob Slade at 1:153/733
DECUS Symposium '95, Toronto, ON, February 13-17, 1995, contact: [e-mail]

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From: Martin Loeffler <[e-mail]>
Subject: Joining Two Networks Over Dialup or Dedicated Phone Line
Organization: UTCC Public Access
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 11:30:09 -0400


I'm trying to pass ip and ipx packets between an ethernet network and
a localtalk network over a phone line, and need suggestions on ways to
do this. The set up has to pass both ip and ipx packets only.
Appletalk would be good, but is not manditory. The connection would be
low bandwidth, with little or no sustained continuous throughput, and
would serve about 20 people.

My first thought is to connect a netblazer on the ethernet end to a
28.8 modem, and then to another 28.8, but I don't know much about what
I'd connect to the localtalk end of things, nor do I know if a
netblazer would pass ipx.

For background, we have two buildings. One building is on campus and
will be connected to the campus ether backbone. The other building is
older, and off campus. It has an existing localtalk network, and would
like to be able to access the net (telnet, mosaic, etc) and our mail
system (First Class, for which we have an ipx module, and for which no
ip module is yet available).

Please reply via email, I will summarize if there's any interest.
Thanks for any and all suggestions.


Martin Loeffler       [e-mail]
(The University of Toronto                                  HELP 978-7879
 (The Faculty of Education                                OFFICE 978-7880
  (The Technology for Enhancing Learning Centre              FAX [phone]
   (Computer Operations))))                                   FE 346a

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From: [e-mail]
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 09:16:48
Subject: LDDS Buys Wiltel


         From The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
                  for Tuesday, August 23, 1994

                Most of Tulsa-based WilTel Inc. will be sold to
     Mississippi's LDDS Communications Inc. in a $2.5 billion cash deal,
     officials with both companies said Monday.

                .......

                LDDS, the nation's fourth-largest long-distance phone
     company, will buy WilTel Network Services, the long-distance
     operations of rival WilTel.  The purchase comes after almost three
     months of financial courtship.  [WilTel is a subsidiary of
     Tulsa-based Williams Cos. Inc.]

                .......

                Last year WilTel had $663.8 million in revenues.  In the
     first six months of this year, the company has recorded $413.4
     million in revenues, [Linda] Laughlin [a WilTel spokewoman] said.

                .......

                Williams will retain WilTel Communications Systems, a
     supplier of telecommunications equipment and services in Woodland
     [sic], Texas, and Vyvx, the Tulsa-based operator of a national
     video network used by TV broadcasters.
                LDDS officials said the company had a $3.25 billion
     underwriting commitment from a bank group managed by NationsBank to
     finance the purchase.  The group also will back LDDS in refinancing
     $550 million in existing debt.
                The transaction ends LDDS overtures for WilTel.
     Williams earlier refected a $2 billion offer for all of WilTel's
     operations.

                .......

                LDDS surpassed $1 billion in revenues last year....

                .......

                LDDS is WilTel's second largest customer.  Combining
     LDDS and WilTel networks will create a state-of-the-art digital
     system of 15,000 miles, Bernard Ebbers, LDDS president, said in a
     prepared statement.

                .......

                The sale is subject to expiration of a federal
     anti-trust waiting period.  While it must also win approval from
     the Federal Communications Commission and state public service
     agencies, WilTel's Laughlin said approval may come in 90 to 120
     days.


Wes Leatherock
[e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Yang Yu-shuang)
Subject: Add an External Antenna to Prevent Drop Out
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 08:51:03 GMT


Dear friends,

I am using a Voxson 899 analogue handheld phone (I think it is a local
version of a AT&T model). The problem with it is that I am having a
lot of drop outs. The signal strength in my office registers for two
segments (out of four) on the phone display. Each time someone ring me
up, the first thing for me to do is asking their number and then call
back using a normal landline phone. The problem became serious about two
months ago. Usually, the drop outs happen about 45" - 1.30" after the
connection. The other party's voice is replaced with white noise.
After that, the white noise will continue for a few seconds and the
timer still goes. Then, the phone will return to standby mode. It
makes no difference whether I originated the call or just to receive a
call. I don't have the problem in area with a stronger signal.

The questions I am asking are:

(1) What is likely to be wrong, the phone itself or the network? What kind
of problem it could be?

(2) As I don't have problem when the signal is stronger, I am thinking
of get an external antenna. A car kit would be too much just for that.
Is there a simple way to connect an external antenna? At the bottom of
the phone, it has a socket. It has a flat part with six metal straps
on one face and five on the other. It also has a round connect which
looks like a co-axial connector. Is this co-axial connector for the
external antenna? If the answer is yes, how do I get it connected to
an antenna? The socket looks like the following:

  -------------------------------------
  |                                   |
  |    |   I   I   I   I   I    /^\   |
  |                            ( O )  |
  |        |   |   |   |   |    \./   |
  |                                   |
  -------------------------------------

Any help or information would be appreciated.

Thanks,


YS Yang   [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Steve Cogorno)
Subject: Re: Personal ACD vs. Telemarketers?
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 09:54:11 PDT


Alan Boritz said:

> Do you honestly believe that just because you ring my phone, that I
> HAVE to talk to you?  After a dozen or so telesleaze calls in one
> morning, I'd find that opinion laughable, at best.

I can't believe telemarketing is really this big of a problem.  Do
people really get daily (or even more frequent) calls?  I have had
this phone number for almost four years and the only telemarketing/
annoyance calls have been the local newspaper calling everytime I move
to ask about the paper, and a collection agency that wanted me to spy
on my neighbor.  (Don't know where they got my number.)

I would say I have received < five telemarketing calls over four years.


Steve   [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1994 21:13:36 -0700
From: [e-mail] (John Higdon)
Subject: Re: Personal ACD vs. Telemarketers?


Paul A. Lee  </DD.ID=JES2CAOF.UEDCM09/@SMX.sprint.com> writes:

> Part of the audio analysis done by the software is to use cadence and
> stress patterns to detect answering machines and intercept messages,
> to prevent switching a non-productive call to an agent. It's *very*
> likely that the canned announcement being proposed in Laurence's plan
> would be sensed as a non-productive answer.

A bit of PE (Personal Experience) here:

I have had a simple front end on my home phone since 1987. You get
three choices: leave a message, ring through, activate a pager. This
gives a caller the opportunity to leave a message in the middle of the
night without waking me up. But the caller always has the opportunity
to determine for himself how important his call might be.

What you may find unbelievable is the fact that in nearly seven years,
I have yet to have one single telemarketing call penetrate the front
end. Not one! Make no mistake: my private, unlisted numbers which are
unscreened, get plenty of random telemarketing pitches. This is
primarily why a smile comes to my face when someone tells me that he
has an unlisted number to avoid junk calls.

It would appear that the dialer of the call, be it human or machine,
determines early on that the number with the front end is a dead end,
saleswise.


John Higdon  |    P.O. Box 7648   |   [phone]     |       FAX:
[e-mail] | San Jose, CA 95150 | 10288 0 700 FOR-A-MOO | [phone]

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Personal ACD vs. Telemarketers?
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 94 18:24:47 PDT


> to have a secret code *which only his friends know about to start with*
> which is not announced on the recording. That's the way my 800 number
> that I got from MyLine works:  If you press the proper code number during
> the greeting your call gets automatically forwarded to where I am at;
> otherwise you go to voicemail.  The thing is, I don't tell the caller
> that ahead of time -- they have to know about it.   MyLine is a very good

If only I could get this feature on a regular, non-800 line, I'd
switch to it in an instant.

For a long time I have wanted to build a device which would do the
same thing on a POTS line.  If there is an EE out there who could
design it, I may want to hire you.


John David Galt   <[e-mail]>  510 278-8392


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well, the people at MyLine will give you
a local San Luis Obispo number (is that 804?) which terminates on their
switch -- they don't care. You pay the same rates I think, meaning it
gets a bit more expensive considering the caller is paying to reach
you also. The local dialup would work the same way as if it had gone
in there on an 800 number; same forwarding, voicemail, etc.   PAT]

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From: [e-mail] (Robert J Woodhead)
Subject: Re: Personal ACD vs. Telemarketers?
Date: 23 Aug 1994 11:02:01 GMT
Organization: Foretune Co., Ltd.


In <[e-mail]> john (j.m.) clarke <[e-mail]>
writes:

> Of course, I know this letter will hit the bit bin with all the other
> articles that point out PAT's errors, but I thought I'd try.

I have to take issue with this.  In my experience, the _easiest_ way
to get published in the digest it to point out PAT's errors or opine
that he is full of it.  He feels morally compelled in most cases to
publish them.

However, form is important.  When slamming Pat, a certain amount of
civility is considered good form.

BAD : Pat, you're a know-nothing phone-card-selling sleaze.
GOOD: Our esteemed moderator is a underinformed overopinioned marketer
      of long distance services.

(Of course, PAT might just not print this just to be contrary -- and if
I said "I bet he will" he probably won't, so I wont!)


Robert J. Woodhead, Biar Games / AnimEigo, Incs.    [e-mail]
ALL GENERAL ANIMEIGO QUERIES SHOULD GO TO [e-mail]. PLEASE


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: It also helps if you are full of it and
if I need a good laugh for the day.   PAT]

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From: [e-mail] (John Nagle)
Subject: Re: Companies Protest Illinois 630 Overlay
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 17:05:31 GMT


Carl Moore <[e-mail]> writes:

> So what would those protesting companies do regarding the crowding in
> present area 708?  I take it those "wireless" services do get incoming
> calls, so if those services go to area code 630, some people will have
> to send out word to those who call them.

      It's time to go to eight-digit local numbers, as France and Japan
have done.  If they did it, the US can do it.


John Nagle

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From: [e-mail] (Stan Schwartz)
Subject: Re: Companies Protest Illinois 630 Overlay
Date: 22 Aug 1994 21:01:38 -0400
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC


> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: All that would change is the area code
> of the cellular/pager device, not the number itself. In other words if
> your cellular number was 708-234-5678 it would become 630-234-5678.

Unless you know that for a fact, Pat, that's not always the case.  In
NY, CellOne NY/NJ is busy changing 212 numbers to 917 (forced 718 to
917 is still to come for their customers).  One of your options is to
bring your phone to where you bought it for re-programming.  It would
be impossible to guarantee everyone the same number in the overlay
area code.  Here's why:

 - What are the odds that CellOne was allocated the same prefixes in 917
   as they were in 212/718?

 - If CO/NY actually GETS the same prefixes, what are the odds that every
   dealer is allocated the same numbers that the all had in 212/718?

 - What if my CellOne number is 212-555-1234 and some other guy has
   718-555-1234.  Who gets 917-555-1234?  Whoever doesn't gets a NEW
   cell number.


 - Stan


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: When 708 was split from 312 a few years
ago, the prefixes were simply carried intact out of 312 into the new
code. Then, after an interval of six months or so, they started using
the prefixes (which had gotten moved to 708) all over again in 312.
I am told there is very little overlap or duplication of *cellular*
prefixes between 312 and 708. That is, if 312-xxx exists as a  cellular
prefix then there is no 708-xxx, and vice versa. There are exceptions.
The 312 cellular prefixes and 708 cellular prefixes will be 'woven
together' into 630. Duplication of prefixes will be rare and where
duplication of prefixes does occur, duplication of numbers *within the
prefix* will be rarer still. In other words, maybe there is both a
312-xxx and a 708-xxx, both in cellular service. Will there then also
be 312-xxx-yyyy and 708-xxx-yyyy? I believe in the couple of instances
where 312 and 708 both have the same prefix in cellular service that
'both sides' of the area code boundary are assigned to the same carrier,
meaning then it will only be a matter of possibly having to untangle
a few subscribers. Furthermore, I am given to understand that the new
630 will be sophisticated enough that calls can be sorted out to carriers
all the way to seven digits, like 800 calls are now. I don't think it
will be necessary to have entire prefixes assigned to any certain
carrier, although that might be useful and handy where billing purposes
are concerned. If necessary, I am told xxx-0001 can be routed to one
carrier and xxx-0002 can be routed to the other carrier for example.
Despite all this there may be a few overlaps but they should be rare.
I think IBT quit duplicating cellular prefixes between the 312/708
areas some time ago when they began planning the eventual merger of
the two into 630.    PAT]

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TELECOM Digest     Wed, 24 Aug 94 11:55:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 352

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Multi-User Real-Time Environments (Virtual Universe Product Information)
    Sony or Northern Telecom Speakerphone Sources? (Gary L. Dare)
    FCC To Hold Broadband PCS Press Conference (Bob Keller)
    Ameritech Cellular in Chicago Down For 30 Minutes (John Gilbert)
    Re: Why Can't I Keep a V.32 Connection Up? (John Lundgren)
    Re: Why Can't I Keep a V.32 Connection Up? (Richard L. Barnaby)
    Re: Why Can't I Keep a V.32 Connection Up? (John Levine)
    Re: Call Waiting on Error-Correcting Modems? (John Lundgren)
    Re: Call Waiting on Error-Correcting Modems? (Seth B. Rothenberg)
    Re: Call Waiting on Error-Correcting Modems? (Brian Nunes)

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From: [e-mail] (Virtual Universe Product Information)
Subject: Multi-User Real-Time Environments
Organization: Virtual Universe Corp
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 18:55:37 GMT


                       *PRODUCT RELEASE*

                     THE PARALLEL UNIVERSE

WHAT IS THE PARALLEL UNIVERSE ?

    The Parallel Universe is a real-time, many-user Shared Virtual
Reality (SVR) server designed to be accessed using standard dial-up
telephone lines.  Applications do not run on the server itself.
Rather, a user's application runs on their local computer and
communicates with other users sharing the same virtual space(s)
through The Parallel Universe. Users working within a common virtual
space do so interactively. Changes made by one user are reflected in
real-time in the displays of users sharing the workspace.  Multiple
applications and virtual spaces can operate concurrently on the
system, to a practical maximum of 100 users at once (in a full
commercial system with all operating with spatially-relative voice
communications.  Development platforms are 10-user only.). The
Parallel Universe accepts each user's data stream via conventional
high-speed modem, processes it using proprietary algorithms to
determine relevance to other users, and then directs all or part of
the data stream to those relevant users.

   User relevance is fundamental to system operation as it allows the
user to have the illusion of having all information available from all
other users at all times without the expensive communications
bandwidth requirements normally associated with this type of data
availability. The Parallel Universe, in full system form, is enhanced
by spatially-relative audio teleconferencing. This allows users to
communicate with each other, speaking naturally while operating within
the same workspace. The audio teleconferencing features distance
attenuation designed to emulate "real world" behaviour, and stereo
panning using a proprietary system called "Steereo". The Parallel
Universe has been designed to operate using a single standard
telephone line in order to access the widest possible user base. This
design allows developers to present real- time, fully interactive
applications to the end-user in the home and/or workplace.


WHY USE THE PARALLEL UNIVERSE?

IF YOU ARE A TELEPHONE COMPANY:

COST and MARKET PENETRATION.

   The Parallel Universe can deliver real-time interactive services
over low bandwidth media so current potential users are not forced to
purchase high bandwidth service, such as ISDN, in order to access this
type of service. This broadens the user base dramatically and
acclimatizes the user to these types of applications. Once the users
are accustomed to using these type of services, they are more likely
to accept the cost of increased bandwidth for enhanced on- line
services. One of the big obstacles in the way commercialization of
interactive services is the lack of "content" on the real-time
interactive networks. Content providers are demanding a large customer
base on the networks prior to committing resources while the networks
are insisting that they need content before they can get customer
base. The Parallel Universe breaks this impasse by allowing the
telephone companies an opportunity to provide a substantial user base
to the content providers and thereby facilitating the creation of
content for the network.


IF YOU ARE DEVELOPING CONCURRENT ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS:

COST and COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE.

   Each year greater than $750 million is spent in the U.S. alone for
the sole purpose of putting design engineers in the same room to
collaborate on the design phase of projects. To put people in the same
room costs money in the form of airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental
cars, and lost time. Currently, engineering companies are moving
people carrying data rather than moving only the data. The Parallel
Universe allows engineers in many different locations to "travel" to a
common virtual "location" without the expense associated with
transport of the engineers themselves. This ability is particularly
useful in 3-dimensional design tasks. Furthermore, because The
Parallel Universe can use a standard telephone line to accomplish
this, costs are significantly reduced.  Companies using The Parallel
Universe will enjoy a distinct competitive advantage.


IF YOU ARE A VIDEOGAME DEVELOPER/PUBLISHER:

MARKET PENETRATION AND EXTENDED SHELF LIFE.

   There is currently a shift occurring toward networked, many-player
videogames as an alternative to stand-alone videogames. This shift is
partially the result of games developers desire to extend the "shelf
life" of their products but there is also a consensus amongst games
developers that the stand-alone videogame market may have reached its
peak. Many of these same games developers believe that networked
many-player games are a growth market with little competition. A
typical videogame will have a shelf life of only 6-8 months where the
majority of product sales will occur.  After this time the revenue
stream decreases dramatically. This happens because most people that
are going to purchase a videogame do so within 6-8 months of its
release. Typical stand-alone videogames provide few incentives for
users to keep playing after having mastered the game and, as they move
on to other games, their word-of-mouth advertising shifts from "old"
product to "new" product. Word-of-mouth advertising is the prevalent
reason why people buy particular videogames. The main problem is that
the user gets bored by the game after he or she has mastered it;
mastery of a game is usually a function of memorizing the
pre-programmed play of the game. In network play the user never truly
masters the game because the actions of other users are not
predictable and therefore not memorizable. Each session of a networked
many-player game is different than the one before so the user does not
easily get bored.

   This extends the shelf life of the product in two ways:

1. The initial users continue their play and word-of-mouth
advertising; and

2. New users are required to purchase the game in order to become part
of the networked experience.

   Recognition of the advantages (i.e. increased shelf life) of
networked many-player games has created a need amongst the games
developers for a development platform upon which to develop these
networked games. Until now there have been no commonly available
network development platforms and games developers have been forced to
use non-economical networking schemes, such as high bandwidth
ethernet, to provide networked play. Since virtually no-one has
ethernet bandwidth in their home, the market has been severely limited
for these products.

   The Parallel Universe development platform addresses this bandwidth
problem and allows games developers to develop products for the
networked, many-user, in-home game market *NOW*.


IF YOU ARE A VIRTUAL REALITY DEVELOPER:

COST and MARKET PENETRATION

   Get your application into the home NOW. With the availability of
real-time 3D renderers such as Renderware and RealityLab, VR in the
home can now be a reality.  With The Parallel Universe you can network
these VR generators in the home and have access to a larger market.
And you don't have to wait for fiber or ISDN! The Parallel Universe
gets into the home now at a price that the users have said they will
pay.

   The Parallel Universe is available now as a software only
development platform, complete with PC API, that is ideal for
companies wishing to capitalize on the increasing demand for true
real-time many-player games and concurrent CAD-type applications using
PC's as the user node. The Parallel Universe development software is
expandable to a full voice-enabled commercial system. Customers are
advised that voice-capable systems require custom hardware and are
built when ordered. Pricing is quoted at time of order.


FEATURES

1. Data Filtering

This function substantially reduces network traffic by separating
motion packets (motion packets are the ones primarily responsible for
network saturation) from other types of packets and only sending the
motion packets where they are actually needed by a user at any
specific point in time.

2. Internal Object and User Database

The server keeps lists of all "objects" and "users" within any number
of "universes". Objects may be points, vertices, animations, colours,
textures, or user defined. The server holds the current "state" of
each universe for updating users as they log on.

3. PC Application Programmers Interface

The PC is a large potential market due to the large installed base.
Most applications that run on a PC can be ported to The Parallel
Universe. A Silicon Graphics API is planned.

4. Low Latency

Typical system lags are less than 100 ms with system updates at 25hz.

5. Low/High Bandwidth Capability

If real-time interactive, multi-user applications are to reach users
in their homes, studies have shown that they must be at a very low
cost. This requirement rules out the expense of high bandwidth
communications. Since The Parallel Universe can use either low or high
bandwidth, developers can get their applications into the home or
business without having to wait for high bandwidth installation.

6. Spatially-relative Voice

Why bother with a second telephone line or separate teleconferencing
service to speak to other users in a multi-user session? The Parallel
Universe features fully integrated multi-source voice communications
enhanced with distance attenuation and left-right cuing. This is
possibly the most advanced voice conferencing bridge available today.

7. Commercialization Path

The Parallel Universe allows developers to create applications using a
low cost development platform that is the same underlying software as
the commercial systems use. This means that developers with market
ready applications do not need to wait for further development of The
Parallel Universe to commercialize their products. Full system R&D is
already complete! If an application is ready for commercialization, so
is The Parallel Universe. Royalty rates are low and vary dependant
upon application.


PLATFORM REQUIREMENTS

SUN SPARC running SUNOS 4.1.3 with up to 10 serial ports with 9600bps
or faster modems to act as the central server.  80386-or-better-based
PCs act as application platforms.


PRICING

   Pricing ranges from US$ 3,500 for a 10 user, software-only,
development platform up to US$ 250,000. for a full 100-user commercial
system. Many intermediate custom configurations are available.
Customers will have a 30 day, full refund trial period on entry level
software platforms. Royalty rates on commercial systems are dependant
on the application. Please contact the Company for details.

   Virtual Universe Corporation is a public company trading on The
Alberta Stock Exchange (symbol VRX).


Virtual Universe Corporation

Suite 510, 700-4th. Ave. SW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
T2P 3J4

Voice: [phone]
Fax:   [phone]

Internet: [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Gary L. Dare)
Subject: Sony or Northern Telecom Speakerphone Sources?
Date: 24 Aug 1994 04:14:17 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Gary L. Dare)


I'm looking for sources of new or refurb speakerphones from either
Sony or Northern Telecom.  The NT models that I've come across in the
business world are particularly impressive and if they're not full
duplex, their transitions are so smooth that it was not noticeable ...


Gary L. Dare                            formerly [e-mail]
        [e-mail]   [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 13:30:25 EDT
From: Bob Keller <[e-mail]>
Subject: FCC To Hold Broadband PCS Press Conference


            MEDIA ALERT

                    August 22, 1994

Media contacts:  Audrey Spivack and Susan Lewis Sallet at (202)
418-0500

    BROADBAND PCS AUCTION SEMINAR PRESS CONFERENCE
             WASHINGTON, D.C. ON AUGUST 29

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will hold a press
conference at Atlantic Studios on August 29 at 4 p.m., immediately
following the Commission's broadband Personal Communications Services
(PCS) seminar. The press conference will feature FCC auction staff
experts who can address media questions regarding the auction process.

This seminar and those held in Chicago, Denver and San Francisco are
designed to educate the public on the rules and procedures involved in
auctions for licenses to provide broadband PCS in the 2 GHz.  All
seminars are open to the press.

The broadband PCS seminar will be held at Atlantic Studios, 650
Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT.  This seminar
will also be transmitted nationwide via satellite (SBS 6, Transponder
16) to remote sites in Atlanta, Dallas and Seattle.


  WHO:     FCC Auction Experts

 WHAT:  Broadband PCS press conference

WHERE:  Atlantic Studios, 650 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.,
        Rehearsal Room 5, Washington, D.C.

 WHEN:    Monday, August 29, 1994 - 4:00 PM

            -FCC-

Bob Keller <KY3R>  Robert J. Keller, P.C.  Tel [phone]
[e-mail]  Telecommunications Law  Fax [phone]
finger me for FCC Daily Digests and miscellaneous FCC releases

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (John Gilbert)
Subject: Ameritech Cellular in Chicago down for 30 Minutes
Organization: Motorola, LMPS
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 08:18:23 -0500


Last Saturday morning (8/20) at about 12:15 AM, I got in my car and
noticed I had the no-service indicator lit on my cellular phone.  I
got out and checked my antenna thinking that someone might have pulled
it off.  My antenna is still attached. I select Cellular one from the
keypad and I see that they are on the air an that my phone roams over
to them just fine.  It appears that my phone is OK. Ameritech must
have lost a cell site.

I drive through several cells and I still have a no-service light.  I
am really wondering about the extent of the trouble now, so I picked
up my SMR handset and place a call to Ameritech Chicago customer
service.  The CSR first tells me that "We have lost a cell site and
hope to be back on the air shortly."  After I tell him that I have
driven ten miles and have been out of service the whole time, he
admits, "The whole Chicagoland system is down and has been down for
the last 20 minutes!"  The system came back up at 12:21 AM.

I have seen many articles recently where cellular is promoted for
critical communications needs such as police and emergency medical
service patient telemetry (not to mention personal safety needs). I
wonder how many of these customers realized that they were without
service for approximately 30 minutes the other night.


John Gilbert            [e-mail]              KA4JMC

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (John Lundgren)
Subject: Re: Why Can't I Keep a V.32 Connection Up?
Date: 24 Aug 1994 16:53:26 GMT
Organization: Pacific Bell Knowledge Network


Maybe someone could clarify my understanding of what goes on in the CO
and between COs during a modem session.

At one time, many trunks between COs had voice compression so that
more channels could be squeezed in.  When a data call was made, the
voice compression was disabled so that it wouldn't affect the data.

Many trunks have been upgraded to digital carrier equipment, and some
of the trunks are no on Fiber Optics.  One of the 'pair gain'
equipment I hear the telco people mention is the SLIC 5.

I've never asked our reps how all this is done today.  I suppose that
things may have changed and the voice compression no longer is used.

The reason behind this is that I often hear our Computer Club members
complain that they have problems dialing into the club's BBS, and yet
I don't have a problem.  They find that they can call other BBSs no
problem, but only certain modem lines like ours has the problem.

The sysop has had some things to say about this too.  He said that Pac
Bell replaced the cables around his neighborhood in the last few
years, and that cleared up most of the problems he had been having.
Recently, the CO cut over to a 5 ESS switch, so this may be another
variable.  He also says that he has had other complaints from users in
the same general area, and thinks it has something to do with the
telco, and not with the lines from the user's house to the CO or the
sysop's modem lines to the CO, since they work Ok for other users.

I have suspected that it might have something to do with the voice
compression equipment not being taken out of the trunk during the data
session.

Or maybe the routing of the call has something to do with it.  I've
heard that sometimes the following routing happens.  The trunks
between two COs are all busy so the call is routed to a regional CO
and then back out to the other CO.  This is an acceptable circuit for
voice, but for data, it possibly has some problem.  Thanks for any
input.


     John Lundgren - Elec Tech - Info Tech Svcs
     Rancho Santiago Community College District
     17th St. at Bristol \ Santa Ana, CA 92706
 [e-mail]\[e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Richard L Barnaby)
Subject: Re: Why Can't I Keep a V.32 Connection Up?
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 18:18:23 GMT


[e-mail] (John Levine) writes:

> I'm here at my summer headquarters at the beach in New Jersey, and I'm
> having incredible trouble getting a reliable modem connection.  Half
> the time, the modem won't even shake hands, the other half of the time
> the connection dies after somewhere between one and fifteen minutes.

I'd suspect TELCO.  Probably noisy lines. There are many Telebits.
Are you using V.32?  If so, probably not Telebit.  If using Telebit's
proprietary PEP protocol, I have not had good luck with that protocol
over adverse lines, and have recently replaced all Telebits (older
Trailblazers) with Hayes V.32.

> I've tried this with two different modems, a Megahertz PCMCIA and a
> GBC (or maybe GVC, it's an OEM version without a label) external modem.
> The other end is a bank of five Telebits.  I'm trying to connect at
> 14.4K V.32bis.

I agree with Moderator here, back off to 9600 and try.  IMHO you need
to place a trouble call with TELCO and let them "put the meter" on the
circuit.

> I'm in Harvey Cedars NJ (609-361), the other end is in Pleasantville
> (609-485) which is a local call albeit a different CO.  Both COs have
> modern electronic switches.  I have two phone lines here and have
> about the same amount of trouble with either.  Things work best in the
> morning, worst around midnight.  (Strange but true.)  There is no
> audible noise that I can hear on the line.  I had the same problem
> last year but though that it was due to the cheapo Sportster modem I
> was using.

I've had many "strange" occurances that turned out to be "noise" on
the lines.  The fact that it is time-of-day-sensitive might point to
external sourced noise.  For example, around here in Vermont, we have
electric fences for cows.  If the grass isn't cut or eaten near the
fence (who wants to mow next to an electric fence, or what cow wants
to eat next to one) then on rainy days, the wet grass hits the fence
and puts a pulse directly to ground.  This click-click noise is not
audible except on my ultra-sensitive-headset, but can be seen on the
TELCO's meter (the meter swings about once per second).  Another time,
a client of mine in Paramount, CA was having modem problems at 10:00
AM every morning.  As I drove to his site, I noticed a large
transformer on the telephone pole next to his office.  At 10:00 I went
outside, and heard a very loud humming from the transformer.  After
calling the power company, and getting the transformer replaced, the
"strange modem problem" at 10:00 AM went away.  The transformer didn't
have much load, but at 10:00, \a neighboring industry began some
process that took the load to overload, and the weak transformer was
so noisy.  PS: I actually could "hear" the noise at 10:00, by
listening to the line Check your cable from your "Summer headquarters"
at the beach.  Often, beach connections will deterioriate with salt
air and water and water in your lines (through a crack in the
insulation) can\ cause "intermittent" problems (bad on days after it
rains)

> Any suggestions?  If I shelled out for a Telebit would it be
> likely to work any better?  Any magic things I can say to repair
> service beyond "my fax machine keeps hanging up" ?

Don't buy a Telebit to solve a noise line.  If you want a Telebit
anyway mine is for sale, make an offer Telebit Trailblazer Plus.

Tell your repair service that you want to check the resistance on the
lines to be sure that there are no "leaks" (Electron leaks), and check
the physical routing of your cable to the Telephone company demarc. Is
it underground?  How old is it?  What kind of cable is it?  Is it
proper cable (Sometimes people use non-underground type cable because
it's "just a short run".  See what other lines are nearby?  Do other
telephones work, any neighbors you can try out?  Power
cables/Transformers?  Any Industry nearby? (Look for large overhead
power wires).  Ask if there is any "digital" service that might be
less prone to noise.  We people, unfortunatly, have come to believe
that our digital modems are "just-ones'and-zeros", but the reality is
that modems are analog devices, and subject to all the sins and
deficiencies of the "real world" (as opposed to cyber-world).  In
other words Noise-is-a-bitch.


Good Luck.

Barnaby  [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 24 Aug 94 11:42:00 EDT
From: [e-mail] (John Levine)
Subject: Re: Why Can't I Keep a V.32 Connection Up?


> I'm here at my summer headquarters at the beach in New Jersey, [and I can't
> get a modem connection to work ...]

Re lots of helpful suggestions, connections don't stay up a heck of a
lot better at 2400 bps than they do at 9600 or 14.4K.  Someone
suggested that MNP is more robust than V.42; that seems to help a
little.

Lots of people pointed out that Telebit V.32 (the other end is a bank
of Telebits) is not hugely compatible with everyone else's V.32.  I'll
try to borrow a T2500 and see if that works any better.

I told the telco that I had fax problems, by the way (which was true,
faxing to their fax machine doesn't work very well, either.)  After a
few calls back and forth, one of the telco guys said "faxes send data,
we don't promise they'll work on voice lines." Of course, there's no
other kind of line you can order.  Welcome to New Jersey, home of the
Information Rutted Dirt Track.


Regards,

John Levine, [e-mail]
Primary perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies"

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (John Lundgren)
Subject: Re: Call Waiting on Error-Correcting Modems?
Date: 24 Aug 1994 17:04:48 GMT
Organization: Pacific Bell Knowledge Network


Brian Nunes ([e-mail]) wrote:

> I have a bizarre question, if reading the rest of the posts is any
> indication.  I have a 14.4 bps modem and I have call waiting, but my
> question is not how to turn off the call waiting, but how to let the
> second call get through.  Apparently the "click" or "beep" to let me
> know I have a second call is seen as "noise" by the modem, which then
> error-corrects it away.

> There are times when I *WANT* a voice call to come through, so I
> specifically DO NOT TURN OFF call waiting.  Sometimes it will knock me
> offline, but quite often I later find out that my line just rang and
> rang with a second call, and I had no idea (no weird characters on the
> screen, no loss of carrier).

> Any idea how I can make my modem "more sensitive" to the call-waiting
> beep, without disabling error-correction?

If you add up the monthly cost of the call waiting and other features
on your line, and subtract them from the cost of another separate
line, I would say that the difference isn't that much more.  It's
probably a better idea to get a separate line for your modem.

Another way to go is to call forward your calls to another number,
maybe a voice mail service, so that you won't miss any call.
Obviously you can't have an answering machine on the line since it's
busy with the modem.

I wouldn't want the call waiting to interrupt my modem session,
because it slows it down and can possibly interrupt and/or corrupt the
data.  In the case of a .ZIP file, some small error can ruin the whole
file.  It's foolish to risk this.  And some sysops get riled when you
terminate a call by hanging up on their equipment.


     John Lundgren - Elec Tech - Info Tech Svcs
     Rancho Santiago Community College District
     17th St. at Bristol \ Santa Ana, CA 92706
 [e-mail]\[e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Seth B Rothenberg)
Subject: Re: Call Waiting on Error-Correcting Modems?
Date: 24 Aug 1994 14:19:45 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh


In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Brian
Nunes) writes:

> I have a bizarre question, if reading the rest of the posts is any
> indication.  I have a 14.4 bps modem and I have call waiting, but my
> question is not how to turn off the call waiting, but how to let the
> second call get through.  Apparently the "click" or "beep" to let me

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: No, there isn't any way to do it. I
> don't know how many times over the years here there have been articles
> asking how to *avoid* being knocked off by call waiting; this seems
> to be the first saying the person wants to be knocked off.  I suggest
> its impossible to have it both ways.

I have read about a patent issued for a modem that does exactly what
was described.  The modem recognizes the 'call waiting' tone, and
negotiates with the remote modem to "hold on."  Then, it flashes, and
let's the user talk.  I assume there's a protocol for resuming also.


Seth


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I have never heard of any way to
negotiate with a distant modem telling it to 'hold on'.  Either the
carrier is present or it is not present. If carrier is lost the other
end disconnects. If you are on a call waiting, you can't very well
send carrier to the first party at the same time. And anyone who was
willing to have their modem configured in such a way that lacking
carrier it was still willing to sit patiently on the line is a fool.
I'll call every modem I know of and tell them to 'hold on' until
infinity then disconnect the line.  Please give us more details on
this Seth. I would love to know of a modem that does not require a
carrier to sit off hook patiently forever waiting for its original
caller to return -- with carrier -- to the line.    PAT]

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From: [e-mail] (Brian Nunes)
Subject: Re: Call Waiting on Error-Correcting Modems?
Organization: This Way Out, the int'l lesbian & gay radio magazine
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 04:13:09 GMT


On Wed, 17 Aug 1994 06:00:00 GMT I asked:

> Any idea how I can make my modem "more sensitive" to the call-waiting
> beep, without disabling error-correction?

Despite some pessimists' protestations that it couldn't be done, quite
a few people e-mailed me privately on how to do it.  Basically, change
your S9 register to 6 and the S10 register to 1 (both numbers have to
be small, and the S9 register has to be higher).  This has worked for
me over the past week just fine!

The way it works is that S10 (how long carrier needs to be absent
before hanging up, in 1/10ths of a second) needs to be smaller than S9
(the minimum amount of time carrier needs to be present to make a
connection, in 1/10ths of a second).  Both these registers default to
rather high numbers, so by making the tolerances smaller, I get more
sensitivity to call-waiting.

Hope this works for other people!


Brian

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TELECOM Digest     Thu, 25 Aug 94 13:01:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 353

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Companies Comment on N11 Codes (Greg Monti)
    User Interface Strategies '95 (Run O.J. Run)
    Report on Public Key Infrastructure (Michael S. Baum)
    TCA Conference (Bob Hamilton)
    Phones For High Noise Areas (J. DeBert)
    Internet Junk Mail (Ken Levitt)
    AT&T Countering 1 800 COLLECT? (Judith Oppenheimer)
    Need Help With T1 (Michael J. Logsdon)
    Traffic Quality Monitoring Equipment Vendor - Settel (?) (Jim Maguire)
    AT&T True Connections Flyer (Jeffrey W. McKeough)
    International Modem Communication (Julian Daley)

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Date: Thu, 25 Aug 1994 12:44:52 EDT
From: Greg Monti <[e-mail]>
Subject: Companies Comment on N11 Codes


The publication {Communications Daily} is reporting in its August 25,
1994, edition on the comments the FCC has received on assignment of
N11 codes to telephone-delivered information services.  A summary of
the article [with a few comments]:

1.  Everybody wants the FCC to take action, but nobody agrees on
what it should be.

2.  Newspapers and publishers want the FCC to break the "logjam"
and to force state regulators to force local telcos to assign N11
codes soon.

3.  GTE wants N11 codes to be used only for "public service"
purposes, not commercial ones.

4.  Caddo Parish (County), Louisiana, complained that that state's PSC
had assigned a 311 code to a private ambulance company and customers
are confusing it with 911.  The Parish doesn't want the usefulness of
the 911 service destroyed in people's minds.

5.  There are only eight N11 codes and four of them have been reserved
by the North American Numbering Plan for internal telephone company
use or public service needs.  [I count three: 411 (DA), 911 (PSAP) and
611 (repair).]

6.  Bell Atlantic, noting that demand exceeds supply, suggested that
the FCC assign a few N11 codes as gateways to menus of services.
[Gee, if it takes four more key presses to get through the menus to the
service you really want, you might as well have dialed a seven-digit
number.]

7.  GTE and Bell Atlantic agreed that the FCC should pre-empt state
assignments of N11 codes so that they are all national, like 411 and
911.

8.  GTE said assignment of N11 codes to individual commercial
companies would not give the public better access than existing 976,
800 or 900 numbers.  It would only give some competitors a leg up on
others.

9.  Media companies said that assignment of N11 codes to themselves
was a "best hope" for bringing "innovative" services.  And complained
that most LEC's have "resisted efforts to make N11 service available"
because they "don't want to give up their monopoly on N11 numbers."
They also said that existing N11 services in West Palm Beach and
Atlanta "have produced no ill effects, including no consumer confusion
between the N11 services and either 411 or 911."

10.  The National Newspaper Association urged the FCC not to mandate
nationwide or statewide assignment but to allow N11 codes to be
assigned locally, protecting local newspapers against national
competition.

11.  BellSouth said the FCC shouldn't do any assigning.  The FCC
should "rely on industry processes to identify the optimal balance of
relevant technological, economic and marketplace factors for N11
applications."  [In other words, just let the telcos assign the
codes.]  BellSouth also made a significant point, that there is no
single N11 code that is not currently in use for either internal use
by an LEC, a public service use or a commercial use.  So, no national
assignments can be made until somebody's existing service is
reassigned.

12.  MCI suggested giving national asssignments priority over local
uses, and to do it "first come, first served."

13.  Most of the telcos and information providers advised against
assigning any codes to the US Government or to state governments,
which were the proposals that spawned this inquiry in the first place.


Greg Monti, Tech Mgr, FISPO, Distribution Division
National Public Radio          Phone:    [phone]
635 Massachusetts Av NW        Fax:      [phone]
Washington, DC  20001-3753     Internet: [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Run O.J. Run)
Subject: User Interface Strategies '95
Date: 25 Aug 1994 15:39:26 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland College Park


Information Superhighway Seminar!

You and members of your organization are invited to participate in a
special seminar titled:

User Interface Strategies '95:  The Information Superhighway

Tuesday, December 13, 1994
11 AM - 5 PM Eastern

Presented by
Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland
Frank Stein, IBM
H. Rex Hartson & Deborah Hix, Virginia Tech
Kent Norman, University of Maryland

    Five leaders in the field of human-computer interaction
present their views on the emerging information superhighway.  The
topics the presenters will discuss include new and improved user
interface strategies, the reality behind the hype of interactive
television, the implications in reshaping training and education, and
the development of usable interfaces.  They emphasize the information
superhighway as a central focus for expanding applications of
computers in business, education, and the home.  They o ffer their
vision and suggest exciting technological developments for the new
decade.

Benefits
You will:

% Learn and understand the Visual Information Seeking principles (VIS)

% Receive insights on the current status of interactive television and
the future technology that will lead to the envisioned Information
Superhighway;

% Perceive education and training as a key component of the
Information Superhighway to achieve both professional and personal
goals;

% Feel assured about the ease and efficiency of the Information
Superhighway.

Intended Audience

User interface designers, programmer, software engineers, interface
evaluators, managers in the computing and communications fields,
technical writers, human factors specialists, trainers, and marketing
personnel.  The seminar will benefit all those who need to understand
the Information Superhighway and its implications for the future.

Biographies

Ben Shneiderman is the Head of the Human-Computer Interaction
Laboratory, a professor of Computer Science, and a member of the
Institute for Systems Research all at the University of Maryland in
College Park.  His books include Designing the User Interface (2nd
Edition), Software Psychology, Hypertext Hands-On!, and Sparks of
Innovation in Human-Computer Interaction.

Frank Stein, employed by IBM, is responsible for the development of
IBM's Video Server software in the Networked Multimedia Division in
Bethesda, MD.  He has degrees from Carnegie-Mellon, Stanford, and
George Washington Universities.  He has worked at Bell Laboratories,
SBS, and MCI on new communications systems, intelligent networks,
advanced user interfaces, and video servers.

Kent Norman is an Associate Professor of cognitive psychology at the
University of Maryland, a charter member of the Human-Computer
Interaction Lab, and a member of the Steering Committee for Teaching
Technologies.  He has taught in electronic classrooms for three years
and is the creator of HyperCourseware, an integrated environment for
education.  He is the author of The Psychology of Menu Selection:
Designing Cognitive Control at the Human/Computer Interface.

H. Rex Hartson is a professor of Computer Science at Virginia Tech and
the founder and principal investigator of the pioneering Human-Computer
Interaction research project there.  He is also the co-author of
Developing User Interfaces: Ensuring Usability through Product &
Process.

Deborah Hix is a Research Computer Scientist for both Virginia Tech
and the Naval Research Laboratory located in Washington DC.  She is
also the co-principal investigator of the Virginia Tech HCI research
project and the co-author of Developing User Interfaces: Ensuring
Usability through Product & Process.


Course Outline and Learning Objectives

11:00-12:00    User Interfaces for Information Visualization: Ben
Shneiderman, University of Maryland
    % Define Visual Information Seeking principles
    % Modify video-on-demand, digital libraries, on-line databases,
          and organizational directories with map-like overviews
    % Identify necessary resources

12:00-12:30    Lunch Break

12:30-1:25    Interactive TV:  Reality Behind the Hype:  Frank Stein, IBM
    % Discuss the current status of interactive television
    % Describe the system architecture
    % Explain necessary technological developments
    % Predict the future of interactive television

1:35-2:30    Reshaping Training and Education: Kent Norman,
University of Maryland

    % Summarize the importance of interactive television in education
          and training
    % Diagram the electronic classroom
    % Estimate the impact of multimedia, interactivity, and collaborative
          learning on performance measures

3:00-3:55    The Process for Developing Usable Interfaces: H. Rex
Hartson and Deborah Hix, Virginia Tech

    % Demonstrate ease and efficiency of the Information Superhighway
    % Control and redesign the iterative process
    % Ensure universal access

  3:55-4:05    Short Break

  4:05-5:00    Panel Discussion:  Utilization of the Information Superhighway in the Future

Enrollment:

For more information on how to enroll for this course send your email
address to [e-mail], or call ITV Marketing at [phone].

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 16:39:21 EDT
From: Michael S Baum <[e-mail]>
Subject: Report on Public Key Infrastructure


***NEW INFO. SECURITY BOOK ON PUBLIC KEY LAW & POLICY***

FEDERAL CERTIFICATION AUTHORITY LIABILITY AND POLICY Law and Policy of
Certificate-Based Public Key and Digital Signatures

by

MICHAEL S. BAUM, J.D., M.B.A.
Independent Monitoring, Cambridge, MA
[e-mail]

Published by the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of
Standards and Technology

Produced in support of the Federal Government's public key
infrastructure study, this book identifies diverse technical, legal
and policy issues affecting a certificate-based public key
cryptographic infrastructure utilizing digital signatures supported by
"trusted entities." It examines potential legal implications, surveys
existing legal paradigms and the structures and roles of relevant
governmental agencies and presents various institutional approaches to
controlling liability. It considers the underpinnings of a legal and
policy framework which might serve as a foundation for security
policies and their implementation and concludes with a series of
recommendations, both general and specific concerning
certificate-based public key. Both public and private sector issues
are addressed.

SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
-    PREFACE
-    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
-    TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.    INTRODUCTION
II.    SCOPE
III.    DEFINITIONS
IV.    ASSUMPTIONS
V.    SURVEY OF FCA ACTIVITIES CREATING LIABILITY EXPOSURE
VI.    LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
VII.    FCA INFRASTRUCTURE - PROPOSALS AND PARADIGMS
VIII.    SURVEY OF, AND APPROACHES TO, TRUSTED ENTITY LIABILITY
IX.    OTHER APPROACHES TO MITIGATE LIABILITY
X.    CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
XI.    APPENDICES
XII.    GLOSSARY
XIII.    INDEX

ORDERING: National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA
22161. Tel: [phone].

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Michael S. Baum is Principal of Independent
Monitoring, a consultancy focused on electronic commerce and
information security law. He serves as Chair of the EDI and
Information Tech. Div., Section of Science and Technology, American
Bar Association and its Information Security Comm.; Chairman of the
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Working Party on Legal Aspects
of Electronic Commerce; and an ICC Delegate to the United Nations
Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

------------------------------

From: bob hamilton <[e-mail]>
Subject: TCA Conference
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 21:55:19 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard -- Greeley site


I've heard there is a pretty good telecom conference held in San Diego
each year called the TCA (TeleCommunication Association) Conference!

Does anyone have any details? I heard it was first week of October or
something??


Thanks.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (J. DeBert)
Subject: Phones For High Noise Areas
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 20:42:43 GMT


I'm helping (unofficially) the Safety and Facilities departments at my
Real Job to get phones for high noise areas at our facility.

One particular area is a huge enclosed room full of equipment -- pumps,
fans, recirculating coolers, et cetera, which produce high levels of
wideband, low frequency and impulse-type noise ranging from 70 to 95dB
in the entire area as well as 100dB noise from a 10-inch water supply
main valve in one spot.

This is causing problems with telephone communications within the
area: It is very difficult to hear whom one is talking to on the phone
and, sometimes, the other party cannot hear, either. Clearly a safety
problem, especially when miscommunication can occur, leading to unsafe
equipment operation and when emergency communications are needed.

The sets in use are 2554 "Trads" and ATT 3103 wall sets hooked to a
5ESS PBX. Some of the 2554's have amplified handsets and none have
nose-suppressing transmitters.

(BTW, the 3103's are not type-accepted. Intended solely for use on ATT
PBX's, I guess.)

I've changed some of the 2554's by adding noise-cancelling transmitters
but these are being replaced with 3103's, which have the K-style
handsets which the transmitters do not fit.

ATT does not offer a noise-cancelling amplified handset for their
3103's. Walker has a "universal" K handset that requires external
power. There is no means of providing external power for these and it
is neither practical to do so nor is it desired, particularly due to
safety considerations (should power in the building fail, then the
sets also fail, cutting 1/3 of the building's phone service--if all
the sets used them. I've found no other source of sucuh equipment.

SO what I'm looking for is either a noise-cancelling, amplified
K-style handset that requires no external or battery power for use on
the ATT3103 sets or a similar set that is designed for use in
high-noise areas.

I've seen explosion-proof sets that have these features but they have
been unreliable in the past and expensive. Besides, they are not
needed. All that is needed is to have sets that can provide reliable
communications in a high-noise area and are line-powered.

Has anyone ever run into these kinds of sets?


Thanks,

jd
[e-mail]
Box 51067 Pacific Grove, CA, 93950-6067 USA

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 24 Aug 94 17:53:35 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Ken Levitt)
Subject: Internet Junk Mail


Today I received an Internet junk mail advertisment for some book.
The message came from Ed Isper of the Isper Publishing Company.  I
have had no prior correspondence or relationship with this person or
company.  This message appears to be a mass mailing of commercial
material over the Internet.

I called the 800 order number to complain, but the number goes to some
order processing company.  I suggested to them that they stop doing
business with such a slime ball company.

I suggest that anyone getting this message should call 800-247-6553
and tell them to stop doing business with the Isper Publishing
Company.


Ken Levitt - On FidoNet gateway node 1:16/390     UUCP: zorro9!levitt
INTERNET: [e-mail] or [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Judith Oppenheimer)
Subject: AT&T Countering 1 800 COLLECT?
Date: 24 Aug 1994 21:07:19 -0400
Organization: The Pipeline


I just saw an AT&T ad on TV for 1 800 ATT TIES - "for when you're away
and want to call home" (they never say the word "collect".)

I got curious, and dialed.  And dialed.  And dialed.  Busy!

How about 1 800 ATT TRIES?!


J. Oppenheimer   [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 25 Aug 1994 11:42:53 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Michael J. Logsdon)
Subject: Need Help With T1
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Michael J. Logsdon)


We are here in Ameritech land in Cleveland.

We have two SRX phone systems located six miles apart, in different
CO's.  We have voicemail at one location and want to offer it to the
other.  I've been told that E&M circuits are the way it is best done.
Now I'm reading that T1 and 24 circuit capability and that E&M can be
done on T1.  I need general help with the jargon and what sort of end
equipment we will need.


Mike Logsdon    University School    Cleveland   216-831-2213

------------------------------

From: Jim Maguire <[e-mail]>
Subject: Traffic Quality Monitoring Equipment Vendor - Settel (?)
Date: 25 Aug 1994 02:19:00 GMT
Organization: Telstra Australia


Is there a vendor of voice traffic monitoring equipment called
something like Settel?  The equipment would connect to traffic bearers
and signalling bearers and collect call quality information.


Thanks,

Jim Maguire
Telstra,  Sydney, Australia

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 03:07:31 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Jeffrey W. McKeough)
Subject: AT&T True Connections Flyer
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst


I just received a flyer from AT&T about their new 500 number service.
The text follows:

[begin included text]

If you're a person on the move, you need a number that moves with you.

AT&T is pleased to bring you AT&T True Connections(sm) -- a new and
innovative 500 number service that will help you stay connected to the
important people in your life, as well as provide you with access to
the latest AT&T technologies.

We'll send you complete enrollment information once our tariff is
filed with the FCC and approved, and once 500 number access is
provided by all local exchange companies.  If you've already requested
a specific AT&T 500 number, we'll do what we can to accommodate your
request.

There's been a lot in the press lately about this exciting new way to
keep in touch.  Here are all the latest details:

Q. "What is a 500 number and why should I get one?

A. A 500 number is a personal, unlisted number that you can get from
AT&T.  You, alone, decide who to give it to and when and where people
will be able to reach you.  With an AT&T 500 number, you can forward
your calls to virtually any phone, virtually anywhere in the world,
any time of the day or might.  So instead of having to give out your
home, office, car, cellular and other numbers, you can simply give out
your AT&T 500 number and people can reach you without having to know
where you are.

Q. "Do I have to be an AT&T customer to get a 500 number from AT&T?"

A. Yes.  At this time, your long distance phone service must be
through AT&T.  If it's not, we can easily switch you to AT&T when you
call to activate your AT&T 500 number.  We'll even pay any switching
fee your local telephone company may charge you.

Q. "Who pays for the calls to an AT&T 500 number?"

A. You decide.  You can give callers the option to bill their calls to
the phone they're calling from or to charge them to their calling
card.  Or you can give a PIN (personal identification number) to
special people whose calls you'd like to pay for -- your child away
 from school, your mother overseas -- and they'll be able to bill their
calls back to you.

Q. "What are the costs associated with an AT&T 500 number?"

A. The final price structure is pending tariff filing and final
approval by the FCC.  The way it's designed now, the pricing will be
flexible depending on what features you want.  That way you only pay
for the features you need.  As for the cost of calls to your AT&T 500
number, your callers can expect to pay postalized rates comparable to
average AT&T Long Distance rates for domestic calls.

Q. "If I ever change my home number, will I have to change my 500
number, too?"

A. No.  Your 500 number will stay the same no matter how many times
you move.

Q. "Can I get a personalized number like 1 500 FIND-SUE?"

A. Yes.  There are a limited number of vanity numbers available at
this time, but we'll do what we can to accommodate your request.

AT&T TRUE CONNECTIONS(sm) MAKES IT EASY TO STAY CONNECTED, EVEN IF YOU
NEVER STAY IN ONE PLACE.  LOOK FOR OUR ENROLLMENT PACKAGE IN YOUR
MAIL, OR CALL NOW TO RESERVE YOUR AT&T 500 NUMBER: 1 800 870-9222.

[end included text]

Comments:

1) Given the talk of tariffs and local exchange companies, either the
usual marketing folks didn't produce this, or they are actually
targeting an audience with fairly advanced knowledge of telephony.

2) The question about being an AT&T customer says that you must be one
_at this time_.  My guess is that they're going to bill this service
the same way they do for EasyReach, on the AT&T portion of your phone
bill.  However, it looks like they're anticipating providing service
to non-presubscribed customers.  Perhaps when 500 goes portable?

3) I wonder if "your mother overseas" will be able to dial +1 500 NXX
XXXX, or if she'll have to go through USA Direct, as with EasyReach.
On the one hand, there's no need to specify a carrier, since there is
no duplication within the NPA, as with 700.  The prefix should allow
the calls to be routed to the correct carrier. (Right?)  OTOH, if 500
goes portable, there'd have to be a database lookup in order to
determine routing.  Would that present difficulties in IDDD?

4) What are "postalized rates?"  Will the caller have to be weighed in
order to determine pricing? :)

5) The flyer says that your 500 number won't change no matter how many
times you move, but it doesn't explicitly guarantee a number for life
as EasyReach did.

I was able to reserve a 500 number by calling the number listed in the
flyer.  AT&T is offering numbers in three prefixes: 367 (Spells FOR),
346 (Spells FIN.  Add a 3 and you have FIND.  This combo also spells
EGO ;-) , and 677 (Spells MRS).  I thought the auction allowed a
company to reserve four prefixes.  Perhaps they're saving the other
one for a later promotion.  BTW, there was no fee for reserving a
number, but I couldn't be guaranteed that there would be no startup
fee in the future.


Jeffrey William McKeough   [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Julian Daley)
Subject: International Modem Communication
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 10:03:18 GMT
Organization: University College London


I am trying to establish image transfer between the UK and a selection
of other sites in Europe, Africa and Asia.  The useage will only be
intermittent, so a dial up link is likely to be the most cost
effective.

Where ISDN is available, this would seem the most appropriate option,
but according to the BT ISDN help desk, ISDN is not available to
several of the countries with which I wish to communicate.

I am considering alternative options. The first would be to use high
speed modems.  However, even with just a 14.4kbaud modem, I have
experienced very low transfer rates and poor reliability over digital
compressed international lines.  I have been unable to get hold of
anyone at BT who can advise me about availability of non-compressed
lines to the countries I am interested in.

The second alternative would be Inmarsat data links.  However the cost
of the inmarsat equipment with the "high speed data" option is in
excess of #20k, which becomes a large number when multiplied by the
number of sites I need to communicate with.

This is being posted by a colleague (my news server is currently
dead), so I would be grateful if you could send any suggestions to:

[e-mail]

Derek

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Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Fire in Orangeburg Telco Exchange (A. Padgett Peterson)
    Hacking, Viruses, and Computer Underground Congress (Fernando Bonsembiante)
    MCI Announces 'Xstream' Brand Name (Stephen Goodman)
    Re: Companies Comment on N11 Codes (Stan Schwartz)
    Re: Companies Protest Illinois 630 Overlay (Robert L. McMillin)
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Date: Fri, 26 Aug 94 09:09:36 -0400
From: [e-mail] (A. Padgett Peterson)
Subject: Fire in Orangeburg Telco Exchange


Last Sunday I went on a business trip to NYC and for various reasons
stayed at the Orangeburg Holiday Inn, on the west side of the Hudson
about 20 miles north of the GW Bridge.

Early Tuesday morning when I cam out to the lobby, dense black smoke
was coming from a bare red brick building across a side street from
the HI parking lot. Within minutes the parking lot had become a
staging area for the firefighters and the NYNEX personnel (do not know
who arrived first). The firemen had blocked off the immediate area and
were not allowing anyone (including the NYNEX personnel) across this.
The firemen were all using oxygen tanks (do not know if this is SOP).

When I left for the city the volume of smoke was reduced but still
considerable.

On return about seven thirty that evening, the lot was completly full
of both Fire and NYNEX equipment however the firefighters had not yet
allowed any NYNEX personnel on the site. About nine pm they were
allowed to enter the building. In conversation with some of the
people, the subject of Hillsdale came up and I was told that this was
the end switch for the local exchange and only had limited impact.

Wedenesday morning the Holiday Inn had been taken over as a command
center with NYNEX personnel working all night under 50 foot high
searchlights.  Again I was able to ask a few questions and was told
that it looked as if the switch had not been damaged. The major
difference was that the halls in the Holiday Inn were now full of
cables.

On my return that evening the volume of personnel was reduced somewhat
and telephone service to the rooms had been restored though was very
noisy (modem kicked out numerous times).  I was told that a trailer
with a bank of pay phones had been setup in the parking lot around
noon. I do not know but suspect that a temporary switch may have been
setup in the Holiday Inn since several semi-trailers and a large crane
were at work at the switch building.

When I left Thursday morning, things were near normal again.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Fernando Bonsembiante)
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 10:51:06 -0200
Subject: Hacking, Viruses, and Computer Underground congress


Note:
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Hola all!


Hacking and Virus congress in Buenos Aires

First international congress about Virus, Hacking and Computer Underground.

Organized by Virus Report Magazine

Buenos Aires, Argentina, october 7, 8 and 9, 1994, 3 PM to 9 PM.

At the Centro Cultural Recoleta, Junin 1930.

The admission to all days, all events will be FREE.

    The congress will be oriented to discuss subjects related to
hacking, viruses, and the technology impact in the society of now and
in the future. We will also have discussions about cyberpunk, virtual
reality, the internet, the phone system, programming, etc. The
speakers will be both from the 'official' world, and the 'underground'
world. Emmanuel Goldstein (2600 magazine) and Mark Ludwig (Little
Black Book of Computer Viruses), will be our special guests.  The
people coming from other countries will be offered free rooming at
volunteer's homes. We can't afford plane tickets for anyone, so the
travel expenses are up to you.  The official languages will be spanish
and english, with simultaneous translation.

    We expect the congress to be as open as possible, offering freedom
to speak to all attendants, being from the 'bad' or 'good' side of the
discussed issues.  As we in Argentina don't have yet laws against
hacking or virus writing or spreading, we think it is very important
to discuss all those items as freely and deeply possible.

Information:

E-Mail: [e-mail]
Fidonet: 4:901/303
Phone: [phone]
Fax:   [phone]
Paper-Mail: Guemes 160, dto 2.
            Ramos Mejia (1704)
            Provincia de Buenos Aires
            Republica Argentina


Saludos,

{                        Fernando Bonsembiante                         }
{ Guemes 160 dto 2                                Tel: [phone] }
{ Ramos Mejia (1704)                                Fidonet: 4:901/303 }
{ Republica Argentina              Internet: [e-mail] }

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Date: Thu, 25 Aug 94 21:23 EST
From: Stephen Goodman <[e-mail]>
Subject: MCI Announces 'Xstream' Brand Name


  MCI TO MARKET VALUE-ADDED SERVICES UNDER NEW "XSTREAM" BRAND NAME

   -- Introduces simplified pricing structure

        Atlanta, GA, August 23, 1994 -- MCI today announced a new
package of value-added services that will be marketed under the brand
name "Xstream."  Formerly part of the BT North America Tymnet
services, the new services are packaged as a bundled data solution and
include an attractive and simpler per minute pricing structure for
X.25 packet switched services.

        "MCI is changing the way the industry looks at Value Added
Network (VAN) services," explained Nancy Jenks, MCI's director of
applications services marketing.  "We've made the pricing easier to
understand and very competitive. With the elimination of all fixed
charges normally associated with a packet switched service, the
barrier to entry for many smaller companies has been virtually
removed."

        Historically packet switched services have been priced by the
hour and have had separate pricing components for dial-up connect
charge, network connection charge, installation fee, dial backup
charge, workstation software, and a fee for monthly session summary
reports.

        MCI has repackaged the Xstream services to include all of the
previously separate charges and reduced the list price for the
services by 40 percent to about eight cents per minute.  In addition,
the new pricing structure includes an automatic volume discount as
well as one-, two- and three-year term discounts.

       "The per minute list price for Xstream services starts at a
rate less than the previous rate for the dial access piece alone,"
said Jenks.  "We have made VAN services much more attractive for many
smaller companies. Comprehensive bundled solutions, no fixed charges
and competitive per minute pricing add up to a big win for our
customers."

        With MCI's Xstream Service, a company's host computer or
X.25-capable LAN is linked to the MCI data network via a private line.
Remote users can then access applications (e.g. electronic mail, order
entry, inventory, customer records) on the host or LAN by placing a
local call in over 1100 cities to the nearest MCI point of presence in
the U.S. and Canada.  The service supports dial access at speeds up to
9600 bps, and is economical for companies with as little as 15,000
minutes (250 hours) of usage per month.

     MCI Business Markets is based in Atlanta and provides long
distance voice, data and video telecommunications to America's
businesses.  MCI Communications Corporation, headquartered in
Washington, D.C., offers a full range of domestic and global
telecommunications services through one of the world's largest
state-of-the-art networks.  With 1993 revenue of nearly $12 billion,
the company is the second largest long distance provider in the United
States and has more than 65 offices in 60 countries and places.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Stan Schwartz)
Subject: Re: Companies Comment on N11 Codes
Date: 25 Aug 1994 22:57:03 -0400
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC


Greg Monti ([e-mail]) wrote:

> 5.  There are only eight N11 codes and four of them have been reserved
> by the North American Numbering Plan for internal telephone company
> use or public service needs.  [I count three: 411 (DA), 911 (PSAP) and
> 611 (repair).]

Greg:

Here in NPA 516 (NYNEX - Long Island), we don't have any
commercially-assigned N11 codes, but the ones we _DO_ have are as
follows:

 211 - LEC Credit for Mis-dialed numbers
 311 - Emergency TDD (not yet working in all areas)
 411 - Directory Assistance
 511 - Reads back your own number (like 958, but a different voice)
 611 - LEC Repair Office
 911 - Emergency

711 seems to be a valid prefix (dialing 711-XXXX gets us an intercept
stating that 711-XXXX is not a working number in area code 516, rather
than "Your call cannot be completed as dialed").

I would guess that 211 is used for "Credit" in other NPA's outside of
NY, thereby giving you the fourth reserved code.


Stan

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Robert L. McMillin)
Subject: Re: Companies Protest Illinois 630 Overlay
Organization: Surf City Software/TBFW Project
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1994 03:44:05 GMT


On 23 Aug 1994 09:05:31 PST, [e-mail] (John Nagle) said:

> Carl Moore <[e-mail]> writes:

>> So what would those protesting companies do regarding the crowding in
>> present area 708?  I take it those "wireless" services do get incoming
>> calls, so if those services go to area code 630, some people will have
>> to send out word to those who call them.

> It's time to go to eight-digit local numbers, as France and Japan
> have done.  If they did it, the US can do it.

Why?  Name one good reason when we're not even using our existing NPA
numbers well?

The companies protesting the 630 overlay are a bunch of whining
crybabies.  They'd cry just as much if they had to use eight digit
numbers.  Growth hurts.  Get used to it.


Robert L. McMillin  | [e-mail] | Netcom: [e-mail]
      Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Bubba!  |  Jail to the Chief!

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Nevin Liber)
Subject: Observations About my Phone Bill
Date: 26 Aug 1994 02:55:00 -0700
Organization: University of Arizona CS Department, Tucson AZ


I just thought that I would share a few observations about my recent
phone bill with you:

I have two phone lines; one with AT&T as my long distance carrier, and
MCI on the other.  Last month I made two simultaneous calls to two
different friends, and attempted to use my AT&T 5352 two-line cordless
phone to bridge the calls together into one three-way call.
Unfortunately, the phone dropped the three way call approximately
every 16 minutes, requiring me to redial.  Each time I did this, I
switched which phone line I used to dial each of my friends.

For an evening 16 minute call from Tucson, AZ to Natick, MA, the cost
difference (before my True USA kicked in) of MCI over AT&T was 1 penny
($2.71 vs. $2.72).  Spot checking the rest of my bill, it appears that
AT&T charges $.17 a minute for evening long distance calls, and MCI
charges $.17 a minute, but subtracts a penny from the total for that
call.

This was also the first time I used my MCI line to make a long
distance call.  On the MCI portion of my bill, it has an account
number and the name Michael Obert.  I have no idea who Michael Obert
is.  Why is he listed on my phone bill?  Am I legally responsible for
the phone calls, or is he?  How often does MCI make this kind of
mistake?


Nevin ":-)" Liber    [e-mail]    [phone]
                                              +++ (520) after 3/95
                           summer office:    [phone]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: How long have you had the phone
number used for the MCI part of the calls?  Possibly Michael Obert
was the previous subscriber to that phone number. It frequently
happens that the first time a number is used by a subscriber to
dial through MCI on a long distance call, MCI gets the *current*
billing information for that number, then they never bother to
update the records. They probably never were told Michael Obert
no longer has the number. Once it gets reported, his name will
be taken off and your name inserted in the record instead.   PAT]

------------------------------

Date: 25 Aug 94 02:28:15 EDT
From: Brian Moura <[e-mail]>
Subject: Fire Safety On Internet


            CITY OF SAN CARLOS
              Press Release

For More Information, Call:
Brian Moura, Assistant City Manager        For Release 9:00 a.m.
[phone]                             August 25, 1994

Internet E-Mail: [e-mail]
Internet Web Server:
http://www.abag.ca.gov/abag/local_gov/city/san_carlos/schome.html


          SAN CARLOS PROVIDES ON-LINE FIRE SAFETY TIPS
   Internet Web Pages Show How to Protect Your Home from Fire

     SAN CARLOS, CA -- August 25, 1994 -- The City of San Carlos
announced today that it has posted a fire safety tutorial on the
Internet.  The information teaches San Carlos citizens how to prevent
hillside brush and wildland files as well as tips for fire safety in
all parts of the City.  It also includes a full color diagram on how
to create a proper fire break for hillside residents.

     Mayor Tom Davids said "We are very pleased to be presenting
information on how to make your home fire safe on the Internet.  It is
our hope that distributing this information on the Internet will reach
people who may not have seen the earlier fire safety brochure from
South County Fire on this important topic.  As an added bonus, our
efforts may protect homes in other communities which can be very
important during a dry fire season such as the one we are experiencing
this year."

     City Manager Michael Garvey stated that "The South County Fire
Authority has been a leader and innovator in the fire profession for
many years.  We were very impressed with their fire safety materials
and decided to make them available to a wider audience through the
Internet.  I am pleased that we can offer this fire safety information
to the public in this new format."

     Assistant City Manager Brian Moura who was responsible for
reformatting the information for use on the Internet said: "I think
this is a very interesting demonstration of the power of the Internet.
It shows how the City of San Carlos can publish important safety
information and have it reach a very wide audience.  We look forward
to the hearing from the public to see if they would like more
information of this type on our Internet area."

Accessing the Fire Safety Information

     The fire safety tips and tutorial are available on the City of
San Carlos World Wide Web server pages on the Internet.  Users with
Internet access should select "Fire Safety Tips and Fire Department
News" from the City of San Carlos Home Page to see this information.
The City of San Carlos Web server is at:

http://www.abag.ca.gov/abag/local_gov/city/san_carlos/ schome.html)
and the City Hall Internet E-Mail box is at [e-mail].

Other World Wide Web/Mosaic Information Available

     The City of San Carlos area on the World Wide Web (WWW) is part
of a pilot project with the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)
called "ABAG On Line".  It is designed to see if the Internet can be
used by all government agencies in the Silicon Valley and the San
Francisco Bay Area to better inform the public and work with business.

     In addition to the fire safety tutorial unveiled today, the City
of San Carlos Web server also includes a number of other items of
interest.  These include information on Parks and Recreation services
and events, how to obtain a City business license, projects underway
to make San Carlos a better place to live, public transportation
schedules, surplus City equipment for sale, a letter from the Mayor
and two Police Department suspect wanted posters.

About South County Fire Authority

     South County Fire Authority is a Joint Powers Agency (JPA) formed
by the cities of San Carlos and Belmont to provide fire department
services.  South County Fire Authority serves the communities of San
Carlos, Belmont, Redwood Shores and the Harbor Industrial Area.

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1994 05:24:07 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: EPIC Statement on Digital Telephony Wiretap Bill


Dave Banisar <[e-mail]> says:

> We have monitored that process closely and have scrutinized the
> FBI's claims that remedial legislation is necessary.  We have
> sponsored conferences at which the need for legislation was debated
> with the participation of the law enforcement community, the
> telecommunications industry and privacy advocates.  We have sought the
> disclosure of all relevant information through a series of requests
> under the Freedom of Information Act.  Having thus examined the issue,
> EPIC remains unconvinced of the necessity or advisability of the
> pending bill.

I, for one, would bemost interested in your disclosure of what it is
that /WOULD/ so convince you.

> As a threshold matter, we do not believe that a compelling case has
> been made that new communications technologies hamper the ability of
> law enforcement agencies to execute court orders for electronic
> surveillance. For more than two years, we have sought the public
> disclosure of any FBI records that might document such a problem.  To
> date, no such documentation has been released.  Without public
> scrutiny of factual information on the nature and extent of the
> alleged technological impediments to surveillance, the FBI's claims
> remain anecdotal and speculative.  Indeed, the telecommunications
> industry has consistently maintained that it is unaware of any
> instances in which a communications carrier has been unable to comply
> with law enforcement's requirements.  Under these circumstances, the
> nation should not embark upon a costly and potentially dangerous
> re-design of its telecommunications network solely to protect the
> viability of fewer than 1000 annual surveillances against wholly
> speculative impediments.<<

How much common sense does it require to realize that a wholly digital
network takes far more technology to 'tap'? (More, apparently, than
opponants of this bill possess!)

Is it 'speculation' to understand that without standards such as your
much hated 'Clipper', the sheer mound of technology would make many
government monitor operations too costly to pursue? With the polls
suggesting that crime (and not healthcare) being the number one issue
in the country today, does it make sense to pursue a policy which
hampers law enforcement efforts?

> We also believe that the proposed legislation would establish a
> dangerous precedent for the future.  While the FBI claims that the
> legislation would not enhance its surveillance powers beyond those
> contained in existing law, the pending bill represents a fundamental
> change in the law's approach to electronic surveillance and police
> powers generally.  The legislation would, for the first time, mandate
> that our means of communications must be designed to facilitate
> government interception.

The FBI is correct; all this bill does is hold the status quo ... a
situation which seems to infuriate such groups as your own, as well as
such as EFF, CPSR, and so on. Because of the nature of the network,
the FBI and other police groups have always had the ability to tap
with minimal technology and cost.  With the new systems, however, that
ability will be hampered. All the bill seeks to do is to maintain what
the above named groups, your own included, seem to fear most: The
government's ability to monitor.

Yes, it's quite true that /legally/, the government will still be able
to monitor, but with the sheer wall of technology and the costs
involved ... (and the government's inability to pay for such
technology ... since when is law enforcement on the leading edge of
ANY technology?) ... will prevent the government from using the
ability it's always had. It's rather like someone rasing the speed
limit on the freeways to 300 MPH. Great. Now, all I have to do is get
rid of this Ford Festiva so I can take advantage of it.

The barriers being removed by this bill are not philosophical, nor are
they legal. These barriers, (The only ones we've been dealing with for
the last 70 years) remain. The only barrier being altered by this bill
is the one your group, and the others mentioned, seek to impose on the
government; that of prohibitive cost.

CPSR (and it's EPIC persona) seek to place added limits to government
monitoring, by the defeat of this bill. It's really that simple. EPIC
claims that restructuring the networks to comply with the bill will be
costly. EPIC should provide proof of such claims. EPIC should also
provide an answer to the question of how much the added crime from
lack of ability to enforce our laws, will cost us, and balance the two
issues. I suggest they have not made their case. The bill should pass
as it stands.


/E

 .CC Jack Books, via FAX

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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 00:25:41 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Linc Madison)
Subject: CBS Radio Piece About New Area Codes


The following is a transcript of a piece that aired on the "Dan Rather
Reporting: News, Commentary, and Analysis" segment on CBS radio on
Thursday, August 25, 1994.  In the San Francisco area, "Dan Rather
Reporting" airs at 3:35 p.m. weekdays on KCBS-AM 740; check with your
local station for air time.

 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

Hello, everybody.  It's the end of an era -- a milepost to measure our
age.  It indicates how far we've come, where we're going, and it's all
embodied in a three-digit number: it's the area code, that three-digit
number that connects us to the rest of the country, that allows us to
communicate with relative ease just about every time we pick up the
telephone.  For most of us, the area code has been as much a part of
our lives as a street address or a social security number.  It's a bit
startling to realize the system was introduced just fifty years ago.
At that time, the area code was presented to provide a bit of breathing
space for the country's flourishing phone system. Three-digit combinations
were assigned as communities grew.  As developed by Ma Bell, the area
code would always have a 1 or a 0 as the middle number.  That would
allow 144 combinations.  The phone company confidently predicted all
community needs could be met to the turn of the century this way.

Well, the rush onto the information superhighway has already caused
phone company detours.  It may be the beginning of a traffic jam.
What's about to happen, what will start next summer, is the introduction
of a whole new age of area codes.  The nation has run through all
current combinations.  The new codes will look a bit different.
Residents in several states will get the new-style codes.  In northern
Virginia, the code will be 540.  These are the first area codes
offered without a middle 0 or 1.  Now, other than a new number to
memorize, it would seem to be a small matter.  Cities have already
been split into new area code sections; that's of no major concern.
What *is* of concern is how electronic devices will memorize and read
those numbers.  The problem is this: telephone software and switches
are set to read area codes with a middle 0 or 1.  All those switches
and all that software will now have to be changed, be modified to
accept the new area code system.  That's hundreds of thousands of
switches, millions of customers to notify.  Without modification, one
reporter suggested, there could be a frightening number of
fender-benders on the infobahn, a phenomenal number of misdirected
calls.  Government officials and entrepreneurs offer a wonderful
vision of the information superhighway -- they talk about progress,
they talk about its promises.  It now seems it may be a mighty bumpy
ride on that road to the future.  Now please, this message.
[commercial] Dan Rather reporting, from area code 212, CBS News.

 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

Pretty good report, all in all.  Minor points: 540 isn't the first,
and the new-style codes will begin in January, not next summer.
Slightly more off the mark is the linking of the information
superhighway with the area code shortage.  There is some connection,
but I don't really consider faxes, DID lines to every desk, or
cell-phones to be part of the "infobahn."  Still, most of the overall
view is on target, especially about the *effect* of the introduction
of the new area codes.

Linc Madison   *   Oakland, California   *   [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 29 Aug 94 14:17:11 GMT
From: Carl Moore <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: CBS Radio Piece About New Area Codes


He didn't say 540 was the first area code not to have 0 or 1 as the
middle digit.  All I can tell from the article alone is that 540 is
one of the first of such codes (maybe it got attention because it will
be rather close to Washington, although he was reporting from New
York).

Could he have had the July 1, 1995 deadline in mind for the system to
be ready for the NNX area codes?  That deadline, which would fit "next
summer" (1995) was noted in telecom as being moved to six months earlier
(Jan. 1, 1995).

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (RFergus)
Subject: Re: CBS Radio Piece About New Area Codes
Date: 27 Aug 1994 11:41:03 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)


According to Emmanuel Goldstein of WBAI's (99.5FM, NYC) "Off the Hook"
radio program (and "2600 Magazine," which I have not seen), phone
companies have already developed the capability for handling area
codes that do not include a '0' or a '1' as the second digit.
Therefore, expanding the area codes will not be a problem.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Not for the telcos, it generally won't
be a problem. The problem will be mainly for those subscribers who use
privately maintained toll-restriction/toll fraud prevention devices
which rely on the 'zero/one as second digit' to detect whatever they
are looking for. Some of them will be hurting. With their 'protection'
in place, they'll be unable to call many of the places they might want
to call and with their security schemes suspended they'll be exposed
to all kinds of fraud.  New software will be needed which examines the
number dialed in a different light. Now they are going to have to look
at all the digits dialed and examine the digits in their context to one
another. That is, if a particular user is permitted to place long distance
calls, then look at all the digits dialed and interpret them. If a '1'
is dialed first, then interpret the ten digits which follow and restrict
based on entries in a table. If '1' is not the first digit, then truncate
the dialing string after the first seven digits and interpret those by
themselves, etc. Be alert for certain three digit combinations as they
might appear in the string of digits dialed.  PAT]

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 19:37:17 MDT
From: Rob Slade <[e-mail]>
Subject: Book Review: "Data Communications, Networks and Systems" by Bartee


BKDCMN&S.RVW  940706

SAMS
11711 N. College Ave., Suite 140
Carmel, IN   46032-5634
317-573-2500  317-581-3535
800-428-5331  800-428-3804
[e-mail]  [e-mail]
[e-mail]
"Data Communications , Networks, and Systems", Bartee, 1991, 0-672-22790-8,
U$49.95/C$64.95

It is very difficult to determine the purpose, objective, or audience
for this book.  There is not much specifically wrong with the
information, but it is hard to tell who might need this particular
presentation.

The back cover blurb speaks of the growth in personal computers, and
talks of "suggestions for high profile results".  This could be
seriously misleading, as little of the material is of direct use to
those working with personal computers, and the papers tend towards a
generic background overview, rather than specific practicalities.

The preface opens by stating that the book contains the latest
information in the important areas of digital communications, networks
and systems.  In fact, the book contains ten essays by different
authors, generally addressing topics basic to data communications.
The papers vary in audience and technical level.  Most are relatively
non-technical (and non-specific) but some assume a fairly solid grasp
of higher mathematical concepts.  Because of the differing authorship,
little information can be developed from chapter to chapter, and some
topics are repeated, while others are missed.

Transmission media, in chapter one, is given a thorough but basic
background.  Chapter two, on carriers and regulations, is solely
concerned with the US, an attitude which carries over into modems
(chapter three), which lists modems only by the Bell standards.  This
is a rather dated reference, as is the continual discussion of RS-232C
which, as the book notes once, was superseded by RS-232D in 1987, four
years before the *first* publication of the book.  Chapters four and
five discuss basic ideas in protocols, and integrated voice and data
networks.  Chapters six, seven and nine talk about baseband, broadband
and standards in local area networks, oddly separated by security in
chapter eight.  The book closes with a very mathematical discussion of
error control.

While sections are good (chapter six, on LANs, is excellent), overall
the book lacks focus.  Trying to give the "latest" information in a
book tends to date it quickly.  In this case, even in 1991 the
material would have been quite pedestrian.  None of the material looks
at technologies that would have been "new advances" in the fields.
McNamara's "Introduction to Data Communications," whose most recent
version was three years earlier, outdoes this work in many areas.

copyright Robert M. Slade, 1994   BKDCMN&S.RVW  940706. Distribution
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Date: 29 Aug 94 18:21:27 EDT
From: James E Bellaire <[e-mail]>
Subject: ACD / Overlay Number


A few notes on recent TELECOM postings:

Automatic Call Direction for the home -

    Yes -- I am one of those telcom junkies who would attach a
fax/voicemail board to my computer even when no one has ever faxed me
or left a message other than on an answering machine.  I like having
the technology there, even if no one uses it.  (I even have a personal
800 number for calling myself to check the non-existant messages!)

    Yes -- The two lines into my home ring constantly with
tele-sleeze, based on which credit card company you do business with,
or book company, or gas company, or shoe size, or whatever.  Four to
five calls per day on line one is normal, two to three per week on
line two.  One of my credit cards calls me on line one with garbage
and line two with collections.  I recieved calls for over two years
from one woman who kept asking for Mrs. Bellaire and promising to call
back when I said she was not here.  She never stayed on the line long
enough for me to tell her that Mrs.  Bellaire had died.  (I was about
ready to give the cemetery as her new address!)

630 (and other) Overlay Numbers -

   I prefer using an overlay for special services.  The major growth
area is there so it makes more sense to give them the new numbers.
Landline home phone users have been bumped between area codes for
years because of the non-landline uses.  It's time for cellular,
paging and corporate PBX exchanges to take the licks their expansion
causes.  A single NPA overlay for cellular/paging/full exchange PBX
would make dialing the numbers easier for callers too.  You could say
"Call me on my car phone, 550-xxxx" in Chicago and the caller would
not have to remember if you said 708 or 312 since all car phones would
be 630.  I wouldn't mind seeing entire states take an overlay for this
purpose.

Eight Digit Dialing -

   This would require more planning than the telcos have done.  It
would have to replace seven digit dialing in affected areas and would
confuse people who move and their children, unless the entire country
went to it.  Don't expect it to happen this year.  Ten digit dialing
makes more sense with some PUC rule that telcos not charge more for
ten digit dialed or 1+ ten digit dialed calls than seven digit dialed
calls.  Which reminds me, I can dial 616-450-xxxx, a 100 mile long
distance call by using seven digits.  The telco bills me as long distance.
Gotta get that fixed!

Cell Phone Emergencies -

   The cellcos could always allow calls to 911 despite the access
level.  The "emergency" calls that should not go through would be car
phone calls to brokers, ordering a buy/or sell of stocks based on what
was destroyed in the disaster.  Remember Lucy's emergency?  What is
urgent for you is not always urgent for the general public.  (BTW -
Party line service is still the only service in a lot of rural telcos
around here.)

Thank you for your time ...


James E. Bellaire

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From: [e-mail] (James H. Cloos Jr.)
Subject: MCIMail's Internet Fax Service
Organization: a2i network
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 04:47:17 GMT


Weeks ago I signed up on the mailing list MCI set up for announcements
on the fax mailboxes they planned to make available to internet
customers.  (Ie., you would get your faxes by, I assume, telnetting in
rather than phoning up.  Also, you could use email to send an outgoing
fax at std MCIMail rates.)

I never got any info from the list.

Did anyone else?

Does anyone know if the planned service was dropped or just delayed?


TIA.

James H. Cloos, Jr.    include <std/qotd>
[e-mail]    include <std/disclaimers.h>
([e-mail])        URL:    http://io.com/user/cloos
Finger for pgp pub key.    Snail:    Box 1111, Amherst, NY 14226-1111

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From: [e-mail] (Bradley Allen)
Subject: Curious How Many Carriers Own Cross-Continental Lines
Date: 29 Aug 1994 00:01:11 -0400


First, by my VERY rough calculations from traceroute times, Sprint's
lines from Washington, DC to Stockton, California are .8 efficient in
terms of directness.  While at first I was very impressed, I realized
this is just somewhat impressive, considering some railroad right of
ways are basically this direct already.

Anyway, on to questions.  Where is there a FAQ answer to "who owns the
physical long distance data pipes in the USA and worldwide"?  Not that
it's that important, but I was disagreeing with one of my clients
about this trivia (don't worry, not a computer business client).

I think the topic came up in response to the rates charged and who
gets to set those rates.  I was arguing the side that after breaking
even on the installation investment and budgeting for both maintenance
and technological advancement, there could be a significant price drop
if the service personnel were severely cut back ... not that I was
advocating this, since I don't know the answer to the question, what
to do with people in an almost totally automated world ...

But, I mean, what's to keep me from making a phone company where I
don't require people to "turn off" their service when they move out,
and "turn on" when they move in; if I just charge for absolute
equipment all up-front.  "Key in your address on the touch tone pad
 ... key in your VISA ... that will be $756.48, with a twenty year full
warranty and no further charges, installation included within two
hours ... press 1 to accept, or 2 for a longer warranty period".

I would pay for it!


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Regards the directness of routing in the
example you gave of Sprint, you should bear in mind that Sprint had its
beginning in the late 1970's as the telecommunications department of the
Southern Pacific Railroad. It was that railroad's desire to modernize
and upgrade its (then) very obsolete telecom network which led to the
upgrading which later became Sprint when the railroad decided to sell
the excess capacity created in the modernization. Sprint is an acronym
for <S>outhern <P>acific <R>ailroad <I>nternal <N>etwork <T>elecommunications.

Fifty to sixty years ago, all railroads operated telecom links between
their stations coast to coast, with trackside telephones every ten miles
or so in case the trains got into trouble. The wires ran on poles along
side the track on the railroad right-of-way. So the first public (non-
railroad) customers of Sprint were able to call anywhere the railroad
went, which made it largely a south/southwestern USA system.  AT&T largely
'followed the tracks' also around the start of this century. It was easier
for them to cut deals with a few large railroads than with every farmer
in their path between New York and (eventually, as of about 1921) the
West Coast.  Somewhere around here I have the historic photo of the AT&T
crews as they worked from the west coming east and the other way around
when they met and connected the wires making nationwide long distance
possible for the first time. Everyone has probably seen it, along with
the photo of the railroad crews doing the same thing.   PAT]

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Need Eight to Ten Cent Flat Nationwide Rate
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 02:32:10 -0500


Does anyone represent or know of a telephone company which offers a
flat rate of eight to ten cents for nationwide USA calling, even if
only in the evening, without a T-1 commitment; in other words, for
regular switched access?

Must have six second minimum, six second increments for all calls.

Would appreciate any information you have.

Thanks.


Sincerely,

[e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Some will do it without T-1, but they
set a monthly minimum usage requirement which is very high, and often
times the rates are higher with a discount off the total monthly bill
bringing the effective rate per minute back to the amount you are
seeking.  PAT]

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From: [e-mail] (Owen Crowley)
Subject: Leased Network Manager Position Available
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 10:14:03 -0500
Organization: Bernard Hodes Advertising


MANAGER OF LEASED NETWORK

Outstanding career opportunity with a premiere and rapidly growing
InterExchange Carrier. Join a friendly and competent team in an
attractive and low-cost city.

You will be responsible for achieving the optimization of leased
network facilities. To qualify, you must have a similar background to
the Director of Network Analysis, with emphasis on managing the use of
leased inter-exchange facilities, contractual relationships,
developing projects in facility consolidations and leased network
acquisition synergies.

This position requires math, engineering, telecomm, or business
degrees.  Attractive compensation, benefits and relocation packages
are being offered. For confidential consideration, please call or send
your resume including salary history to: Craig Williamson, Inc.,
Executive Recruiters, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Suite 250, Bethesda, MD
20817, Fax [phone], Phone [phone].

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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 05:01:22 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Windows Telephony API Sample Applications
Organization: Monash University


Has anyone tried the telephony sample programs (answering machine and
dialdemo) from the 93 December issue of {Microsft Systems Journal},
which you can download from the ftp site of Microsoft? If you have,
could some tell me have you had any success to make it working? I have
trouble trying to run both programs, I think because of WAVE device ID.

Any advice and help will be greatly appreciated!


Frank Xu     Research Assistant
Monash University    [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Hareesh K. Boinepelli)
Subject: Need Information on ASN.1
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Organization: Network Systems Lab, Arizona State University
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 06:05:12 GMT


Hi everyone,

I need some pointers on the journals or articles to look at for
information on the Abstract Syntax Notation (ASN.1).


Thanks in advance,

Hareesh Kumar Boinepelli   Network Systems Lab
Electrical Engineering     Arizona State University
[e-mail]      Tempe, Arizona

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From: [e-mail] (David H. Close)
Subject: Cellphone 911 For Reporting Traffic Problems
Date: 29 Aug 1994 05:42:21 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena


A local news story says the CHP has requested travellers with
cellphones to use them to report traffic problems. Explicitly included
were dangerous drivers. Explicitly excluded were speeders (CHP: that
would overload the system since 99.9% of drivers are exceeding the
speed limit).

The story states that problems can be reported by calling 911 from a
cellphone. My question: does the system identify the caller's location
or are all calls routed to the CHP? How does this work?


Dave Close, Compata, Costa Mesa    [e-mail]
[e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Francis Depuydt)
Subject: International Conference on Software Engineering - Telecom
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 10:32:02
Organization: INnet NV


Does someone know where and when the next International Conference on
Software Engineering for Telecommunications Switching Systems is held?
Who is the contact person for that conference?


Thanks,

Francis

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From: [e-mail] (Paolo Bellutta)
Subject: Sony SPP40 Cordless/Answering Machine Problem
Date: 29 Aug 1994 11:32:09 GMT
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab


Hi, when I was living in the US I got a Sony SPP40 Cordless Phone with
Answering Machine, which worked fine there.  Now I moved to my home
country (Italy) and have a problem with the answering machine.  When
somebody calls, the message is recorded but after the person hangs
up the busy signal is recorded for the remaining period of max
recording time (which I set to one minute).  This is quite annoying
because if you want to listen to the time stamp you have to listen to
the busy signal for all that time. I also tried to change the CPC
(calling party control?) switch, but nothing changed.  I guess that in
the US there is a signal sent over the line after somebody hangs up
and the machine senses it.  Probably here in Italy such signal is not
used.  Any hint on how to solve the problem?


Paolo Bellutta   Internet: [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Stefan Bethke)
Subject: Last Laugh! Make Money Fast FAQ
Date: 29 Aug 1994 02:28:02 +0200
Organization: Hanse e.V.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: This one could be re-titled "Hints
for Usenet participants".     PAT]

[ Article crossposted from comp.sys.mac.misc ]
[ Author was Matthew J. Bernhardt ]
[ Posted on 15 Aug 1994 14:52:04 GMT ]

Nice thing, this faq. Might be worth a laughth or two... StB

    Well, it's about that time of year when many universities are
starting up, and many newbies will soon descend upon the net.
Therefore, I think it is time for a good stiff dose of preventative
medicine:

Really From: [e-mail] (Nathan Palovcik)
Subject: MAKE.MONEY.FAST(FAQ)
Date: 6 Apr 1994 18:14:18 GMT

This FAQ is for the benefit of those who have never experienced the
advertisement MAKE.MONEY.FAST.  Here are some answers to some questions
frequently asked.

1. Does MAKE.MONEY.FAST really work?

   Not in the sense that you'll make money fast, but you'll make a
   lot of enemies fast.

2. If I forward or repost MAKE.MONEY.FAST, will I get a lot of mail?

   Yes, hate mail, flames, etc.

3. How can I get my account cancelled?

   Post MAKE.MONEY.FAST.

4. How can I get my system administrator mad at me?

   Post MAKE.MONEY.FAST.  His mailbox will be so full of complaints,
   it'll take him/her a week to sort through all of them.

5. Who is Dave Rhodes?

   Salmon Rushdie's roommate.  Just about every administrator wants to
   kill him so he had to go in hiding.

6. How can I assure I have a long and prosperous life?

   Well, nobody can guarantee that, but it can be guaranteed that if
   you post MAKE.MONEY.FAST you're life may be cut short by accident
   (hee hee).

7. Just how does one have to never work again after posting MAKE.MONEY.FAST?

   Well, MAKE.MONEY.FAST is a Ponzi scheme.  Ponzi schemes are illegal.
   Ponzi schemes are a form of fraud.  Some of these net interchanges
   go over telephone wires, optic fibers, and microwave transmissions all
   regulated by the FCC.  If you repost MAKE.MONEY.FAST over the net, and
   someone at the FCC wanted to get nasty, they may want to prosecute you
   for WIRE fraud.

   Once you're in jail, you never have to pay rent, your meals are free.
   Anal injections are free.  MAKE.MONEY.FAST has a lot of side benefits.

8. How can I help to stop the spread of MAKE.MONEY.FAST?

   When some netter newbie blunders and posts MAKE.MONEY.FAST on the net,
   just send him a polite letter to not do it again (remember, the newbies
   act out of ignorance) then write the root@domain and request they inform
   all their users not to perpetuate this drivel.

   Forward this FAQ to at least 2 of the news groups you like to read.


Nathan Palovcik (Cardinal Fang)
[e-mail]
  --
Matt Bernhardt
University of Georgia                Fools multiply folly.
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
  --
Stefan Bethke        [e-mail]
D-22087 Hamburg        [phone]

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    Re: EPIC Statement on Digital Telephony Wiretap Bill (Carl Moore)
    Re: AT&T True Connections Flyer (Kevin McConnaughey)
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    Kosova: Serb Police in Mass Telephone Seizures (Nigel Allen)
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    .wav to Dialogic ADPCM Conversion Software Wanted (Ira Hochman)

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From: /G=Brad/S=Hicks/OU1=[e-mail]
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 10:59:04 -0500
Subject: Re: EPIC Statement on Digital Telephony Wiretap Bill


> How much common sense does it require to realize that a wholly digital
> network takes far more technology to 'tap'? (More, apparently, than
> opponants of this bill possess!)

You want to tap a digital phone? Put a bug in the mouthpiece. Cheap
and 100% effective. If you can't do that, use surveillance gear to bug
the room; more expensive and more difficult, but a LOT cheaper than
$500,000,000.

"The Dapper Don" John Gotti suspected his phones were tapped, so he
didn't discuss business on the phone. So the government found out
where he DID discuss business (pacing the sidewalk outside) and bugged
the lamp poles.

> Is it 'speculation' to understand that without standards such as your
> much hated 'Clipper', the sheer mound of technology would make many
> government monitor operations too costly to pursue? With the polls
> suggesting that crime (and not healthcare) being the number one issue in
> the country today, does it make sense to pursue a policy which hampers
> law enforcement efforts?

By the government's own figures, even as cheap and easy as it is
today, wiretapping produces usable evidence in only a few hundred
cases a year.  Wiretapping isn't now and never was a cost-effective
way to catch common criminals.  Real police agencies seldom use
wiretaps, they rely on informants (paid, or bargained with reduced
sentences).

And I'm a little tired of "war on crime" rhetoric, when in every
category except murder the crime rate has gone down almost every year
since the mid 1970s. The murder rate would go down, too, if we would
just end Prohibition ... but no, we'd rather waste hundreds of
millions of dollars and hundreds, maybe thousands of lives, than have
people perceive that the government was permitting people to screw up
their lives with drugs that don't have corporate sponsors.

If you're not willing to see the end of Prohibition, or not (at least)
willing to testify when you witness a crime, don't you DARE come
whining to me about crime problems.  (Even if you are foolish enough
to live in a dirtbag rust belt hellhole like Chicago.)  Because those
are the only two things that have a hope in aitch-ee-double-toothpicks
of actually reducing crime; Clipper and "assault weapon" bans and FBI
Digital Telephony and federal carjacking laws and Midnight Basketball
and the Brady Bill and three strikes are all just ways for Congress
and the President to FOOL you (and maybe fool themselves) into
thinking that they're doing something about the (mostly non-existent)
Crime Problem.


J. Brad Hicks     Internet: mc![e-mail]
 X.400: c=US admd=ATTMail prmd=MasterCard sn=Hicks gn=Brad

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From: [e-mail] (Sean Donelan)
Subject: Re: EPIC Statement on Digital Telephony Wiretap Bill
Date: 29 Aug 94 04:04:46 CDT
Organization: Data Research Associates, St. Louis MO


In article <[e-mail]>, Eric_N._Florack.cru-mc@xerox.
com writes:

> How much common sense does it require to realize that a wholly digital
> network takes far more technology to 'tap'? (More, apparently, than
> opponants of this bill possess!)

Oh, phooey.

DTMF (aka TouchTone) dialing made the FBI's old analog pen registers
obsolete.  The poor FBI had to go out and buy new equipment. They
didn't fine the phone company $10,000 a day and demand the right to
approve new technology.  If they had that power back then, we would
probably still be using rotary phones.


Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
Domain: [e-mail], Voice: (Work) [phone]

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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 94 21:48:43 GMT
From: Carl Moore <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: EPIC Statement on Digital Telephony Wiretap Bill


Did you mean U.S. Representative Jack Brooks? If so, you left out the
"r" in "Brooks". Sometimes a person's name will be somewhat modified
to poke fun, as in a case (where I am leaving out the first name and
city) where a Mr. Garbis had a reputation for being a slumlord and
thus was nicknamed Mr. Garbage.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: That was an accidental error,  not a
deliberate thing.  PAT]

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Subject: Re: AT&T True Connections Flyer
From: [e-mail] (Kevin McConnaughey)
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 94 13:55:54 EDT
Organization: Retrograde Motion BBS - Oakton, VA.


[e-mail] (Jeffrey W. McKeough) writes:

> I just received a flyer from AT&T about their new 500 number service.
> The text follows:
>

Text on AT&T 500 Service deleted here

> Comments:

> 3) I wonder if "your mother overseas" will be able to dial +1 500 NXX
> XXXX, or if she'll have to go through USA Direct, as with EasyReach.
> On the one hand, there's no need to specify a carrier, since there is
> no duplication within the NPA, as with 700.  The prefix should allow
> the calls to be routed to the correct carrier. (Right?)  OTOH, if 500
> goes portable, there'd have to be a database lookup in order to
> determine routing.  Would that present difficulties in IDDD?

You are correct that there is no need to specify a carrier but there
is a BIG problem of routing from foreign destinations.  Most PTTs
route on the first three digits after the international access code
(the country code). In the case of the North American dialing plan the
carriers usually route down to the NPA level.  No PTT that I am aware
of yet implements routing at the NXX (or NNX) level. If there was a
financial justification I suppose that they might but the US carriers
have not been able to get this sort of cooperation for toll free
services (800 in the USA) which is a very large revenue service, much
less other newer and unproven services.

I am aware that a number of PTTs are looking to implement area code
456 routing with specific NXXs routed to specific US carriers and this
might be used as a "follow me" type service as described.  There are
also the 1XX "NPAs" (I use quotes because they are not strictly NPAs)
that are being used by all three US carriers in conjunction with
cooperating PTTs to route carrier specific traffic such as audiotext
internationally.

Two key issues from the non-US carriers' point of view are:

1) Non US carriers have lots of other things to worry about than
implementing a highly complex routing system when the potential
revenues are unproven and the major beneficiaries are US carriers and
their customers.

2) There are several apparently competing concepts for carrier
specific routing now being proposed -- which will gain the most
credibility and customers is still to be seen.

> 4) What are "postalized rates?"  Will the caller have to be weighed in
> order to determine pricing? :)

"Postalized rates" just refers to the practice of averaging rates to
simplify the rate schedule. A prime example is US domestic postal
rates for first class mail.  A regular letter costs 29 cents to send
anywhere in the US.  Most telephone tariffs try to take into account
distance and do not have a flat "postalized rate".  From your
description of this service it is not clear whether the rates are
postalized for the whole US or if the proposed structure is more
complex.


[e-mail]  (Kevin McConnaughey)
Retrograde Motion BBS - Oakton, Virginia [phone]

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From: [e-mail]
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 94 12:12:13
Subject: Re: AT&T True Connections Flyer


[e-mail] (Jeffrey W. McKeough) wrote:

> I just received a flyer from AT&T about their new 500 number
> service.  The text follows:

      ... [text deleted] ...

> "As for the cost of calls to your AT&T 500 number, your callers
> can expect to pay postalized rates comparable to average AT&T
> Long Distance rates for domestic calls."
      ... [text deleted] ...

> 4) What are "postalized rates?"  Will the caller have to be
> weighed in order to determine pricing? :)

        Ordinarily the term "postalized rates" means that the rate is
the same regardless of distance, like 29 cents for a one-ounce letter
whether it is going across the street or to Alaska or Hawaii.


Wes Leatherock     [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Jason)
Subject: Re: Cellular Phone Use in Emergencies
Date: 29 Aug 1994 12:17:32 GMT
Organization: San Diego State University Computing Services


Motorola officially defines Access Overload as:

Access Overload Class: This is a number (0-15) which specifies the
level of priority the cellular telephone has when accessing the
system. There is no coreelation between numbers and priority; i.e.,
higher numbers do not necessarily mean higher priority.

LA Cellular (a Cellular One company) officially assigns 15 to all of
its customers.

As far as I know, the overload numbers are not implemented at all at
the switch.

I mean really, any idiot can reprogram the NAM on any phone that does
not require a NAM chip programmer (read swap the prom). It would be
absurd to actually expect this to work; every kid in town would have
high priority on his phone. Then again ISI put source routing in the
IP protocol, so go figure.


Jason

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From: [e-mail] (Mike Morris)
Subject: Re: Companies Comment on N11 Codes
Organization: College Park Software, Altadena, CA
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 12:00:50 GMT


Greg Monti <[e-mail]> writes:

> The publication {Communications Daily} is reporting in its August 25,
> 1994, edition on the comments the FCC has received on assignment of
> N11 codes to telephone-delivered information services.  A summary of
> the article [with a few comments]:

[snip]

> 5.  There are only eight N11 codes and four of them have been reserved
> by the North American Numbering Plan for internal telephone company
> use or public service needs.  [I count three: 411 (DA), 911 (PSAP) and
> 611 (repair).]

811 was used in the Los Angeles area as the access to the 911 system
while it was being installed.  After 911 was turned on, 811 was set up
as a universal access to Pacific Telephone's own system -- I dial
811-7000 for example to get a customer disservice rep.  The are a few
more 811- numbers in the phone book, but -7000 is all I can remember
at this moment.

Lastly...

The only n11 service I can see a real need for is a service where I
can look up my own DA via modem (including a grep function), if I was
forced to come up with another service, I'd like to be able to download
my last bill in case I want to do a compare with my SMDR.

But neither requires a three digit number.  I say let's just reserve
some x11 numbers for future use.  Why spend your assets?  Look at the
situation with radio spectrum -- they had to sacrifice UHF TV channels
to make room for cellular -- lets save some "dialing plan spectrum" for
the future.  Who knows what we will need five or ten years from now?


Mike Morris   WA6ILQ
PO Box 1130
Arcadia, CA. 91077
818-447-7052 evenings

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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 00:48:07 -0400
From: Paul A. Lee  </DD.ID=JES2CAOF.UEDCM09/@SMX.sprint.com>
Organization: Woolworth Corporation
Subject: Call Waiting on Error-Correcting Modems?


In TELECOM Digest Volume 14 Issue 347, Brian Nunes wrote (in part):

> Any idea how I can make my modem "more sensitive" to the call-waiting
> beep, without disabling error-correction?

Check your modem's S-registers for a "Loss of Carrier" time setting.
It's usually factory default set at 250 milliseconds or so. Reducing
the setting may make the modem more sensitive to the Call Waiting
click by sensing the interruption of the remote carrier that results
when the talk path is broken. It may also make the modem more
sensitive to other types of noise.


Paul A. Lee                           Voice  414 357-1409
Telecommunications Analyst              FAX  [phone]
Woolworth Corporation            CompuServe  70353,566
   INTERNET  </DD.ID=JES2CAOF.UEDCM09/@SMX.sprint.com>

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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 1994 01:38:39 -0400
From: Paul A. Lee  </DD.ID=JES2CAOF.UEDCM09/@SMX.sprint.com>
Organization: Woolworth Corporation
Subject: Why Can't I Keep a V.32 Connection Up?


In TELECOM Digest Volume 14 Issue 347, John Levine wrote (in part):

> I'm here at my summer headquarters at the beach in New Jersey, and I'm
> having incredible trouble getting a reliable modem connection.  Half
> the time, the modem won't even shake hands, the other half of the time
> the connection dies after somewhere between one and fifteen minutes.

> I've tried this with two different modems, a Megahertz PCMCIA and a
> GBC (or maybe GVC, it's an OEM version without a label) external modem.
> The other end is a bank of five Telebits.  I'm trying to connect at
> 14.4K V.32bis.

> I'm in Harvey Cedars NJ (609-361), the other end is in Pleasantville
> (609-485) which is a local call albeit a different CO.  Both COs have
> modern electronic switches.  I have two phone lines here and have
> about the same amount of trouble with either.  Things work best in the
> morning, worst around midnight.  (Strange but true.)  There is no
> audible noise that I can hear on the line.  I had the same problem
> last year but though that it was due to the cheapo Sportster modem I
> was using.

Do you have the same problem when trying to connect to other remote
locations?

I'm going to run a bit with the clues I have here: Beach (corrosive
air); same trouble on both phone lines; bad at midnight, better in the
morning; New Jersey (eastern exposure with morning sun).

The noise doesn't have to be audible to screw up v.32 quadrature
detection.  Inaudible hash from capacitive loading or RF rectification
(both can result from corrosion of the cable plant or drop), induced
signals from a poor made electrode ground (corrosion also a possible
cause), or local RF interference (strongest at night, and weakest when
competing with atmospherically filtered sunlight) could cause your
problem, right at your house.

Try making full-speed connections to other locations. If you still
have the same problems, you've at least determined which end they're
at (from your CO out to your modem). Then, try connections from a
neighbor who lives in a house with newer phone service or who lives
inland, but is served by the same CO. This kind of testing will help
isolate the source of the problem.

My first bet is still grounding and/or cable plant corrosion that
makes your drops more susceptible to noise or spurious voltage. Even
your wall jacks or other inside wiring components could be contributing
to the problem.

Let us know what you find out.


Paul A. Lee                           Voice  414 357-1409
Telecommunications Analyst              FAX  [phone]
Woolworth Corporation            CompuServe  70353,566
   INTERNET  </DD.ID=JES2CAOF.UEDCM09/@SMX.sprint.com>

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From: [e-mail] (Cid Technologies)
Subject: NYNEX Eliminated Roam Charges
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 1994 01:51:36 PDT


I was waiting to see if someone mentioned it here (I was moved to Bell
Atlantic and figured NYNEX customers would find out first), but since
no one directly mentioned it:

NYNEX/NY customers can now roam ANYWHERE in the US (and I think
Canada) and NOT pay a daily roam charge, which is usually $3. This is
similar to SNET's (CT-B) "Roam USA" where you have no daily roam
charges on any B system in the US and Canada, with a flat rate of 75
cents per minute.

In many ways, it's unusual for NYNEX, which is usually pretty slow and
lethargic as compared to its McCaw owned competitor Cell One/NY, to
offer a roaming package which outdoes Cell One's. Cell One/NY
customers enjoy home airtime rates from DC up I-95 to all of DE,
Southeastern PA, NJ, all the way to Poughkeepsie and onward to all of
CT, RI, and Mass and small part of seacoast NH. However, when they
roam outside this area, e.g., north of Poughkeepsie, west of NJ
towards Allentown, north of Mass to VT, etc., they will usually pay a
$3 per day roaming charge and NOT have auto call delivery or any call
delivery (CO/NY does not offer Nationlink to its customers, not that
I'm a big fan of that anyhow).

Besides allowing NYNEX customers to not worry about roam charges,
having no daily fee eliminates the problem of border customers getting
hit by roam charges simply because they live near another cellular
system and sometimes pick up that signal, thus incurring a daily roam
charge. Since there is no daily charge at all, this is no longer a
problem for NYNEX customers. Additionally, a NYNEX customer traveling
on a long trip through multiple systems doesn't have to keep track of
which systems he made calls in so as to avoid paying $3 dailies in all
of them.

I normally put NYNEX down for their poor service -- a *glaring*
example of this is how their AT&T Autoplex switch will ANSWER a call
to my .6 watt handheld when it is in a marginal area, when no one
presses SEND to answer the call! (No, I don't have auto answer "on",
and no, the .6 watt is fine -- it never does this in BAMS/Philly [also
an Autoplex], nor in Boston on CO/Boston [an EMX], its just NYNEX's
crazy way of doing things ... they don't really seem to have very good
"quality control"; I don't think its an inherent flaw in the Autoplex.)

However, although eliminating roaming charges does not make up for
their otherwise poor service and their "We don't care, we're the phone
company" attitude, it does go to show that at least *some* people
there are in tune with their customers needs and are willing to take a
bit of a cut in revenues to attract a larger and more loyal customer
base.

It's about time we simply got rid of daily roam charges -- no matter
what cell companies will tell you, they are simply designed to rake in
a LOT of money from a nearly captive user base. Many Cell Cos will
drag out that old "fraud" argument, which they use for everything from
why SW Bell Mobile charges a $2 "Administrative Fee" above the roam
charges for Boston customers all the way to why NYNEX/NY won't offer
Call Forwarding features in *some* other NYNEX properties and in
SNET/CT's territory. I've never heard more specious arguments in my
life!

The fact is that most MSA Cellular Operators are making a killing as
it is on cellular, and dailies only add to the pot. This is not to say
there isn't a considerable degree of expense in operating and augmenting
a cellular system, but the roam charges have nothing to do with fraud
(any more than do any other charges), and they are just a device which
the industry uses to increase revenues, the same way they raise
airtime rates or reduce off-peak calling periods.

The $3 daily simply discourages many people from calling at all, which
I think in the long run hurts the industry, especially which the
emergence of alternate wireless providers such as NexTel (sp?) and
PCS.  Moreover, its totally out of proportion which the cost of
providing service to roamers -- why should roamers pay $3/day and $.99
per minute (and with SW Bell's inane system, home airtime for call
delivery :( ) using Roaming Carrier "A" when Roaming Carrier "B"
doesn't charge any of the above charges and gives roamers a decent
airtime rate?  If B could do it, why can't A? Its got nothing to do
with cost, but with the priorities of the roaming carriers, and their
overall policy on how they treat their customers.

Thus, I'm glad to see that NYNEX, one of the largest "B" side
carriers, has chosen to be an industry leader and eliminate the $3
daily charge for its customers who roam (do they eat it themselves?).
The next step is to get the $.99 per minute rate more in line with the
cost of providing the service, but the elimination of the $3 is a
positive step and one which I wholeheartedly applaud.


Doug        CID Technologies    (203) 499 - 5221

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From: [e-mail] (Sydney Quocsi Tran)
Subject: Stratacom and Frame Relay
Date: 29 Aug 1994 19:26:19 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland College Park


Hi all,

I am looking for a phone number, e-mail address of Stratacom (a
(California baed company).  I am doing a paper on Frame Relay Switches
and if I am not mistaken Stratacom and Wellfleet are the two companies
who dominate this area of market.  Any info is greatly appriciated.


Thanks.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Subject: Extent of GSM Coverage in USA?
Date: 29 Aug 1994 21:23:27 GMT
Organization: University of Bergen, Norway
Reply-To: [e-mail]


I would like any references to maps or descriptions which highlight
the current and planned coverage of the GSM standard in the USA.  Here
in europe it is been quickly built up and coverage is very good.  I
have seen posts from Australia asking about coverage in San Francisco,
and would like more specific info about covered areas, planned
coverage, etc.

How is the market in USA seeing the GSM system?  Are many companies
commiting to it?  Any references to companies currently supporting GSM
system and selling GSM services would be appreciated (especially in
California).

Please e-mail replies.


Regards,

Thor Legvold             NorNeXT User Group leader
University of Bergen     NORWAY

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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 17:49:19 -0400
Subject: Kosova: Serb Police in Mass Telephone Seizures
From: [e-mail] (Nigel Allen)
Organization: Internex Online (io.org) Data: 416-363-4151  Voice: 416-363-8676


Kosova (sometimes written Kosovo) is a district of Serbia adjacent to
Albania, with a predominantly ethnic Albanian population but ruled as
an integral part of Serbia.

The following item, was posted to soc.culture.yugoslavia and soc.culture.
europe by [e-mail] (A.T. Fear), and I thought it would be
relevant to this newsgroup.

KOSOVA COMMUNICATION

Bulletin of the Ministry of the Information of the Republic of Kosova
3rd Year; No 184; 22 August 1994

Serb Police in Mass Telephone Seizures

The presence of cordless telephones in numerous private Albanian homes
has been of great concern to Serbian police authorities with the
revelation that in some cases, police wave bands can be overheard.

Consequently Serbian police have embarked upon a mass search of
Albanian homes throughout communes of Kosova in order to seize
telephones which police believe are being used to eavesdrop on police
communication frequencies. In many cases, families found in possession
of such phones have been subjected to physical maltreatment.

Incidents of this type have been reported in the communes of Decan and
Kamenica with over 54 telephones seized, each seizure accompanied by
maltreatment of Albanian residents.

Albanians affected by this police action have pointed out that they
had purchased the phones legally and with the full knowledge of
Serbian telecommunication authorities and had paid up to 2,500 DM in
order to be connected.

(Note from NDA: Tragedy is soemthing that happens daily in the former
Yugoslavia, and I don't want to trivialize the killings in Bosnia by
comparing them to anything happening in Kosova today. The Serbian
authorities are behaving badly in Kosova, but a shooting war hasn't
started there yet. Still, things are very bad in Kosova, and are
likely to get worse.)

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Chris Cappuccio)
Subject: Motorola Radius PR-3000 pager
Date: 29 Aug 1994 20:54:46 -0400
Organization: SatelNET


A friend who works at the local hospital got a brand new pager, a
Motorola Radius PR-3000 voice pager from the hospital.  Like most
hospitals, they have their own paging system (tower, stuff to program
the pagers, etc...)  Anyways, this is just like a normal voice pager,
it has volume and on/off and stuff.  But one thing which I couldin't
figure out, is why it has this white button, and when you press it,
you hear everything (static when nothing is being broadcast, or tones
then voice when a page is going on) on the freq that the crystal in
the pager is tuned to.  What would the point of having a button where
you could hear any page be? You have to hold down the button and you
hear whatever is on the frequency that it is tuned to, and when you
let go, it stops.  Someone suggested to me that it was used in
emergencies or in situations when the hospital wanted to broadcast to
everybody, but I figured, you would have to know when to hit the
button, and you can't exactly predict emergencies.  Any suggestions?


Peace,

Chris

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Ira Hochman)
Subject: wav to Dialogic ADPCM Conversion Software?
Date: 29 Aug 94 14:06:25


Can anyone point me to software that can convert, in a "batch" mode,
wav sound format files to one of the Dialogic ADPCM formats?

The application is one where a user at a PC records a message in .wav
format which is then converted into Dialogic format and stored on a
server.  Thus, the conversion needs to be callable by a windows
program without user intervention.

Please respond directly via email.  I will post a summary of replies for
the benefit of the net.


Ira Hochman    [e-mail]

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TELECOM Digest     Tue, 30 Aug 94 15:06:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 357

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    GSM Phones in Europe (Robert Hoare)
    ISDN Phones in Europe (Alfredo E. Cotroneo)
    CompuServe Kicked Out of Court (Richard Patterson)
    Request For Comment - Government Electronic Documents (Tom Worthington)
    The Network Side of Cellular Mobile Radio (Tobias Oetiker)
    French Numbering System to Change (Clive D.W. Feather)
    Security Deposit From Local Phone Carrier ([e-mail])
    Reviews of Echo-Cancellers For Teleconferencing (Geir Pedersen)
    RF Transmitter and Our Health; Looking For Papers (Daniel JungYue Chun)
    Last A+B Box Vanishes (Clive D.W. Feather)
    Cellular Phone Plus Modem (Jonathan Lundell)
    Re: Need Help With T1 (David W. Kay)
    Re: Sony or Northern Telecom Speakerphone Sources? (David W. Kay)
    Re: Phones For High Noise Areas (Scott Falke)
    Re: Phones For High Noise Areas (Dale Farmer)

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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 94 20:04:15 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Robert Hoare)
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Subject: GSM Phones in Europe


Late this year or early next year, when the networks are a bit more
complete, I'm planning to get a GSM phone for Europe, and I'm starting
to look at the alternative carriers, deals etc.  Is there a FAQ/Info
file on GSM anywhere on the net or in a recent magazine?

I want to use the phone in France, UK and (probably) Benelux, without
excessive charges for incoming calls.  Outgoing charges are not that
important, I could use a callback service if incoming calls are free.

Do any of the carriers in those countries allow international roaming
without charging (me) extra for incoming calls?  Or do I always have to
pick up the costs from my home country number to the overseas phone
location?  Presumably it'll roam to me without the caller knowing?

Also, do any of the carriers have a voicemail service for when the phone
is out of range or switched off?  Can it be accessed whilst roaming
outside that country?  Can calls be redirected to a terrestial phone
overseas?  Or am I expecting too much?

As an alternative, is it possible to use multiple smart cards, so the
same phone thinks it is a French, British and Belgian phone, ideally
at the same time?

Finally, are there any GSM phones, available for use on all networks,
that handle data?


Rob

[e-mail] AND [e-mail]
(roaming for internet would be nice also!)

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Alfredo E. Cotroneo)
Subject: ISDN Phones in Europe
Date: 30 Aug 1994 09:13:14 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway


I am looking for sources of ISDN phones which can be used (possibly
certified) in Italy.

It seems to be quite hard to find ISDN phones here, an SIP does not
have a large choice of models (actually only two, and will take weeks
to have one after the order).

Thanks for any pointer. Please answer by email since I may not read this
newsgroup.


Alfredo Cotroneo, Milano, Italy FAX: [phone] / Ph: [phone]
email: [e-mail]

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Subject: CompuServe Kicked Out of Court
From: [e-mail] (Richard Patterson)
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 94 13:31:00 GMT
Organization: Ye Olde Bailey BBS - Houston, TX - 713-520-1569
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Richard Patterson)


On August 11, 1994, the US District Court, for the Southern District
of Ohio, entered an Order and Opinion [17 pages], dismissing
CompuServe v.  Patterson, Case No. C2-94-91, for want of personal
jurisdiction.  A "scanned" copy of the order and opinion are available
on CompuServe's Legal Forum (LAWSIG) and America Online Legal Sig
(LEGALSIG), in the file named CIS3OH.ZIP.

CIS sued an individual Texas shareware author and long time service
subscriber in the Ohio District Court, attempting to convince the
court that all subscribers to CIS and shareware authors using its
online service to distribute shareware programs, send messages, or
upload other "content" consent to jurisdiction and venue in the
Columbus Ohio courts (where its central computer is located).  The
court rejected this argument, although CIS reraised it on a Motion for
Rehearing filed Auguse 22, 1994.

This case is one of the first to reference the "information superhighway,"
and provides a detailed discussion of the application of International
Shoe, the due process clause and the state long-arm statutes as they
relate to users of online services and brings them into the "information
age."  It should be of interest to users of any telecommunications
network and certainly to all Shareware authors.


Ye Olde Bailey BBS Zyxel 713-520-1569(V.32bis) Hayes 713-520-9566 (V.FC)
   Houston,Texas             yob.com           Home of alt.cosuard

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From: [e-mail] (Tom Worthington)
Subject: Request For Comment - Government Electronic Documents
Organization: Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 1994 07:43:13 GMT


This is to request comments on the draft of:

    "Implementing Effective Procedures  for the  Management of Electronic
    Documents in the Australian Public Service"

    Available at URL:ftp://archie.au/ACS/implguid.html (about 111KBytes)

Send comments to: [e-mail]

The draft report, containing guidelines for implementing effective
procedures for the management of electronic documents, has been
produced by a subcommittee of the Commonwealth Government's
Information Exchange Steering Committee (IESC).

The IESC is an advisory body, responsible for providing guidance to
Commonwealth agencies on policies and strategic directions relating to
Information Technology and related issues, including telecommunications.
For further details of the IESC contact Max McGregor (e-mail:
[e-mail], ph: [phone],
fax: [phone]).

The report is aimed at providing further assistance in putting those
management principles into practice.  Although the report has been
produced primarily for the guidance of Commonwealth Agency records
managers, the basic principles can be equally applied throughout any
organisation that maintains electronic records.

Note that this is a working draft only. It is considered less than 20%
complete. However the committee would welcome your input to make it a
better document.

Table of contents from "Implementing Effective Procedures  for the
Management of Electronic Documents in the Australian Public Service":

1.    Foreword
2.    Background/Environmental Scan
3.    Objectives of these Guidelines
4.    Basic Groundwork -  Corporate Information Management
    Commitment and Resources
5.    Best Practices in Electronic Document Management
6.    Security of Electronic Documents - Sharing Information
7.    Preserve Your Records - The Archival Process
8.    Other Legal Requirements
9.    Planning for Further Change
10.    Information Management Technology
11.    Personal Information Management Practices

APPENDICES
        A.    GLOSSARY
        B.    BIBLIOGRAPHY
        C.    CASE STUDIES
        D.    INDEX


PS: Don't miss (because I am talking at it):

    Playing for Keeps: An electronic Records Management Conference
    Hosted by Australian Archives
    Canberra Australia 8-10 November 1994
    For details e-mail: [e-mail]
    Phone: [phone] or Fax: [phone]


Posted by Tom Worthington <[e-mail]>
Chair of the IESC Electronic Document Management Subcommittee
& Senior Policy Advisor, Data Administration Standards
Communications and Information Systems Engineering Branch
Department of Defence
Room B-3-25, Russell Offices, Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Ph: [phone], Fax: [phone], Pager: [phone]
X.400:
G=Tom;S=Worthington;OU=CM-DIMP;O=HQADF;P=ausgovdefencenet;A=telememo;C=au
30 August, 1994

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From: [e-mail] (Tobias Oetiker)
Subject: The Network Side of Cellular Mobile Radio
Date: 30 Aug 1994 12:36:23 GMT
Organization: Electronics Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Reply-To: [e-mail]


Hello,

I just started working with the network resarch group ad DMU in
Leicester .

My task is to give an overview on recent developments in the area of
digital cellular mobile radio (GSM, ...) and to identify possible
research projects. Currently I am working through a load of papers
from 1990 to 1992 on the subject.

But to get really up to date information I would be glad to get your
input:

- What happened in cellular digital communications in '93 and '94.

- Where do you see network related questions that would need further
  investigation.

Thanks for you help; I will post a summary if I get some answers.


Cheers,

Tobias Oetiker    55 Windermere St
[e-mail] * Phone [phone]    ====== UK =========

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Subject: French Numbering System to Change
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 20:27:29 BST
From: Clive D.W. Feather <[e-mail]>


According to a poster on uk.telecom, France is to switch from eight to
ten digit numbering in just under two years time:

   I though the leaflet included with my France Telecom
   phone bill on Saturday might be of interest.

   It is headed '10 digit dialling', and goes on to explain that due to
   the exhaustion of number capacity due to faxes, mobile phones, etc.,
   France will go to 10-digit dialling as of "spring 1996".

   The old Paris/province split will vanish, along with the need to know
   where the number you are calling is in order to know if you need to use
   the 16 or 16 1 prefixes. Instead Greater Paris numbers will all be
   prefixed 01, and all other numbers will get a prefix 02, 03, 04
   or 05, depending on which geographical quadrant of the country
   they are in.  All calls will now need to dial all 10 digits.

   At the same time the international code will change from 19 to 00.
   No mention of the 112 emergency number, nor of whether incoming
   international calls drop the leading zero.

                        ----------------------

Clive D.W. Feather     | Santa Cruz Operation
[e-mail]          | Croxley Centre
Phone: [phone] | Hatters Lane, Watford
Fax:   [phone] | WD1 8YN, United Kingdom

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Subject: Security Deposit From Local Phone Carrier
Date: 30 Aug 1994 01:05:29 -0400
Organization: UMIACS, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742


Does anybody know any information about the regulation for
local phone company charging security deposits?

I am trying to get a phone connection for my new home. The local phone
company (Bell Atlantic) wants to charge me $50 deposit and $70 prepaid
for the first month's bill, plus other switch on fees.  I think there
were a regulation on how the local company can charge deposits. I
remember I had a telephone five years ago and somehow I managed to get
rid of the deposit by telling them a regulation. It has been a long
time that I already forget the details. Could someone remind me of
that?

 From the conversation I had with the operator, I know some people do
not have to paid deposits. But she won't tell me how to qulify that.
Also, another operator only want charge me the $50 and switch on fee. So
I think they probably don't know what they were talking about, and
just want to charge whatever they can.

Please email to me.


Thanks,

DC


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: The telco is entitled to take reasonable
actions to insure they are paid for their service. Unlike many businesses,
telco is regulated under a rule which says they *must* provide service on
demand to all qualified applicants without delay. In this context, a
qualified applicant is one who has demonstrated the ability and willingness
to pay for the service. To demonstrate your 'ability and willingness' to
pay, a security deposit and/or advance payment can be required. A deposit
is an amount of money held in escrow for some period of time upon which
telco is required to pay interest. It is forfeited in the event of a default
in your payments. An advance payment on the other hand does not draw any
interest and is immediatly applied as a credit on your account to cover
the cost of the first month's service in advance and installation fees.

Whether or not a security deposit and/or advance payment is required cannot
be detirmined arbitrarily, nor can such requirements be made on the
basis of any illegal criteria such as the applicant's race, sex, nationality
or living arrangements. Such a requirement can be made based on telco's
own records of prior service to the applicant, or the records of other
telcos shared in common. It can be made on the basis of a report from a
credit bureau. Some latitude is given to low-level employees in detirmining
the amount or nature of any advance payment required; they are to balance
customer goodwill with the best interests of the company. A security deposit
equal to a month or two month's estimated billings is considered reasonable
as is an advance payment equal to the estimated cost of installation and
a month of service. There is no regulation or requirement that telco give
its services away without some assurance of payment, although careful and
courteous negotiation will often times reduce the amount demanded. That,
plus of course a good credit history with telco itself.  PAT]

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From: [e-mail] (Geir Pedersen)
Subject: Reviews of Echo-Cancellers For Teleconferencing
Date: 30 Aug 1994 06:00:52 GMT
Organization: University of Oslo


I am looking for reviews of echo-cancelers for teleconferenceing, e.g. the
units from Shure and Coherent.

Are there any trade magazines or other sources that are likely to
publish this type of material?


Thanks,

Geir Pedersen   University of Oslo

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From: [e-mail] (Mr. Daniel JungYue Chun)
Subject: RF Transmitter and Our Health; Looking For Papers
Date: 30 Aug 1994 16:31:57 GMT
Organization: Hong Kong SuperNET


What published research is available on this topic?


Best Regards,

Daniel J Y Chun
39A Tin Hau Temple Rd | Tel/Voicemail: [phone] | Pager [phone]
2/F Causeway Bay      | Fax/Data:      [phone] | Office [phone]
Hong Kong             | Internet: [e-mail] | CompuServe: 100267,712

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Subject: Last A+B Box Vanishes
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 1994 02:34:50 BST
From: Clive D.W. Feather <[e-mail]>


Pat - this just appeared on uk.telecom; you might like to put it in
the Digest.

 From: [e-mail] (Drew Radtke)
 Subject: Para Stour 224; last A+B phone box in UK
 Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1994 22:40:08 GMT

 I've just watched News at Ten and noticed the '...and finally'
 story about the last phone box in the UK that still had the A+B
 buttons. Those are the ones were you put a coin in, and if the
 person answers you press A and the call is connected, or you
 press B and get you money back if you get no reply.

 It had been in service since the 1930s, and it was on Papa Stour
 on the Shetland Islands. I say was, as today BT replaced with
 with one of the latest digital pay phones.

 The number is Papa Stour 224. I love those sort of phone numbers
 don't you?


Clive D.W. Feather     | Santa Cruz Operation
[e-mail]          | Croxley Centre
Phone: [phone] | Hatters Lane, Watford
Fax:   [phone] | WD1 8YN, United Kingdom

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From: [e-mail] (Jonathan Lundell)
Subject: Cellular Phone Plus Modem
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 1994 01:34:43 GMT


I mentioned recently that I've been using an Air Communicator combo
cellular phone and 14.4 modem (with a Mac Duo). I like it so far.
Several folks have asked for contact info, so I asked AC. They said:

      1-800-AIR-DATA
or    [e-mail]

There's both Windows and (somewhat less) Mac support. The people there
have been helpful so far. The phone's quite a bit bigger than, say, a
Moto flip, but quite a bit handier than phone+adapter+modem. Also, the
modem works with a land line (the phone has an RJ11 jack).


Jonathan Lundell    [e-mail]

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From: david (d.w.) kay <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Need Help With T1
Organization: BNR
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 1994 12:20:00 GMT


In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Michael J. Logsdon) says:

> We are here in Ameritech land in Cleveland.

> We have two SRX phone systems located six miles apart, in different
> CO's.  We have voicemail at one location and want to offer it to the
> other.  I've been told that E&M circuits are the way it is best done.
> Now I'm reading that T1 and 24 circuit capability and that E&M can be
> done on T1.  I need general help with the jargon and what sort of end
> equipment we will need.

Mike:

Can you give some more details?

E&M is NOT the way to go.  It is one of the oldest methods of doing
long distance (Like from the 1930's) and requires a minimum of 4 (but
more likely 8) wires from one switch to another.  T1 at least gives 24
multiplexed lines on one twisted pair of wires.

Can you give more details as to what equipment you have and what your
voice mail system requires.

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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 1994 12:46:00 -0400
From: david (d.w.) kay <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Sony or Northern Telecom Speakerphone Sources?
Organization: BNR


In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Gary L.
Dare) says:

> I'm looking for sources of new or refurb speakerphones from either
> Sony or Northern Telecom.  The NT models that I've come across in the
> business world are particularly impressive and if they're not full
> duplex, their transitions are so smooth that it was not noticeable ...

Dial 1-800-NORTHERN in Canada
or   1-800-842-7439 in USA

You can order directly from them ...


Regards.

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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 94 10:24:51 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Scott Falke)
Subject: Re: Phones For High Noise Areas
Organization: CSU Stanislaus


In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (J.
DeBert) writes:

> I'm helping (unofficially) the Safety and Facilities departments at my
> Real Job to get phones for high noise areas at our facility.

> One particular area is a huge enclosed room full of equipment -- pumps,
> fans, recirculating coolers, et cetera, which produce high levels of
> wideband, low frequency and impulse-type noise ranging from 70 to 95dB
> in the entire area as well as 100dB noise from a 10-inch water supply
> main valve in one spot.

> This is causing problems with telephone communications within the
> area: It is very difficult to hear whom one is talking to on the phone
> and, sometimes, the other party cannot hear, either. Clearly a safety
> problem, especially when miscommunication can occur, leading to unsafe
> equipment operation and when emergency communications are needed.

        [[[snip]]

> I've seen explosion-proof sets that have these features but they have
> been unreliable in the past and expensive. Besides, they are not
> needed. All that is needed is to have sets that can provide reliable
> communications in a high-noise area and are line-powered.

It sounds like you've covered most of the options; maybe painted
yourself into a corner, but here's a few ideas.

Although an XP set, have you looked at the fairly new Crouse-Hinds
model?  I'm fairly sure the set has a line-powered amplifier, and big
buttons for use with gloves.  It's also somewhat corrosion proof, if
that's an issue.

Is the area the phones are located conducive to small, sound-absorbent
kiosks?  I've seen this used as an effective supplement to the
noise-cancelling handsets.  I can locate a manufacturer or two if you
would like.  Email as desired.

As a alternative to phones, how about non-audio signalling such as
something like DTMF keypads and displays on portable 2-way radios?
Heck, maybe Morse code -- you could glue a key on each hard hat.  Even
head-mounted xenon flashers ...

Finally, although possibly a little out of scope, has your safety
group at all considered noise mitigation at the source?  In the past I
have read that Dow {or is it Dupont?} consider noise mitagation in the
industrial setting as having exceptional safety benefits; on both
acute and chronic bases.


substation scott

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Dale Farmer)
Subject: Re: Phones For High Noise Areas
Date: 30 Aug 1994 00:36:49 GMT
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA


J. DeBert ([e-mail]) wrote:

> I'm helping (unofficially) the Safety and Facilities departments at my
> Real Job to get phones for high noise areas at our facility.

> One particular area is a huge enclosed room full of equipment -- pumps,
> fans, recirculating coolers, et cetera, which produce high levels of
> wideband, low frequency and impulse-type noise ranging from 70 to 95dB
> in the entire area as well as 100dB noise from a 10-inch water supply
> main valve in one spot.

> This is causing problems with telephone communications within the
> area: It is very difficult to hear whom one is talking to on the phone
> and, sometimes, the other party cannot hear, either. Clearly a safety

    Depending on the decibel level of the noise in the room your
may want to investgate the "noise booths" That you find in industrial
telecom catalogs.  These are fairly pricey though, but when I have
used them they are far superior to the various noise-cancelling
handsets.  Another consideration is if it is a hazardous noise area
OSHA regulations may require you to provide a telephone that workers
can use without removing their hearing protection (plugs/muffs), or in
a location, such as the booth, where they can safely remove their
hearing protection while using the phone.

    You can build a lower grade one of these things by making an
imitation phone booth out of plywood.  Don't bother with a door for
it. and lining the inside with a layer of accustic foam.  (those
"eggcrate" type foam mattress pads work fine) Hang the phone on the
outside of the booth, with a long enough handset cord to reach inside.
It is amazing how (relatively) quiet it is inside one of these things.
Materials cost about $100 at local stores, plus a couple hours and
some carpenters tools.


Dale Farmer

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    Senate Bill Making Carriers Responsible For Info Content (John Sullivan)
    Second International Conference on Data Transmission (John Coupland)
    Millennium Goes to Prison (Henry Troup)
    Europe: Unlimited Residential Service ([e-mail])
    Bell Canada Plans For 500 Portability Service (David Leibold)
    Name Display, Extra Call Blocking Coming to Bell Canada (David Leibold)

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Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 11:21:46 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Senate Bill Making Carriers Responsible For Info Content


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: John Sullivan, a long time, very loyal
and helpful participant here in this Digest has forwarded the following
which originally appeared in RISKS.  My thanks to John for thinking
of us and passing it along.   PAT]

This is long, and forwarded from RISKS:

  Date: Thu, 25 Aug 1994 14:32:40 -0600
  From: [e-mail] (Daniel J. Weitzner)
  Subject: New indecency rules proposed for all online services

  (900#s in cyberspace)

I.      Overview

        During the final hours before the Senate telecommunications
bill (S.1822) was marked-up by the Senate Commerce Committee, a
provision was added which would expand the current FCC regulation on
obscene and indecent audiotext (900 number) services to virtually all
electronic information services, including commercial online service
providers, the Internet, and BBS operators.  This proposal, introduced
by Senator Exon, would require all information service providers and
all other electronic communication service providers, to take steps to
assure that minors do not have access to obscene or indecent material
through the services offered by the service provider.

       Placing the onus, and criminal liability, on the carrier, as
opposed to the originator of the content, threatens to limit the free
flow of all kinds of information in the online world.  If carriers are
operating under the threat of criminal liability for all of the
content on their services, they will be forced to pre-screen all
messages and limit both the privacy and free expression of the users
of these services.  Senator Exon's amendment raises fundamental
questions about the locus on liability for harm done from content in
new digital communications media.  These questions must be discussed
in a way that assures the free flow of information and holds content
originators responsible for their actions.

II.     Summary of Exon Amendment

       The Exon amendment which is now part of S.1822, expands section
of the Communications Act to cover anyone who "makes, transmits, or
otherwise makes available" obscene or indecent communication.  It
makes no distinction between those entities which transmit the
communications from those which create, process, or use the
communication.  This section of the Communications Act was originally
intended to criminalize harassment accomplished over interstate
telephone lines, and to require telephone companies that offer
indecent 900 number services to prevent minors from having access to
such services.  The 900 number portions are known as the Helms
Amendments, having been championed by Senator Jesse Helms.  These
sections have been the subject of extension constitutional litigation.

       If enacted into law, these amendments would require that anyone
who "makes, transmits, or otherwise makes available" indecent
communication take prescribed steps to assure that minors are
prevented from having access to these communications.  In the case of
900 numbers, acceptable procedures include written verification of a
subscriber's age, payment by credit card, or use of a scrambling
device given to the subscriber after having verified his or her age.
Failure to do so would result in up to a $100,000 fine or up to two
years imprisonment.

III.    Carrier Liability and Threats to the Free Flow of Information

       These provisions raise serious First Amendment concerns.  (Note
that we use the term 'carrier' here to refer to a wide range of
information and communication service providers.  This does not
suggest that these entities are, or should be, common carriers in the
traditional sense of the term.)

       Overbroad carrier liability forces carriers to stifle the free
flow of information on their systems and to act as private censors

       If carriers are responsible for the content of all information
and communication on their systems, then they will be forced to
attempt to screen all content before it is allowed to enter the
system.  In many cases, this would be simply impossible.  But even
where it is possible, such pre-screening can severely limit the
diversity and free flow of information in the online world.  To be
sure, some system operators will want to offer services that
pre-screen content.  However, if all systems were forced to do so, the
usefulness of digital media as communication and information
dissemination systems would be drastically limited.  Where possible,
we must avoid legal structures which force those who merely carry
messages to screen their content.

       Carriers are often legally prohibited from screening messages.

       In fact, under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of
1986, electronic communication service providers are generally
prohibited from examining the contents of messages or information
carrier from one subscriber to another.

       Extension of the 900 number rules to all electronic information
services may be unconstitutional

       The regulation of indecent 900 number programming was only
accomplished after nearly a decade of constitutional litigation, with
rules being overturned by the Supreme Court.  The regulations were
finally found constitutional only after being substantially narrowed
to meet First Amendment scrutiny.  Since the access methods offered by
online service providers are significantly different than simple
telephone access to 900 services, we doubt that the same
constitutional justifications would support the newly expanded rules.
This issue requires considerable study and analysis.

       Content creators, or those who represent the content as their
own, should be responsible for liability arising out of the content.

       In sum, it should be content originators, not carriers, who are
responsible for their content.  Any other approach will stifle the
free flow of information in the new digital media.

IV.     Next Steps

       Having only just received the language offered by Senator Exon,
EFF still needs to do further analysis, and consult with others in the
online community.  We also hope to speak with Senator Exon's staff to
understand their intent.  Another important hearing will be held on
S.1822 in mid-September by the Senate Judiciary Committee.  By that
time, we hope to have this issue resolved.  While we agree that these
carrier liability problems are in need of Congressional consideration,
we do not believe that the time is ripe to act.  Before any action is
taken, hearings must be held and careful evaluation of all the issues,
not just indecency, must be undertaken.

Daniel J. Weitzner, Deputy Policy Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation,
1001 G St. NW Suite 950 East, Washington, DC 20001 [phone](v)

------------------------------

From: Coupland, John <[e-mail]>
Subject: Second International Conference on Data Transmission
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 94 11:35:00 PDT


Second International Conference on "Data Transmission - Advances in
data communication, technology and applications" IEE, Savoy Place,
London: 27 February - 1 March 1995

CALL FOR PAPERS


AIMS

The second IEE International Conference on Data Transmission will
review new developments in data communications in terms of theoretical
work, technology and applications. The aim of the conference is to
bring together users and technologists in a forum which will encourage
user awareness of new technologies and provide feedback on the
practical applications and issues of concern.

Much of the discussion involved in the development of these new
technologies occurs in standards committees in which manufacturers
rather than users set the requirements. This conference will provide a
forum where a broader audience can comment on such topical issues.

A specific aim is to improve the understanding of how modems and ISDN
will evolve and co-exist with other technologies, such as wireless
systems, over the next few years.

The conference will help:

Telecomms managers to develop their data communications strategy and
to improve their interactions with suppliers.

Data communications manufacturers to match their product strategy to
users' requirements.

Computer hardware and software developers to understand trends in data
transmission.

Telecomms service providers to introduce new services so that they are
closer to the users' needs and within the technology available.

Academics to discuss their recent work with colleagues and choose
directions for future work.

The conference papers will be of a reasonable technical level and will
address both technology and applications. A number of panel sessions
will be used to bring out key discussion points and to encourage
communication between conference delegates.

SCOPE

Contributions should be technical in nature but, where possible, of a
level that users will find informative. Papers are requested on any of
the following topics but papers on other closely related areas will
also be considered.


Analogue Technology

Recent advances in modem and fax transmission technology.  Experience
in the implementation and use of the techniques in V.34 modems will be
particularly welcome.

Signal-processing techniques used in high-speed modems.

Modem hardware and software components.

Modem performance measurement.

Modem management and diagnostics.

Digital Technology

New advances in ISDN terminal adapters.

Use of ISDN basic rate and primary rate for data transmission.

ISDN channel aggregation and bandwidth management.

ISDN/PSTN inter-working issues and solutions.

Data compression techniques.

Schemes for compression of synchronous data.

High-speed transmission in the local loop - HDSL and ADSL.

Communications Hardware and Software

The PC as a multi-mode communications platform.

High performance serial interfaces.

Command languages for data, voice and fax devices.

Communications APIs.

Access security and encryption mechanisms.


Wireless Technology

Access to LANs and PBXs.

Access to public data networks.

Replacement for copper local loops.

Point-to-point and multipoint data systems.

Data transmission over analogue and digital cellular systems.


Applications

Transmission of voice, video and data using modems, ISDN or wireless
technologies.

Audiographics conferencing.

Teleworking.

PC-Host communications.

LAN-to-LAN interconnection.

Remote LAN workstation techniques.


CONTRIBUTIONS

The Organising Committee invites offers of contributions and review
papers for consideration for inclusion in the conference programme.

Those wishing to offer a contribution should submit a synopsis of up
to 1 side of A4 paper, to be received by the Secretariat on or before
5 August 1994.  The synopsis should include the main points of the
paper and should indicate its innovative contrib ution and the
inclusion of practical results.

Authors whose synopses are selected for development into full
contributions for further consideration will be requested to provide a
typescript of a maximum of 5000 words of text, (less if illustrations
are included) for assessment by 4 November 1994.

Final versions of all papers will be published by the IEE, and copies
of the proceedings will be provided to all Conference Delegates.

DEADLINES

Receipt of synopsis                      5 September 1994
Notification of acceptance               September 1994
Receipt of camera ready manuscript       4 November 1994


WORKING LANGUAGE

The working language of the Conference is English which will be used
for all printed material, presentations and discussions.

VENUE

The Conference will be held at the Institution of Electrical
Engineers, Savoy Place, London WC2, UK.

EXHIBITION

It is proposed to arrange a small technical exhibition in association
with the Conference.  Those requiring further details of layout and
charges should so indicate on the attached reply-form.

SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME

Student IEE Members and Younger IEE Members presenting papers at this
Conference may be eligible for an IEE Scholarship to assist with the
cost of registration fees and reasonable accommodation charges. Please
contact the IEE's Scholarship Department fo r further details.

PROGRAMME AND REGISTRATION

Registration forms and further programme details will be published a
few months before the event and will be sent to those who complete and
return the attached reply-form.


ORGANISERS

The Conference is being organised by the Electronics Division of the
Institution of Electrical Engineers in association with:

British Computer Society

Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (UKRI Section and
Communication Chapter) Telecommunications Managers Association

Telecommunication Users' Association

UK ISDN User Forum

CONFERENCE ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Mr W L Pechey, Hayes Microcomputer Products Inc (Chairman)
Mr J Brownlie, Consultant
Mr J P Edney, Symbionics Ltd
Professor P G Farrell, University of Manchester
Mr C N Firth, Racal Research
Mr J Haine, Ionica
Professor B Honary, University of Lancaster
Mr M Jones, Consultant
Mr M J Maundrell, DRA
Mr J L Moughton, Cray Communications Ltd

CORRESPONDING MEMBERS

Dr M Blaum, IBM, USA
Dr A Clark, Hayes Microcomputer Products Inc, USA
Mr G D Forney Jr, Motorola, USA
Mr K Krechmer, ACTION Consulting, USA
Professor Dr-Ing J Lindner, Universitat Ulm, Germany

SECRETARIAT

DT95 Secretariat
Conference Services
Institution of Electrical Engineers
Savoy Place
London  WC2R 0BL

Tel: [phone]
 International [phone]
Fax: [phone]
 International [phone]
Telex: 261176 IEE LDN G
Email:[e-mail]
(please quote DT95 in message)

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 15:07:00 -0400
From: henry (h.w.) troup <[e-mail]>
Subject: Millennium Goes to Prison


KINGSTON, Ontario -- The success of a recent trial of the Northern
Telecom Millennium pay phone at Collins Bay Prison in Kingston,
Ontario, may mean the system is set to go to prison for life.

Northern Telecom partnered with the Canadian Federal Correctional
Services, telephone consortium Stentor, and Bell Canada, to customize
the flexible Millennium system architecture to fit the unique demands
of a prison setting. The resulting "Millennium Inmate Solution"
includes real-time management of inmate phone traffic to allow or
restrict numbers, and enhance fraud control.

Production on the Millennium Inmate Solution is slated to begin in
Calgary by year-end, after final reviews by Stentor and the federal
government. Roll out to federal prisons coast to coast is planned for
the first quarter of 1995. The new prison phone system was also very
well received by the American Correctional Association when it was
shown at their conference this month in St. Louis, Missouri.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Quioqy)
Subject: Europe: Unlimited Residential Service
Date: 1 Sep 1994 04:16:00 -0400
Organization: SatelNET


> "Freedom of information" = cost of internet host + cost of local call.

Thanks everybody for your response. Here are some highlights:

                Daytime    Nite&Hol                    "F_of_Info"
        Telco   Telecom    Telcom    IntHost  IntHost   Total_90_hrs
        US$/mo. US$/hr     US$/hr    US$/mo.  US$/hr    US$/mo.
Germany          1.50       0.75      20-30     0.0     97-165
  rural          9.00       4.50        "        "      435-840
France           2.50       0.90      20-50     0.0     111-255
  rural         24.00       4.80        "        "      462-2200
Britain          1.80                 17.50     0.0       179
  rural         10.00       3.70        "        "      350-917
Sweden           0.60                  7.00     1.0       151
  rural
UnitSta  13-15   0.0        0.0        0-30     0.0      30-40
  rural  13-15   8.40       8.40                           -786

Here are some of the comments received:

Sweden: "..perhaps the most deregulated market in the world. Anyone may
start his own telecom and carry which ever service, he likes..."
Germany: "..the monopolistic Deutche Telecom, fearing upcoming competition
starting as late as 1998, plan to charge 100% !!! more as of 1996
(or 1995?)."
France: "..the above prices are for someone living in the Paris area. A long
distance call before 6 pm and of more than 60 miles is US$ 0.43 per
min.."
to which a US caller responds "..that is quiet expensive, indeed for
US$ 0,43 per min I can call Paris from here.."
Britain: "British Telecom is launching an internet service shortly, but
costs are not available yet."
United States: "In the U.S. unlimited service means free local calls. For
example I have unlimited service here at my beach cottage so I can call
the Cisco router I connect to, which is about 50 km from here, but
considered to be local at no charge. I can (and do) stay on the phone 14
hours per day without paying more than my regular monthly flat rate
service which is US$ 10.45 + 9 % tax." (The respondent is a writer who
works with internet information.)

Flat residential rates: It appears that the U.S. and Hongkong are the
only areas where flat residential rates prevail. However, some areas
like New York and Chicago charge per call. In New York it is US$ 0.10
per call, but there is no limit on the length of a call.  !!Hongkong
based netters, please confirm the rates in the city state!!  ??Are
there any other areas out there with flat local rates??

More comments will be presented in the next posting. And your opinion?
PS. One respondent seeks an internet host in Toulouse. Please reply.!!

------------------------------

From: woody <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 23:16:23 -0400
Subject: Bell Canada Plans For 500 Portability Service


[from Bell News, 29 Aug 1994]

Coming in '95 - 500-numbers for 'gadabouts'

For the Toronto-based sales person who is 'on the road' throughout
Canada and the U.S. more often than he's at home, we'll soon be able
to offer a phone number that will allow him to be called wherever he
hangs his hat.

It's called a 500 number.

With such a number, the customer can be reached whether he's in Moose
Jaw or Milwaukee.

Bell Communications Research Inc. (Bellcore), which administers the
North American telephone numbering plan, is now assigning blocks of
personal "go anywhere" numbers to telephone companies and wireless
carriers across the U.S. and Canada.

These personal numbers all conform to the following format:
1-500-NXX-XXXX where N can be any number from 2 to 9, and X can be any
number from 1 to 9.  [DL note: actually that should be 0 to 9]

Bellcore is assigning the NXX prefix codes, each of which gives its
owner access to 10,000 different numbers (derived from combinations of
the four-digit XXXX suffix).

Stentor Resource Centre Inc. on behalf of Bell has applied to Bellcore
for blocks of 500-number prefix codes. Mobility Canada also applied
for numbers on behalf of its members which include Bell Mobility.

Although we're gearing up to offer 500-number service in 1995,
development is still in the initial stages.

Portability - an inevitable thorn.

Portability - the ability to use the same personal number regardless of one's
carrier - muddies the 500-number waters.

Initially, the 500-number system will hunt for subscribers based on
vendor-specific prefix codes, the premise being that if the network
knows who supplied a given number, it will be easier to find its user.

But if a 500-number customer switches carriers, were portability in
effect, his 500-number would go with him, and the network would no
longer be able to use the prefix code to identify his carrier. The
network must then look at all ten digits of a 500-NXX-XXXX number to
find the carrier. This increases the complexity of the search and puts
more demands on the network.

Given those difficulties, portability will be offered, although likely not
until the network has been up and running for some time.

We're currently offering PrimeLine service which allows one number to
reach customers anywhere *within a local area*. This service employs
less efficient call routing than upcoming AIN-based systems.

Members of Mobility Canada offer a similar service called PrimeLine Direct.

                                ---

The technology:

500-number service will employ AIN (Advanced Intelligent Network)
technology that permits calls to be directed efficiently through a
North American-wide network of databases and customer-specified call
routing instructions.

The service uses computers to search for 500-number customers in a
sequence programmed by users. For instance, a call might be routed
first to the office, then to the car, then to the home, and finally to
the cottage. In the evening, calls could be routed to the home first.

------------------------------

From: woody <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 23:18:15 -0400
Subject: Name Display, Extra Call Blocking Coming to Bell Canada


[from Bell News, (Bell Canada/Bell Ontario), 29 August 1994]

New options will preserve privacy.

Privacy is a red hot social issue these days.

That's why we're anticipating a high level of interest in the name
display option that we'll be offering our customers starting October 24.

Name display - an option for use with Call Display, one of our
SmartTouch[tm] services - will allow customers to see the name in
addition to the telephone number of the person or business calling
them.

Aware of the sensitivity of the issue when it granted Bell approval in
June to offer the name display option, the CRTC also approved our
proposal to extend "Per-Call Blocking" to all our customers (where
technically possible) free of charge.

The CRTC also asked us to extend the availability of "Per-Line
Blocking" and to offer a "Private Name" message option.

What do these options add up to?

To ensuring the privacy rights of callers which are viewed by Bell and
the CRTC as "equally important" as the rights of persons called.

To protect the privacy of callers, we are offering blocking choices
that stop or block the number and name of callers from being seen by
the people they call.

Per Call-Blocking, for example, satisfies the need to block the
occasional call.

"Per-Line Blocking," which is also free will be offered by request
(with a call to the Bell Customer Service Centre). It is geared to
shelters for victims of domestic violence, crisis lines, social
service agencies as well as victims and potential victims of violence.

"Private Name" Message replaces the caller's name with the message
"PRIVATE NAME" which will appear on the display screen of the called
party's phone set or the add-on Bell 415 unit.

All these options, plus other privacy safeguards, are outlined in an
account insert which is being mailed out to customers beginning this
week.

Bell has also produced a brochure, Privacy and Your Telephone - A
Guide for Bell Canada Customers. It's available in our Bell Phonecentre
stores or by calling the Bell Customer Service Centre at the number
shown on the front of our customers' account.

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TELECOM Digest     Thu, 1 Sep 94 15:34:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 360

Inside This Issue:                          Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Understanding Pay TV - A One Day Course (Stuart Glanfield)
    Excel Telecommunications (Mark Glenn)
    Wide Area Network Connectivity Using Lotus Notes (D. Seshagiri)
    Wanted! One Channel Voice/Fax/Modem PC Cards and Supplier Info (M. Rubinov)
    Where Do I Pay my NYNEX Bill? (Bradley Allen)
    QModem 4.5 Experiences Wanted (Donald Parriott)
    Two Communications Items (Compuserve, Bell Atlantic) (Paul Robinson)
    Connection Between Distant Appletalk Networks (Giot Renaud)
    Seeking Telephone Historians (Arnold L. Cornez, J.D.)
    Re: Security Deposit From Local Phone Carrier (James Deibele)
    Re: Security Deposit From Local Phone Carrier (Nigel Allen)
    Re: Security Deposit From Local Phone Carrier (John Levine)
    Re: CBS Radio Piece About New Area Codes (Linc Madison)
    Re: CBS Radio Piece About New Area Codes (Mitch Weiss)
    Re: CBS Radio Piece About New Area Codes ([e-mail])
    Re: Curious How Many Carriers Own Cross-Continental Lines (YS Gutfreund)
    Re: Curious How Many Carriers Own Cross-Continental Lines (K McConnaughey)

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Understanding Pay TV - A One Day Course
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Organization: Electrical Engineering, The University of Sydney, Australia
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 02:55:37 GMT


        A ONE DAY COURSE


PROGRAM

Friday, 16 September 1994

0830-0900   Registration and Coffee

Session 1:  Transmission Technologies

0900-0920
Welcome
Prof Trevor Cole, Head of Department, Sydney University Electrical Engineering

0920-1000
MDS - The "Wireless Cable" Solution
David Ingham, Director, David Ingham Communications and Course Designer
Aim: To explain the strengths and weaknesses of this low-cost solution
to Pay TV.

1000-1040
ADSL - Asymetric Digital Subscribers Loop
Ross Halgren, Technical Manager - Transport and Communication, AWA
Communications
Aim: To bring participants up to date with the use of the subscriber
loop to provide Pay TV.

1040-1110   Morning tea

1110-1150
Fibre/Cable - Telecom's Interim Solution
Dr John Semple, Project Leader, Telecom Research Laboratories
Aim: To provide an introduction to the architecture of a fibre cable network.

1150-1230
Satellite - The Mandated Delivery System
Dr Mark Harwood, Sales Manager, Media and Communications, Optus Communications
Aim: To explain how digital transmission will improve capacity.

1230-1330   Lunch

Session 2:  Carrier and Operator Issues

1330-1410
Common Carrier Issues
David Havyatt, General Manager, Media, Telecom Australia
Aim:  To provide an overview of how Telecom sees itself in the Pay TV market.

1410-1450
Spectrum Management Issues of Pay Television

Roger Smith, Executive Manager, Business Directions, Spectrum Management
Agency, Canberra
Aim: To provide an introduction to the issues of spectrum management
in Pay TV.

1450-1520   Afternoon tea

1520-1600
The Role of the National Broadcaster

Rosemary Sinclair, Director, Strategic Development, Australian Broadcasting
Corporation
Aim: To explain how the new Broadcasting Services Act creates
opportunities for a national broadcaster.

1600-1630
Summary
David Ingham

Further Information:

Stuart Glanfield,
phone: [phone],
fax: [phone],
email: [e-mail].

------------------------------

Subject: Excel Telecommunications
From: [e-mail] (Mark Glenn)
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 94 11:31:00 -0500
Organization: Cincinnati Computer Connection - Cincinnati, OH - 513-752-1055
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Mark Glenn)


To anyone interested in joining the fastest growing long distance
company in the country, Excel Telecommunications, call George Preston
@ 513 752 7391. We are currently looking for people interested in
sales/marketing.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: What makes your company the 'fastest
growing'?  That is a claim I hear often. If you ask me, there are so
many players in this game now the margin of profit for any independent
sales rep in telecom has been almost entirely squeezed away.   PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Subject: Wide Area Network Connectivity Using Lotus Notes
Date: 01 Sep 1994 12:00:00 GMT
Organization: DEC, New Delhi, India


Hello:

My name is Seshagiri and I am working in areas of Networks and Operating
Systems for Digital Equipment India Limited, (Indian Subsidary of Digital
Equipment Corporation) in New Delhi India.

Our client uses Lotus Notes Rel 3.0 as a Work group for Windows
environment and the offices world wide are connected over Dial up
lines.  The users at one site compose the mail docs locally and the
messages are sent across over dial up lines to other locations.

My questions are:

1. Can Lotus Notes offer remote logins?

2. Has anyone used Lotus Notes on X25 and leased lines?
   What is the experience?

I will summarize the responses I receive plus any other information I
collect if anyone is interested.


D. Seshagiri
Digital Equipment India Limited
6 Floor Tolstoy House
Tostoy Marg   New Delhi 110012
INTERNET : [e-mail]
FAX: [phone]   VOICE:91-11-3715324

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Michael Rubinov)
Subject: Wanted! One Channel Voice/Fax/Modem PC Cards and Supplier Info
Organization: Dialogic Corporation, Parsippany NJ
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 94 17:17:46 GMT


Hi all!

I am interested in getting information about suppliers and manufacturers of:

 1 or 2 channels VOICE + FAX/MODEM PC cards with the following features:
    - Windows driver.
    - Library support for API development.
    - With features: Call progress, DTMF detection, PLAY/RECORD.

I am sure that cards like this exist. If you have any information about
it please let me know.


Thanks!

Michael

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Bradley Allen)
Subject: Where Do I Pay my NYNEX Bill?
Date: 31 Aug 1994 18:40:25 -0400
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC


Does anybody know where to send my payment for my NYNEX bill?

I have all this cash and a NYNEX account that's due around now, and I
can't find an address to pay it.  I'm worried they're going to turn
off my phone!

The billing line, 212-890-2100, is busy every time I call.

I called the administrative offices, and after holding for 25 minutes,
they told me an address at 412 W. 36th St.  I went there and it was
closed.

I can pay cash or money order.  I live right next to the 24 hour
United States Post Office.

Someone please help!


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I don't really believe some of the mail
I get from one day to the next. This is a good example. I would suggest
to our correspondent that you wait until NYNEX renders a bill for the
service. There will be an envelope enclosed to be used for payment, and
an address on the statement enclosed. I don't really think they are
going to cut you if you wait until their bill arrives and then pay it
in a timely way upon presentation. Is there something I am missing here
somewhere?   PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Donald Parriott)
Subject: QModem 4.5 Experiences Wanted
Date: 30 Aug 1994 01:14:50 GMT
Organization: Planet Access Networks - Stanhope, NJ


If anyone is using QModem 4.5, I'd like to hear from you (via e-mail
please!  I'm having a problem using it in VT100 mode.


Don Parriott   Internet Address: [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 11:31:52 EDT
From: Paul Robinson <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: Paul Robinson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Two Communications Items (Compuserve, Bell Atlantic)
Organization: Tansin A. Darcos & Company, Silver Spring, MD USA


 From the Business Digest, {Washington Post}, Wed Aug 31, 1994, Page F1:

Bell Atlantic said Lands' End, Nordstrom and J.C. Penney have agreed
to sell their goods next year in a proposed trial of the telephone
company's video-shopping service in Northern Virginia.  If federal
regulators approve the company's "video dial tone" service, the
home-shopping trial will reach 1,000 Bell Atlantic customers.

Compuserve, the commercial on-line information service, plans to
provide business customers with direct access to the Internet in
November.  It will also upgrade consumer subscribers' access starting
late this year, with direct Internet access scheduled for next year.
In addition, it is funding a new company to develop other Internet
services.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Giot Renaud)
Subject: Connection Between Distant Appletalk Networks
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 17:50:49 +0100
Organization: UCL/CABI/GEBI


I try to connect (cheaply) three distant Macintosh networks to a
principal one with permanent telephone lines (no dialing up): one line
(and consequently two modems) for each connection between networks.

The objective to do this is to permit the connection of distant
4Dclient to a unique 4D server in the principal network. To do this,
each distant network must see the principal network and the principal
network must see each computer of the distant ones.

I think it must be possible with Apple Internet Router, but how is it
possible to connect without dialing? Other problem: how increase the
amount of serial modem port on the same computer? Doesn't it tell
problems in terms of performence?

It is perhaps possible by using Apple Remote Access, but in this case
will each network see the others?

Perhaps are there other solutions?


Thanks in advance.

Giot Renaud   Unit of Bioengineering -
Catholic University of Louvain
Place Croix du Sud, 2/19
B-1348 Louvain-La-Neuve  Belgium
Tel.: [phone]    Fax.:[phone]
Email:[e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 10:27:44 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Arnold L. Cornez, J.D.)
Subject: Seeking Telephone Historians


Attention *old timers* or telephone historians:

I came across an old business card for my wife's grandfather's business
formerly located in Charleroi, PA.  The card gives the phone number as:

          Bell Phone 698J

I have an academic curiousity of what the number meant and of the
strange numbering systems.  Sounds a lot more charming than the
present 1 plus ten digits. Any help?


Thanks,

Arnold L. Cornez, J.D., Cornez & Associates    Voice: 1-800-541-1441
International Financial & Business Consultants   Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]    Snail mail: (Silicon Valley)
    333 W. Maude Av., Ste. 112, Sunnyvale, Calif. 94086, U.S.A.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: It was a small town switchboard, probably
with only a few hundred subscribers, or maybe a couple thousand subscribers
at best. All subscribers had numbers consisting of one to four digits.
Usually the original, or charter subscribers had the lowest numbers with
one, two or three digits. Sometimes 'important subscribers' had the single
digit numbers with the long term subscribers since the early days having
two digit numbers, etc. For example in those long ago times in Whiting,
Indiana, the Town Clerk was 'Whiting 1', the Mayor's Office was 'Whiting 2'.
The Walgreen Agency Drugstore, which had been there since sometime in the
1920's was 'Whiting 89'. Oddly enough, the Whiting Refinery, a subsidiary
of the Standard Oil Division of Amoco Oil Corporation, which started in
1890, holds massive amounts of real estate all over town and was the only
reason the town of Whiting ever existed -- then and now -- had the number
'Whiting 2111' for their PBX operator, although the important people at
the refinery had their own private lines, such as 'Whiting 6' in the
superintendent's office, etc. Police and fire were just generally 'police'
and 'fire' when requested through the operator, although I think officially
they were numbers 3 and 4 respectively. At the Hoosier Auditorium Theatre,
which was sort of the community hall, an answering machine (yes, one
of the real old fashioned kind that weighed a hundred pounds in the big
cabinet with the large round spinning drum coated with mylar) answered
with recorded announcements of events going on, movies in the theatre
and other news on the number 'Whiting 1234'.  The Western Union office
was 'Whiting 4321', but that was because WUTCO always had a sweetheart
relationship with Bell and they always had exchange-4321 as the number
to call in telegrams over the phone in every community.

If a letter followed the number, as in your example '698-J' that indicated
it was a party line. There were probably four (or maybe two) subscribers
with the number 698, and the letter indicated which one was to be signalled
on incoming calls. I think the party line letters everywhere were 'H', 'J'
'M' and 'R'.  If the operator was requested to ring one of those numbers
she had to press down the associated button H/J/M/R at the same time she
pulled the ringing key in order to ring the correct phone and not the
others. If the phrase 'Bell' appeared as part of the number then possibly
there was a competing phone exchange in the community; the calling party
has to indicate *which company's* '698' he was trying to reach; although
frequently the competing companies agreed not to duplicate numbers in
order to avoid confusion.     PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (James Deibele)
Subject: Re: Security Deposit From Local Phone Carrier
Date: 31 Aug 1994 21:55:03 -0700
Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access [phone]


In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:

> Does anybody know any information about the regulation for
> local phone company charging security deposits?

> I am trying to get a phone connection for my new home. The local phone
> company (Bell Atlantic) wants to charge me $50 deposit and $70 prepaid
[...]
> [customer goodwill with the best interests of the company. A security
> deposit equal to a month or two month's estimated billings is considered
> reasonable ...  PAT]

Count your blessings: I've been running a public access site for five
years. During that time the business was a sole proprietorship.  We're
now incorporated and are moving things from my DBA to the corporation.
One of the things I wanted to move was the phone lines.

Because it's a new corporation with no track record, US West wants a
deposit equal to two months charges ... on 133 phone lines, soon to be
161.  Our phones cost about $30/month each.

And that doesn't include the T1, the 56Ks, the voice lines, etc.


[e-mail]
Full internet (ftp, telnet, irc, ppp) available.   Voice: [phone]
Portland: [phone] 2400, N81.  Login as "new" to setup an account.
Vancouver: [phone]   Salem: [phone]    FAX: [phone]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: In lieu of a deposit, telco would
probably accept your personal guarentee in writing since you do already
have a track record with them. The day you called telco to tell them
you were incorporating, the rep you spoke with probably thought to
herself, "Do we look like a bunch of fools?"  ha ha  ... they know the
corporation can go out of business leaving telco holding the bag and
no one individually responsible.  As them to accept your personal
guarentee.  PAT]

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 02:36:03 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Nigel Allen)
Subject: Re: Security Deposit From Local Phone Carrier
Organization: 52 Manchester Avenue, Toronto M6G 1V3
Reply-To: [e-mail]


[e-mail] writes:

> Does anybody know any information about the regulation for
> local phone company charging security deposits?

This varies from telephone company to telephone company, and
individual state public utility commissions may have their own rules
as well.

In Canada, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications
Commission says that telephone companies under its jurisdiction
can only require a security deposit if the customer:

(a) has no credit history with the telephone company and
will not provide satisfactory credit information;

(b) has an unsatisfactory credit rating with the telephone
company due to payment practices in the previous two years regarding
the telephone company's servics; or

(c) clearly presents an abnormal risk of loss.

The CRTC also requires the telephone company to notify the applicant
or customer of the specific reason for requiring a deposit, and of the
possibility of providing an alternative for a deposit, such as
arranging for third party payment, a bank letter or credit or a
written guarantee from a third person whose credit is established to
the satisfaction of the telephone company.

[Source: Bell Canada, Terms of Service, Article 7. Other telephone
companies in Canada have nearly identical terms of service.]

Public utilities commissions have to balance the risk of losses from
unpaid bills against the need to provide universal service.  My
impression is that state public utilities commissions in the U.S.  are
generally more willing to allow telephone companies to impose security
deposits than is the CRTC.

For people on limited incomes, high security deposits or installation
charges can be more of a barrier to telephone service than the monthly
cost of service.


Nigel Allen   [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 31 Aug 94 18:20 EDT
From: [e-mail] (John Levine)
Subject: Re: Security Deposit From Local Phone Carrier


I love telcos that want security deposits.  As far as I'm concerned,
the more the better.

In Massachusetts, they pay 7%/yr.  In Vermont, they pay an astounding
10%/yr.  Where else can you get interest like that on your money?  And
with almost no risk?


Regards,

John Levine, [e-mail]
Primary perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies"

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Linc Madison)
Subject: Re: CBS Radio Piece About New Area Codes
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 16:31:49 PDT


Carl Moore writes:

> He didn't say 540 was the first area code not to have 0 or 1 as the
> middle digit.  All I can tell from the article alone is that 540 is
> one of the first of such codes (maybe it got attention because it
> will be rather close to Washington, although he was reporting from
> New York).

Yes, I was just nitpicking on the "first" issue.  Probably he
mentioned 540 because of its proximity to Washington and because it's
been in the news more the last couple of weeks than 334 and others.

> Could he have had the July 1, 1995 deadline in mind for the system
> to be ready for the NNX area codes?  That deadline, which would fit
> "next summer" (1995) was noted in telecom as being moved to 6 months
> earlier (Jan. 1, 1995).

Yes, he was probably just working from outdated information there.
I'm sure that between now and the end of January, people will begin to
realize that the changes won't be waiting for summer.  At least, in
certain parts of Alabama, Washington, Arizona, and other states ...


Linc Madison   *   Oakland, California   *   [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Mitch Weiss)
Subject: Re: CBS Radio Piece About New Area Codes
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 21:19:30
Organization: IAC


> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Not for the telcos, it generally won't
> be a problem. The problem will be mainly for those subscribers who use
> privately maintained toll-restriction/toll fraud prevention devices
> which rely on the 'zero/one as second digit' to detect whatever they
> are looking for.

The problem with the new area codes is not only for toll fraud
detection systems.  Most PBX's will require upgrades.  Depending on
the PBX, it may be just a simple and relatively inexpensive software
upgrade.  For some companies, however, it could be quite expensive.  I
have talked to a person who has a rather old Northern Telecom SL1 PBX.
He will have to spend about $30,000 on hardware upgrades just to get
the hardware needed to run the new software release.

The new area codes are also an issue for all people who have telephone
call accounting systems.  For example, the Chicago Suburbs will have a
new code 630.  If an old call accounting system sees a number
630-234-5678, most without the software upgrades will price it as a
call to the local 630 exchange (it will assume the number is 630-2345)
since it tosses the extra digits to handle things like pagers and
voice mail.  Without a software upgrade (that can range from hundreds
to thousands of dollars) they will not price calls correctly.  And, as
you stated, it also affects toll fraud software.

Many vendors are treating the new area codes as a cash windfall.  It
is not often that you can "force" your entire installed base to
upgrade their software or hardware for a hefty price.


Mitchell Weiss   [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: Jonathan <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 22:27:17 -0400
Subject: Re: CBS Radio Piece About New Area Codes


Linc Madison wrote that Dan Rather said:

> In Northern Virginia, the code will be 540.

Actually, I believe that the 540 area code will cover all areas
currently part of area code 703 but not in the metropolitan Washington
region.  Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC will keep the 703
area code.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Yechezkal-Shimon Gutfreund)
Subject: Re: Curious How Many Carriers Own Cross-Continental Lines
Date: 31 Aug 1994 18:04:27 GMT
Organization: GTE Laboratories, Inc.
Reply-To: [e-mail]


My curiousity is more focused on trying to figure out how much spare
capacity we have in the long-haul network (both intercontinentally and
to various overseas locations). That is, given a 2%/month growth in
Internet Traffic, when will we run out of headroom given the current
installed national and transnational grid?


Yechezkal-Shimon Gutfreund                [e-mail] [MIME]
GTE Laboratories, Waltham MA     ftp://ftp.gte.com/pub/circus/home/home.html

------------------------------

Subject: Re: Curious How Many Carriers Own Cross-Continental Lines
From: [e-mail] (Kevin McConnaughey)
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 94 22:51:49 EDT
Organization: Retrograde Motion BBS - Oakton, VA.


[e-mail] (Bradley Allen) writes:

> First, by my VERY rough calculations from traceroute times, Sprint's
> lines from Washington, DC to Stockton, California are .8 efficient in
> terms of directness.  While at first I was very impressed, I realized
> this is just somewhat impressive, considering some railroad right of
> ways are basically this direct already.

You have picked two sites that are near major hubs for Sprint.  Both
the fiber transmission network and the switched network have key sites
in these two locations.  I do not understand your point about railroad
rights of way and "directness".  From the point of view of the
switched voice network Sprint has an almost flat architecture -- almost
every switch is directly connected to all other switches.  But I don't
think that is related to your measurement.  I assume the statistic you
quote is related to performance over the TCP/IP network. I believe
performance in that network should be more closely related to the
number of data switches and routers the data travels through rather
than the (relatively) smaller differences due to actual physical
transmission path length.

  (stuff deleted here)

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Regards the directness of routing in the
> example you gave of Sprint, you should bear in mind that Sprint had its
> beginning in the late 1970's as the telecommunications department of the
> Southern Pacific Railroad. It was that railroad's desire to modernize
> and upgrade its (then) very obsolete telecom network which led to the
> upgrading which later became Sprint when the railroad decided to sell
> the excess capacity created in the modernization. Sprint is an acronym
> for <S>outhern <P>acific <R>ailroad <I>nternal <N>etwork <T>elecommunications

Pat, I don't think the origin you have for "SPRINT" is quite correct.
The story related to me by fellow former SPCC employees who were there
was:

SPCC (Southern Pacific Communications Co.) needed a name for a new
service product.  An internal naming contest was held to generate
names for the service.  An unofficial, unwritten rule was that the
first two letters of the service name would be SP. There was
apparently more than one entry with the name "SPRINT". I do not know
who the people were that suggested Sprint as the name.  It was not an
acronym.  There were attempts to create acronyms after the fact.
Several that I have heard in addition to your suggestion are:

      <S>outhern <P>acific <R>ailroad <I>nternal <N>e<T>work
      <S>outhern <P>acific <R>ailroad <IN>ternal <T>elecom...

Unfortunately I do not have any written documentation of this genesis of
the Sprint name but I do trust the memories of those that told me.

By the way, when I first joined SPCC there was a product called Sprint
LTD.  It was for residential users and they could call only during
"limited" off-peak hours.  This limited access was physically enforced
rather than by an economic, pricing mechanism.  LTD users' access
codes were only functional certain times of the day.

Another oddity for the historical archives of deregulation and change
in the industry over the last 15 years.


[e-mail]  (Kevin McConnaughey)
Retrograde Motion BBS - Oakton, Virginia [phone]

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Inside This Issue:                          Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    ComCast Cellular Finally Upgrades its Software (Doug Reuben)
    UC Berkeley Short Courses on Communications (Harvey Stern)
    AT&T Can't Take "Yes" For an Answer (Greg Trotter)
    Internet/MBone Access From Ship (Jim Hendee)
    Wanted: Info on Internet Use by Securities Firms (Masanori Ashizawa)
    URL Sources for Telecom (Great Sources) (Julie Johnson)
    WilTel Opens New Office in Cyberspace (David Cordeiro)
    900 Mhz Cordless Phone Evaluations (Chris Campbell)
    MCI and $25 Checks: My Experience (Michael P. Deignan)

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From: [e-mail] (Cid Technologies)
Subject: ComCast Cellular Finally Upgrades its Software
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 03:21:20 PDT


I mentioned a number of months ago how an older version of Motorola's
EMX switch software (cellular) prevented many roamers from getting
call-waiting indication tones while roaming in EMX-based systems.

A couple of good examples where this was/is a problem is for GTE
Mobilnet customers roaming on Pac*Bell's system, and Cell One/NY's
customers roaming on the ComCast EMX system to the south and the Bell
Atlantic (Metro Mobile) system to the north.

If you are on the phone in one of these EMX areas, callers who dialed
your number will (usually) hear a *single* busy tone, and then get
bounced to voicemail (depending on if the cellco uses IS-41A, which I
think they both do). YOU never have any idea that anyone has just
called, and at least with GTE you will have to pay airtime for the
call as well. (CO/NY has a similar billing problem -- if you are
currently on the phone in ComCast NJ/DE/PA and you get a call, it is
bounced back to voicemail, but the billing systems sees this as you
trying to access voicemail by calling yourself, and bills airtime for
it. You USED to be able to call your own number and get voicemail (as
you can in the CO/NY 00025 system), but now it varies, and in a few
weeks you will only get a busy signal. But to the billing system, if
you call yourself or if someone else calls and your phone busy then
both calls *appear* to be the same, and thus an airtime charge is
incorrectly incurred in the later case.)

Since ComCast is an NACN system, all features, including CW, are
supposed to work, and I presume in order to conform to the NACN
standards, ComCast is implementing the new EMX software soon to ensure
that it becomes fully NACN compliant.

Note that Metro Mobile (which I believe is also using IS-41 now
to/from NY) is NOT an NACN system. I suspect that they will join the
NACN if and when McCaw's recently acquired Litchfield system joins so
that they can get full state coverage/call-delivery, which only SNET
(B-side) currently offers. However, presently, they do not need to
conform to the NACN standards and call-waiting will not work in CT for
NY customers (or Boston customer who roam into CT for that matter, as
Boston also has automatic call-delivery to CT.)

Metro Mobile did implement a moderate interim solution: If you are on
the phone, and in their system, your caller gets a regular busy
signal, and the call doesn't transfer to voicemail, thus no erroneous
airtime charges as one would currently get in ComCast.

I'm glad to see that ComCast is getting the proper software upgrade so
as to provide Call-Waiting to NACN roamers in their system (although a
call which comes in as a call-wait seems NOT to go to voicemail; ie,
if you don't answer the call-waiting tones the calling party gets an
"Out of Vehicle" message; why can't the call go to voicemail as
well?). I would hope that Pac*Bell gets with it an upgrades so CWs
will occur when GTE customers roam on their system, and for that
matter, that most EMX systems upgrade so that as interconnectivity
increases there won't be these pockets of selective "outages" which
limit the usefulness of one's cellular service.

ComCast should be fully upgraded by October, if not sooner. (Great,
just in time for Boston to get on the NACN, only four months late ...
Let's hope they upgrade their software PRIOR to NACN admission, so CW
will work in Boston immediately!)


Doug    [e-mail] / CID Technologies / (203) 499 - 5221

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Subject: UC Berkeley Short Courses on Communications
Date: 31 Aug 1994 16:59:27 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley


U.C. Berkeley Continuing Education in Engineering Announces 5 Short
Courses on Broadband Communications, Wireless Networks, and Video
Compression

MODERN TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Wide Area Networks, Personal Communication
Systems, Network Management and Control, and Multimedia Applications
(September 22-23, 1994)

This course is designed as a gentle but comprehensive overview of
telecommunications including current status and future directions.
This course traces the evolution of telecommunications, starting from
its voice roots and progressing through local, metropolitan, and wide
area networks, narrowband ISDN, asynchronous transfer mode, broadband
ISDN, satellite systems, optical communications, cellular radio,
personal communication systems, all-optical networks, and multimedia
services.

Lecturer: Anthony S. Acampora, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical Engineering,
Columbia University.  He is Director, Center for Telecommunications
Research. He became a professor following a 20 year career at AT&T
Bell Laboratories, is an IEEE Fellow, and is a former member of the
IEEE Communications Society Board of Governors.

SONET/ATM-BASED BROADBAND NETWORKS: Systems, Architectures and Designs
(October 19-21, 1994)

It is widely accepted that future broadband networks will be based on
the SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) standards and the ATM
(Asynchronous transfer Mode) technique.  This course is an in-depth
examination of the fundamental concepts and the implementation issues
for development of future high-speed networks.  Topics include:
Broadband ISDN Transfer Protocol, high speed computer/network
interface (HiPPI), ATM switch architectures, ATM network
congestion/flow control, VLSI designs in SONET/ATM networks.  This
course is intended for engineers who are currently active or
anticipate future involvement in this field.

Lecturer: H. Jonathan Chao, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Brooklyn
Polytechnic University.  Dr. Chao holds more than a dozen patents and
has authored over 40 technical publications in the areas of ATM
switches, high-speed computer communications, and congestion/flow
control in ATM networks.

GIGABIT/SEC DATA AND COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS: Internetworking,
Signaling and Network Management (October 17-18, 1994)

This short course aims to provide a general understanding of the key
issues needed to design and implement gigabit local and wide area
networks.  The topics are designed to compliment those covered in the
SONET/ATM-Based Broadband Networks course (above).

Topics include: technology drivers, data protocols, signaling, network
management, internetworking and applications.  Specific issues
addressed include TCP/IP on ATM networks, design of high performance
network interfaces, internetworking ATM networks with other network
types, and techniques for transporting video over gigabit networks.
This course is intended for engineers who are currently active or
anticipate future involvement in this field.

Lecturer: William E. Stephens, Ph.D., Director, High-Speed Switching
and Storage Technology Group, Applied Research, Bellcore.  Dr.
Stephens has over 40 publications and one patent in the field of
optical communications.  He has served on several technical program
committees, including IEEE GLOBECOM and the IEEE Electronic Components
Technology Conference, and has served as Guest Editor for the IEEE
Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.

NETWORKS FOR DIGITAL WIRELESS ACCESS: Cellular, Voice, Data, Packet,
and Personal Communication Systems (October 3-5, 1994)

This comprehensive course is focused on the principles, technologies,
system architectures, standards, and market forces driving wireless
access.  At the core of this course are the cellular/microcellular/
frequency reuse concepts needed to enable adequate wireless access
capacity for Personal Communication Services (PCS).  Presented are
both the physical-level issues associated with wireless access and the
network-level issues arising from the inherent mobility of the
subscriber. Standards are fully treated including GSM (TDMA), IS-54
(North American TDMA), IS-95 (CDMA), CT2, DCT 900/CT3, IEEE 802.11,
DCS 1800, and Iridium.  Emerging concepts for wireless ATM are also
developed.  This course is intended for engineers who are currently
active or anticipate future involvement in this field.

Lecturer: Anthony S. Acampora, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical
Engineering, Columbia University.  He is Director, Center for
Telecommunications Research. He became a professor following a 20 year
career at AT&T Bell Laboratories, is an IEEE Fellow, and is a former
member of the IEEE Communications Society Board of Governors.

VIDEO COMPRESSION AND VISUAL COMMUNICATION (October 13-14, 1994)

Video Compression and Visual Communication is a rapidly evolving
multidisciplinary field focussing on the development of technologies
and standards for efficient storage and transmission of video signals.
It covers areas of video compression algorithms, VLSI technology,
standards, and high-speed digital networks.  It is a critical enabling
technology for the emerging information superhighway for offering
various video services.  In this course, we will fully treat video
compression algorithms and standards, and discuss the issues related
to the transport of video over various networks.

Lecturers: Ming-Ting Sun, Ph.D, is director of Video Signal Processing
Research, Bellcore.  Dr. Sun has published numerous technical papers,
holds four patents, developed IEEE Std 1180- 1990, was awarded the
Best Paper Award for IEEE Transactions Video Technology in 1993 (with
Tzou), and an award for excellence in standards development from the
IEEE Standards Board in 1991.  He is currently the express letter
editor, IEEE Transaction on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
(CSVT), and associate editor, IEEE Transactions of CSVT.  He was
chairman and now serves as secretary of the IEEE CAS Technical
committee on Visual Signal Processing and Communications.

Kou-Hu Tzou, Ph.D., is manager of the Image Processing Department,
COMSAT Laboratories.  Dr Tzou won the Best Paper Award for IEEE
Transactions Video Technology in 1993 (with Sun).  He holds 6 patents,
has served as an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Circuits
and Systems, is currently associate editor for IEEE Transactions on
Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, and served as a guest
editor for Optical Engineering Journal special issues on Visual
Communications and Image Processing in 1989, 91, and 93.  He is the
committee chair of the Visual Signal Processing and Communication
Technical committee, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society.


For more information (complete course descriptions, outlines,
instructor bios, etc.) contact:

Harvey Stern
U.C. Berkeley Extension/Southbay
800 El Camino Real Ste. 150
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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From: [e-mail] (Greg Trotter)
Subject: AT&T Can't Take "Yes" For an Answer
Date: 31 Aug 1994 18:22:16 GMT


Here's something that happened to me a few weeks ago that the readership
might enjoy.

I was sitting at home on a Thursday night about 7:30 when the phone
rang.  It rang on my distinctive ring number, not the main number.

"Hello?"
"May I speak to Paula Woods, please?"
"There's nobody here by that name. Paula Woods hasn't had this number for
at least two years."

At this point, I establish that the caller is a sales rep for AT&T,
and inform the salescritter of my name and yes, I do make LD decisions
for the household.

"Well, sir, I'm calling about your long distance service."

The standard AT&T speil comes across the phone.

"Would you like us to switch your service tonight?"
"Well, no, not really. I am an AT&T customer."
"Well, sir, our records show that you currently use another long distance
company as your primary carrier."
"Yes, but your records also show that my name is Paula Woods."

At this point, I engage in a futile attempt to explain to this critter
that she rang my DR number, and no calls are billed to it. I can hear
the concept flying over her head.

"OK, sir. I understand. Let me connect you to an independent auditor to
verify your account information."
"But..."
<click>  <RING>
"Hello, Mrs. Woods?"

Same speil again. I'm not Paula. I'm Greg. I try again to explain the
distinctive ring. And yes, I already use AT&T for my 1+ dialing.

"So, you are satisfied with your AT&T service?"
"Yes, I am."
"I'm sorry for the inconvenience, sir. May I verify some information so that
this confusion won't happen again?"
"Sure." (Gladly!)

Name, phone number, address, and the like are exchanged.

"OK, sir, that's almost everything. I just wanted to remind you that AT&T
will pay for the switchover fee..."
"But I'M ALREADY A CUSTOMER!"
"Well, then, that wouldn't apply to you. The last thing I need from you is
a secret code so your local phone company can verify that you authorized the
change."
"What change? I'm happy with my service! This is worthless!"
<click> <turn on TV with remote>

I have family members with horror stories about AT&T not being able to
take no for an answer; it seems they aren't satisfied with yes, either.


Greg Trotter

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Jim Hendee)
Subject: Internet/MBone Access From Ship
Date: 31 Aug 1994 18:26:56 GMT
Organization: U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA/AOML


Is there an inexpensive (i.e., < $15,000) system for a ship to access
the Internet from a research vessel?  We would like to implement an
MBone (multicast backbone) system from ship to/from lab, but have been
daunted as of late at ESD's price tag of > $350K.  Data transmission
would have to be greater than via standard modem speeds, e.g.,
wireless of some sort.  Any ideas out there?


Many thanks,

James C. Hendee             Internet:      [e-mail]
Data Manager                Voice:         305 361-4396
Ocean Chemistry Division    Fax:           [phone]
NOAA/AOML                   COASTAL RBBS:  305 361-4524

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Masanori Ashizawa)
Subject: Wanted: Info on Internet Use by Securities Firms
Date: 1 Sep 1994 12:58:43 -0400
Organization: The Pipeline


I am interested in how Internet is utilized at US securities firms.  I
am concerned with five areas of interest:

   1 - What kinds of firms use Internet?
   2 - What divisions/departments use Internet?
   3 - What type of connection is used (dedicated, POP, SLIP,
dial-up)?
   4 - What applications are used on Internet?
   5 - How often is Internet used?

If any Net'rs know of any articles or other resources that address
these questions, kindly forward me the information.  I'll provide the
information to any other parties interested in the topic too.


Thanks in advance.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well, they use the Internet to send out
mass mailing solicitations to purchase their securities; they use it
to compile names/net addresses for possible future contact in a mass
mailing, after investigating which of the names thus compiled have
the required wherewithal (in other words cash, dummy!) to have time
spent on them making such a pitch. There are two such applications,
and they use the Internet frequently. "Divisions/departments" using
the Internet would include the latest breed of telemarketers, those
who sit on chat systems all day/night (such as IRC, Compuserve CB, the
People Connection on AOL, etc) soliciting likely prospects to go into
private chat with them for the purpose of making an old-fashioned
telemarketing pitch for whatever they are selling, etc. Telemarketing
by phone?  That's getting to be old ... do it via computer chat
programs and email instead! The next time you get a message that
someone wants to chatm don't assume they are after your cyber-body.
Maybe they are after your credit card number and your okay to send
out information on whatever they are selling.  You don't believe me?  PAT]

------------------------------

From: Julie Johnson <[e-mail]>
Subject: URL Sources for Telecom (Great sources)
Date: 31 Aug 1994 15:13:11 GMT
Organization: Fujitsu


Here is a clipped set of URLs from a home page we are creating (no
public access yet) including lots of telecom, govt reg, and
association information. Please reply with any other URLs that aren't
here. I'll repost a revised list. This is in HTML format but you can
grab the URLs as is.

<H2>Telecommunications Sources</H2>
<UL>
<LI> <A HREF="gopher://cell-relay.indiana.edu/">Cell Relay (ATM)
Archives</A>
<LI> <A HREF="http://www.racal.com/networking.html">Data Communications
and
Networking Links</A>
<LI> <A HREF="ftp://lcs.mit.edu/telecom-archives">Directory of Telecom
Archives</A>
<LI> <A HREF="http://www-atp.llnl.gov/atp/telecom.html">LLNL
Telecommunications Home Page</A>
<LI> <A
HREF="http://www.rpi.edu/Internet/Guides/decemj/icmc/technology-telecom
unic
ati">Technology - Telecommunications</A>
<LI> <A
HREF="http://www.tansu.com.au/Info/communications.html">{Tele}Communica
ions
Information Sources</A>
</UL>

<H2>Companies</H2>
<UL>
<LI> <A HREF="gopher://ba.com/">Bell Atlantic</A>
<LI> <A HREF="http://www.research.att.com/">Bell Labs</A>
<LI> <A HREF="http://www.pacbell.com/">Pacific Bell</A>
<LI> <A HREF="http://www.iis.com:80/p-and-c/">Pepper and Corazzini L.L.P.
Home Page</A>
<LI> <A HREF="http://www.sgi.com/">Silicon Graphics</A>
</UL>

<H2>Telecommunications Associations</h2>
<UL>
<LI> <A HREF="http://www.atmforum.com/">The ATM Forum</A>
<LI> <A HREF="http://www.bellcore.com/">Bellcore</A>
<LI> <A HREF="http://199.35.198.4/CLHomePage2.html">CableLabs Home Page
</A>
<LI> <A HREF="gopher://bell.com/">MFJ Task Force</A>
<LI> <A HREF="ntia.doc.gov">NTIA</A>
<LI> <A HREF="gopher://info.itu.ch/">ITU (formerly CCITT)</A>
</UL>

<H2>Government Sources</H2>
<UL>
<LI> <A HREF="http://www.commerce.net/">CommerceNet</A>
<LI> <A HREF="http://www.doc.gov/">Department of Commerce</A>
<LI> <A HREF="ftp://ftp.fcc.gov/pub">Federal Communications Commission</A>
<LI> <A HREF="http://www.law.indiana.edu/fclj/fclj.html">Federal
Communications Law Journal</A>
<LI> <A HREF="http://web.fie.com/web/fed/">Federal Information Exchange,
Inc. - FEDIX Home Page</A>
<LI> <A HREF="http://www.fedworld.gov/">FedWorld Beta Home Page</A>
<LI> <A HREF="gopher://peg.cwis.uci.edu">Government Gopher Lists</A>
<LI> <A
HREF="gopher://marvel.loc.gov/00/federal/fedinfo/byagency/general/tsang
aust
in">Guide to Internet Government Resources in Bus. and Econ. (2-94)</A>
<LI> <A HREF="http://iitf.doc.gov/">The IITF Web Server</A>
<LI> <A HREF="gopher://marvel.loc.gov/1">Library of Congress Gopher
Server</A>
<LI> <A HREF="gopher://marvel.loc.gov">Library of Congress Marvel</A>
<LI> <A HREF="gopher://ftp.senate.gov/00h/filelist">Senate Home Page</A>
<LI> <A
HREF="gopher://ftp.std.com/11/associations/civicnet/cnpp/states">State
Legislation Et. Al.</A>
<LI> <A HREF="gopher://gopher.house.gov/1">United States House of
Representatives</A>
<LI> <A HREF="http://www.census.gov/">U.S. Bureau of the Census</A>
</UL>


Julie Johnson [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 31 Aug 94 9:35:55 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: WilTel Opens New Office in Cyberspace


WilTel Opens New Office in Cyberspace

WilTel, the pioneer in commercial data telecommunications, has become
the first company in Oklahoma to put a commercial WWW server on the
Internet.

"This is a natural move for WilTel," says Russ McGuire, the initiator
of WilTel+s Internet server.  "Our server puts us one step closer to
our Internet-using customers and opens WilTel up to a huge potential
client base."

WilTel's server offers information on the company as well as detailed
information about all of its telecommunications products.  In keeping
with WilTel's corporate values, other services are also planned to add
value to the Internet community and WilTel's home city of Tulsa, OK.

Gordon Martin, WilTel's director of product marketing, believes this
project puts WilTel on the leading edge of high-tech marketing.

"This is exactly where we need to be.  Our leading-edge products and
services are perfectly matched to this leading-edge media," he says.

As future Internet technologies develop, WilTel is committed to
remaining on the cutting edge of this exciting frontier.

WilTel's server can be reached by Internet users at the
Universal Resource Locator (URL) --
http://www.wiltel.com/


Contact:  David Cordeiro      [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Chris Campbell)
Subject: 900 Mhz Cordless Phone Evaluations
Date: 31 Aug 1994 23:41:26 -0400
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology


I am starting to research 900 MHz cordless phones, planning to
purchase before Christmas.  Since this is turning into a pretty hot
market segment, I figure there's a bunch of folks out there who would
be interested in the information I gather.

I am writing a fact sheet for 900 MHz cordless phones.  Please send me
the appropriate information if:

 - Somebody has already done this kind of compiling and I can get to it
    on the Net (i.e. I don't need to repeat someone else's work)

 - There is another newsgroup besides the following that I should be
    monitoring for information:

       alt.2600
       alt.cellular-phone-tech
       comp.dcom.telecom
       comp.dcom.telecom.tech
       rec.radio.scanner
       sci.electronics

 - You own a 900 MHz cordless phone.  I am interested in information
   such as:  quality of sound (echo, compander clamping), range,
   scannability (audio leakage on other bands), battery life, digital
   'encryption', even the weight.  I am interested in the digital
   scheme only as it relates to security against scanner reception.

   Note 1:  If you've posted to rec.radio.scanner in the past month or so,
            I already have your information.
   Note 2:  The Tropez model is fairly common, and I've already got info
            on it (largely negative), so I'm less interested in that one.

These are the models that I am aware of:

     AT&T 9100
     AT&T 9120
     BEL 900LX
     Escort 9000
     Escort 9020
     Motorola models (pricey)
     Panasonic KX-T9220
     Sony SPP-ER1
     Tropez 900 DL
     Uniden EXP9100
     Uniden EXP9200
     Western Union WC9000

If you have any experience or other information, please let me know.
I will be compiling the information and reposting, so you can mail
directly to me at the address below, or post it to one of the above
newsgroups, if you feel that your post is of immediate importance to
the public.  My alt.newsgroup access is haphazard these days, so I may
not receive a post on alt.newsgroups.

My e-mail address is:  [e-mail]


Chris Campbell      [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Michael P. Deignan)
Subject: MCI and $25 Checks: My Experience
Date: 31 Aug 1994 00:53:25 GMT
Organization: Brown University


Over the past year since long distance carriers started sending out
checks for $25, $50, and $75 to intice us over to their respective
services, I've almost been able to make a decent living just cashing
their checks and switching back and forth between LD carriers.

I have to keep wondering where they get my name from, since I make $5
worth of long distance calls per year, if I'm lucky. But hell, its
their money, so who am I to tell them differently?

Well, my latest excursion started when MCI sent me a check for $25.
This one was a little different than the others. This time, you had to
call them at an 800 number and give them some information, and you get
a "code" to write-in on the check to "activate it".

I thought I'd be a wise ass when I called:

MCI woman: "And how much do you spend each month on LD Mr. Deignan?"
Me: "Oh, next to nothing. I don't make long distance calls. I hate all
    my relatives."
MCI: "So, you don't have anyone in your calling circle now..."
Me: "No, like I said, I don't call any of my relatives, and I don't have
    any friends. I hate everyone."
MCI: "Okay, so there's nobody you want to put in your calling circle then."
Me: "Oh yes, absolutely. In fact, I hate my relatives so much that I'm
    going to write all their names and numbers down on a sheet of paper and
    mail it to you. I can't think of a better present to give them than
   one of your reps calling them at all hours attempting to get them to
   switch ... Hehehehehe ... I really hate them. And what a better way
   to show them ..."
MCI: "Oh okay, that sounds good. Here's your code ..."


Summary: MCI reps don't recognize sarcasm when it hits them broadside
         across the head.

MD

--   The best way for Bill Clinton to keep his legal
--   fees down is to keep his pants zipped up.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Har har har ... both to your message
and your .signature quote.   Thanks for making my day!    PAT]

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TELECOM Digest     Wed, 7 Sep 94 14:14:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 361

Inside This Issue:                          Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    First French Book on Internet (Jean-Bernard Condat)
    France Numbering Changes (Dave Leibold)
    Disaster Discussion Groups (Dave Sellers)
    New Wireless Journal; Call For Papers (Chester A. Ruszczyk)
    Looking For CLASS Serial Port Device (Dan Dodson)
    Modems in Germany (Tom Satterfield)
    Paging Systems and Hardware ([e-mail])
    1957 Note on Pagers (Carl Moore)
    Radius Pager Question ([e-mail])
    Mitel SX200 Light Pinouts (Joe Terry)
    Forcing Calling Card Provider to Refund Credit Balance (Eric DeMund)
    On-line Information About ISDN Available Free via WWW (Daniel R. Kegel)
    New Fiber Service in Oklahoma (Wes Leatherock)
    New Area Code in East TN (David Marks)

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Date: 07 Sep 1994 11:55:47 GMT
From: [e-mail] (JeanBernard Condat)
Organization: FranceNet
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Subject: First French Book on Internet


                 New Book in French Language: INTERNET

Internet is now available from Editions JCI, Inc. (2700 Joliette #201,
Montreal, Quebec, H1W 3G9, Canada)

The *Internet* book goes beyond all business school case studies and
descriptions of Internet tools, teaching French readers how to
effectively use the Internet to boost sales and cut costs. Through
real world examples and expert advice, you'll learn how to use the
Internet to build European/international market share, track down
business leads, communicate with colleagues, search online databases,
provide cost- effective customer support and access time-critical
information.

You'll also explore the many business opportunities now available on
the Internet and get tips on shopping for the best deal on Internet
access and cyber-mail space.

Just as importantly you'll learn about the culture of the Internet,
find out what type of advertising is acceptable and can generate a
positive response, and which forms are verboten and can provoke
community hostility (the famous 'netiquette').

The *Internet* also contain detailed descriptions of the author's
first-hand and experienced experience in doing business on the
Internet. Co-author Jean-Bernard Condat is a veteran information
science writer and publisher of electronic newsletter that tracks
trends and developments in electronic newspaper and magazine publishing.
Co-author Nicolas Pioch is the conceptor of WebLouvre--Paris, the
first consulted WWW in Europe (http://www.enst.fr/~pioch).

Here's the basic information:

Jean-Bernard Condat & Nicolas Pioch, "Internet", J.C.I. Inc., Oct. 1994,
224 pages, 195 FF (CAN$29.95), ISBN 2-921599-06-6.

Table des Matieres:

     1. Preface; 2. Premieres notions; 3. Documentation Internet; 4. Le
     courrier electronique; 5. Smileys (emoticons); 6. telnet; 7. Formats
     de fichiers; 8. FTP; 9. Archie; 10. Prospero; 11. Usenet/newsgroups;
     12. Netiquette; 13. WAIS; 14. Gopher; 15. WWW; 16. cryptographie;
     17. Adresses utiles; 18. MacTCP/PPP; Index.

Note that you can receive more information on this publication by
ordering it direct from:

     - Diffulivres, Canada: [phone], fax: [phone];
     - Distique, France: [phone], fax: [phone];
     - Context SA, Belgium: [phone], fax: [phone];
     - Micro-Distribution, Switzerland: [phone], fax [phone].

Don't hesitate to contact us for more information on Internet ... in France.


Jean-Bernard Condat,  47 rue des Rosiers,  93404  St-Ouen  Cedex,  France
Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], Alphapage: [phone] code 0030006
Email: [e-mail]  *or* [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Organization: GVC Technologies - The Name you can Trust.  Public ACCESS
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 94 05:59:11 -0400 Eastern DST
Subject: France Numbering Changes


France will be changing its numbering plan to have an area code for
all regions, effective in 1995. The area codes (as posted before) will
be:

    1 Ile-de-France (Paris, ...)
    2 Northeast France
    3 Southeast France
    4 Southwest France
    5 Northwest France

The change also apparently means dialing will be done as 0 + area code
+ number, rather than the 16+ that was in use.

However, there are toll-free numbers with the format 05+number. What
will be happening to those numbers if 05 means calls to Northwest
France?

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 7 Sep 94 07:57:30 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Dave Sellers)
Subject: Disaster Discussion Groups


Question folks,

Is there a discission group for disaster planning?

I'm sure businesses and Telco's all have some plans, and would like to
pass ideas on from time to time. I haven't been able to locate such
discussions except from time to time in this Digest.

The recent report here of the fire in the telco building has raised
my interest in this.

If there is one, please direct me to it.

Thanks in advance ...


Dave Sellers, Managing Consultant
Bell SYGMA - Telecom Solutions
Floor 17 Grey, 160 Elgin St. Ottawa, Ont., Canada, K2P 2C4
[e-mail]   VOICE= [phone]  IIS= SELLERS    ENVOY= DA.SELLERS

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Chester A Ruszczyk)
Subject: New Wireless Journal; Call For Papers
Date: 2 Sep 1994 15:41:02 GMT
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst


Editor-in-Chief: I. Chlamtac, Department of Electrical and Computer
                 Engineering, University of Massachusetts,
         Amherst MA 01003, USA

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CALL FOR PAPERS for forthcoming special issues:

(If interested in receiving the full call for paper contact:
 [e-mail])

        ******       SPECIAL ISSUES     ******

Title:        Issues in Wireless Multimedia Networking
Guest Editors:  Georges Makhoul ([e-mail])
        Zhensheng Zhang ([e-mail])
            The Center for Telecommunications Research,
                Columbia University, Rm 801, 530 W, 120th Street
            New York, NY 10027-6699, USA

Title:      Error Control in Wireless Packet Networks
Guest Editors:  Magda El Zarki,
            Department of Electrical Engineering
            University of Pennsylvania
            200S. 33rd Street,  Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
        Sanjay Gupta
            Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
            Illinois Institute of Technology
            3301 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60616, USA

Title:        Performance Evaluation Methods for Wireless Networks
Guest editors:  Stephen S. Rappaport ([e-mail])
        Thomas G. Robertazzi ([e-mail])
             Department of Electrical Engineering
             SUNY at Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA


Title:         Routing in Mobile Communications Networks
Guest editors:     Martha Steenstrup ([e-mail])
        Ram Ramanathan      ([e-mail])
            Bolt Beranek & Newman Inc.


Title:         Hybrid and Satellite Communication Networks
Guest editor:     Anthony Ephremides ([e-mail])
        Univ. of Maryland
        College Park, MD 20742, USA


Title:        Channel Access in Wireless Networks
Guest editors:    Ioannis Stavrakakis ([e-mail])
        Lazaros Merakos     ([e-mail])

Title:        Free-Space Optical Local-Area Networks
Guest editors:     Joe Kahn   ([e-mail])
             Georgia Inst. of Technology
        John Barry ([e-mail])
             Univ. of California at Berkeley


        ******     JOURNAL DESCRIPTION   ******

Aims & Scope:

The wireless communication revolution is bringing fundamental changes
to data networking, telecommunication, and is making integrated
networks a reality. By freeing the user from the cord, personal
communications networks, wireless LAN's, mobile radio networks and
cellular systems, harbor the promise of fully distributed mobile
computing and communications, any time, anywhere. Numerous wireless
services are also maturing and are poised to change the way and scope
of communication. The journal will fill an existing gap by focusing on
the networking and user aspects of this field. It will provide a
single common and global forum for archival value contributions
documenting these fast growing areas of interest.

The journal will publish refereed articles dealing with research,
experience and management issues of wireless networks. Its aim will be
to allow the reader to benefit from experience, problems and solutions
described. Regularly addressed issues will include: Network
architectures for Personal Communications Systems, wireless LAN's,
radio, tactical and other wireless networks, design and analysis of
protocols, network management and network performance, network
services and service integration, nomadic computing, internetworking
with cable and other wireless networks, standardization and regulatory
issues, specific system descriptions, applications and user interface,
and enabling technologies for wireless networks. The journal will also
publish special issues devoted to topics of particular interest to the
readers. Proposals for special issues can be submitted  to the
Editor-in-Chief.

Article submission:

Manuscripts must be submitted in five copies to the Editor-In-Chief:

        Professor I. Chlamtac,
        Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
        University of Massachusetts,
        Amherst MA 01003, USA

All manuscripts will be refereed. The final decision of publication will be
taken by the Editor-In-Chief. Manuscripts for publication must be written
in English and typed double-spaced on one side of the page only with wide
margin. They must begin with the title, the authors' names and addresses,
and a self-contained abstract.  The same manuscript must not be submitted,
in any language, for publication elsewhere. The copyright of a paper
accepted for publication transfers automatically to the Publisher.  25
reprints will be made available free of charge to authors. After acceptance
of their paper, authors are invited to send a diskette with the TEX (or
LATEX or AMS-TEX) source of their paper together with a hard copy including
the letter of acceptance to the Editor-in-Chief.


Editorial Board

Anthony S. Acampora     (Columbia University, New York, USA)
Hamid Ahmadi         (IBM, Watson Research Center,
                      Yorktown Heights NY, USA)
Ian Akyildiz         (Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta GA, USA)
Robert R. Boorstyn     (Polytechnic Inst. of NY, New York, USA)
Jin-Fu Chang        (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Magda El Zarki         (Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, USA)
Anthony Ephremides     (Univ.  of Maryland, College Park MD, USA)
Luigi Fratta         (Polytecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy)
Robert Gallager     (MIT, Cambridge MA, USA)
Bezalel Gavish         (Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, USA)
Mario Gerla,        (UCLA, Los Angeles CA, USA)
Zygmunt Haas         (AT&T, Holmdel NJ, USA)
Pierre Humblet         (Eurocom Institute, Sophia Antipolis, France)
Chih-Lin-I         (AT&T, Holmdel NJ, USA)
Leonid Kazovsky     (Stanford, Stanford CA, USA)
Shay Kutten          (IBM, Yorktown Heights NY , USA)
Leonard Kleinrock     (UCLA, Los Angeles CA, USA)
Hisashi Kobayashi    (Princeton University, Princeton NJ, USA)
Victor Li         (USC, Los Angeles CA, USA)
Jon Mark         (Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo ONT, Canada)
Laszlo Pap         (Tech. U. Budapest, Budapest,  Hungary)
P. Papantoni-Kazakos     (University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Raymond Pickholtz      (George Washington Univ., Washington DC, USA)
Stephen S. Rappaport     (SUNY, Stony Brook NY, USA)
Tom Robertazzi         (SUNY, Stony Brook NY, USA
Raphael Rom         (Technion, Haifa, Israel)
Izhak Rubin         (UCLA, Los Angeles, USA)
Krishan Sabnani     (AT&T, Murray Hill NJ, USA)
William Sander        (Army Research Office, NC, USA)
M. Schwartz         (Columbia Univ, New York NY, USA)
Nachum Shacham         (SRI Intnl, Menlo Park CA, USA)
Moshe Sidi         (Technion, Haifa, Israel)
Khosrow Sohraby     (Univ. of Missouri at KC, MO, USA)
F.A. Tobagi         (Stanford Univ., Stanford CA, USA)
Andrew J. Viterbi     (Qualcomm Inc., San Diego CA, USA)

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Dan Dodson)
Subject: Looking For CLASS Serial Port Device
Date: 7 Sep 1994 11:31:06 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)


I'm looking to OEM an inexpensive CLASS device to support Caller Line
ID and autodialing from a PC.  We will bundle it with our Mac and PC
software.  A driver will be written to integrate the capabilities of
the device into our software product.

I'm with a large telecommunications firm and would appreciate all
correspondence via E-Mail to [e-mail].


Thansks,

Dan

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Ladybug040)
Subject: Modems in Germany
Date: 7 Sep 1994 09:56:11 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)


please reply to ******* [e-mail]

Hi I'm an American recently assigned to Germany for my company for one
year. As I have not yet been able to reestablish direct Internet
access this is being posted on my behalf by a friend. The subject of
this message is the reason why I do not yet have direct net access.

Anyway, after resolving all sorts of problems with getting my American
computer operational here in Germany (problems mostly related to
different electrical standards) my computer is now working more or
less satisfactorily EXCEPT that I can't get the modem to connect
through the German phone system. I need some clues and advice on what
to try to resolve this and have a few questions.

Can I expect any problems with operating an American modem with the
German phone system? If I replace my modem should I replace it with
one of a German source or can I order one from America? Will a German
modem work with my American computer? Will it work with the American
phone system? The initial error I was recieving from my modem is "no
dial tone" yet the phone appears to be working fine otherwise. Are my
problems software or hardware related or some combination thereof?
(operator error?)

Please, I am suffering severe online withdrawal and have GOT to get
reconnected!!  Any advice or suggestions gratefully appreciated.
Please reply to:


[e-mail]

Thank you,

Tom Satterfield

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Orfanosg)
Subject: Paging Systems and Hardware
Date: 7 Sep 1994 15:55:04 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)


Can anyone provide (or tell me where to get) info on paging systems
and hardware? I am looking for full system configuration/tech.
specs/pricing and regulatory info.

Thanks for your help.

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 7 Sep 94 10:24:50 EDT
From: Carl Moore <[e-mail]>
Subject: 1957 Note on Pagers


Wilmington (Del.) Morning News, Tuesday, April 9, 1957; page 27,
column 6 of 8

CALLING DR. KILDARE.  BOSTON (AP) -- A $10,000 doctor-radio paging
system has been installed at Beth Israel Hospital.  Pocket radios are
now standard equipment for all physicians serving the hospital.  A
doctor's code number is beeped to the radio clipped to his pocket.
This signal comes from a transmitter installed near the telephone
switchboard.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: My first experience with pagers was
around 1960 or so when I was working at the University of Chicago and
they installed a paging system in the hospitals. My first personal pager
was a few years after that when Illinois Bell started selling a service
called 'Page Boy'. It was just a beeper without voice or text capability.
Around 1970 or so I got one of the (then) new 'talking pagers'. On those
the caller's voice actually came out through the speaker. Everyone had
to dial the same seven digit number if they had touchtone service, and
then enter the five digit number of the paging unit. After a 'beep tone'
they had ten seconds to record a message which was then relayed over
airwaves to the pager a few seconds to a minute later as air traffic
permitted. After getting the message you had to press a little button
on the unit to squelch it again; otherwise you got to listen to all the
other pages which followed yours, along with dead air (what little there
was of it).

There were only a couple of answering services in Chicago which
offered paging services. If your answering service did not offer
paging, then they brokered it for you from an answering service which
did. I subscribed to Annex Answering Service for a couple of years and
they had pagers. Their antenna was on the roof of the Chicago Temple
Building, which was also the building where Annex Answering Service was
located. There was only one frequency for all voice paging units, and
it was quite busy. If you left your unit unsquelched just to listen,
there was rarely any dead air except maybe in the middle of the night.
The answering service operators would never shut up, and they had to
contend for air time with each other and with the general public using
touchtone phones to page directly. Rotary dial users called a certain
number which went to Rogers Radio Paging and passed their message to
operators who repeated it over the air for them. The frequency was so
busy that sometimes pages were delayed 5-10 minutes in getting out; even
the ones sent directly via touchtone phone in the caller's voice would
get backlogged in the machine, which itself contended with the live
operators ... and those women were fast at seizing the circuit going
across town to Annex's tower on the Chicago Temple Building downtown.

To make it worse, the frequency was shared by two mobile phone users who
had some type of radio equipment long pre-dating cellular phones. There
were just two of them, but they would sometimes makes calls from their
car and tie up the frequency for five minutes or so. I gave myself a
test page one day and five minutes later it had not come through the
unit I was carrying, so I opened the squelch to see what was going on.
This guy with his car phone was talking! He gave some sort of signal
to the answering service serving him that he was finished. The operator
came on, "This is Rogers are you clear?"  No he says, I need to make
another quick call. He passed that number to her and she dialed it then
must have gotten busy and forgotten to supervise the call, since the
number turned out to be disconnected and an intercept recording came
on. He hung up right away, but the answering service operator forgot
all about him and that blasted intercept recording played for five
minutes over and over and over .... 'the number you have dialed is
not in service please check the number and dial again.' Someone must
have called from one of the other answering services and told them
to pull the cord down; after endless repeats of the 'not in service'
recording all of a sudden it stopped and a woman's voice came over
the pager, "This is Rogers are you clear?"  and getting no response
after asking a second time saying "Rogers is clear, KOH761 the Rogers
Telephone Answering Service is clear" ...

Of course *instantly* it was seized again and the long backlog of
pages pushed through the circuit. All the operators from Annex, General
Telephone Answering Service, Illinois Bell and everyone else with pager
subscribers started their stuff moving; stuff that had been sitting
for 15-20 minutes in the queue waiting.  My test page came through about
15 minutes after that. The operators all had a little light on their
switchboard which illuminated when the circuit to the tower was in use.
They'd sit there staring at that little light; when it went out the one
with the fastest response to the keys on her switchboard was the winner
and got her page out next. The automated machine for touchtone subscribers
was the fastest of all. It always got the circuit first if it had stuff
waiting. Some days the system did not work right at all; in theory the
person getting the circuit to the tower excluded everyone else in the
process; if that did not work the answering services would keep a radio
turned on listening for dead air to get their chance; but the operators
did not care. Very discourteous at times and overwhelmed with pages, they
would walk all over each other's transmissions; some would just open the
key and start talking. Individual, or DID numbers for pagers did not start
until sometime in the 1980's. Before then it all went through answering
services on a single switchboard number at each service, and until the
middle or late 1970's to a tower-in-common shared by all and actually
owned by Annex, at least here in Chicago.

The individual units we carried weighed about five pounds and were about
six inches long by two inches or so wide. We used big Ni-Cad batteries
that sort of resembled 'C' batteries today. You put the unit in the
charger at night and got 10-12 hours of use the next day provided you
did not leave the squelch open all the time to snoop on other subscribers
and the messages they were getting.  PAT]

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 31 Aug 94 8:19:26 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Radius Pager Question


> it has volume and on/off and stuff.  But one thing which I couldin't
> figure out, is why it has this white button, and when you press it,
> you hear everything (static when nothing is being broadcast, or tones
> then voice when a page is going on) on the freq that the crystal in
> the pager is tuned to.  What would the point of having a button where
> you could hear any page be? You have to hold down the button and you
> hear whatever is on the frequency that it is tuned to, and when you

I think that the pager you reference opens the speaker for a fixed
time period and the button allows the user to hear long pages.

In the early days of paging your pager beeped and you had to hold a
button down to hear the page.  Users got in the habit of using that
button for setting volume, too.  Later (still first generation) pagers
would beep, and then open the speaker automatically.  The button then
did double duty, open the speaker (squelch, if you like) and reset the
circuit closing the speaker.  Later generation pagers auto-reset after
a fixed (often programmable) time.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: On ours, the speaker would stay open
forever, unsquelched once the answering service set it off until/unless
the subscriber pressed the button to silence it again. Once I was riding
home from downtown in a cab and forgot my pager which I left laying on
the back seat of the cab. I no sooner got in my house than I realized
what I had done. Solution: called the pager and gave a message saying,
"cab driver!  please drive back here immediatly with the pager and I
will pay the fare for your trip."   I called the pager two or three
times with that message and sure enough in five minutes or so the
cab driver pulled up to my door. The answering service contracts all
warned against leaving the speaker open to monitor others. It was,
they said, in violation of the tariff to spy on other subscribers and
cause for your service to be terminated.   PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Joe Terry)
Subject: Mitel SX200 Light Pinouts
Date: 7 Sep 1994 10:34:27 -0600
Organization: XMission Public Access Internet (801-539-0900)


I am in the process of moving a Mitel PABX this weekend and nee some
pinout/configurations information to hook up telephones, T1's, etc.
Is there anyone out there in netland that could fax or email me some
information or perhaps give me some phone assisstance.  Please let me
know via email. Thank you very much.


Joe Terry  Sandy, Utah
[e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 1994 10:11:16 -0700
Subject: Forcing Calling Card Provider to Refund Credit Balance
Reply-To: <[e-mail]>
Organization: Netcom


Folks,

I've got a credit balance on one of my long distance calling cards.
The calling card provider all but refuses to refund this balance to
me. I have not used this card in at least a month, and don't intend to
use it until they refund this balance.

They're located in Ohio and I'm located in California. Which state's
public utilities commission do I file a complaint with? I'm certain
this practice must be in violation of their tariff, if not the law.
(They say they will not refund the balance unless I close the
account.)


Thank you,

Eric De Mund <[e-mail]>


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Before complaining, check your contract
with that carrier and see if they are required to refund credits on
still open accounts. Under the rules, they may not have to.   PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Daniel R. Kegel)
Subject: On-Line Info About ISDN Available Free via WWW
Date: 7 Sep 1994 23:38:47 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena


Those interested in ISDN might find my WWW page a good place to start
when looking for vendors, carriers, or technical info.  You'll need
Internet access and Mosaic or any other Web browser; it's at
http://alumni.caltech.edu/~dank/isdn/.


Enjoy,

Dan

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 94 08:50:36
Subject: New Fiber Service in Oklahoma


           {The Daily Oklahoman} (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) for
September 3, 1994, reports that another competitive access provider is
building a fiber optic network in Oklahoma City.

           Brooks Fiber Properties, Inc., of St. Louis said it is
building a fiber optic network of 33 route miles that will connect to
more than 50 Oklahoma City office buildings.

           Brooks Fiber joins Cox Fibernet and Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company as access providers in Oklahoma City.  Cox Fibernet,
a division of Cox Cable of Oklahoma City, a cable television company,
announced earlier this week that it would offer competitive access to
long distance companies over its fiber optic network.

           Brooks Fiber said it should have its Oklahoma City network
completed by the fourth quarter of this year.  It said it is currently
operating or building competitive access networks in Springfield,
Mass.; Hartford, Conn.; Sacramento and San Jose, Calif., and
Providence, R.I.

           The general manager of Brooks Fiber's Oklahoma City
operation will be Chris Hugman, who the company said has seven years
of experience with WilTel and Southwestern Bell Corp.


Wes Leatherock
[e-mail]

------------------------------

From: tijc02![e-mail] (David Marks)
Subject: New Area Code in East TN
Organization: Siemens Industrial Automation, Johnson City TN
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 94 12:38:27 GMT


I recently posted to this group an article concerning a change to the
615 area code wherein East TN was being split off to a new code to be
implemented in 1996. Details were sketchy and the proposed area code
numbers were either 931 or 249.

Well, as reported this morning (9/2) in the {Johnson City Press}, the
decision has been made: the new area code for East TN will be 423. It
was decided that 249 was "too close to some exchanges in Kingsport"
and that 931 "could be confused with the 901 area code for Memphis".

The new area code will take effect September 1, 1995, and there will
be a permissive dialing period where both the old and new codes will
be in effect until February 1, 1996, after which only the new code
will be in effect. Middle TN will continue to use 615. Exact
boundaries were not stated, but almost certainly Knoxville and the
Tri-Cities of Kingsport, Johnson City and Bristol will in the 423 area
code.

This is the second area code change announced for this region: SW VA
is being split off from 703 to 540 as of 6/95.

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TELECOM Digest     Wed, 7 Sep 94 15:59:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 362

Inside This Issue:                          Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Re: GSM Phones in Europe (Sam Spens Clason)
    Re: GSM Phones in Europe (Rob Parker)
    Re: Extent of GSM Coverage in USA? (Gerald Serviss)
    Re: Phones For High Noise Areas (J. DeBert)
    Re: Will an Australian Cellular Phone Work in USA? (David McLauchlan)
    Re: Motorola Radius PR-3000 Pager (Rob Lockhart)
    CNET DCC N.T. OC12 Cable Pinout? (Dino Moriello)
    Speech Recognition Training: Please Call! (Johannes Keihl)
    HDLC Processor Help Wanted (Jim Dixon)
    Secretary, Dept. of Telecom (India) Replaced (Anil Garg)
    Directory Database For Demo Purposes? (Ian Service)
    Can't Place Intra-LATA Calls Thru LEC From This Phone! (Ed Gehringer)
    Forwarding, Tariffs, Intent, and Telco's View of the Law (Jerry Leichter)

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From: [e-mail] (Sam Spens Clason)
Subject: Re: GSM Phones in Europe
Date: 07 Sep 1994 12:39:32 GMT
In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Robert Hoare) writes:

> I want to use the phone in France, UK and (probably) Benelux, without
> excessive charges for incoming calls.  Outgoing charges are not that
> important, I could use a callback service if incoming calls are free.

> Do any of the carriers in those countries allow international roaming
> without charging (me) extra for incoming calls?  Or do I always have to
> pick up the costs from my home country number to the overseas phone
> location?  Presumably it'll roam to me without the caller knowing?

You pay the cost of routing the call from your home operator to your
(roaming) phone.

> Also, do any of the carriers have a voicemail service for when the phone
> is out of range or switched off?  Can it be accessed whilst roaming
> outside that country?  Can calls be redirected to a terrestial phone
> overseas?  Or am I expecting too much?

If you have voicemail with your home operator that's the one used.  You
can have call forwarding when out of reach, no reply etc.  Just as on
your home net, but extremely expensive.

Scenario:

  You have a Belgian phone, roam in Holland, have no reach to
your v-mail active and someone calls you from Holland.

Holland -> Belgium        He pay int'l rate
Belgium -> Holland        You pay int'l rate
Holland -> Belgium (v-mail)    You pay int'l rate +
                0 <= surcharge <= 15%.
                Varies between operators.

N.b. this doesn't apply to unconditional forwarding.  Then the call
goes Holland -> V-mail, only the dutchman pays.

Optimal routing is technically but not administratively possible.  The
telcos would have to trust one another without really being able to
check telco-telco billing.  When?  I don't know, would like to though.

> As an alternative, is it possible to use multiple smart cards, so the
> same phone thinks it is a French, British and Belgian phone, ideally
> at the same time?

Of course you could have several SIM-cards, but only one in at the
time.

> Finally, are there any GSM phones, available for use on all networks,
> that handle data?

GSM is a standard.  If both phone and network are capable of sending
data it works.  Buy a new phone and the call the opertors and ask if
they handle data (and "data roaming"), if they do you're ok.


Sam
<A HREF="http://www.nada.kth.se/~d92-sam/">Sam Spens Clason</A>

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: GSM Phones in Europe
Organization: CERN European Lab for Particle Physics
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 1994 07:30:05 GMT


> Late this year or early next year, when the networks are a bit more
> complete, I'm planning to get a GSM phone for Europe, and I'm starting
> to look at the alternative carriers, deals etc.  Is there a FAQ/Info
> file on GSM anywhere on the net or in a recent magazine?

Not that I know of on Internet.

(Note to Pat: maybe there should be one. GSM is taking off rapidly in
Europe. Maybe we could also have tariffs, coverage maps?)

> I want to use the phone in France, UK and (probably) Benelux, without
> excessive charges for incoming calls.  Outgoing charges are not that
> important, I could use a callback service if incoming calls are free.

> Do any of the carriers in those countries allow international roaming
> without charging (me) extra for incoming calls?

NO

> Or do I always have to pick up the costs from my home country number
> to the overseas phone location?

Yes. If you have a UK subscription you have a UK number, and callers
pay the rate to the UK. If you are in the UK you pay nothing to
receive the call. If you are outside the UK you pay.

>  Presumably it'll roam to me without the caller knowing?

Generally yes. But if you go out of range or switch the phone off the
announcement to say you are unreachable come from the message centre
where you were last; sometimes the message can give the caller an idea
of where you are.

> Also, do any of the carriers have a voicemail service for when the phone
> is out of range or switched off?

Depends on the carrier, but most of them have or are planning it.

> Can it be accessed whilst roaming outside that country?

Depends on the carrier.

> Can calls be redirected to a terrestial phone overseas?  Or am I
expecting too much?

Calls can be redirected on various conditions: busy, no reply,
unreachable, when abroad (so you don't have to pay for international
rerouting if you don't want).  You can reroute anywhere, but you pay
of course. And some operators charge a subscription for the ability to
reroute.

> As an alternative, is it possible to use multiple smart cards, so
> the same phone thinks it is a French, British and Belgian phone,
> ideally at the same time?

Yes, but not at the same time. The card identifies the subscription,
and defines the phone number (and stores your preferences, abbreviated
numbers etc).  But of course, you then pay multiple subscriptions.

> Finally, are there any GSM phones, available for use on all networks,
> that handle data?

All of the GSM phones I know of can be connected to a standard modem.
However, since GSM is digital, it is presumably possible to bypass the
analog part as in ISDN. You probably can only call another GSM phone
that way though.


Rob  [e-mail] AND [e-mail] (roaming for
internet would be nice also!)

Rob Parker Tel: + 41 22 767 5765 SL Division Fax: + 41 22 767 5800
CERN email: [e-mail] CH-1211 Geneva 23 Switzerland


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Yes, a GSM section in the Telecom
Archives would be a nice thing. I am hoping soon to have another
patron/sponsor for the Digest which will allow me to work full time
on this publication and make such additions as you suggest.   PAT]

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From: [e-mail] (Gerald Serviss)
Subject: Re: Extent of GSM Coverage in USA?
Date: 07 Sep 1994 14:34:34 GMT
Organization: Cellular Infrastructure Group, Motorola


In article <[e-mail]>,  <[e-mail]> wrote:

> I would like any references to maps or descriptions which highlight
> the current and planned coverage of the GSM standard in the USA.  Here
> in Europe it is been quickly built up and coverage is very good.  I
> have seen posts from Australia asking about coverage in San Francisco,
> and would like more specific info about covered areas, planned
> coverage, etc.

I am aware of NO 900Mhz GSM coverage in the USA. There are plans for
1.8GHz GSM for use in PCS applications.

The person in Australia has an AMPS (US analog) phone. Australia is
somewhat unique in that its analog system is AMPS and its digital
system is GSM.


Jerry Serviss   Motorola Inc
[e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (J. DeBert)
Subject: Re: Phones For High Noise Areas
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 1994 13:46:42 GMT


Scott Falke ([e-mail]) wrote:

> Although an XP set, have you looked at the fairly new Crouse-Hinds
> model?  I'm fairly sure the set has a line-powered amplifier, and big
> buttons for use with gloves.  It's also somewhat corrosion proof, if
> that's an issue.

I have not seen the Crouse Hinds sets. But that is another item I
should pass onto Safety. There are XP sets that are nearly impossible
to use with acid and solvent gloves and, of course, are not chemical
resistant.

> Is the area the phones are located conducive to small, sound-absorbent
> kiosks?  I've seen this used as an effective supplement to the
> noise-cancelling handsets.  I can locate a manufacturer or two if you
> would like.  Email as desired.

Very few phones are located in such areas at present. There is still
construction going on and things get moved around a lot.  It is more
prudent to avoid "cluttering" by adding booths, etc.

> As a alternative to phones, how about non-audio signalling such as
> something like DTMF keypads and displays on portable 2-way radios?
> Heck, maybe Morse code -- you could glue a key on each hard hat.  Even
> head-mounted xenon flashers ...

Radios are discouraged because of theft and interference with
equipment (all the U.S. made equipment is prone to failures and
dangerously unpredictable behaviour when exposed to RF).  There are
exactly two terminals in the area, bigger than a football field and
most people don't know how to use talk, chat and phone.

> Finally, although possibly a little out of scope, has your safety
> group at all considered noise mitigation at the source?  In the past I
> have read that Dow {or is it Dupont?} consider noise mitagation in the
> industrial setting as having exceptional safety benefits; on both
> acute and chronic bases.

Supposedly the noise levels are below OSHA standards for hearing
protection. However the noise does have a noticeable effect on
hearing, particularly after periods of more than ten minutes.  Most of
the loudest noise is impulse-type. Using weighted measurements as
specified in some regulations, understates the actual SPL,
unfortunately, and there seems little inclination to do anything
beyond what is required by regulation.

Most of the equipment is enclosed in insulated cabinets which
do mitigate the noise. (Many pumps, Edwards dry pumps, have
noise levels of 100dB+ when the cabinets are opened.

I see that I neglected to describe the 3100 series sets that ATT is
giving us. They look exactly like 2554 "trads" except that they have K
handsets and are electronic. While handsets for 500/2500 series sets
work, the sound from the transmitter is very weak. The stock handsets
have electret microphones.

Of all the various handsets tried, the best choice seems to be
amplified listen/noise-cancelling. Varying connection conditions have
adverse effects on conversations using all the others.

ATT has no amplified noise cancelling handsets for these sets. They do
have everything else, though. Walker and Hello Direct also have
nothing except sets requiring external power.

Maybe I'm too critical but I definitely prefer to be able to hear
someone on the phone clearly and with a minimum of background noise.

Thanks to all who replied via mail and in the group.


jd   [e-mail]
Box 51067 Pacific Grove, CA, 93950-6067 USA

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (David McLauchlan)
Subject: Re: Will an Australian Cellular Phone Work in USA?
Date: 7 Sep 1994 10:30:50 +0930
Organization: ADAM Pty Ltd.


Glen K Moore ([e-mail]) wrote:

> 1. an Australian cellular phone (Motorola Microtac Ultralite) will
>    work in the USA.

I talked to various people at both Telecom, and Optus about this, so
I'll try and relate what happened! Firstly, if the phone is digital
(ie: GSM) the answer is definately not. It sounds like that particular
model is analogue so you pass the first test. Telecom said you have to
notify them of where in the US you are going, and they will get in
contact with the various providers in the states you are going to.
Unfortunately you will find the Telecom people give different answers
 -- some say you have to call the US provider yourself, others say
Telecom will do it. I suspect that because I was only enquiring out of
curiousity the staff weren't too keen to find out ...

> It seems Australia has reciprocal agreements in every country (almost)
> except the USA. The reason usually given is the large number of
> different carriers in the USA. In Australia, until recently, we had
> only one.

Australia has reciprocal agreements for quite a few countries that I
am aware of. Once again however, the phone system for international
travel is GSM -- although the US has adopted a different system along
with Japan.  One sentiment that was clear from Telecom was that if you
are continually moving between states, things could get very messy ...



Fidonet: 3:800/805    CompuServe:100236,420
David McLauchlan      Internet: [e-mail]
              [e-mail] (preferred)

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From: [e-mail] (RLockhart)
Subject: Re: Motorola Radius PR-3000 pager
Date: 07 Sep 1994 12:16:08 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)


In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Chris
Cappuccio) writes:

> A friend who works at the local hospital got a brand new pager, a
> Motorola Radius PR-3000 voice pager from the hospital.  Like most
> hospitals, they have their own paging system (tower, stuff to program
> the pagers, etc...)  Anyways, this is just like a normal voice pager,
> it has volume and on/off and stuff.  But one thing which I couldin't
> figure out, is why it has this white button, and when you press it,
> you hear everything (static when nothing is being broadcast, or tones
> then voice when a page is going on) on the freq that the crystal in
> the pager is tuned to.  What would the point of having a button where
> you could hear any page be? You have to hold down the button and you
> hear whatever is on the frequency that it is tuned to, and when you
> let go, it stops.  Someone suggested to me that it was used in
> emergencies or in situations when the hospital wanted to broadcast to
> everybody, but I figured, you would have to know when to hit the
> button, and you can't exactly predict emergencies.  Any suggestions?

Chris, perhaps, in this instance, it's not all that useful a feature,
but in some instances the ability to monitor the channel for other,
perhaps related traffic on a shared two-way channel is quite
beneficial.  There are applications where a light weight selective
monitoring device comes in quite handy .. e.g., police, fire, EMS.


Rob Lockhart, Resource Manager, Interactive Data Systems
Paging Products Group, Motorola, Inc.
Desktop I'net:  [e-mail]
Wireless I'net (<32K characters):  [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Dino Moriello)
Subject: CNET DCC N.T. OC12 Cable Pinout?
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 1994 19:56:52 EDT
Organization: Communication Accessible Montreal


Would anyone happen to have the Pinout for a DE-9 CNET link cable that
goes between two Northern Telecom OC-x ATM shelves?  I checked the NTP
and of course they show nothing of the sort.

I'd like to make up a cable for an upcoming project, and can't wait
for NT's delivery to here.


Thanks,

Dino Moriello (Telecom Tech)
Internet: [e-mail]     Packet: VE2DM@VE2FKB
Please E-mail all USENET replies   James Bay, Quebec, CANADA

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From: [e-mail] (hannes)
Subject: Speech recog training: Please call!


 From the Netherlands:   (03404) 209 16
 From any other place: ++31 3404 209 16

You can select from "Deutsch", "Francais" and "English" simply by
answering "yes" or "no" to the language questions. You should be a
native speaker of the language you choose!


       for | English     French      German
       ----+---------------------------------
    1. | yes         oui         ja
    2. | no          non         nein
    3. | English     francais    deutsch
    4. | error       erreur      Fehler
    5. | assistance  assistance  Hilfe

If you make a mistake, never mind. Just go on with the next word.

    1. Tokyo
    2. Zavinul
    3. Algebra
    4. Alfredo
    5. Axel
    6. Pas-De-Deux
    7. Pickwick
    8. Quotient
    9. Benjamin
    10. O'Hara

The computer gives you an example how to do it! Again never mind if
you (or the program) make any mistakes.

The winners will be drawn from all calls correctly made.  The maximum
recording time is 15 secs.


huisje, boompje,                   Johannes Kiehl, stagiaire bij Comsys b.v.
beestje!                [e-mail] / / [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 07 Sep 94 18:33:21 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jim Dixon)
Organization: AIKI Parallel Systems Ltd
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Subject: HDLC Processor Help Wanted


We would be immeasurably grateful if someone could point us to a source
for information on the Thomson MK5025 HDLC processor, supposedly used in
high performance routers.  Our local SGS Thomson rep denies all knowledge
of the part.


Jim Dixon<[e-mail]>       Compuserve: 100114,1027
AIKI Parallel Systems Ltd + parallel processing hardware & software design
          voice [phone]  | fax [phone]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Anil Garg)
Subject: Secretary, Dept. of Telecom (India) Replaced..
Organization: National Centre for Software Technology, Bombay
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 1994 18:51:11 GMT


Just a few hours ago, the Government of India reshuffled secretaries
to the various departments.  Perhaps the most surprising change was
that relating to the Department of Telecommunications which has been
in the news for the last several months, due to it's (vocal) (ex)
secretary, the Chairman of the Telecom Commission, India, for his
progressive (read heretic) reform agenda.

N. Vittal has been replaced by A.K. Thakkar.  Vittal will go back to
his earlier full-time job as the Secretary of the Department of
Electronics.


Anil Garg
aXcess  : anil.biginfo (aXcess is a regd. TM of BI InfoTech)
Internet: [e-mail], [e-mail],
    : [e-mail]
Phones  : [phone]/[phone] [work]
        : [phone] [messages]
Fax     : [phone] [work]
Post    : Anil Garg, Vice President, Business India InfoTech. Ltd.,
      2nd Fl., Phoenix Mills Compound, 462 Senapati Bapat Marg,
      Lower Parel, Bombay - 400 013, INDIA

------------------------------

From: iservice@.sw.stratus.com (Ian Service)
Subject: Directory Database For Demo Purposes?
Date: 7 Sep 1994 16:45:42 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer


Anyone know of any sort of freely available directory of almost
anything interesting that is available for me to use to demonstrate
some programs.

800 numbers or something like that would be great, especially if they
were in a flat file.

I do know of some of the commercial CD-ROM's and the like and those
are interesting but I was looking for something simple, cheap and
unencumbered.


All opinions are my own and do not represent anyone else.
Ian Service              [e-mail]
Isis Distributed Systems       (A subsidiary of Stratus Computers)
M/S M3-2-ISI,  55 Fairbanks Boulevard            TEL [phone]
Marlboro MA 01752-1298                FAX [phone]

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 7 Sep 1994 00:17:28 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Can't Place Intra-LATA Calls Thru LEC From This Phone!


A few months ago, I got a Southern Bell calling card to place toll
calls within the "Triangle J" calling region.  On such calls during
off-peak hours, Southern Bell gives a rate of 4c-5c/min., compared
with the 12c-22c/min. charged by IXCs.

Yesterday I attempted to place such a call, but to my surprise, heard
the AT&T boing instead of the Southern Bell boing.  I queried the
telecommuncations office at our university.  They told me that they
had recently concluded an exclusive agreement with AT&T to carry all
0+ calls from the university, in exchange for a kickback.

Further queries yielded instructions on how to force my call to go by
Southern Bell: Even though the boing says AT&T, just punch in my
Southern Bell calling-card number; then the call would be carried by
Southern Bell.  Well, it so happens that the first time I tried this,
the number was busy.  And lo and behold, I got the AT&T message: "The
number you are calling is busy.  To leave a message for a fee ..."

Pretty good proof that the call went via AT&T.  (I should have known
better than to believe their explanation!)

So, can someone answer the following questions:

    - How can an agreement between the university and an IXC
      supersede the LEC's right to carry intra-LATA calls?

    - Is there a 10xxx number (I forgot the technical term for
      these) that I can use to be sure my call goes via Southern
      Bell?


Thanks for any help,

Ed


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Such an agreement can exist simply
because a telephone subscriber (in this case the university) can
choose pretty much what it wants to do with its phones. Regardless
of what *you* dial, the phone system there is picking it off and
routing it as it pleases, in accordance with however the university
has it programmed. Now if you are an employee of the university, you
probably have no rights in the matter at all. If you are a student,
then I believe there are regulations about phone service for transient
populations which have to be observed, including the right to use
alternate carriers, etc. You might ask Southern Bell if they have a
code of the 10xxx form you can use; also you might try dialing whatever
you call for an outside line then dialing 0 for an operator to see
if you can get Southern Bell that way.    PAT]

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 07 Sep 94 11:20:23 EDT
From: Jerry Leichter <[e-mail]>
Subject: Forwarding, Tariffs, Intent, and Telco's View of the Law


In recent issues of the Digest, OEM (Our Esteemed Moderator) has:

a)  Defended the practice of some Telco's in refusing to provide both
    measured and unmeasured service at the same location on the
    grounds that this would let people choose the cheaper alterna-
    tive on a call-by-call basis, which is not the "intent" of the
    various charging schemes;

b)   Claimed that it would be illegal (or at least in violation of
    the tariffs) to use call forwarding to turn a single toll
    call into a two-hop toll-free call.  His reasoning is again
    that the "intent" of the call forwarding service is to make
    it possible to receive calls at convenient locations, not to
    avoid tolls.

I go into my local supermarket and find a special sale on single cans
of beer.  I buy 12 singles instead of two six-packs, as I can save a
few bucks that way.  The store tries to charge me for two six-packs -
they claim the "intent" of the sale was to get people to try the beer,
not to save me money.  If I insist, who wins?  Not the store!  They
are certainly free to establish business practices; they can post a
sign limiting sales of singles to, say, four to a customer.  What they
can't do is come along afterward and say "oh, we never *meant* for you
to do that".  In placing beer out on the shelves with a particular
price marked, they've made an offer; I've accepted that offer.  We
have a contract, and I expect them to fulfill their end.  If they
wanted to make a different offer -- up to four singles only -- they were
free to do so.  If they didn't, it's their problem, not mine.

The tariffs define the terms under which the Telco's are offering to
do business.  If they've written into the tariff a restriction that
classes of billing cannot be mixed at one address, that may be silly,
that may be poor public policy, but it's there in the tariff.  The
"intent" of the Telco is not at issue, and a customer is under no
obligation to try to determine the intent -- the tariff is, at least in
principle, right there for anyone to see.

Telco's have a long history of distorting this issue.  First off,
they'll always say "Oh, we can't do that because the Public Utility
Commission -- or whatever the local regulatory body that approves
tariffs happens to be called -- won't let us; see, they put it in the
tariff".  In fact, the tariffs are written by the Telco's and mainly
rubber-stamped by the PUC's -- but you'll never hear them admit that
they were the ones who wrote that particular piece of language.  At
other times, Telco's have been known to claim that some restriction
they find convenient is "in the tariffs", though of course it's your
problem to find it there -- something you won't succeed at, because
there is in fact no such restriction.  Finally, since Telco's are big
companies with expensive lawyers on retainer, they are quite ready to
simply claim the law is on their side, knowing full well that you are
unlikely to have the resources to do anything to rebut their claim.
Claiming that the "intent" of some service, never defined anywhere in
the tariffs, was different from what you wanted to use it for, thus
making your actions illegal, is an example.

It's curious that OEM is convinced that the economic intentions of the
Telco have the force of law -- but at the same time has himself
ridiculed Telco claims that learning, much less publishing, anything
about the technical inner workings of Telco equipment is illegal.
Telco's used their expensive lawyers to bludgeon people into believing
that particular bit of nonsense for many years, and they continue to
try it to this day.  Suppose a Telco argued that the "intent" of
providing service under the tariffs was for you to use it to make
phone calls, not to learn about the workings of the telephone system --
and that any use of your telephone instrument with the goal of learning
about the inner workings was in violation of the "intent" of the
tariffs.  Would OEM then support the Telco's right to deny him all
telephone service because, in publishing this Digest using a dial-up
connection, he was clearly violating the "intent" of the tariffs under
which the Telco had graciously consented to provide him with a telephone?


Jerry


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    Book Review: "On Internet '94" by Dern/Abbott (Rob Slade)
    ISLIP'94 Final Program Announcement (R. Jagannathan)
    Cell One NY/NJ is becoming "Hell One" (Stan Schwartz)
    Free Demo - Multi-User Virtual Reality (Jim Durward)
    Novel TeleMarketing Dialing System Needed (Rich Williams)
    Help: Computer Voicemail Hard/Software (Peter Salzman)
    Cable & Wireless Won't Give Me Their Rates (Alan Boritz)
    Wanted: Information on CTI (Dermot Wall)
    Help: Universities to Pursue Telecomm Managemant Grad Studies (D. Nyarko)
    Audiovox MXT-950 900 MHz Phone (Dick Kalagher)
    Area Code 562 May Arrive Early (Craig Milo Rogers)

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Date: Fri, 09 Sep 1994 11:20:55 MDT
From: Rob Slade <[e-mail]>
Subject: Book Review: "On Internet '94" by Dern/Abbott


BKONIN94.RVW  940606

Mecklermedia
11 Ferry Lane West
Westport, CT 06880
"On Internet 94", Dern/Abbott, 1994, 0-88736-929-4, U$34.95/C$44.95
[e-mail] [e-mail]

This is a set of resource listings of mailing lists, texts and
archives, systems, services, newsgroups and WAIS databases on the net.
Of great value to those who act as Internet guides within their own
institutions, this is promised to be an ongoing service, updated on a
yearly basis.

The largest section of the book is devoted to mailing lists and
electronic journals, in chapters one and two.  The distinction is not
readily apparent other than in degree of moderation, and this may
account for the fact that a number of lists appear in both chapters.
(Indeed, some entries appear, in slightly different terms, more than
once in a given chapter, since most are listed by list name, but some
are listed by descriptive name.)  Another odd division is the
separation of the reviewed mailing lists to an appendix at the end of
the book.  This work relied upon returns from a questionnaire sent out
by Meckler, which had both advantages and disadvantages.  On the one
hand, if full details were returned, there are some very interesting
datum points which you are not likely to find in the list of lists.
On the other hand, it is obvious that many list owners sent back very
terse entries largely with insufficient instruction on how to get or
use the lists.  Some lists are startling by their absence, and I
therefore assume that the returned questionnaires were the sole source
used.  I would hope to see more editing in future editions.

Chapter three refers to electronic texts, archives, ftp sites, and
resource guides.  Obviously, this had to be very selective.  Like the
"catalog" of the Krol book, it is interesting, useful, and even fun,
but definitely limited.  Chapters four, five and six list community,
campus, and commercial systems which may allow greater or lesser
degrees of public access.  Chapter seven is the annotated Usenet
newsgroup list by Spafford and Lawrence.  The final chapter is a list
of WAIS servers.

It is certainly handy having all this information in hard copy, and
the research, particularly in the mailing lists, can be quite useful.
At the same time, some general editing needs to be done.  Access
methods still need a bit of work.  The index, for example, at least
has a "Mystery" entry for the DOROTHY-L list, but nothing under
"Literature" or "Writing" (even though these categories exist).  Tech
support types will find no entries at all for desktop, IBM, Mac,
MS-DOS, personal computer or PC.

In spite of the gaps, this first effort at "On Internet" shows
significant promise beyond the comparable "Internet: Mailing Lists"
(cf. BKINTMAL.RVW) and I look forward to the 1995 edition.

copyright Robert M. Slade, 1994   BKONIN94.RVW  940606. Distribution
permitted in TELECOM Digest and associated newgroups/mailing lists.

DECUS Canada Communications, Desktop, Education and Security group newsletters
Editor and/or reviewer [e-mail], [e-mail], Rob Slade at 1:153/733
Author "Robert Slade's Guide to Computer Viruses" (Sept. '94) Springer-Verlag

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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 94 17:12:08 -0700
From: R. Jagannathan <[e-mail]>
Subject: ISLIP'94 Final Program Announcement


                          ISLIP '94
SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LUCID AND INTENSIONAL PROGRAMMING
                  FINAL PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT

STARTS Monday  September 26th at 9 AM;
ENDS   Tuesday September 27th at 530 PM.

WHERE: At SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, California.
       A building, Conference Room B

PROGRAM

Talks should take 30 minutes, plus 10 minutes for questions.

Monday, September 26

9:00    Welcoming remarks
        Jaggan Jagannathan and Ed Ashcroft

9:20    Multidimensional Declarative Programming: The Book
        Ed Ashcroft

10:00   Hyperindexical Pandimensional Beings
        Bill Wadge

10:40   Break

11:10   Prescription for Modelling Time in Databases
        Mehmet Orgun

11:50   On the Design of an Indexical Query Language
        Joey Paquet and John Plaice

12:30   Lunch

1:50    Objectflow - Adding Objects to GLU
        Weichang Du and Tony Faustini

2:30    Object-Oriented Implementation of Intensional Languages
        Weichang Du

3:10    Break

3:40    Developing Scientific Applications in GLU
        Pushpa Rao and Jaggan Jagannathan

4:20    Particle Simulation with Lucid
        John Plaice

5:00    End of program for Monday


Tuesday, September 27

9:00    Observations on Spreadsheet Languages and Dataflow
        Alan G. Yoder and David L. Cohn

9:40    Adding Eagerness to Eduction
        Jaggan Jagannathan

10:20   Break

10:50   Isomorphisms between Two Groups: An Experiment in Program
        Synthesis and Transformation
        F. Esfandiari and C. T. P. Burton

11:30   Transforming First-Order Functional Programs into Intensional Programs
        of Nullary Variables: Theoretical Foundations
        Panos Rondogiannis and Bill Wadge

12:10   Lunch

2:00    Standard Cell Designs for Hardware Synthesis with Lucid Operators
        Abhay Kejriwal and Ben Huey

2:40    An Object-Oriented Visual Dataflow Language
        Da-Quian Zhang, Sute Lei, and Kang Zhang

3:20    A Visual Programming Environment for GLU
        Dhanraj Rajender and Tony Faustini

4:00    Break

4:30    Panel Discussion

5:30    End of ISLIP 94


HOW TO GET TO SRI:
 From San Francisco or San Jose Airport,
take Highway 101 to Willow Road (Menlo Park).
Go west on Willow Road to Middlefield Road,
right on Middlefield to Ravenswood Avenue (2nd stop light),
left on Ravenswood to 333 Ravenswood (main entrance).

PARKING:
Park in visitors lot in front of building A

REGISTRATION:
Registration by mail recommended (by September 19th, 1994)
On-site registration possible as a last resort.
Registration form follows.

ACCOMMODATION:
Information on places to stay near SRI follows.

          ISLIP '94 REGISTRATION
            September 26-27, 1994
  SRI International, Menlo Park, Calif., USA

Name _____________________________________________________________

Institution ______________________________________________________

Address __________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

Phone __________________FAX ________________ email________________


Registration fee:  $15.00

Send registration (by September 19th) to:
Judith Burgess
ISLIP 94
Computer Science Laboratory
SRI International
333 Ravenswood Ave.
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. [phone], FAX [phone]
email: [e-mail]

Please enclose check or money order in US dollars, payable to SRI
International.  No credit cards.  Registration includes break
refreshments -- lunch is on your own.


ACCOMMODATIONS

Note: Prices not guaranteed and not necessarily current.
      Saying you are attending a conference at SRI
      *may* get you a better rate.

Holiday Inn
625 El Camino
Palo Alto, CA
[phone], fax [phone]
[phone]
SRI 89/99, gov`t  69/79 if avail.

Menlo Park Inn
1315 El Camino
Menlo Park, CA 94025
[phone], FAX [phone],
 res 800-327-1315
SRI/gov't 57.00/62.00
(walking distance)

Mermaid Inn
727 El Camino
Menlo Park, CA
[phone]
$48/$58, $60/70 w/kitchen
$62 2bed double
(walking distance)

Riviera Motor Lodge
15 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
321-8772, FAX [phone]
$44/52
(long walking distance)

Red Cottage Motel
1704 El Camino
Redwood City, CA
[phone]
Reg.  S=$50, D=$60-65
Govt S=$45, D=$55 No tax
(5-10 min. drive)

Stanford Park Hotel
100 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
[phone]
S=$148-225; D= $158-225
(walking distance)

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Stan Schwartz)
Subject: Cell One NY/NJ is Becoming "Hell One"
Date: 8 Sep 1994 21:06:15 -0400
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC


A couple of months ago, I posted my dissatisfaction with attempting to
use my cell phone in Montreal, Canada while roaming from NY with a
"Fraud Protection Feature" on my account.  To Cell One's credit, one
of their representatives read the Digest and contacted me directly to
discuss my problem.  The resolution was to:

  A: Have me call customer service before I plan to travel to Canada
     again to have them remove my FPF before I travel there.

  B: Make a notation on my account so that when I call under condition "A"
     I won't get a hard time.

So I believed them.

Last Thursday, I called customer service to have them remove my FPF
before my trip to Toronto.  The rep didn't want to do this and when I
insisted and explained myself, I got the pleasure of holding for five
minutes.  When she returned, after checking with the "technical
department", she confirmed that there is still a problem with the FPF
in Canada and that she would remove the feature.  She begged me to
call back when I returned to re-activate the feature.  She also told
me that Toronto was a NACN city and I should have no problem using my
phone.

Saturday night in Toronto, I tried to make a call and I alternately
got a re-order or a CanTel operator.  When trying to call in from a
pay phone, I got my voice mail.  I tried to activate call delivery
(*350) and that code was not valid in Toronto.  The CanTel rep couldn't
tell me what the equivalent code was there and he wouldn't/couldn't
connect me to Cell One NY.  I went down to a pay phone (Bell Canada,
with the neat two-line display), and I called 1-800-242-7327 (CellOne NY
customer service).  I got the menu choices and was holding for a rep
for about 30 seconds when a recording came on to tell me that the
number I dialed could not be reached from my calling area.  BUT I
HAD!!!

I tried this a couple more times, only to resign myself to the fact
that this was the strangest supervision I had ever encountered.  I
called Cell One's Paramus number and was lucky enough to find that
their switchboard has a voice response option to reach customer
service.  The rep there tried calling my phone a few times (at one
point she said, "Let me try another way.  Hold on."), put me on hold,
and returned to tell me that Toronto IS a NACN city, but because of
the large amount of fraud in the NYC area, I am in a "Pooled Region".
This means that CanTel's system sees that my home area code (516) is
in a high-fraud area and won't complete calls.  Nice, eh?  "Imagine No
Limits" indeed!!!  (The limit is when you reach the Canadian border).

I called CellOne today to make sure that I won't have the same problem
on my next trip to Denver next week.  My conversation went something
like this:

Me:  "I'm calling to see if a couple of cities are in the NACN."
CellOne: "Sure, what cities?"
Me:  "Denver and Toronto."  [ I _HAD_ to see what answer I'd get ;-) ]
CellOne: "Yes, sir, those are both NACN cities, which means that your
    callers won't have to use a roamer access number to reach you."
Me:  "But I was in Toronto last week and I was unable to make calls."
CellOne: "That shouldn't have been a problem."
 .....insert above situation here.....
CellOne: "A pooled region is where Canada's phone companies won't let
    THEIR customers make calls here.  None of our customers are in
        a pooled region. "

Now I'm fuming.  Josie (the customer service rep) was kind enough to
do some research, call me back, and file a trouble report.  I'm just
not feeling safe depending on the phone anymore while roaming.
CellOne NY/NJ is probably _THE_ most expensive carrier in the country,
doesn't offer discounted/unlimited weekends, and they can't provide
dependable roaming.  What's the deal!??


Stan

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Jim Durward)
Subject: Free Demo - Multi-User Virtual Reality
Organization: Virtual Universe Corp
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 1994 20:11:45 GMT


                     VIRTUAL UNIVERSE CORPORATION
                    Suite 510, 700 - 4th. Ave. S.W.
                           Calgary, Alberta
                                T2P 3J4
                Tel. [phone], Fax. [phone]
               Internet Address - [e-mail]


                                                   S.E.C.
                                                   Rule 12g3-2(b)
                                                   File number
                                                   82-3467

                  Alberta Stock Exchange Symbol - VRX


September 8, 1994

                             NEWS RELEASE

   The Company is pleased to announce that it has entered into a
development agreement with Virtual Games Inc.(VGI) whereby VGI will
port its STIMSLUM videogame to The Parallel Universe. This represents
a major step forward as this will be the first commercial application
to run on The Parallel Universe and is expected to be a showcase for
the leading edge technology of both companies.

   VGI's videogame is a first person perspective, three dimensional
texture-mapped, real-time game that takes place in the future on an
abandoned space station. The game is specifically designed to be
playable as a networked game and focuses on a rich playing environment
versus a linear storyline, to provide the players with enhanced
roleplaying interactivity in an alternate virtual society.  Players
can speak to each other anonymously and are able to select and modify
body types and game playing instruments. As Director and Chief
Programmer at VGI, Anselm Hook has extensive videogame experience
including the programming of hit titles such as Sword of Sodan (SEGA),
Dragon's Lair (PC and 3D0), and Maelstrom (PC). The initial STIMSLUM
target platform is the PC-CDROM due the large installed base and the
strong growth in the CDROM market.

   The Company believes that the release of STIMSLUM with The
Parallel Universe will represent the dawning of a new age in real-time
networked videogames.

   The Parallel Universe allows multiple users, regardless of physical
location, to enter into a common networked three dimensional
environment and fully interact with each other in real-time. The
system is enhanced with spatially-relative voice using a proprietary
process dubbed "Steereo". To the company's knowledge, this system is
the only one of its kind in the world and has the significant
advantage of allowing fully interactive three dimensional Virtual
Reality delivery to home, business, or arcade-based computers over
standard telephone lines.

   The Company continues to seek strategic partners in order to
implement its long term plan of worldwide deployment of The Parallel
Universe.

On behalf of the Board of Directors,

"Ian T. Tweedie"

Ian T. Tweedie C.A.
President

The Alberta Stock Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved this news
release and the Company takes full responsibility for its accuracy and content.

FREE VIRTUAL UNIVERSE DEMO SOFTWARE AVAILABLE BY EMAIL.

In order to demonstrate the capabilities of The Parallel Universe,
Virtual Universe is making available a simple demo program that is a
sort of multi-player tankwar. When you enter into the Parallel
Universe using this demo, you are represented as a tank and you can
drive around the playing field while firing at others. You can speak
to the other players while you are playing.  The graphics rendering is
basic as a result of the use of the public domain renderer called
VR386. The demo runs on PC only and requires 386/387 or 486.  USERS
ARE ASKED TO CONCENTRATE ON THE SYSTEM CAPABILITIES, NOT THE GRAPHICS.
Commercial applications such as STIMSLUM will have a much higher
resolution and speed and will be texture-mapped. If you wish to have
the demo emailed to you, please request it from:

                      [e-mail]


Jim Durward             Virtual Universe Corporation
[e-mail]   voice: 403-261-5652
                        fax  :     [phone]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Rich Williams)
Subject: Novel TeleMarketing Dialing System Needed
Date: 8 Sep 1994 22:49:31 GMT
Organization: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana


I am looking for a Automated Dialing system that can be driven by a
Novel Network based database.  This is one of those pain in the *ss
tele-marketing system, that take input from a database dials and once
a real voice is detected switches the phone over to a Lot Lizard. I
know of Unix based versions of this, but these folks want a Novel
system version as the database and network already exist.

So if you sell or know of someone who sells these systems let me know
please. Contact me at [e-mail] or [phone].


Thanks,

Rich  Williams
[e-mail]          Purdue University
[phone]               Department of Mathematics
#include <std/disclaimer.h>  West Lafayette, IN 47907

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Peter Salzman)
Subject: Help: Computer Voicemail Hard/Software
Date: 8 Sep 1994 08:42:02 GMT
Organization: California State University Sacramento


I am desperately looking for the needed hardware and software that is
used in computer voice mail and telepersonals services.

Specifically, my roomate and I would like to start a telephone dating
service where people call up, leave messages in other peoples boxes,
record their own messages, etc etc.

Would some kind soul tell me what I need for this?  If someone has
actually done this I would be appreciative of any tips you can give me,
like system requirements, drive requirements, etc.

Since I cross posted this to a slew of groups, the best thing would be
to email me.  If anyone wants the information, I'd be glad to forward
it.


Thanks so much,

peter

------------------------------

Subject: Cable & Wireless Won't Give Me Their Rates
From: drharry![e-mail] (Alan Boritz)
Reply-To: uunet!drharry![e-mail] (Alan Boritz)
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 94 08:08:02 EDT
Organization: Harry's Place - Mahwah NJ - [phone]


Called this LD provider about DDD service and they wouldn't even talk
to me about rates until they saw a copy of my phone bill!  I was
impressed when I found out that they deliver ANI on interstate calls,
but now I'm not so sure if I'm still "impressed."  Ignoring for the
moment that they stand a good chance of losing a customer every time I
audit a customer's long distance billing where Cable & Wireless is the
PIXC, would anyone be familiar with this vendor's switched-access wats
rates?


[e-mail]  or  uunet!drharry!aboritz
Harry's Place (drharry.UUCP) - Mahwah NJ USA - [phone]

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 13:34:16 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Wanted: Information on CTI
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Organization: Northern Telecom, GALWAY, Ireland


[Please note correct email reply address is [e-mail]]

I am interested in finding some information on computer telephony, eg
TAPI etc and wonder if anyone could point me to where I could find
some, ideally in the vein of "An Idiot's Guide ...".


Thanks for the help,

DERMOT WALL        EMAIL    : [e-mail]
Northern Telecom
Galway
Ireland            ESN    :  570 3334

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (David Nyarko)
Subject: Help: Universities to Pursue Telecomm Managemant Grad Studies
Date: 9 Sep 1994 14:21:24 GMT
Organization: Computer and Network Services, U of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada


Hi,

Could I have some pointers to Universities in Canada and the US for
pursuing a postgraduate program in Telecomms Management.  Please email
responses. This posting is on behalf of a friend without internet
access.


David Nyarko         email: [e-mail]
Dept. of Electrical Engineering  Tel:[phone] (Office)
University of Alberta,                  (403)-431-0408 (home)
Edmonton, AB, CANADA             Fax:[phone]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Dick Kalagher)
Subject: Audiovox MXT-950 900 MHz Phone
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 1994 13:43:49 -0500
Organization: The MITRE corporation


Has anyone tried this phone?  I saw it at the Price Club and it looks
really nice.  Its a small flip phone (smaller than the Panasonic, I
think) that would easily go in shirt pocket.  It has an LCD display
that apparently lets you store names for speed dialing.  Claims to
have 40 cahnnels but it doesn't say whether it hops over the channels
or somehow selects the best one.  Even has nine different ringer tones
and music while on hold (don't know how this works, though).  The best
part is it is only $199 which is a great price for a 900 MHz phone.

------------------------------

Subject: Area Code 562 May Arrive Early
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 94 21:08:49 PDT
From: Craig Milo Rogers <[e-mail]>


    According to an item on p. D2 of the Thu 8 Sep 1994 edition of
the {Los Angeles Times}, areac code 310 is in jeopardy of running out
of numbers.  Consequently, area code 562 may be activiated within a
year.


Craig Milo Rogers

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TELECOM Digest     Wed, 14 Sep 94 13:31:30 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 364

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Symposium - Personal Communication Systems (Carl E. Krasnor)
    Jeffrey Smulyen to Chair U.S. Delegation to ITU Conference (Nigel Allen)
    Status of V5.1 V5.2 Development/Deployment (Larry Svec)
    Information Needed for Frame-Relay Device Driver (Pete Kruckenberg)
    Transatlantic Cellular (Raymond Okonski)
    Mixed Services, Same Premises (T. Stephen Eggleston)
    ICRC Bosnia Appeal (NetSurfer)
    Help Needed on Losing Telephone Connection (Peter Li)
    Book Review: "Netiquette" by Shea (Rob Slade)

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From: [e-mail] (Carl E. Krasnor)
Subject: Symposium - Personal Communication Systems
Date: 13 Sep 1994 15:17:44 -0400
Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada


PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (PCS)
A One-Day Symposium
Friday, September 30th, 1994.
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario CANADA
Health Sciences Centre
Room 1A1     Ewart Angus Centre
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Sponsored by the Telecommunications Research Institute of Ontario (TRIO)
and the Communications Research Laboratory (CRL) at McMaster University


1.  PURPOSE:

Personal Communication systems (PCS) are becoming an important element
of the world's Wireless Communication Network.  This Seminar is
designed to brief participants on the origins of these systems, on the
status of their deployment in the world, and on the future directions
they may take.  Participants will be specifically informed about the
current R & D on which the development of these systems depends.


2.  FORMAT

Experienced speakers will make presentations on the various issues
that are relevant to PCS.  Many opportunities will be given to
participants to address questions to speakers.  A roundtable
discussion on the future trends of PCS involving leading technology
developers and planners will be followed by exchanges with
participants.  All will have a chance to see, touch, and experiment
with an operational Personal Communications System as part of the CRL
Tour.


3. PARTICIPANTS

This symposium is recommended for all persons in industry, government,
or academe, who are concerned with the planning, development,
deployment management and marketing of PCS.


4. PROGRAM

8:30 am Breakfast - Blue Cafeteria, Ewart Angus Centre
"Wireless Communications Opportunities in China"
    Keynote Speaker: Prof. Song Junde
    Dean of Graduate School
    Beijing Univ. of Posts &
    Telecommunications (BUPT)
    Beijing, PRC.


AM PROGRAM    ROOM 1A1    EAC
McMaster Health Sciences Centre

10:00    Welcome & Intro.
    Mr. Peter Leach        TRIO
    Dr. John Litva        CRL, McMaster

10:15    Dr. John Litva
    CRL Director
        "Origins of
         Personal Communications"

10:45        Coffee  Break

11:00        "Future Directions"
        (Round Table discussions)
Chairman:    Dr. John Litva

        Dr. Tony Bailetti
        Dr. Andrew Beasley
        Prof. Song Junde
        Mr. P. J. Quelch
        Mr. Mike Lazaridis
        Mr. Peter Leach

MID DAY    12:00  -  2:00 PM

    CRL  Tour
    Demonstration of
    Operational PCS
    Hands-on PCS for Participants
Sandwich Lunch    CRL B102


PM PROGRAM

2:00 pm
"Intelligent Antennas for PCS"
        Dr. John Litva
        CRL Director, and Prof.
        Elect. & Computer Eng.
        McMaster University

2:30 pm
"Microstrip Antennas for
 Wireless Communications"
        Prof. David Pozar
        Electrical Engineering and
        Computer Science
        University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

3:00 pm
"Signal Processing
Techniques for PCS"
        Dr. Max Wong
        Professor, Elect. & Computer
        Engineering, and CRL
        McMaster  University.
3:30 pm
"Unified Approach to Predicting Propagation in an Urban Environment"
        Dr. Henry L. Bertoni
        Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications,
        Polytechnic University
        Brooklyn, NY. 11201, USA.


REGISTRATION FORM
September 30th, 1994
PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

NAME:  _____________________

COMPANY:___________________

ADDRESS:__________________

CITY:    ___________    PROV.:____

POSTAL CODE:______________

TELEPHONE:_________________

FAX:_______________________

E-MAIL:____________________

SYMPOSIUM FEES:

-    TRIO Affiliates    $100.+ GST
-    Non-Affiliates    $200.+ GST
-    Grad Students    $ 50. + GST


Please send this form with cheque to:
Kathy Mhoney, Conference Registrar
Telecommunications Research Institute of Ontario
(TRIO), 340 March Road, Suite # 400,
Kanata, Ontario. K2K  2E4.
Phone: [phone]
Fax:    [phone]


Carl Krasnor, Communications Research Lab, McMaster U., Hamilton, Ont. CANADA
[e-mail]   VA3CK   Tel:[phone] x24171   FAX:[phone]

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Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1994 03:42:56 -0400
Subject: Jeffrey Smulyen to Chair U.S. Delegation to ITU Conference
Organization: Internex Online, Toronto
From: [e-mail] (Nigel Allen)


Here is a press release from the White House that may be of some
interest. I downloaded it from the PR On-Line BBS in Maryland at
410-363-0834.  I do not work for the U.S. government.

 President Clinton Names Smulyan to Chair Delegation to the
International Telecommunication Conference at State Department

 Contact: White House Press Office, 202-456-2100

   WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- President Clinton today announced his
intention to appoint Jeffrey H. Smulyan with the personal rank of
Ambassador during his tenure of service as the Head of the United
States Delegation to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Plenipotentiary Conference in Yoto, Japan, September 19 - October 15,
1994.

   In his capacity as Head of the United States Delegation, Mr.
Smulyan will advance U.S. proposals to the Conference and promote U.S.
interests in the development of international telecommunications.  The
ITU is the United Nations specialized agency devoted to telecommunications
standardization, radio frequency management, and telecommunications
development.  Mr.  Smulyan is founder and Chairman of the Board of
Emmis Broadcasting Corporation, which currently owns seven radio
stations in the United States.

   Mr. Smulyan was born April 6, 1947 in Indianapolis, Indiana.  He
earned a bachelor of arts degree in history and telecommunications
from the University of Southern California in 1969 and a Juris Doctor
degree from the University of Southern California School of Law in
1972.

  -30-

Nigel Allen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada     [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Larry Svec)
Subject: Status of V5.1 V5.2 Development/Deployment
Date: 13 Sep 1994 14:28:55 GMT
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group


I am looking for information on the implementation of the V5.1 and
V5.2 interconnect standards such as the following:

   1) Are there any PTTs or Switch vendors who have deployed
      trial systems or commercial systems using either interface?

   2) Are there any switching or other products available now
      that utilize this standard?

   3) The V5 specs are quite substantial in features and functionality;
      are there any recommendations being made as to a subset or
      rollout of features that are being implemented by PTTs and
      switch vendors.

Any information in general regarding these specifications would be
appreciated.  I would also like to talk to or correspond with other
people involved in the development and deployment of this spec.

Thank you in advance,


Larry D. Svec - Motorola Inc.
  work: 708-632-5259      fax: [phone]
  home: 708-526-1256   e-mail: [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Pete Kruckenberg)
Subject: Information Needed for Frame-Relay Device Driver
Date: 14 Sep 1994 12:51:20 GMT
Organization: University of Utah Computer Science Department


I'm going to be writing a driver for use with the freeware Unix clone,
Linux, using a v.35 ISA board. I need to get as much information as
possible about frame-relay, including standards, specs, as well as
"lay-man" descriptions of it. Also very valuable would be any sample
code in C, Basic, Pascal, Modula, assembler, or pretty much any other
language which pertains to frame-relay, regardless of which platform
or OS it was written for. I would also like to know of any other
frame-relay-related Internet resources (newsgroups, mailing lists,
etc) that are available.

I would appreciate any help I can get in finding this information as
soon as possible. Also, anyone who would be interested in coaching
me through some of the questions I might have is encouraged to
contact me with their suggestions and advice.

Please respond by private email to [e-mail], or the address
on this message. I will keep these newsgroups posted on my progress.


Thank you,

Pete Kruckenberg        School: [e-mail]
University of Utah        Work: [e-mail]
Computer Engineering    For even more addresses, "finger [e-mail]"

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 13 Sep 94 19:32 BST
From: [e-mail] (Raymond Okonski)
Subject: Transatlantic Cellular
Reply-To: [e-mail]


We all know that when crossing the Atlantic (in either direction) there
are going to be problems with fixed or mobile comms systems. I have a
UK collection of cellular phones: Analogue ETACS (an AMPS derivative),
Digital GSM 900MHz and DCS 1800MHz. None of which will work if I take
them across the 'pond'.  With so many active cellular accounts, I am
unwilling to purchase yet another phone, but when I come over to the
US, I want the flexibility of mobile comms, but am unsure as to the
best course of action - arrange a reciprocal deal to anyone coming to
Europe (so they can borrow one of mine - *and* pay the bill!) or
attempt to source one of those Airport booths and try to rent one for
the duration. I'll be spending a month in the Georgia/Florida areas
later this year, if anyone can recommend the best way to obtain a
loan/rented phone for the duration and the network covering the area,
I would be most grateful.

I can be contacted at [e-mail].


Raymond Okonski

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (T. Stephen Eggleston)
Subject: Mixed Services, Same Premises
Date: 14 Sep 1994 11:41:21 -0400
Organization: Nuance Data Systems, Alexandria, VA    22304
Reply-To: [e-mail]


In article <[e-mail]>, Jerry Leichter  wrote:

> In recent issues of the Digest, OEM (Our Esteemed Moderator) has:

> a)  Defended the practice of some Telco's in refusing to provide both
>     measured and unmeasured service at the same location on the
>     grounds that this would let people choose the cheaper alterna-
>     tive on a call-by-call basis, which is not the "intent" of the
>     various charging schemes;

[deletia]

My local carrier did not want to install a measured phone in my
residence, which already has three unmeasured lines.  The new phone
was for my daughter, who is living here while she is in college, and
would be in her name, not mine.  The explanation was that the two
services would not be provided in the same RESIDENCE. I faxed them a
copy of a cancelled check from my daughter for her RENT.  (50.00 per
month)

Still, they said that it was in the same physical building.

I told them, that she had her own entrance, but they said that doesn't
matter, since I was the owner.

Then, I asked ...

So, if I own a multi-family residence, I can't mix services, correct?

YES, was the reply.

When I asked them about apartment buildings, duplexes and boarding
houses, the lady got very confused.  She told me "that was different,"
but could not explain the difference.

I GOT the line.

(NOT for the purposes of avoiding charges, but I COULD run an extension
into MY part of the house if I wanted to.)

Just another $.02 from The Eggman


Steve Eggleston                         Internet:[e-mail]
Nuance Data Systems  [phone]           CIS:72040,713

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 05:46:40 HST
From: NetSurfer <[e-mail]>
Subject: ICRC Bosnia Appeal


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Although not telecom related, I thought
this was important enough that it should be passed along. If it annoys
you, then ignore it. If you are as concerned as many of us, then give
some consideration to what *you* can do to help.    PAT]

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------

 Date: Thu, 8 Sep 1994 23:11:38 +0100 (WET DST)
 From: Michel Veuthey <[e-mail]>
 To: [e-mail]
 Subject: ICRC BOSNIA APPEAL


                    Address by the President
      of the International Committee of the Red Cross
   to Ambassadors and Representatives of Permanent Missions
                           at Geneva
                       7 September 1994

    Bosnia-Herzegovina: civilians hostages of political interests

The conflict in the Balkans has been going on for three years now -
three long years of terror and suffering for the civilian population,
but also three years of tireless endeavour on the part of the
humanitarian agencies. Three years during which the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been working alongside other
organizations to try and alleviate the suffering endured by the
countless victims of the conflict. Sadly, the many efforts made by the
ICRC have failed to meet with the response it had hoped for.

This state of affairs is unacceptable. I solemnly wish to declare this
to the international community as a whole, through you.

For three years now, civilians have been the bargaining chips in what
is known as the conflict in the former Yugoslavia. The population is
being terrorized, threatened and subjected to constant harassment.
People are being forcibly displaced, transferred and exchanged. For
three years now, the arbitrary detention of civilians, hostage-taking,
summary executions, forced labour of civilians on the front lines are
taking place with total disregard for the most elementary principles
of humanity.

Despite the ceaseless efforts made by the ICRC, which remains at the
disposal of the parties to find humanitarian solutions to these
problems, horror is still a daily fact of life in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

More than 2,000 people have been forced to leave the town of Bijeljina
in recentweeks. They have been driven from their homes in terror,
stripped of everything they owned, subjected to brutal treatment and
compelled to cross the front line.

In the Banja Luka area, minorities are being subjected to harassment
and discrimination every day. Having lost all hope for the future,
they have no choice but to leave.

In Central Bosnia, too, minorities left without any prospect of an
acceptable life are leaving the Zenica region.

In other places like Gorazde and Srebrenica, entire populations are
encircled, confined to a few square kilometres of land and forced to
survive in appalling psychological and material conditions.

In the Bihac area, tens of thousands of displaced civilians are hostage
to the belligerents' political interests.

In most of these situations it is the Muslim civilian population that is
the principal victim of an abominable policy.

These facts are extremely serious, and that is why I have taken the
liberty of asking you to come to the ICRC today so that I could tell
you this myself. The very way in which this war is being waged
constitutes a negation of the roots of humanitarian law. The fact that
these odious practices are repeatedly being committed, coupled with
the absence of any prospect of a solution, is gradually turning human
suffering into a routine occurrence, thereby dulling people's
conscience and threatening to undermine the very foundations of
humanity.

We cannot accept a policy that advocates the forcible exclusion of
minorities. What indeed will become of them, prevented as they are
from seeking refuge abroad and abandoned to their fate among an often
hostile majority, if nothing is done to ensure that their rights are
respected in the places where they live or if nothing is done to
enable them to leave in total safety, freedom and dignity?

In the face of this intolerable situation, the ICRC once again calls
upon the parties to the conflict, and in particular their respective
leaders and populations, to assume their moral and political
responsibilities.  Above all it appeals, through you, to the community
of States to see that there is an immediate end to these crimes, whose
gravity and magnitude amount to a negation of humanitarian law and of
the most fundamental human rights. It is of the utmost urgency that
the international community find solutions taking due account of the
inalienable rights of the individual.

The International Committee of the Red Cross reminds all the States
Party to the Geneva Conventions of their collective obligation to
ensure that the provisions of humanitarian law are respected in all
circumstances.  We cannot continue to watch the erosion of the very
foundations of the law without taking practical action. The ICRC is
counting on a prompt and determined reaction on the part of the
international community.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Peter Li)
Subject: Help Needed on Losing Telephone Connection
Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - Genome Data Base (GDB)
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 04:10:42 GMT


Hi folks,

I have this problem with my telephone line, it drops everynight around
11:00pm. I wonder if someone on the net can help me out.  Here is the
scenerio:

I have two lines to my house; two pairs of wire on a single four wire
cable.  I use a modem on one of the lines to dial in to my system at
work.  Every night, the line is dropped, then for about one minute, I
could not get a dialtone. Bell Atlantic sent out technicians during
daytime twice and found no problems with the line.

I have unplugged all extensions and answering machines, and the
problem still happens. I tried a "loop-back" test, i.e. using the bad
line and called my other line, no modem, just voice, and the line is
still dropped.  So the problem is not modem related.

And the most peculiar thing is that the line is always dropped around
11:00 pm. After the line recovers, everything is fine for hours.

My suspicion is that nothing is wrong physically with the wire, but
something is happening at the switching center in the telephone
company.  The people who answer the problem number (611) doesn't seem
to know anything about it and nor do I. If any of you have an idea why
this is occurring, please respond so that I might be able to jarr some
engineer in Bell Atlantic to get this fixed. (Switching to use the
other line is out of the question, that one is my wife's line :-).


Thanks in advance,

Peter Li    email: [e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I am curious ... during the minute or so
when you get dropped and cannot get dialtone on the one line, what is
the status of the other line?  What happens if you dial the (dropped, no
dialtone) line from your other one? Rapid busy signal perhaps, or a
regular busy signal?   PAT]

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 18:51:15 MDT
From: Rob Slade <[e-mail]>
Subject: Book Review: "Netiquette" by Shea


BKNTQUTT.RVW  940601

Albion Books
4547 California Street
San Francisco, CA  94118
[e-mail]
"Netiquette", Shea, 1994, 0-9637025-1-3, U$19.95
[e-mail]

The word, "etiquette," we are told in the book, comes from the French
word for "ticket".  It is your entree, or passport, to proper society.
Given the human propensity for exclusivity, however, large sections of
the populace take great pride in a reverse snobbery by proving that
they don't care about the "right" society, and have no intentions of
following its rules.  Rebels have a disproportionately high representation
on electronic networks.  All that this proves, of course, is that
different cultures have different specifics in terms of etiquette:
netiquette can be much more rigid and picayune than arguments about
which fork to use.

Nevertheless, as Shea points out, there are some common sense
guidelines that form the basis of netiquette.  The fundamental
principles could be applied to entering any society: lurk (use your
eyes and ears first), learn (pay attention to what is going on and
find the acceptable, and unacceptable, patterns), and, live and let
live.  The contents, after an introduction to networking concepts,
cover the usual basics of netiquette with the usual list of rules,
some discussion of email, email style, discussion groups, and flames.
It expands beyond that, however, to information retrieval, significant
violations, corporate, home and school etiquette, and discussions of
sexual relationships, privacy and copyright.  (It is interesting to
read the coverage of advertising on the net from a work published just
prior to the deluge from Canter and Siegel, who, in their refusal to
abide by net dictates, or to admit the net could *have* dictates, give
a whole new meaning to the term "self-centred".)

Shea's treatment is not, as the cover blurb states, the only book to
offer guidance in this area, but is certainly the most complete.
While the material is definitely of use to the newcomer, long time net
denizens will note a lack of familiarity with certain aspects of
computer mediated communications.  The advice, for example, to wait a
few days before replying to a flame, or composing a flame in reply to
an "ignorant" message, is of no use to busy net communicators.  The
standard time management advice applies -- once you pick it up, don't
put it down until you've dealt with it.  I tend to get one or two
flames per week in response to these reviews, and, inevitably, the
messages betray the fact that the flamer hasn't even read the message.
However, after a careful review to ensure that there isn't some point
to take, I'd rather delete such messages without replying, instead of
wasting my time composing a reply in order to try to convince the
Internit that he, she or it was wasting my time.  (Alternately, if you
don't like my solution, forward the flame to Canter and Siegel, thus
killing, or at least aggravating, two nits with one flame.)

There is also little analysis of the social forces behind flammage.
Users are often told to be temperate, don't flame, use smileys and
don't be abusive.  The "rules of correspondence" too often fail to
demonstrate how easily electronic communications can generate misunder-
standings.  Shea's book is better than most because it covers more
related territory, but some up-front explanation of the mechanics
involved would have been helpful.

Although a brief discussion of netiquette is now a standard fixture in
net guides, a work of this larger scope is long overdue.  A note
asking for suggestions implies corrections and additions in a later
version.  I look forward to such future editions and the salutary
effect on net traffic that this, and they, will have.

copyright Robert M. Slade, 1994   BKNTQUTT.RVW  940601. Distribution
permitted in TELECOM Digest and associated newsgroups/mailing lists.


DECUS Canada Communications, Desktop, Education and Security group newsletters
Editor and/or reviewer [e-mail], [e-mail], Rob Slade at 1:153/733
Author "Robert Slade's Guide to Computer Viruses" (Sept. '94) Springer-Verlag

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    Re: Help Needed on Losing Telephone Connection (Chris Hardaker)
    Re: Help Needed on Losing Telephone Connection (Carl Oppedahl)
    Re: Help Needed on Losing Telephone Connection (Travis Russell)
    Re: 1957 Note on Pagers (Martin McCormick)
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    Re: Security Deposit From Local Phone Carrier (Carl Oppedahl)
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Subject: Re: Help Needed on Losing Telephone Connection
From: [e-mail] (Chris Hardaker)
Date: 15 Sep 94 08:35:34 EDT


In response to Peter Li's trouble --

Telecom In New Zealand has deployed a cute little system called MITS
(Don't ask me what it stands for). This system consists of one test set
per 10000 lines (This lines are grouped by equipment not phone number).
This little system accesses the line via the test cross connect found
on the mother board of all Line Modules (NEAX 61 Generic siwtches) and
runs a routine test of the cable and terminal block.  This test
consisits of capacitance, A-B A-Ground and B-Ground resistance and
noise. During this test the line is unavailable to the customer.
During deployment of this system Telecom had two major problems with
the system. The first was during the capacitance test, the older phone
bells 'tinkled' and the second was some systems ignored the busy line
condition and just interupted the call in progress.

To achieve it's test schedule (one test per night per line) the system
kept a rigid schedule and you could set your watch by your phone
'tinkle'. If your local service provider has something similar, this
could be a line of investigation.


Chris Hardaker   Network Management
CLEAR Communications  Auckland  New Zealand
Ph    [phone] DDI  Fax    [phone]
Email    [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Carl Oppedahl)
Subject: Re: Help Needed on Losing Telephone Connection
Date: 14 Sep 1994 18:13:58 -0400
Organization: Oppedahl & Larson


In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Peter Li) writes:

> My suspicion is that nothing is wrong physically with the wire, but
> something is happening at the switching center in the telephone
> company.  The people who answer the problem number (611) doesn't seem
> to know anything about it and nor do I. If any of you have an idea why
> this is occurring, please respond so that I might be able to jarr some
> engineer in Bell Atlantic to get this fixed. (Switching to use the
> other line is out of the question, that one is my wife's line :-).

Yes, I suspect that there is some sort of automated line testing going
on.  You will *never* get a meaningful response from 611 on this sort
of thing, I predict.  Call 611, and ask them to arrange for a frame
foreman to call you back.


Carl Oppedahl AA2KW     Oppedahl & Larson (patent lawyers)
Yorktown Heights, NY    [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Travis Russell)
Subject: Re: Help Needed on Losing Telephone Connection
Date: 15 Sep 1994 12:50:35 GMT
Organization: Tekelec, Inc.


In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Peter
Li) says:

> I have this problem with my telephone line, it drops everynight around
> 11:00pm. I wonder if someone on the net can help me out.  Here is the
> scenerio:

I have encountered many strange problems such as this one, and have
never had any success in getting them fixed through the normal
channels. I have since developed a standard rule of thumb.

If 611 cannot fix the problem after two visits, I ask for the first
line supervisor. This draws a lot of attention within the rank and
file. I then explain the problem to them. Chances are, they are
checking your line at the wrong end. There needs to be some testing at
the other end.

If the first line supervisor cannot find the problem, and the trouble
occurs again, I then escalate to the second level manager.  This
raises big flags in the C.O. and almost always has positive results.

Problems of this nature are difficult to find. When a technician gets
dispatched on this type of problem, they have no other recourse but to
test the line and log a NTF (No Trouble Found). Thats how the system
works.

Escalation puts more visibility on your unique problem, and will get
the necessary resources at the 11th hour to at least monitor the
problem from the C.O. Frankly, I am a little surprised (not really)
that the telco did not do this already, since this is a repeat
trouble.

Good Luck!


Travis Russell   [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 14 Sep 94 15:58:58 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Martin McCormick)
Subject: Re: 1957 Note on Pagers
Organization: Oklahoma State University  Stillwater, OK
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 20:58:53 GMT


    One of the very popular paging systems between the late
fifties and early eighties was a system in which the transmitter plaid
a continuous loop of tape which ran for 30 seconds or so in which the
answering service operator read a list of subscriber's ID's with short
messages for them.  The tape for the RadioCall paging Service in
Oklahoma City which used to be on 35.58MHZ went something like:

    "This is RadioCall Paging Service in Oklahoma City paging:
124R Call home.  316 Call Bill at 555-2703.  614 813 257 Over."

    The transmitter used 250 Watts of AM and frequently interfered
with any sound systems in the down-town area that weren't well
protected against RF.  The voice messages were supplemented with
tone-only signalling which was sent, as needed.  I don't believe that
there were any receivers which used a tone-activated muting circuit so
the tones were for a different class of service such that when the
beeper went off, one had to call the answering service to find out the
message.

    In the sixties and seventies, there were four frequencies
which were used for these systems.  They were 35.22, 35.58, 43.22, and
43.58 Megahertz.  When sporadic E skip caused the VHF low band to open
wide, I can remember hearing paging systems from all over the United
States and even one in South America, maybe Chile or Argentina since
there was a 50HZ power supply hum on it.  As a shortwave listener and
later a ham, it was a great way to tell when the band was open and to
where because most of the tape-loop paging systems identified
themselves as to their city.

    By the mid to late seventies, the tape loop systems began to
go out of service in droves.  They were replaced by the kind of
direct-dial access services that we have, today.  I can remember that
by 1980, when there was a sporadic E opening, one could hear all kinds
of dial-up systems, but no more continuously-running tape loops.


Martin McCormick WB5AGZ   Stillwater, OK
O.S.U. Computer Center Data Communications Group

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From: daveb@jaws (David Breneman)
Subject: Re: 1957 Note on Pagers
Date: 14 Sep 94 22:51:50 GMT
Organization: Digital Systems International, Redmond WA


Carl Moore ([e-mail]) wrote:

> Wilmington (Del.) Morning News, Tuesday, April 9, 1957; page 27,
> column 6 of 8

> CALLING DR. KILDARE.  BOSTON (AP) -- A $10,000 doctor-radio paging
> system has been installed at Beth Israel Hospital.  Pocket radios are
> now standard equipment for all physicians serving the hospital.  A
> doctor's code number is beeped to the radio clipped to his pocket.
> This signal comes from a transmitter installed near the telephone
> switchboard.

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: My first experience with pagers was
> around 1960 or so when I was working at the University of Chicago and
> they installed a paging system in the hospitals. My first personal pager
> was a few years after that when Illinois Bell started selling a service
> called 'Page Boy'. It was just a beeper without voice or text capability.
          ^^^^^^^^
Sure that wasn't "Bell Boy"?  That's what US West called theirs,
anyway.  And, of course, it was a nice tie-in because it had the
once-familiar Bell logo on it!  The one my mother had (she ran the
local blood bank lab, and they all took turns being "on call" in case
of an emergency -- the person on call got the pager) was about the size
of a current VCR remote control, and had to be left in a charger base
over night.


David Breneman                        Email: [e-mail]
System Administrator,           Voice: [phone]  Fax: [phone]
Product Development Platforms
Digital Systems International, Inc.        Redmond, Washington,  U. S. o' A.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Yep that was my error. "Bell Boy" was the
telco name for the unit on a national basis. All the telcos were then in
the Bell System and they all used "Bell Boy". The pager itself came from
Motorola, and Motorola's name for the unit was "Page Boy". Very same
unit; just a different metal cover on the front with a Bell logo and telco's
name for the device.  If you got yours through an answering service which
bought them direct from Motorola then it said "Page Boy". If you got your
unit from the telco -- even though it was identical, and in some instances
on the very same frequency, but with different 'cap codes', then it had
their logo and name instead.   PAT]

------------------------------

From: John Botari <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: 1957 note on pagers
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 94 10:31:47 CST


Back around 1986/87, when I was living in Toronto, a friend of mine
(who worked for what was, at that time, still CNCP Telecommunica-
tions -- now Unitel) still had one of those early tone-only pagers
referred to by Pat in his comments.  His was a Bell Canada "Bellboy";
Bell had gone out of marketing its pager service some years previously,
but they were still supporting their few remaining users ... and the
pager truly was quite large -- about 6 x 2 x 1 inches, so the only
practical place to carry it was in the inside pocket of a blazer or
suit jacket.  (Even so, it lent one a bit of a lopsided look ...)  My
friend had evidently been carrying the same one since the late '60s
(he was one of the technical people in CNCP's store-and-forward mes-
sage switching division ... but _that's_ another by-gone technology ...)


John Botari   Environment Canada - Informatics   Saskatoon, SK, Canada
                        [e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Yes, they were quite large by today's
standards. My tone-only pager was a very long (six inches?) rather
slender thing; when I got a voice unit it was rather large and bulky
and weighed about a pound.  PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Mixed Service, Same Premises
Organization: SLACC STACK BBS - St. Louis, Missouri
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 94 09:10:59 EST


In issue 364 of the digest, T. Stephen Eggleston related his problems
in obtaining both measured and flat rate service on the same premises.
I am in Southwestern Bell territory and operate a BBS for a local
computer user group. The system is located in my residence.
Approximately one year ago, I contacted SWBT to inquire about
converting five of the lines used by the system to measured service
from flat rate service (These lines are in a hunt group). I
anticipated difficulty with the request but the SWBT rep stated that
it would not be a problem if those five lines were billed on a
separate bill under the pilot number for the hunt group. Consequently,
I have two flat rate lines and five measured lines at the same
premises and receive two separate bills. No problems and no hassle
from SWBT!


Noel Moss   [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 20:03:37 -0400
From: H. Shrikumar <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Secretary, Dept. of Telecom (India) Replaced
Organization: UMass, Amherst MA + Temporal Systems Bombay India


In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] wrote:

> Just a few hours ago, the Government of India reshuffled secretaries
> to the various departments.  Perhaps the most surprising change was
> that relating to the Department of Telecommunications which has been
> in the news for the last several months, due to it's (vocal) (ex)
> secretary, the Chairman of the Telecom Commission, India, for his
> progressive (read heretic) reform agenda.

So it did finally happen !

Yup .. Vittal was also very high profile, (as was Sam Pitroda before
him).  But Vittal was an old hand at the Indian style of bureaucracy,
and knew how to work it in its unique way, so one thought he would
last longer.

> N. Vittal has been replaced by A.K. Thakkar.  Vittal will go back to
> his earlier full-time job as the Secretary of the Department of
> Electronics.

I wonder if it means that the Dept. of Telecom would go back to its
earlier full-time role of a ordained-monopoly-with-guaranteed-profitability-
no-matter-what. And if the Department of Electronics will go back to
its earlier fulltime job as ordained-foil-to-the-DoT !

I would suppose it is too late for that (thankfully).  Already it is
getting competitive to complete a Delhi-Bombay call via the US.  (No
kidding, I have actually done that! And you get a free conference with
a soul in the US as a bonus :-)

And during the brief telecom-spring just past, enough resources have
been invested by more than one multi-national-in-partnership, in
lobbying for various basic voice service proposals, which run into
several billions of dollars.  The giant machinery of a mega-corp like
Reliance is on the act, ... so the combined forces are probably too
strong to counter.

However, the loss of a vocal arguer, especially one who preferred
bringing high visibility to discussions, rather than parleys behind
the closed teak door, would be surely felt.

The coming months will say ...

Compared to these swinging of the bureaucratic yo-yo, the big cable-IXC-LEC
wars in the US seem like a straight Greek play -- build-up, climax and
conclusion. Someone will buy the other, and they will live happily
ever after.

Out there, what you have is more like a unending soap, season after season
of the same stuff -- changing relationships, swinging partnerships, with no
purpose other than to keep sponsors pouring in, ... and no scriptwriter
in his right mind wishing to scribe an end-game. :-)


shrikumar ( [e-mail], [e-mail],
X.400 G=Shrikumar S=Hariharasubrahmanian P=itu A=arcom C=CH (yea right :)

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Cell One NY/NJ is Becoming "Hell One"
Date: 14 Sep 94 18:35:43 -0700
Organization: Brigham Young University


Well, you have a couple of options with your problem.  The easiest is
to just leave the phone at home and get a pager.  Really.  What possible
consequence would stem from not being able to talk to somebody for the
five minutes that it would require to find a pay phone?  That way would
be cheaper as well ...

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Bradley Allen)
Subject: Re: Cell One NY/NJ is Becoming "Hell One"
Date: 14 Sep 1994 22:43:15 -0400
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC


At least Cellular One is better than LA Cellular in regards to fraud
prevention, in my experience:

I was a paying customer of LA Cellular, and regularly could not
receive, or even make, calls using the >only< cell tower I ever used,
simply because I had the combination of living, working, playing,
eating, shopping, bureaucrating and breathing exclusively in western
Hollywood and eastern West Hollywood.  I remember many times standing
at a payphone and calling my own number ten times with signal strength
high and call contention low, and two out of the ten calls would
sometimes actually ring on my phone.  Replacing the phone with an
identical model once, and with another model another time, didn't
help.  I currently have a claim with the CPUC -- apparently the first
with LA Cellular according to the Accounting Dept?!  I hardly think so
 ... anyway, I have to call and see its status.

While I get some strange behaviors such as this from Cellular One NYC,
thank God it is not >nearly< as bad at LA Cellular, seeing as how 100%
of my income comes via calls placed >to< my cellular phone.

BTW, the failures usually come in various forms -- with LA Cell, it
was trunk busy, forward to voicemail, or an intercept saying I'm not
in the coverage area (the last one was rare) when receiving, or
no-circuit-available tone when originating, or being unable to reset
the forwarding during non-daylight times (the worst!).  With Cell One,
it is mostly in the form of intercepts saying I'm not in the coverage
area (even though I have voicemail) receiving, and my problems with
Cell One have been so much less than LA Cell that I can't even
remember what other kinds of problems I've had (although I have had a
few others).  While NYNEX seems to have better coverage in some areas
of Manhattan (my primary everything area), I'm scared to deal with
them.


Bradley Allen <[e-mail]>, desperately waiting for a land line
so I don't have to pay for $600 monthly local receiving call bills
 ... or for calling-party-pays-call cellular receive or CID or ...

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (MUSEUMS)
Subject: Re: Cell One NY/NJ is Becoming "Hell One"
Date: 14 Sep 1994 23:44:08 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)


I am sorry that you are having so many problems.  I am just starting a
job with the company and I was not aware that there was such a serious
problem.  Maybe they should do a thorough check to see if your ESN is
on some sort of barring lists.  I knew that *350 does not work in
Canada ... it is in the book ... but you can call customer service to
turn that on.

What is the fraud protection thing? Do they make you turn it on ... please
explain it throughly. I don't know what it is.


Thanks,

Richard

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Cid Technologies)
Subject: Re: Cell One NY/NJ is Becoming "Hell One"
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 15:25:45 PDT


On Thu Sep  8 18:06:15 1994, [e-mail] (Stan Schwartz) wrote:

> A couple of months ago, I posted my dissatisfaction with attempting to
> use my cell phone in Montreal, Canada while roaming from NY with a
> "Fraud Protection Feature" on my account. [...] The resolution was to:

>  A: Have me call customer service before I plan to travel to Canada
>     again to have them remove my FPF before I travel there.
>  B: Make a notation on my account so that when I call under condition "A"
>    I won't get a hard time.

> So I believed them.

[...]

> Saturday night in Toronto, I tried to make a call and I alternately
> got a re-order or a CanTel operator.  When trying to call in from a
> pay phone, I got my voice mail.

Ok ... if you tried to dial OUT and got a re-order/fast busy or
operator, then I would say that they just didn't remove the Fraud
Protection Feature. But you SHOULD have been able to RECEIVE calls and
use the Do Not Disturb commands of *350/*35. They DO work in Canada,
and all over the NACN, for that matter. (And also in CT and Western
Mass for CO/NY customers roaming on Bell Atlantic/Metro Mobile).

Did you have Do Not Disturb set to not allow calls while roaming, ie,
*35? This would explain why your calls went to voicemail. Yet you
SHOULD be able to hit *350 EVEN IF you have the Fraud Protection
Feature engaged, and thus bring calls into the Cantel/Toronto system.

> I tried to activate call delivery (*350) and that code was not valid in
> Toronto.  The CanTel rep couldn't tell me what the equivalent code was
> there and he wouldn't/couldn't connect me to Cell One NY.

The code IS *350 to turn on call delivery. Note that you and most
everyone else would NOT need to use this if McCaw were to show a bit
more elacrity in having unanswered calls in roaming markets bounce
back to your home voicemail. I've found that even in US NACN systems
like Albany that frequently the *350/*35 mechanism is either slow or
totally inoperative, and thus can't receive calls or force them back
to voicemail based on my current needs. This would all *not be necessary*
if calls were to bounce back to voicemail between markets where the
DOJ does not prohibit this, and NYC <-> Albany would be one of them.

> I went down to a pay phone (Bell Canada, with the neat two-line display),
> and I called 1-800-242-7327 (CellOne NY customer service).  I got the
> menu choices and was holding for a rep for about 30 seconds when a
> recording came on to tell me that the number I dialed could not be
> reached from my calling area.  BUT I HAD!!!

Unless the Millenium (?) Bell Canada phone was defective, I can't
understand why you got that. I've called CO/NY a number of times from
Quebec and Ontario, and always got through. Can someone verify that it
still works? If not, I'll call them and ask them when they removed it
when they are obviously having so many problems in Canada.

> [...] I called Cell One's Paramus number and was lucky enough to find that
> their switchboard has a voice response option to reach customer
> service.

Send Cell One/NY the bill for these calls, and explain to them that
you couldn't call them any other way.

> The rep there tried calling my phone a few times (at one
> point she said, "Let me try another way.  Hold on."), put me on hold,
> and returned to tell me that Toronto IS a NACN city, but because of
> the large amount of fraud in the NYC area, I am in a "Pooled Region".
> This means that CanTel's system sees that my home area code (516) is
> in a high-fraud area and won't complete calls.  Nice, eh?  "Imagine No
> Limits" indeed!!!  (The limit is when you reach the Canadian border).

Sounds like nonsense to me. I would suggest:

1. Next time you get a rep who doesn't seem too helpful, immediately
ask to speak their manager and/or someone in the tech department. Although
most CO/NY customer service reps are above average for the cellular
industry, very few of them ever seem to use their phones, let alone
use them while roaming, and have very little knowledge of what goes on
out there.

2. If you are indeed being denied service due to fraud, call CO/NY,
tell them the reason you got service with them is because you wanted
to receive calls automatically in Toronto, and that whether or not
there is a lot of fraud on your range of numbers, YOU want YOUR phone
active there. (They can do this, for a very limited range with YOUR
number in it.) If they chose not to allow you to automatically roam
there due to fraud, tell them they are modifying their contract with
you and that you wish to cancel service immediately with NO cancellation
penalty to you. (I doubt it will come to this, but just in case...)

3. It sounds to me like you are having a problem with the Fraud
Protection feature in addition to the problem with *350/*35 for call
delivery which I reported in the Digest over a year ago has not yet
been fully fixed. When I was trying out the feature, I noticed a
degree of conflict between the two (Fraud Protection and Do No
Disturb), but there wasn't a high enough correlation to determine any
sort of pattern which I could report to CO/NY. But when I got rid of
the Fraud Protection Feature, things went back to more or less normal,
and I am encountering only sporadic (although highly annoying)
*350/*35 problems in Canada and elsewhere on the NACN.

I would suggest that you tell CO/NY to once and for all REMOVE the
fraud protection feature from your account PERMANENTLY, or at least
until they get their system fixed. I did this, and they totally
understood why I was asking to do it and agreed that since I did roam
a lot it made sense to do it.

You can verify that the feature has been removed if you try to
activate/deactivate it in the NY (00025) system and get an error
recording.

In general, the Fraud Protection Feature has always been buggy --
CO/NY initially wanted it to work everywhere (or everywhere that had
auto call delivery). But when they instituted this feature last year,
their customers could not place calls in Philly and the rest of
ComCast, Connecticut/Western Mass, and some other NACN markets (I had
trouble in LA, but LA Cellular was very happy to bill me for lot of
calls that just got a re-order ... utter slime down there! LA Cell is an
embarrassment to the industry and if they fall into the Pacific as a
result of the next unfortunate quake we can take some solace in the
fact that it wasn't a total loss! :( ).

So eventually CO/NY (which I believe is the east coast test market for
the fraud protection feature) decided to implement the feature ONLY
within their system. Presently, it should only have an effect on CO/NY
customers in the CO/NY system. It may also work in other *Ericsson-based*
NACN systems, but it will not have any effect systems operating on
other switches, like the Motorolas in ComCast's system.

I'm not even sure why they have Fraud Protection -- anyone can clone a
phone in NY and then drive to ComCast and make free call from there!
Perhaps its easier to spot roamer fraud? I've suggested in the past that
McCaw make greater strides towards having ALL NACN markets respond
appropriately to the Fraud Protection codes and have a HIGH degree of
confidence in the reliability of the feature while roaming before rolling
it out.

Yet my experiences with the feature were so disapointing that I immediately
cancelled it, and its a shame to see that so little progress had been made.
The feature is a useful one, and had I been in charge of the project (:) )
I'd make a more diligent effort to implement it in the US and Canada
without any of the problems which initially occurred.

> CellOne NY/NJ is probably _THE_ most expensive carrier in the country,

You should be glad you don't live in LA! Pac*Hell and LA Cell are THE
WORST carriers the country -- the FCC should throw away their licenses
and start all over again. (Pac*Bell is *slightly* better than LA Cell,
though ...)

> doesn't offer discounted/unlimited weekends, and they can't provide
> dependable roaming.  What's the deal!??

Well, I wouldn't go that far: CO/NY has the most comprehensive and
low-cost roaming airtime package in the northeast (home airtime, no
dailies from Boston to Poughkeepsie to NYC to DC), with reliable call
delivery to most of these markets (except Boston, which is WAY behind
schedule; Litchfield, CT, which McCaw owns, beats me why no call
delivery; and Poughkeepsie. NYNEX has delivery to all of these markets.)

CO/NY also offers the use of all of your features in MOST of these
markets (no call-waiting in CT yet :( ), AND, if you are in NJ or any
ComCast system unanswered calls received while roaming WILL bounce back
to voicemail, which is something that NYNEX can't offer. (NYNEX NY also
has some pathetic excuse about not offering call forwarding while roaming
due to fraud ... yeah, right ...)

So I wouldn't say that Cell One/NY is all that bad. What I will say is
that despite the good deal of progress which they have made towards
making roaming more seamless, they still have a long way to go. The fact
that they are STILL having problems with Do Not Disturb (*350/*35)
and/or Fraud Protection in Canada many months if not years after being put
on notice about this is inexcuseable. What's even more inexcusable is
run-around you got when you tried to call them and assist them in
correcting the problem for you. All I can say is that if and when *I* run
my own cellular company (sure...:) ) my customers will never get silly,
ill-informed answers, and I will make sure that advertised features,
such as call delivery, worked properly BEFORE I enticed customers to
subsribe to my service.


Doug Reuben  [e-mail] / CID Technologies / (203) 499 - 5221

P.S. If anyone else is experiencing problems like the above in Canada or
in other NACN markets, I'd be interested in hearing about it. Thanks!

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Carl Oppedahl)
Subject: Re: Security Deposit From Local Phone Carrier
Date: 14 Sep 1994 17:36:44 -0400
Organization: Oppedahl & Larson


In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Nigel
Allen) writes:

> [e-mail] writes:

>> Does anybody know any information about the regulation for
>> local phone company charging security deposits?

> This varies from telephone company to telephone company, and
> individual state public utility commissions may have their own rules
> as well.

In New York State, the PSC has set a standard list of questions the
telco is allowed to ask, and if they get the requisite answers no
deposit may be imposed.  (The PSC regs list exactly how the answers
are to be scored.)

In recent years, however, various rules have changed so that the telco
is no longer at risk for unpaid long-distance bills -- the long-distance
carrier takes the risk.  Thus the telco is only at risk for the local
calls.  This, I believe, is the simplest explanation for why New York
Telephone no longer bothers to ask the questions, and yet does not
bother to ask for a deposit.

Despite all this, New York Telephone is quite insistent that the
potential new customer reveal his or her Social Security Number.  The
customer who wants to get new service without having to reveal the
number has to put up quite a fight.  Generally the way to shut up the
representative who is so pushy about the SSN is to (!) offer to pay a
deposit instead.  Since New York Tel apparently no longer has convenient
mechanisms in place for taking deposits, the rep is stuck, unable to
pass the red-faced test; unable to fabricate a compelling reason,
given the willingness to pay a deposit, why it is essential to get the
SSN.


Carl Oppedahl AA2KW    Oppedahl & Larson (patent lawyers)
Yorktown Heights, NY   [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 05:46:02 CDT
From: Andrew C. Greeb <[e-mail]>
Subject: Eye Catching Names


woody <[e-mail]> writes (quoting from Bell News, Bell Canada/Bell
Ontario, 29 August 1994):

> Name display - an option for use with Call Display, one of our
> SmartTouch[tm] services - will allow customers to see the name in
> addition to the telephone number of the person or business calling
> them.

Idle thought occurs: Presumably the name displayed is the official
billing name of the calling party? Is there a character limit to the
length of the displayed text?

If I were a telesleaze marketer, it would be nice to take advantage of
this feature by going into business under the name "POLICE DEPARTMENT
Services, Inc.", "FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Calling, Inc.", or perhaps the
more desperate "ANSWER THIS PHONE, Inc." Just wondering.  :-)


Andrew C. Green   [phone]
Datalogics, Inc.  Internet: [e-mail]
441 W. Huron      Chicago, IL  60610-3498   FAX: [phone]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: It has been tried, but the company
always loses. Federal law forbids the use of any name which implies,
to any person with reasonable intelligence, that the user of the name is
connected in any way with the federal government. Nor can you use
acronymns or abbreviations which make that implication. For example, a
company known as Fat Boy, Inc. could not use 'FBI' as an abbreviation.
Here in Chicago several years ago, a fellow started a company called
'The Phone Company' and ran a boiler room operation getting people to
sign up for extended warranties on the phones they owned. If you
bought one of his warranties you got a monthly bill which very closely
resembled your bill from Illinois Bell, even to the extent of having
such verbiage as 'other charges and credits' and 'monthly service
in advance' (for your warranty coverage) printed on it.

As might be expected, Illinois Bell sued him and won the case. They
admitted he had the right to repair telephone instruments and offer
warranties for the same -- subject to other applicable laws and
regulations -- but they vigorously objected to his use of the name
'The Phone Company', which, as it turns out they do not have copyrighted.
Telco does not own the phrase 'The Phone Company', but the Attorney
General's Consumer Protection Bureau here none the less contended that
such a name was misleading, and forbade him to use it. This story
appeared in detail here in TELECOM Digest in 1989.

Whatever else you do in life, one thing you do NOT do is claim to
be a police officer or a government employee/agent unless you really
are one. And where large companies and/or utility services like telco,
gas, electric and water are concerned, you tread very lightly when it
comes to making claims or using similar sounding names.   PAT]

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TELECOM Digest     Thu, 15 Sep 94 14:55:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 366

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    New Members of Ontario's Information Council (Joan McCalla)
    Colorado NPA 303 Split (Jim Hebbeln)
    Colorado Assigned New Area Code (Jeff Shaver)
    24-Hour Callback Lines Needed (Bruce Hahne)
    EDI Recommmondation (Phil Khan)
    Modem Handshake Between Canada and Chile (James Piercy)
    The Deep Jungle: PLUS, CIRRUS, etc. (Michael O'Brien)
    Singapore Reaches Digital Milestone! (Thomas Ho Inn Min)
    Block Local Calls to 800 Number (James Deibele)
    GTE Mobilnet Woes (Dave Rand)
    ADSL - What Does it Stand For (Ken Adler)
    Using Non-ISDN Modems and Fax Machines With ISDN? (Andrew E. Page)
    Re: Where Do I Pay my NYNEX Bill? (Carl Oppedahl)
    Re: Where Do I Pay my NYNEX Bill? (Stan Schwartz)
    Re: Where Do I Pay my NYNEX Bill? (Wes Leatherock)

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From: [e-mail] (Joan McCalla)
Subject: New Members of Ontario's Information Council
Organization: Government of Ontario
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 14:06:49 GMT


            FOUR NEW MEMBERS EXPAND INFORMATION COUNCIL


TORONTO - Four new members have been appointed to the Council for an
Ontario Information Infrastructure, reflecting its expanded role to
include the computing sector, Economic Development and Trade Minister
Frances Lankin announced today.

"These new appointments will add a wide range of computing industry
expertise and knowledge to the council. This will link computing and
telecommunications to help build an information infrastructure for
Ontario's future economic and social well-being," she said.

"Assisting these high tech industries is one of several initiatives we
have undertaken to foster the growth of various sectors of the economy
by helping them become more competitive and create the high skill, long-
term jobs of the future."

New members on the 20-member council are:

Jim Hayward, Vice-President, Consulting of CGI, Toronto

Benjamin J. Mair, President and Founder of Quantum Leap Inc.,
Toronto

Ruth Songhurst, Vice-President of Marketing and Sales for Mortice Kern
Systems Inc., Waterloo

Jean-Pierre Soubli
Ottawa.

"We welcome these industry leaders to our council and look forward to
their valuable contributions to advancing Ontario's information
technology sector and the development of the province's information
infrastructure," said council chair Jim Coombs.

Representing a partnership between business, labour, and communities,
the council is an advisory body to the provincial government on
developing strategies to promote the development and use of information
technologies.

The council recently released its first annual report, Full Speed Ahead,
linking telecommunications and computing. The council will also launch a
public awareness campaign about the importance of building on the
information infrastructure.

Bios of the new members are attached

Contact:        Lucy Rybka-Becker
                Minister's Office
                MEDT
                [phone]

                Martine Holmsen
                Marketing & Public Affairs
                Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
                [phone]

                Joan McCalla
                Information Infratrsucture Branch
                MEDT
                [phone]

                        New Members of the

         Council for an Ontario Information Infrastructure


Jim Hayward

With a background in engineering, psychology and management consulting,
Jim Hayward is Vice-President, Consulting of CGI in Toronto.

Jim served as Chair of the Advisory Committee for the Computing Sector
Strategy for Ontario and is Acting Director of Information Systems for
Spar Aerospace. He has worked on organizational development and training
in information systems for such companies as Noranda, Bramalea and
Ferranti-Packard as well as Canada's nuclear power industry. Jim is co-
founder of Gellman, Hayward & Partners and is active as a member of
several charitable boards and committees.


Benjamin J. Mair

Benjamin Mair is President and Founder of Quantum Leap Inc. of Toronto,
a leading interactive multimedia company serving the consumer and
professional markets.

Prior to 1989, he was a co-founder and Vice-President, Marketing for
Heritage Communications Inc. following extensive sales and engineering
experience with such companies as LSI Logic Corp., Intel and Litton
Systems of Canada. He is co-founder and Chair of the International
Multimedia Development Association. Benjamin served on the advisory
committees developing strategies for two Ontario sectors, the computing
and cultural industries, and is a member of an advisory committee to
Canada's Information Highway Advisory Council.

Ruth Songhurst

Ruth Songhurst is a principal and Vice-President of Marketing and Sales
for Mortice Kern Systems Inc., a high-profile Waterloo-based software
development firm.

Under her leadership, MKS launched Internet Anywhere, a mass market
software program to provide easy Windows access to Internet mail and
news. Ruth was active in forming a computer technology network in
Canada's "technology triangle" of Guelph, Cambridge and Kitchener-
Waterloo. Her firm, MKS, has been cited for three consecutive years by
Profit magazine as one of Canada's fastest-growing companies and by
Software magazine as one of the top 100 software companies to watch.

Jean-Pierre Soubli

Jean-Pierre Soubli
International in 1994 following a 17-year career with the company.
During this period he occupied a series of increasingly responsible
management positions.

Prior to joining SHL, he worked for Canada Post Corp., Carleton
University and Northern Telecom. Jean-Pierre is active in a wide range
of business, university and charitable organizations. He is on the Board
of the Canadian Advanced Technology Association, the Carleton Education
Network and the Ottawa-Carleton Development Corporation. He is also a
member of the Carleton University Presidential Advisory Council and
served as campaign chair of the United Way/Centraide Ottawa-Carleton in
1989-90.

Backgrounder:

The Council for an Ontario Information Infrastructure

An advisory committee to the Minister of Economic Development and
Trade on developing an information infrastructure (computing and
telecommunications);

Consists of 20 business, labour and community representatives;

Established in 1993; held inaugural meeting May 28, 1993;

Original mandate: to campaign for an Ontario information
infrastructure under the province's telecommunications strategy;

Mandate later broadened, on recommendation of the Computer Sector
Advisory Committee, to include computing sector strategy;

Issued first annual report, Full Speed Ahead, in July 1994.

New, broadened mandate:

Raise public awareness of information technology;

Advise on development of Ontario's information infrastructure and
development of information technology industries;

Recommend new computing and telecommunications initiatives under the
government's Ontario Network Infrastructure Program, the Sector
Partnership Fund and similar programs;

Advise on the Ontario government's use of information technology;

Four members from computing industry added to council in Sept. 1994 to
support new mandate.

      The Council for an Ontario Information Infrastructure

                          Membership List

Chair: Jim Coombs, former President and Chief Executive Officer
ofSaskatchewan Telecommunications (SaskTel).

Vice Chair: Don Tapscott, President of New Paradigm Learning
Corporation.

Vice Chair: Sheelagh Whittaker, President of EDS Canada.

Members:

Andrew K. Bjerring, President and Chief Executive Officer of CANARIE
(Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research Industry and
Education).

Dr. Barbara Cameron, Assistant Professor of Political Science at
Atkinson College in York University.

Kim Cameron, a co-founder and the Vice-President of Technology of ZOOMIT
Corporation and BCH Information Systems Inc.

Desmond Cunningham, Chairman of Gandalf Technologies Inc. and past
Chairman of the Canadian Advanced Technology Association.

Douglas Cunningham, Vice President and Director, Investment Banking of
Wood Gundy Inc.

Brian Davey, a Deputy Grand Chief for the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation.

Jim Hayward, Vice-President, Consulting of CGI.

Richard Long, Administrative Vice-President, Ontario Region of the
Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP).

John D. MacDonald, retired senior executive in information technology
with Bell Northern Research, Northern Telecom Canada Ltd and NT Limited.

Benjamin Mair, President and Founder of Quantum Leap Inc. and Chair of
the International Multimedia Development Association.

Janice M. Moyer, president and chief executive officer of the
Information Technology Association of Canada.

Hasan Y. Naqvi, President/owner of CM Inc.

Rory O'Brien, Programme Manager at Nirv Community Resource Centre in
Toronto.

Kirk Reiser, Manager of the Computer Braille Facility at the University
of Western Ontario.

Ruth Songhurst, a principal and Vice-President of Marketing and Sales
for Mortice Kern Systems Inc.

Jean-Pierre Soubli

Harriet Velasquez, Vice President, Delivery Program at the Canadian
Imperial Bank of Commerce.

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Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 08:16:59
From: [e-mail] (Jim Hebbeln)
Subject: Colorado NPA 303 Split


U S West announced September 14, 1994, that Colorado Area Code 303
will be split into two NPAs 303 and 970.  Permissive dialing to NPA
970 will begin April 2, 1995.  Mandatory dialing of NPA 970 then
begins October 1, 1995.

NPA 303 will continue to serve the Denver Metro calling area, Boulder,
Longmont, Fort Lupton, and surrounding suburbs.  (Relative to the rest
of the state, this is a "little" circle about 80 miles across.)

New NPA 970 will serve Northern Colorado (Fort Collins, Loveland,
Greeley, Sterling) and the Western Slope (Grand Junction, Durango,
Aspen, Vail, Steamboat Springs).


Jim Hebbeln   303-491-1014    (970-491-1014!)
Colorado State University Telecommunications
Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 22:37:34 -0600 (MDT)
From: Jeff Shaver <[e-mail]>
Subject: Colorado Assigned New Area Code


According to the late news on KCNC TV (Denver, Colorado) 9/14/94,
Colorado has been assigned an additional area code.

The map indicated that 303 will shrink to serve mainly the Denver
metro area.  Everything else that was previously served by 303 will be
switched to the new area code, 970 (basically all of northern and
western Colorado).  Area code 719 will not be affected.

The change is to take effect beginning April 2, 1995.

[e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Bruce Hahne)
Subject: 24-Hour Callback Lines Needed
Date: 15 Sep 1994 05:16:34 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway


I'm doing some investigation on behalf of a company which wants to
purchase two to four callback accounts (more in the future) which will
be used 24 hours a day to call from Japan to the U.S.  They want to
pay one flat monthly fee in exchange for the right to use the
call-back circuits continuously.  I'm aware of numerous companies
offering per-minute rates, but I don't yet know of anybody offering
the same at a per-month rate, hopefully with a sizable discount over
the standard per-minute rates.

If you work for a company which could offer such a flat rate for
callback accounts, please feel free to contact me.

Yes, I'm aware that normal human beings in this situation would go
talk to the phone company to get leased lines, but due to numerous
stupidities in Japanese telecommunications law, this needs to be done
via call-back technology or something very similar.

These lines will be used to bring Internet access into Japan, so if
you can offer this service you'll be helping us poor net-deprived
folks in Japan to get more connected.


Thanks,

Bruce Hahne    [e-mail]
Work: [phone]
Fax:  [phone]

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Subject: EDI Recommmondation
From: [e-mail] (Phil Khan)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 94 08:59:00 -0800
Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Phil Khan)


Hello All !

Does anyone know a good PC EDI package (under dos or windows) that can
be used to receive orders from other EDI packages "Directly"?


P.S. "Directly" <==>  Does not need to retrive them from third party EDI
mail box (IBM EDI info exchange for example).

Your recommendation is greatly appreciated.


The Transfer Station BBS [phone] & 837-5591 (V.32bis both lines)
Danville, California, USA. 1.5 GIG Files & FREE public Internet Access

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From: [e-mail] (James Piercy)
Subject: Modem Handshake Between Canada and Chile
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 08:37:53 GMT
Organization: NB*Net


Here's a question that I am sure has a simple answer. One of our
computers is now in Chile. It has a 14400 Sportster modem (internal)
being controlled by PcAnywhere for Windows.  This hookup worked fine
here in Canada at 14400 V42.BIS.  The computer is now installed in
Chile and the modems will not handshake.  There was one exception when
we did manage a handshake and established a PcAnywhere session at 9600
BAUD (Modem speed set back from my end). The software worked flawlessly
throughout this session.  Handshake did not sound normal on this
occassion however, but we did hear the "white noise" of the digital
communication. Have tried many times since with no "white noise" and
no joy.

Audio quality on the line is good. Answer tone sounds normal, but gets
cut off prematurely and is followed by a steady tone for 30 seconds or
so and then the dial tone on my end.

Oh yes, the Chileans have been able to dial into the modem from within
Chile, and get as far as the request for a password, so they are
definitely past the modem handshake. They report no problem to do
this.

I would really appreciate any input that I can get  on this.


Thanks,

Jim Piercy

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From: [e-mail] (Michael O'Brien)
Subject: The Deep Jungle: PLUS, CIRRUS, etc.
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 13:57:05 GMT
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation


I recently took a trip up through Nevada and Utah and discovered a
highly unpleasant fact: Banks in that strip of territory have started
putting fees on their ATM machines up front.  In the past, fees for
ATM transactions have generally been levied by one's own home bank.
But with these banks, you can get hit up both at the front end AND the
back end.

I decided that a little consumer advocacy was called for, and called
my credit union to see if they wouldn't register a complaint with
Cirrus.  Not only wouldn't they do that, they wouldn't even give me
the phone number of the Cirrus network.  In fact, they didn't even
seem to see what my point was.  Their attitude was that banks could
join any network they pleased, and the notion that the network might
require certain things of these banks (like, no front-loaded fees) was
so completely alien to them that they didn't even know what I was
talking about.

That's when it occurred to me that the operations of networks like
PLUS, Cirrus, et al. are closed shops.  The public never sees them and
we never see them.  On this list we know that ATM machines are (or at
least used to be, last I heard) gussied-up 4270 terminals running the
old IBM polling protocol, but about Cirrus and the like, I've not
heard a word.

Anybody got the skinny on these nets?  Phone numbers?  Advocacy groups?
Is there any oversight at all?


Mike O'Brien   [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Thomas Ho Inn Min)
Subject: Singapore Reaches Digital Milestone!
Date: 15 Sep 1994 01:06:26 GMT
Organization: National University of Singapore


 From a recent issue of {Straits Times}, Friday, Sept 2 1994,
p. 2 (Life! section):

"Telecom goes 100 per cent digital"

Singapore's telecommunications system took another big step towards
the 21st century yesterday.

At a ceremony officiated by Mr. Mah Bow Tan, Minister for Communications
and the Environment, Singapore Telecom commemorated the total digitalisation
of its telephone network.

This makes the Republic one of the first countries to have such a
network.  Telecom's transmission network and all its 28 telephone
exchanges are now digital.


Dr. Thomas I. M. Ho WWW WWW http://biomed.nus.sg:80/people/tho.html WWW WWW
Senior Fellow   National University of Singapore
Department of Information Systems & Computer Science
Internet: [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (James Deibele)
Subject: Block Local Calls to 800 Number
Date: 15 Sep 1994 15:32:41 -0700
Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access [phone]


We have been asked to submit a bid to a government agency that wants
to make information available all over the state.  We currently have
service in two major cities (well, as Oregon goes -- this ain't New
Yawk) and hope to be in others by the end of the year.

In the interests of cutting costs, we'd like to things up like so: we
publicize a voice 800 number.  The voice 800 number gives the Portland
number, the Salem number, and a data 800 number for people who don't
live in Portland or Salem.

So far so good.  The cost reduction comes (we hope) by not allowing
someone in Portland or Salem to use the data 800 number.  We supply
(if necessary) a list of prefixes that we don't want used to the phone
company providing the 800 data number.  If someone in Portland tries
to use the 800 number they get a recording or a busy signal or something.
They never get through.

There are a lot of advantages to having an 800 number -- a data line --
to promote.  But I'm afraid that it will be very expensive and a lot
of people who <could> call a local number either won't realize it or
just not care -- it's "free" right?

I'd appreciate hearing whether this is possible and who might be able
to deliver it.

I thank you and the taxpayers will thank you.  :-)


[e-mail]                   "7104 newsgroups & nothing on ..."
Full internet (ftp, telnet, irc, ppp) available.   Voice: [phone]
Portland: [phone] 2400, N81.  Login as "new" to setup an account.
Vancouver: [phone]   Salem: [phone]    FAX: [phone]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Restricted 800 numbers, available from
only certain areas, are very common. This should provide no problem for
your local telco to implement. Callers not entitled to reach the number
usually get an intercept saying 'the 800 number you have called is not
dialable (or reachable) from your calling area.'    PAT]

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 15 Sep 94 06:04:00 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Dave Rand)
Subject: GTE Mobilnet Woes


I currently subscribe to Cellular One for my cellular telephone
service.  Recently, I purchased a new telephone for my wife, and (on
the advice of the dealer), signed a one year contract for GTE Mobilnet
service.

When I first started out using cellular telephones, about two years
ago, I used GTE.  I found at that time that they were charging two to
three TIMES the AT&T standard rate for intra-state calls, and also had
a significant markup on international calls.  I was told by GTE (then
as now) that GTE does not rate long distance calls, but simply passes
on the bill to the consumer from AT&T.  This is not true.  I was
finally able to convince a GTE supervisor to call AT&T to verify the
rates on a number of my calls, and they were very surprised to find
that I was correct, GTE was in fact billing several times the AT&T
rate.

The error was dismissed as having "an old billing tape loaded".  I was
issued a credit of over $100 -- for calls dating back at least ten
months.  Can you imagine a billing tape loaded incorrectly, for ten
months?  I then asked about correcting the bills of the thousands of
other customers affected by this "error", and I was told that it
would be too hard to do.

When I subscribed with GTE again, I was very suspicious.  I called
multiple times, and was given various conflicting information. Each
person that I spoke to was absolutely convinced that they were
correct.

 1.  We use AT&T for our long distance service, and you are
     billed by them - call AT&T for rate information.

 2.  You are billed your regular airtime rate, plus your
     regular airtime rate for long distance (ie: 0.75/min
     airtime plus 0.75/min LD for a call to Australia!).

 3.  We use AT&T or Sprint, whichever is cheaper for the
     call you make.  We look at the time of day, and the
     place that you are calling, and make the selection for
     you, based on the cost of the call.  (But they were
     unable to tell me how much any call in particular
     would cost -- the CSR got very upset when I pointed out
     that they could not route the call the cheapest way
     unless they knew how much it would cost).

 4.  You may select either AT&T or Sprint for your long
     distance service, and be billed directly by them.  You
     may also use a calling card.

 5.  We charge the AT&T business rate plus a 3% surcharge.

 6.  We buy time in bulk from AT&T and Sprint, and bill you
     for the time that you use.  But we don't know exactly
     how much we charge (the only correct answer).  This
     one was from a supervisor.

Since those conversations, I have asked for a copy of the rate tariff
that GTE uses to bill calls.  GTE Mobilnet sent me a copy of the
California intrastate portion of the tariff, and I have confirmed that
this agrees with the current AT&T rate information for calls within
California (rougly 0.15/0.14 day, 0.13/0.11 evening and 0.12/0.10
night).  They told me (verbally, and on the FAX) that they are not
required to file a tariff for interstate and international calls.  I
find this unlikely, but I do have it in writing.  They have still been
unable to tell me how much three sample calls that I have provided
will cost me.

I have confirmed that GTEM does resell long distance, and should be
able to provide long distance rate information.  Further, GTEM does
not offer Equal Access, and has no plans to do so.

If anyone else subscribes to GTE Mobilenet in the Bay Area, and uses
long distance services (including Follow-Me-Roaming), please get in
touch with me for the latest information.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Ken Adler)
Subject: ADSL - What Does it Stand For?
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 01:09:07
Organization: Penril Datability Networks (Asia/Pacific)


In the context of teleco network ... which is the proper translation
of this acronym:

asynchronous digital subscriber loop

asymetric digital subscriber line.

A short explanation of each would be appreciated.


Thanks,

Ken


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: This is just a reminder to readers that
the Telecom Archvies has several acronymn/glossary files available. If
you want them, you can use anonymous ftp lcs.mit.edu to get them. When
logged in, cd telecom-archives/glossaries.  On the other hand you can
also use the Telecom Archives Email Information Service to request
individual entries from the glossary files. Your entry would look like
this:   mail to [e-mail].   The subject does not matter.

REPLY yourname@site    (this must be first)
GLOSSARY argument
GLOSSARY argument
END                    (this must be last)

'argument' is the acronymn you are searching for, as in this example:
GLOSSARY MFJ   or GLOSSARY ISDN. Do not use periods or spaces between
the letters. When your email hits the script at MIT which handles the
archives inquiries, several of the glossary files will be grepped looking
for what you want, and the answers returned in email to you, generally
within minutes or less.  Try it out for fun.  If you need a copy of the
help file showing how to use the Telecom Archives Email Information
Service in general, just write me and ask for a copy. I will probably
print it here soon anyway.    PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Andrew E Page)
Subject: Using non-ISDN Modems and Fax Machines With ISDN?
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 16:57:10 GMT


    I am going to be adding a second phone line to my office.  I'm
considering ISDN since I've checked and it is available in my area.
However there are a couple of things that I need to know.

    Can exising(e.g. non-ISDN) modems (V.42bis etc) and fax
machines be used with ISDN voice channel?  Many of my online services,
clients and colleagues do not have ISDN.  In order to communicate with
them I would need to be able to use non-ISDN modems and faxes.


Andrew E. Page   (Warrior Poet)
Mac Consultant   Macintosh and DSP Technology

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From: [e-mail] (Carl Oppedahl)
Subject: Re: Where Do I Pay my NYNEX Bill?
Date: 15 Sep 1994 07:40:35 -0400
Organization: Oppedahl & Larson


In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Bradley Allen) writes:

> Does anybody know where to send my payment for my NYNEX bill?

> I have all this cash and a NYNEX account that's due around now, and I
> can't find an address to pay it.  I'm worried they're going to turn
> off my phone!

> The billing line, 212-890-2100, is busy every time I call.

> I called the administrative offices, and after holding for 25 minutes,
> they told me an address at 412 W. 36th St.  I went there and it was
> closed.

The Manhattan telephone directory has a place (pages 33 and 34) that
lists all the places you can go to pay your bill in person.


Carl Oppedahl AA2KW     Oppedahl & Larson (patent lawyers)
Yorktown Heights, NY    [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Stan Schwartz)
Subject: Re: Where Do I Pay my NYNEX Bill?
Date: 15 Sep 1994 08:40:59 -0400
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC


> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I don't really believe some of the mail
> I get from one day to the next. This is a good example. I would suggest
> to our correspondent that you wait until NYNEX renders a bill for the
> service. There will be an envelope enclosed to be used for payment, and
> an address on the statement enclosed. I don't really think they are
> going to cut you if you wait until their bill arrives and then pay it
> in a timely way upon presentation. Is there something I am missing here
> somewhere?   PAT]

Pat:

Maybe this person has a past due bill.  I don't know how Ameritech works,
but NYNEX has become fairly strict about due dates and service restrictions.
They also no longer publish payment center locations in the local directory
(they're usually stationery stores and supermarkets and they change very
often).

Bradley: Call the NYNEX President's Help Line at 1-800-722-2300.  I'm sure
that someone there will have a location list for you.


Stan

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 94 10:19:28 GMT
Subject: Re: Where Do I Pay my NYNEX Bill?


     Have you looked in the telephone directory?  Many telephone
companies have a list of offices which accept payment and payment
agencies in the information pages at the front of the directory.

     Many telephone company business offices have a "night depository"
(but usually available day and night) where bills can be paid; often
there is such a depository at the administrative offices.  As a matter
of fact, probably the question most asked of the security desk at the
administrative office is "where can I pay my bill?"

     But of course Pat's correct; if they haven't even sent a bill
yet, and haven't called asking for advance payment because of high
toll, it's unlikely they're worried at all or planning to cut off your
service.  In any event, the Public Service Commission undoubtedly has
rules requiring notice to, probably in writing, before they can cut
off your service.


Wes Leatherock      [e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Around here, you can either go to one
of a couple actual telephone company offices to pay or you can pay at
an agency. Usually the agencies handle all utilities, not just phone.
A few are 'online' with the utilities, meaning as soon as you pay them
it is immediatly recorded at the telco business office. Most agents
however are 'manual' and they have to submit batch payments to the
utility companies each day. The trick, for an old deadbeat like me
is to pay at an online agency so the payment will be recorded immediatly
(thus avoiding a service cut) but the check does not get deposited until
it actually reaches telco sometimes a week later!

I generally go to the Howard/Ridge Currency Exchange to pay my utility
bills. The agent there has an online terminal to IBT. I pay by check
and take my reciept over to the payphone to call the IBT collection
office to give them the payment advice, 'transaction XXX by agent YY
in the amount of $$$'. The IBT collector looks it up on his terminal
at the same time. That of course prevents the cut which was pending,
usually for the same or next day; or if I was cut it gets me turned
back on usually within an hour or two.  But Howard/Ridge *used to* only
batch the paperwork and checks twice a week, on Tuesday and Friday.
I'd pay on Tuesday just after the batch was cut so my check got held
over until Friday, with IBT actually getting it the following Tuesday.
If they were running behind in the remittance room, the check would
not hit my bank until a few days later. It took no effort at all to
get seven to ten working days 'float', meaning I paid my phone bill
whether the money was in the bank or not!

Then one day Howard/Ridge had a sign posted on the wall: "No More
Stalling!"  with a smiley face drawn on the sign. It said henceforth
all checks in payment of Illinois Bell accounts would be deposited
*same day* direct to the Federal Reserve without recourse to Howard/
Ridge. Sure enough, I paid on Tuesday and the check *hit my account
on Wednesday, with Illinois Bell getting the NSF condition on their
system on Thursday*.  Even though I made the check payable to IBT
(Howard/Ridge refuses to accept checks payable to themselves for
any of their utility clients) the agent had deposited it direct. The
endorsement on the back said 'pay to the order of the payee named,
Howard/Ridge as agents of payee, no recourse'. The federal reserve
endorsement was there as well. When IBT called me just two days later
to say my check had not cleared and I had until five that afternoon
to show up with cash in hand at the agency I was astounded. I went
with the money, but it happened to be one of the days each month when
the State of Illinois welfare checks are issued (Illinois Department
of Public Aid is also a client of Howard/Ridge) and even with four
agents on duty the line stretched out the door and down Howard Street
for half a block as the welfare mothers with their squalling brats and
the food stamp recipients waiting to get their money and rations for
the month stood in line with all the deadbeats waiting to get their phone
or gas/electric service turned back on. No more stalling, indeed!  PAT]

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TELECOM Digest     Thu, 15 Sep 94 15:25:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 367

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    First Northwest Internet Business Conference (Internet Group)
    New NACN Systems in NY With Voicemail; Some Bugs (Douglas Reuben)
    AT&T "You Will" Ads on Internet (Andrew B. Myers)
    NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls (Sanjiv Narayan)
    Cellphones and Smoke Alarms (John R. Covert)
    Looking For DTMF to Ascii Encoding Schemes (Goh Tiong Hwee)
    Old Western Electric/Telephone Items for Sale (Russ Pate)

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From: [e-mail] (Internet Group)
Subject: First Northwest Internet Business Conference
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 02:58:49 -0800
Organization: Internet Group


THE INTERNET WAY OF BUSINESS

At last the business conference like no other ...
learning to sell services and products via the global Internet.

The Internet Way of Business will be an overview for entrepreneurs
seeking a clear, forthright presentation on commercial use of the most
powerful information and communications tool in the world -- the
Internet.

September  21, 1994                      8:30 am to 3:30 pm
Shoreline Community College              Free parking
16101   Greenwood Avenue North           Check-in : 7:45
Seattle,  Washington   98133   USA       Lunch  12:30 pm

Sponsors:
Internet Group, Inc.    Microsoft         Digital Equipment     G.T.E.   Corporate Computer,Inc  Northwest Nexus   NovX Systems Integration
Ballard Computer        KUOW  94.9 FM     Puget Sound Business Journal
Shoreline College Foundation


Participants will join other professionals and executives to

*  grasp the Internet as a strategic business tool
*  witness local firms creating revenues on the Internet
*  reach  beyond boundaries to a new customer base
*  observe Internet technology applied in daily commerce
*  conduct toll-free intercontinental business research
*  recognize Seattle as the port of Internet  trade
*  clarify  pending telecommunications  legislative issues
*  win software, services, books, and other prizes
*  locate Internet training consultants and facilities
*  find ways to reduce their communications overhead
*  learn why their enterprises may be Internet ready

Presented by Internet Group, Inc.
POST:           93 Pike Street,  Suite 308   Seattle, WA 98101   USA
E-MAIL:         [e-mail]
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 --------------COPY & E-MAIL REGISTRATION----------------

THE INTERNET WAY OF BUSINESS   September 21, 1994   Seattle, Washington  USA

Name__________________________Title_______________Company___________________
Address_____________________________________________________________________
Nature of  Business_________________________________________________________
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 Payment for each attendee required with reservation. Total paid  $_________
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Refunds are only applicable to cancellations received in writing by 9/14/94.


THE INTERNET WAY OF BUSINESS:

FEATURED SPEAKERS:


Bret Arsenault  Architecture Engineer, Microsoft
Mr. Arsenault's extensive knowledge of multiple operating systems and
networking technologies accounts for his strategic role in assisting
Microsoft in their overall enterprise networking strategy.

Bruce Chapman   President, Discovery Institute
Mr. Chapman's long career in public life has included service as
director of the U.S. Census Bureau, Ambassador to the United Nations
Organizations in Vienna, Austria, and head of the White House Office
of Planning and Evaluation.

Doug Dix        Publisher,  Communicating
As a former Bell Labs communications expert, Mr. Dix's early Internet
experience was with the original ARPANET.  Communicating is published
bi-monthly for the Puget Sound region.

Herb Effron     President,  Seagopher Inc.
After a military and defense career,Mr. Effron currently seeks to
enable the Seattle public and commercial interests successful access
to Internet communications.

Rex B. Hughes   VP Marketing,  Corporate Computer Inc.
Specializing in systems and market integration for premier northwest
firms, Mr. Hughes has keen interest in showing US businesses how to
re-define themselves for a worldwide Internet presence.

Stan Kopec, Jr. Network Consultant, Network Integration
Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC)
With twelve years of LAN/WAN networking experience Mr. Kopec currently
delivers presales consulting to Digital's clients.

Jenni Livingston      Product Manager Business Network Services,  G.T.E.
Ms. Livingston is responsible for strategy development and implementation
of GTE's Internet programs.  She was a featured speaker at Spring
Internet World '94 and Interop '93.

Ed Morin        Founder & President, Northwest Nexus
Mr. Morin directs the full service Internet connectivity of Northwest
Nexus, a major regional Internet provider.  He has administered
network infrastructure for major corporations such as Motorola, McCaw,
Tektronix, and University of Washington.

Bob Rican       G.T.E., Network Technologies Solutions Consultant
An EE consultant currently assisting GTE sales force with planning
long range technology solutions, Mr. Rican brings broad experience
within the Northwest telecommunications industry.

Martin  Rood    CEO, Rood Nissan Volvo
Mr. Rood has established Dealernet on the Internet for automobile
dealers to provide information about products and services to present
and potential customers.

Tom Rose        Senior Applications Engineer, G.T.E. Northwest
As an applications engineer Rose works in support of all GTE
consultants.  With 25 years experience, he develops vital technical
solutions for major GTE projects.

Walter Taucher  President, Corporate Computer Inc.
Mr. Taucher designed and implemented the largest Microsoft LAN Manager
(district wide Internet) for Issaquah School District.  His company
built and managed the network infrastructure for the 1992 Goodwill
Games, Seattle.

Dr. John G. West, Jr.   Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute
Director of educational programs at Discovery Institute, Dr. West
heads Discovery's program on religion, liberty, and civic life.

Stuart White     President, NovX Systems Integration
Mr. White, former domestic account manager for Perot Systems, directs
one of the first national integrator, NOVX, a subsidiary of Spry, Inc.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Cid Technologies)
Subject: New NACN Systems in NY With Voicemail; Some Bugs
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 03:02:37 PDT


I just got finished in a recent TELECOM Digest submission noting how
there were still problems with the NACN in terms of turning on and off
Call Delivery via *350/*35 and how this would not be necessary if
roaming calls bounced to voicemail, and the VERY next day I find two
new systems on the NACN which seem to do this!

I noticed that the Cellular One of Upstate NY (01513) and Cell
One/Orange County, NY (00479, a Vanguard Cellular Property) are now on
the NACN!  Cell One/NY and other NACN customers can now get call
delivery in these two areas automatically. These two systems mainly
cover the Western side of the Hudson River from the CO/NY (00025)
system to the hick Catskills (01515) system just below McCaw Cell
One/Albany (00063) system. There is a good deal of spillover to the
Eastern side of the Hudson, into the Cell One/Dutchess County system,
particularly north of Poughkeepsie.

The Cell One of Upstate NY (01513) system is located in Kingston, NY,
about 25 miles north of Poughkeepsie and on the western side of the
river.  It's coverage extends pretty far west and covers the New York
State Thruway (I-87) from south of where the Catskills system leaves
off to where the Orange County system begins (I think Cell One/Dutches
may bleed in a bit between the two). It also comes in on the east of
the river immediately north of Poughkeepsie. This system has all the
standard McCaw recordings with the standard male voice, and all switch
codes begin with "KI", and in "KI-32", etc. (Is it a McCaw system, or
a recently acquired one? I don't remember the same switch messages
from a month or two ago ...)

The Cell One/Orange County (00479) system as starts just north of
where the CO/NY (00025) system leaves off, in a line running more or
less along US-6, near Bear Mountain, all the way north until the
Catskills (01515) system. (01515 is a little hick system which for the
longest time didn't have Nationlink/Roam America, and basically sat on
Thruway/US-9 corridor roamer traffic. CO/NY customers don't get
Nationlink anyhow, but I would have used it with my other accounts
until the equally lousy "B" side (Valley Cellular, 01516) got
Follow-Me-Roaming, which they recently did, thankfully! But of course
no connection with NYNEX's auto-call delivery network, God-forbid! ;)
). I didn't notice the McCaw switch recordings on the Orange County
system, although they may also have them.

All features work VERY nicely in both systems -- they are truly
seamless, and you would be hard-pressed if you didn't know the SIDs to
tell that you weren't in the NY/00025 system! (They don't seem to be
Ericssons as far as I can tell, and no clicks, so not a Motorola EMX;
maybe some Northern Telecoms?) Call-delivery is instant: once you
register your calls come up to you immediately. Call-Waiting works
very nicely, and there isn't that IS-41 RevA problem where if you get
two calls within a minute or so the second one gets bounced right to
voicemail (as happens with Philly which is connected via IS-41 RevA).
The call-waiting tones are slightly different -- two short
Motorola-like beeps, but much faster and more "clean" sounding.
Call-Forwarding is also excellent, and response time, like the rest of
the NACN is immediate.  (Well, almost , see below...)

BUT the best part -- which solves something I've been complaining
about for a long time -- is that unanswered calls WILL go back to
voicemail!  This also includes unanswered Call-Waiting calls, which is
something new to me. (In ComCast, the only other system(s) on the NACN
which I know of that do this, the new EMX 7.2 software they have been
trying out in conjunction with IS-41 RevA will NOT let a call-wait
bounce back to voicemail, which can be annoying if you are on an
important call and don't want to interrupt it to answer the
call-waiting/second call.) I tired this extensively in both systems
and it works VERY well. Thus, if you take your phone and roam on
either system, it will function in EVERY WAY the same as it would in
your home NACN market, which in my opinion is a very important and
productive step forward!

So finally Cell One/NY is catching up with NYNEX, which has had its
(pathetically slow and awkward) version of call-delivery set up for a
long time, especially to Orange County. It is now possible to drive up
from Wilmington, DE to NYC and then up the Thruway all the way to
Albany and get automatic call delivery and all your features AND
unanswered calls bounce back to voicemail! (Well, some things like
Call Waiting still don't work south on NYC, but as soon as ComCast
puts in EMX generic 7.2 [when?] this should be fixed. In addition,
unanswered calls while in Albany will NOT bounce back to voicemail,
unless things have changed since last month.). There is of course that
gap at the Catskills system where nothing will work, but other than
that you are pretty much covered all the way!

As to the bugs:

1. The Upstate 01513 system hasn't put in the correct confirmation
codes: Each time you enter a feature-code (sorry for the EMX lingo :)
) like *71,*72,*350, etc, you get a "KI-32" error code, yet your home
NACN switch will respond and obey whatever command you issued. IE, it
just SEEMS like your command wasn't processed, when in fact it was.

2. The amount of ring time is a BIT too short. I don't mind it too
much -- I usually answer on the first ring or so, but normally you get
five carphone rings (what you in the car hear) before it bounces to
voicemail.  In the two systems here, there are usually only four. Not
a big deal, it just may take getting used to.

3. The *350/*35 codes aren't EXACTLY immediate. I'm noticing a
one-minute or so lag time between issuing the command and having
call-delivery turned "on" or "off". This is NOT a big issue here since
you don't really need to use the feature: As I noted above, calls DO
bounce back to voicemail, so I doubt many people will use it. (As if
many people use *350/*35 anyhow.. :( )

4. The most notable "bug" seems to involve registration back in your
home system. I tried this three times, ie, register in the Orange
County/00479 system and then come back to the NY/00025 system and see
if I get calls.

Each time, I didn't, and calls were STILL being sent up to the Orange
County system even though I was in the NY/00025 system. I even placed
a call to 611 (Customer Service), and then called myself while on
hold, and got Call-Waited just fine. However, any call placed to me
when I was not actually on CO/NY's air STILL went up to Orange County.
I tried *35, and all this did was force calls to voicemail and then
after I turned delivery back on calls went right back to Orange
County.

I recall a similar problem with cross-Long Island Sound registrations
between the NY and the Rhode Island (00119) system, and having a
similar problem. For some reason, the Home Location Register (?) seems
to lose track of you, and you stay registered in the last system you
were roaming in even though you came back to NY and registered and
even forced a registration by placing a call! This was also a frequent
problem a few months ago if you were caught roaming in Philly or DE at
the same time CO/NY was doing switch work back home. You'd get back to
NY, but no matter what you could not get calls -- they would all go
down to Philly and then bounce over to your voicemail (unless you were
ON the phone in NY, in which case for the duration of the call you
could get calls via Call-Waiting).

An easy way to correct this is to turn your phone completely off for
at least ten minutes, and then power back up again. You should then be
correctly registered in the NY system and be able to receive calls
normally. This is a bit awkward, however, and it would be nice if they
could work on this so that the above procedure is not necessary in the
future. (The CO/NY system was having trouble this weekend, so I may
have been caught in Orange County during system work in NY, I dunno.
This may no longer happen once the problems are cleared away in NY.)

I assume roaming charges are standard NACN: no daily, 99 cents per
minute at all times. However, it would be in CO/NY's interest to add
the 00479 system to its "Extended Home Rate" area, as it already has
done with the non-call delivery (yet..) US Cellular/Poughkeepsie
(00503) market. NYNEX gives its customers a slight discount in their
Orange County (00404) system.

Anyhow, overall, a VERY impressive addition to the NACN. I'm glad to
see that McCaw and I have similar interests in terms of total-
seamlessness, especially when it comes to unanswered calls bouncing to
voicemail. Now let's see if they can get their software upgraded so
that they can do this on the NACN's Ericssons! :) (I've been told that
the software for either the Ericsson or the SS7 links between them
won't currently allow for this, yet Cantel does it within Canada and
non-SS7 (?)  linked Ericssons, such as NY<->Newton, NJ seem to do this
just fine, so why can't whatever software be upgraded so all non-DOJ
constrained NACN sites do this as well?)

BTW, I think ALL of Vanguard is going on to the NACN. I was driving
over the I-95 Havre deGrace bridge where you pick up the Harrisburg
system for a second it IT responded to *350 with a confirmation tone!
So many other systems (DE 00123, PA 00029 and DC/Baltimore 00013) mesh
with each other there that it was hard to tell what was going on,
though. I'll try out the Vanguard properties in northeastern PA
(00103, the old "Vanguard/Cellular One Supersystem") and see if they
are on the NACN as well. Maybe I'll stop at Havre deGrace on the way
down to DC next time and see if Harrisburg is on the NACN if I can get
a clear signal.


Doug Reuben  [e-mail] / CID Technologies / (203) 499 - 5221

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 14 Sep 94 15:10:08 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Andrew B Myers)
Subject: AT&T "You Will" Ads on Internet


AT&T YOU WILL ADS ON INTERNET; USERS CAN ENTER SWEEPSTAKES

     NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 1994 -- AT&T's YOU WILL(SM) ad campaign,
which has captured the nation's attention in magazines, and on TV and
radio for the past two years, has a new home in cyberspace.  It's
called "youwill.com."

     The YOU WILL campaign, created by N W Ayer, New York, is now
appearing on the Internet, where users not only can watch and listen
to the award-winning ads on their computers, but also look at AT&T
products, locate nearby AT&T Phone Centers and enter a sweepstakes to
win a trip and prizes.

     Featuring the voice of actor Tom Selleck, the YOU WILL campaign
takes a whimsical look into the near-future when information
technologies now being developed at AT&T will soon enhance the way
people work, live and play.

     For instance, have you ever renewed your drivers license at an
ATM?  Have you ever studied with a classmate thousands of miles away?
Have you ever installed a phone on your wrist?  "You will," say the
ads, as they dramatize what technology can do for you.  The various
capabilities in the YOU WILL campaign are based on actual technologies
under development by AT&T.

     The new AT&T Internet site was created by Adam Curry, formerly of MTV,
now an independent producer and head of OnRamp, Inc., a New York-based
agency.

     Internet "surfers" can access the youwill.com site directly
through the Internet's most user-friendly multimedia resource, the
World Wide Web (http://youwill.com/), via the popular Metaverse site
(http://metaverse.com/) and through several well-known "What's New"
lists, including:

 o Stanford University's Yahoo Net Lists:  Commercial Contests
   (http://akebono.stanford.edu/yahoo/Economy/Business/Corporations/Contests)

 o Commercial Services on the Net (http://tns-
   www.lcs.mit.edu/commerce/whatsnew.html)

 o Yellow Pages of Internet Commercial Sites
   (http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/DataSources/bySubject/Yellow/Overview.html)

 o Global On-Line Directory (http://www.cityscape.co.uk/cgi-
   bin/srch2html?type=Any&Field=Business&Location=Any)

     Sweepstakes winners will be selected in a random drawing from
among all entrants received either via the Internet or by mail.  A
drawing will be held on Oct. 3 by MediaAmerica Promotions, Inc., an
independent judging organization.

     The grand prize is a five-day, four-night trip for two to
experience the Chameleon motion-based activity simulator in a U.S.
location to be determined at a later date.  The trip includes
round-trip air transportation, ground transfers, first class hotel
accommodations and local sightseeing, as well as the virtual reality
ride (total value approximately $4,000).

     AT&T YOU WILL T-shirts will also be awarded in 31 daily
sweepstakes drawings.

     Odds of winning will depend on the number of entrants.  Since the
site was set up Aug. 31 on the Internet, where news travels quickly,
more than 30,000 Internet users have stopped by to check out
youwill.com.

     Users looking for a nearby AT&T Phone Center supply their area
code and are presented with a list of stores in their area.  The site
also provides descriptions and full color images of five popular AT&T
consumer products, including a Speakerphone 870, a Digital Answering
System Speakerphone 1545, a Mobile Cellular Telephone 3050, a Cordless
Telephone 9100 and a Digital Cordless Telephone 9120.

     AT&T's corporate YOU WILL campaign broke last year and was
extremely successful in showcasing the information superhighway and
branding AT&T as a technologically innovative company.  In addition to
raising awareness for AT&T technologies, it was named one of the top
25 commercials of 1993 by consumers in a survey by Video Storyboard
Testing, and so far has won two ADDYs, the first annual David Ogilvy
Award for the most effective campaign supported by research, and the
1994 PCIA (Personal Communications Industry Award).

                                 #   #   #
CONTACTS:
   Andrew Myers - AT&T, 908-221-2737 (office), 908-522-9485 (home)
   Kevin Tedesco - Ayer, 212-474-6003 (office), 908-654-7325 (home)

------------------------------

From: Sanjiv Narayan <[e-mail]>
Subject: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls
Date: 15 Sep 1994 12:27:37 -0700
Organization: UC Irvine Department of ICS


I have noticed a strange thing here since I became a NYNEX customer in
Marlboro, MA. They have a local calling area (approximatly five mile
radius) within which I can place unlimited calls for a flat charge.

However if I call a number outside my local calling area (but still **
within ** my 508 area-code), a recording asks you to redial with a '1'
prefixed before the seven-digit number I am calling.

Here's my question: If the NYNEX switching equipment is smart enough
to figure out that I need to dial a '1', why does it not go ahead and
complete the call anyway. I am willing to pay for the call regardless
of whether I redial with a '1' prefix or they complete it for me,
right !!?

It becomes very cumbersome when you have to redial the number with the
'1' prefixed. I never had a similar problem with Pacific Bell in So.
California. The only time a '1' was required was when I dialed a
number in another area code. If a number was outside your local
calling area, Pacific Bell simply billed you for it.  No redialing was
ever required.

The NYNEX customer service person I spoke to simply said that is
the way things are set up.

Anybody know why NYNEX will not complete a call outside my local
calling area (but within the same area code), unless I dial a '1'.


Sanjiv Narayan   Viewlogic Systems Inc.   Marlboro MA

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 15 Sep 94 17:41:56 EDT
From: John R. Covert <[e-mail]>
Subject: Cellphones and Smoke Alarms


So here I am, sitting in a waiting room, and my pocket rings.

So I answer the phone and step out into the hallway to talk to the
caller.  It's some idiot looking for Jim Covert and wondering if I
know him.  I don't.

Fire alarm goes off and I head for the door.  While I'm outside,
various doctors come out to look and see if they can see smoke, and
ask me if I've seen any.  Not many people come out; apparently the
building has a lot of trouble with false alarms.

I take a look at the alarm annunciator, and it indicates the hallway I
was in when the alarm went off.  Hmmmmm.

Concord firemen arrive, and I ask them, as they're getting out of the
truck, if they have ever known a cellular phone to set off a smoke
detector.  They say, "No, but it's an interesting theory."  We head
for the hallway indicated by the annunciator, and note that the red
LED is blinking on the smoke alarm right where I was standing.


john

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Goh Tiong Hwee)
Subject: Looking For DTMF to Ascii Encoding Schemes
Date: 15 Sep 1994 08:35:09 GMT
Organization: Institute Of Systems Science, National University Of Singapore.


Hi,

I am looking for pushbutton phone (DTMF) to alphanumeric conversion
schemes used for say alhpanumeric pagers.

For example to transmit "A" press "*2", "B" press "02" , "C" - "#2"
and so on.  My phone has the letters "ABC" above 2, "DEF" above 3 and
so on.  Dont know what happened to the "Z" though, can't find it
anywhere.  I need schemes for "A-Z", "0-9", end-of-line, space,
backspace.

What I am looking for are schemes already in use. Hence copies of
actual manuals or instruction sheets or pages of phone books would be
most helpful.  As I need the info urgently, I am willing to pay a
small amount for cost and trouble.  Please email me directly.  Thank
you for your kind attention.


TH Goh


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Most voicemail systems use '1' for the
letters Q and Z.   PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 94 07:44:44 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Russ Pate)
Subject: Old Western Electric/Telephone Items for Sale
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 1994 11:44:38 GMT
Organization: Harris Semiconductor, Melbourne FL


Old Western Electric/Telegraph Items for Sale

Western Electric Tubes

Rare 1918 WE 215A "Peanut Tubes"

    1 New in original WE boxes, $25 each
    1 used , good filament, $15
    1 used, questionably good, $10
    1 socket for above, $10

9 pin tubes - $1.25 each or offer

    10 X 417A, 7 in original WE boxes
    3  X 403A (6AK5)
    1  X 420A

Other Tubes

    1 WE 323B in Original WE Box $5

Telephone Operator's Breastplate/Headset

Old switchboard operator's breastplate/headset with neck straps, plugs
and cloth covered cords, well marked as Western Electric and never
used from the late 1930's I would expect.  $30 each for a complete
set.

I also have two floor-type switchboards that these would go with.
They are large and heavy and are $250 each, tough to ship.


Telegraph Keys

Several J-44 military keys:

    One Complete - $25
    Several Complete except for grip knob, $20 each.
    About 10 missing the entire lever assembly, but otherwise
    complete, $10 each.

    Some of these military keys have a switch on them marked voice/code.

All prices plus postage/shipping

PS.  I also collect/restore old telephones.  I have a number of
candlestick, cradle and wall phones available for sale.  Send SASE for
list/brochure on old telephones or email inquiries: Some examples of
telephones currently for sale:

1924 Mongomery Ward oak wall phone, working with dial mounted inside - $285
1915 Kellogg all original, not modified to work, $300
1923 Black Automatic Electric dial Candlestick working, $300
1924 Western Electric 202 oval base desk cradlephone working $175

Please email or call collect with any old telephone items for sale (pre 1950).


Russ Pate, WB4VVN
235 Sandpine Road
Indialantic, FL 32903
[phone]
email - [e-mail]

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Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    UCLA Short Course on Adv Comm Sys Using DSP (William R. Goodin)
    UCLA Short Course on Optical Fiber Communications (William R. Goodin)
    The Industry of the Future? (Sid Shniad)
    Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls (Daniel E. Ganek)
    Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls (Fred Goldstein)
    Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls (Paul A. Lee)
    Some Bell Canada International Rates Change (Dave Leibold)
    Bell Canada Goes A-Trashing (Dave Leibold)
    Re: Cellphones and Smoke Detectors (Douglas Reuben)
    Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice (Nick Sayer)

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From: [e-mail] (William R. Goodin)
Subject: UCLA Short Course on Adv Comm Sys Using DSP
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 1994 12:42:02
Organization: UCLA Extension


UCLA Extension will present the short course, "Advanced Communication
Systems Using Digital Signal Processing", November 14-18, 1994, on the
UCLA campus in Los Angeles.

The instructors will be Bernard Sklar, Communications Engineering
Services, and Frederick Harris, Professor, Electrical and Computer
Engineering, San Diego State University.

This course provides comprehensive coverage of advanced digital
communications.  It differs from other communications courses in its
emphasis on applying modern digital signal processing techniques to
the implementation of communication systems.  This makes the course
essential for practitioners in the rapidly changing field.
Error-correction coding, spread spectrum techniques, and
bandwidth-efficient signalling are all discussed in detail.  Basic
digital signaling methods and the newest modulation-with -memory
techniques are presented, along with trellis-coded modulation.

Topics that are covered include: signal processing overview and
baseband transmission, bandpass modulation and demodulation, digital
signal processing tools and technology, non-recursive filters, channel
coding: error detection and correction, modulation and coding
trade-offs and bandwith-efficient signaling, signal conditioning,
adaptive algorithms for communication systems, spread spectrum
techniques, and multiple access and cryptographic techniques.

Each participant receives a copy of the text, "Digital
Communications-Fundamentals and Applications", by Bernard Sklar.

                 ___________________________

For additional information and a complete course description, please
contact Marcus Hennessy at:

[phone]
[phone]  fax
[e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (William R. Goodin)
Subject: UCLA Short Course on Optical Fiber Communications
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 18:29:45
Organization: UCLA Extension


On October 25-28, 1994, UCLA Extension will present the short course,
"Optical Fiber Communications: Techniques and Applications", on the
UCLA campus in Los Angeles.

The instructors are Tran V. Muoi, Optical Communication Products, Del
Hanson, Hewlett-Packard, and Richard E. Wagner, Bellcore.

This course offers a review of optical fiber communications
fundamentals, then focuses on state-of-the-art technology and its
applications in present and future communication networks.

The course begins with the major building blocks of optical fiber
communications systems ( fiber and passive components, sources and
transmitters, detectors and receivers).  Actual design examples of
fiber optic links for short-haul and long-haul applications are
studied, and recent technological advances in addressing problems due
to fiber loss and dispersion are presented.

Recent developments in local and metropolitan area networks to support
multimedia traffic and their evolving architectures and standards are
fully covered.  The treatment on telecommunications systems includes
various technological options for subscriber networks, exchange
networks, and the global undersea networks.  Network architectures
evolving from the traditional telephone and CATV networks are
contrasted.  Technology trends and directions for realizing the
so-called information superhighway are examined as well.  Finally,
optical networks using wavelength routing and multi-wavelength
cross-connects are presented.

For additional information and a complete course description, please
contact Marcus Hennessy at:

[phone]
[phone]  fax
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 08:58:15 -0700
Reply-To: [e-mail]
From: D Shniad <[e-mail]>
Subject: The Industry of the Future?


Turmoil in de-regulated phone industry --

  "On the eve of divestiture [in 1984], AT&T was the world's largest
private employer with over one million employees ... Since divestiture
AT&T has eliminated some 140,000 bargaining unit jobs, while it has
established and purchased major nonunion subsidiaries ... Since October
1993, major corporate restructurings accelerated [among the Regional
Bell Operating Companies or RBOCs, the companies that were created as
a result of the AT&T divestiture] ... US West announced the elimination
of 9,400 jobs ... Bell South said it was eliminating 10,800 jobs ... GTE
announced the elimination of 17,000 jobs ... Pacific Telesis said it
would downsize by 10,000 jobs at Pacific Bell ... AT&T declared it
would eliminate another 15,000 jobs on top of already scheduled force
reductions of 6,000 operator and call servicing positions and 7,500
jobs at Global Information Solutions, formerly NCR ... Ameritech said it
would reduce its workforce by 6,000 ... NYNEX ... scaled back its plans to
eliminate 22,500 jobs to 16,800 positions ...

  "From the standpoint of labor-management relations, this massive
industrial restructuring is in jeopardy of severing the traditional
link between high productivity growth through rapid technological
change and rising employee incomes with employment security.  When
compared to the decade prior to divestiture, post-divestiture
productivity growth has fallen by one-half as networks are duplicated
and many of the one million employees in the industry now face chronic
insecurity, displacement, and stagnating incomes.  Breaking the
industry's social contract through this uncoupling may have serious
long term consequences for productivity, service quality, and stable
labor-management relations."

  "Telecommunications Labor-Management Relations One Decade After the
AT&T Divestiture," a paper presented by Jeffrey Keefe, Institute of
Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, and Karen Boroff,
Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University, at the conference
on "International Developments in Workplace Innovation: Implications
for Canadian Competitiveness," Park Plaza Hotel, Toronto, June 15 and
16, 1995, pages 1-5.


Sid Shniad


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well Sid, there is absolutely no doubt
in my mind that the changes in the telephone industry over the past
decade have never been seen before and will never be seen again. Even
with the massive reductions in work force over the past decade, telco
still remains the largest employer anywhere. Trying to simply grasp the
numbers involved is difficult. Where do you think it will go from here?
Will there still be further cutbacks, or 'downsizing'?  Will it finally
get to the point all the telcos in the world eventually employ only
a dozen or so people among them with the computers doing all the rest
of the work?   PAT]

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From: [e-mail] (Daniel E. Ganek)
Subject: Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 1994 14:34:31 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Chelmsford, MA


In article <[e-mail]> Sanjiv Narayan <narayan@thoth.
ICS.UCI.EDU> writes:

> Here's my question: If the NYNEX switching equipment is smart enough
> to figure out that I need to dial a '1', why does it not go ahead and
> complete the call anyway. I am willing to pay for the call regardless
> of whether I redial with a '1' prefix or they complete it for me,
> right !!?

In NE dialing "1" first means it's a toll call, i.e. it'll cost you
something extra. Be glad they now tell you exactly what they're
looking for.  Less than a year ago the message was "Your call can not
be completed as dialed, please try again". Of course, I would I'd get
flustered and would forget whether I had dialed a "1" or not. It would
usually take me three tries to get it right. :-)


dan

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From: Fred Goldstein <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 94 12:18:23 EDT


> However if I call a number outside my local calling area (but still **
> within ** my 508 area-code), a recording asks you to redial with a '1'
> prefixed before the seven-digit number I am calling.

> Here's my question: If the NYNEX switching equipment is smart enough
> to figure out that I need to dial a '1', why does it not go ahead and
> complete the call anyway. I am willing to pay for the call regardless
> of whether I redial with a '1' prefix or they complete it for me,
> right !!?

> Anybody know why NYNEX will not complete a call outside my local
> calling area (but within the same area code), unless I dial a '1'.

You're dealing with the intersection of two issues.  The more
important one is the North American Numbering Plan, which changes at
year-end.  In the past, area codes could not have "0" or "1" in the
middle, so the phone company could usually tel by the second digit
whether you were calling in-area or out-of- area.  IF your local area
had "interchangeable" (0/1 in middle) prefix codes, this didn't work,
but neither Massachusetts 508 nor some northern California areas did
this.

As of 1/1/95, area codes can "look like" prefix codes.  Thus Alabama
will get 334, Colorado 970, etc.  Thus it is NECESSARY for area code
calls to be preceded by a "1", so that "334" is interpreted as "local
area 334" and "1334" is interpreted as "area code 334".  What is
PROHIBITED is the use of "1+prefix" for in-area long distance.  Thus
1334 now means, in Mass., "a toll call to prefix 334 in my home area",
but as of 10/15 that's verboten.

There are two practical ways to implement this.  One is to use "1+"
for area code calls only, while in-area toll never dials 1.  The other
is to use "1+area code" for all TOLL calls and all OUT OF AREA calls
(even local, as in 508 to 617 near the border), and 7-digit for LOCAL
in-area only.  NYNEX wanted to do the former but got pressured into
the latter.  Thus you will dial 1-508-369 to dial Concord 369 from
Marlboro, rather than today's 1-369.

Given this new numbering plan, NYNEX' switching systems will no longer
be able to tell you "you need to dial 1" when it's unambiguous what
you mean.  Today, the dial-1 restriction is simply an artifact to
prevent people from making toll calls without knowing it. Soon, it'll
be that OR, at times, a way of indicating that the next three digits are
an area code, local or not.


Fred R. Goldstein   k1io     [e-mail]  <- note new address!
Opinions are mine alone; sharing requires permission.

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Date: Fri, 16 Sep 1994 15:31:55 -0400
Subject: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls
From: Paul A. Lee </DD.ID=JES2CAOF.UEDCM09/@SMX.sprint.com>
Organization: Woolworth Corporation
Subject: Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls


In TELECOM Digest Volume 14 Issue 367, Sanjiv Narayan <[e-mail].
UCI.EDU> wrote (in part):

> ...if I call a number outside my local calling area (but still **
> within ** my 508 area-code), a recording asks you to redial with a '1'
> prefixed before the seven-digit number I am calling.

> Here's my question: If the NYNEX switching equipment is smart enough
> to figure out that I need to dial a '1', why does it not go ahead and
> complete the call anyway. I am willing to pay for the call regardless
> of whether I redial with a '1' prefix or they complete it for me,
> right !!?

> It becomes very cumbersome when you have to redial the number with the
> '1' prefixed. I never had a similar problem with Pacific Bell in So.
> California. The only time a '1' was required was when I dialed a
> number in another area code. If a number was outside your local
> calling area, Pacific Bell simply billed you for it.  No redialing was
> ever required.

The use of a '1' as a dialing prefix varies, depending on LEC
practice, local calling area layout, and regulatory requirements. In
many parts of the country, prepending long distance dialed numbers
with a '1' has always been required as an indication to the caller
that toll charges would be incurred. However, the practical use of the
initial '1' has been to flag the three-digit string that follows it as
an area code.

In many instances, until recently, the pattern of area code numbers
(NPAs) and exchange numbers (COCs) has made it possible to keep '1+'
dialing as an indication to the caller that a given call is either
local or toll. Originally, NPAs all had a first digit of 2-9, a second
digit of 0 or 1, and a third digit of 0-9. COCs had 2-9 for the first
AND second digit, and 0-9 for the third. In the early 1970s, areas
that were then running short of available phone numbers started
assigning COCs with a second digit of 0-9 -- overlapping the pattern
used for NPAs. In some metropolitan areas, careful coordination of
number assignments makes 10-digit local calls to adjoining area codes
possible.

The proliferation of phone numbers for "new technology" services has
brought about geographically smaller NPAs and overlay NPAs, and has
accelerated the upcoming deployment of interchangeable NPAs (no longer
requiring that the second digit be '0' or '1'). With the distinction
between NPAs and COCs gone, the use of an initial '1' to flag an area
code in the dial string becomes crucial. Conversely, *absence* of the
initial '1' denotes a seven-digit phone number.

With the imminent revisions to the North American Numbering Plan, the
use of the initial '1' as a toll call flag had to be reconsidered by
telcos and by state regulators. Number assignments and patterns were
determined by Bellcore under the auspices of the FCC, but the means of
dialing those numbers was left up to each LEC, subject to state
regulatory requirements. Some state PUC/PSCs relented and dropped the
requirement that a toll call begin with a '1', while others continued
to require the distinction, and still others allowed either means.

The regulatory requirements then have to be addressed by the telcos,
based on the numbers assigned in their service area. Here in
Wisconsin, for instance, the '1' is held to indicate a toll call AND
an area code, so toll calls within a given area code must be dialed
with '1' plus all 10 digits, and local calls to a different area code
must also use 1+10. In Pennsylvania, the option was left to the
telcos, so there are parts of the state where a toll call within the
same area code can be made with just the seven-digit number, and other
parts where 1+10 digit dialing is required for toll calls within the
same area.

Throughout World Zone 1 (Canada, the U.S., and most Caribbean
islands), you should be able to minimize dialing frustrations and
wrong numbers by trying your call according to the following:

If the call you wish to make is to a number in the same area code,
dial seven digits. If the area code is different, or if seven digits
doesn't work, dial 1+10 digits. If your call gets intercepted and the
intercept message does not give dialing instructions, try dialing 10
digits.

And, if all this seems complicated or frustrating, just remember that
this is STILL the world's least complicated numbering plan and dialing
plan for the size of the phone network and the geographic area
involved.


Paul A. Lee                           Voice  414 357-1409
Telecommunications Analyst              FAX  [phone]
Woolworth Corporation            CompuServe  70353,566
   INTERNET  </DD.ID=JES2CAOF.UEDCM09/@SMX.sprint.com>  <=PREFERRED ADDRESS*

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From: [e-mail] (Dave Leibold)
Date: 16 Sep 94 07:18:58 -0500
Subject: Some Bell Canada International Rates Change
Organization: FidoNet: The Super Continental - North York, Canada


[from Bell News, 12 Sept 94]

Overseas rates revised --
Some went up, some went down.

We're talking overseas rates to six destinations that took effect on
September 1, following interim approval from the CRTC.

Rates decreased by 13 per cent on calls to Hong Kong, one of Canada's
most frequently called overseas destinations. Rates to Ireland
decreased by 16 per cent.

Rates increased for calls to: Vietnam (9 per cent), Iran (14 per
cent), Saudi Arabia (22 per cent), and Cuba (36 per cent).

We're advising customers to minimize the impact of the increases by
calling during discount periods and by using our long distance
savings plans such as Teleplus Overseas[tm] or Advantage
Preferred[tm].

The changes reflect Teleglobe Canada's recent rate revisions to its
International Globeaccess Service Tariff (GAT). The GAT represents
the wholesale rates charged by Teleglobe to Canadian carriers,
including Bell, for carrying overseas traffic.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Dave Leibold)
Date: 16 Sep 94 00:31:38 -0500
Subject: Bell Canada Goes A-Trashing
Organization: FidoNet: The Super Continental - North York, Canada


[from Bell News, 12 Sept 94 - content is Bell Canada's]

Knowing our competitors can be a trash-act --
One person's trash is another person's treasure.

And we're recycling our competitors' trash into 'gold'.

That's right, the sales team, MCSs, associates and other employees in
the 905 area code now have a systematic way of sharing competitive
information gathered from customers, friends and other sources.

It's called the Competitive Trash-Bin.

"The information will be collected locally and funneled to your FMS
(Field Marketing Specialist) team who, in turn, will feed the
information up into the company to departments like product management
who can then better support our people with superior sales tools and
realistic pricing," says Bruce Simpson, of the 905 FMS team.

And so far, more than 200 pieces of paper with competitor information
have been collected.

"Along the way we are building a district library of competitive
knowledge, initiating local marketing campaigns and developing
training which is both focused and relevant," says Bruce.

The team is looking for any kind of information, from proposals,
contracts, competitors propaganda, letters, advertisements,
brochures, bills and even newspaper clippings.

"Terminal or network, business or residential, big or small, we want
it all," says Bruce.

Employees in the 905 area can pick up a Competitive Trash-Bin label
(bright red) in any one of six sales offices. All they have to do is
fill it out, attach it to the 'trash', and drop it in the bin. You can
block-out the customer's name or add any comments regarding the
situation or your approach.

There are also trash-person-of-the-month awards, with cash prizes
rewarded to frequent contributors.

"We are really going to be able to help everyone keep current with
what's happening behind enemy lines," says Bruce.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Cid Technologies)
Subject: Re: Cellphones and Smoke Detectors
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 1994 02:24:43 PDT


On Thu Sep 15 14:41:56 1994, [e-mail] (John R. Covert)
wrote:

> So here I am, sitting in a waiting room, and my pocket rings.
 [...]
> Fire alarm goes off and I head for the door.  While I'm outside,
> various doctors come out to look and see if they can see smoke, and
> ask me if I've seen any.  Not many people come out; apparently the
> building has a lot of trouble with false alarms.

> I take a look at the alarm annunciator, and it indicates the hallway I
> was in when the alarm went off.  Hmmmmm.

> Concord firemen arrive, and I ask them, as they're getting out of the
> truck, if they have ever known a cellular phone to set off a smoke
> detector.  They say, "No, but it's an interesting theory."

Happens to me all the time at Brown University. They used to have a
detector very low, near a payphone. While I was on the payphone, I got
a call, and the alarm went off.

This happened a few times; we finally figured out it was the .6 watt
cellphone. They have since moved the detector elsewhere, generally to
high ceilings where the signal is so attenuated so that it will not
set the detectors off.

It also happens near "safety outlets" in bathrooms, which have a trip
in case you drop an AC appliance into water. Interrogations, incoming,
and outgoing calls (especially on the three watt models) tend to set
these off.


Doug      [e-mail] / CID Technologies / (203) 499 - 5221

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Nick Sayer)
Subject: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice
Organization: The Duck Pond public unix: [phone], log in as 'guest'.
Date: 16 Sep 1994 03:43:30 GMT


AT&T's latest "True Fraud^H^H^H^H^HVoice" ad has reached a new low in
deceptive practices. The add features a rediculous sort of "control
room" full of CRTs showing silly waterfall displays of a lady singing
their "True Voice" song, though the audio of her singing is quite low
in level and has the bass attenuated slightly. This is supposed to be
characteristic of a telephone call.

They then engage in a before and after. At the point of change, the
following all happen:

   The volume jumps up by probably 20-30 dB.
   A choir jumps in and starts accompanying the singer.
   The singer hits a high point in the song.
   The attenuated bass is put back.

The result is a beautiful, broadcast-quality stereo sound.

If they're trying to imply that that is what a long distance phone
call sounds like (which _despite_ truevoice is _still_ constrained to
roughly 300-3000 Hz), then it's nothing short of outright fraud.

Business as usual, eh AT&T?


Nick Sayer <[e-mail]>   N6QQQ @ N0ARY.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NOAM
[phone], log in as 'guest'  URL: http://www.kfu.com/~nsayer/

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TELECOM Digest     Tue, 20 Sep 94 11:25:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 369

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Re: Yet Another NYNEX Blunder (Wes Leatherock)
    Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls (John Dean)
    Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls (Al Varney)
    Multi-User Demo Update (Jim Durward)
    Vanguard NACN Addition - Roaming Ripoff! (Cid Technologies)
    First Virtual: Address Required (Kim Prisk)
    Special Wireless Workshop (Terry Sterkel)
    Satellite Comms Problems (Abdul Rehman Gani)
    Historical Revisionism by Pacific Bell (Linc Madison)

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From: [e-mail]
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 94 19:44:23
Subject: Re: Yet Another NYNEX Blunder


In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail].
org writes:

> One other point... this is in response to a previous comment, but I don't
> remember who wrote it:  When the telco says that they cannot or do not do
> something because it is prohibited by tariff, _ask them to FAX or send you
> the page(s) from the tariffs that contain that prohibition_.  You have the
> right to see this information, and in at least one case I was able to call
> a telco's bluff by asking them to send me the tariff that justified an
> action they had taken (wrongly, as it turned out).

-=> Quoting John Higdon <=-

JH> This is excellent advice. Some years ago, some irate parent complained
JH> about my "voice BBS" which is inhabited primarily by loser teenagers.

        ... [text deleted] ...

JH> I asked the gentleman to fax me the appropriate tariffs and we would
JH> read them together. This he did, and after examining the five
JH> applicable pages that described business vs residence service, he had
JH> to conclude that my operation fully qualified as residence service.

        Many LECs will not send you a copy of the tariff or parts of
it.  It varies by company and often by the individual you talk to (and
that's often because of the particular circumstances).  They take the
position that you can inspect the tariff in their offices or at the
commission, but they are not required to make you a copy.


Wes Leatherock    [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (John Dean)
Subject: Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls
Date: 20 Sep 1994 02:27:46 GMT
Organization: Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY


Sanjiv Narayan ([e-mail]) wrote:

> Here's my question: If the NYNEX switching equipment is smart enough
> to figure out that I need to dial a '1', why does it not go ahead and
> complete the call anyway. I am willing to pay for the call regardless
> of whether I redial with a '1' prefix or they complete it for me,
> right !!?


Hello,

    The reply you received from '[e-mail]' was exactly
what I was going to say.  I live in a small rural town that has always
required a '1' to be dialed for any call that is a toll call within
and out of my area code.  Just recently, they have eliminated that,
allowing me to dial just the seven-digit number as long as it is still
in my (914) area code ...


Bye,

Paul

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Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 21:00:30 +0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls
Organization: AT&T Network Systems


In article <[e-mail]> Sanjiv Narayan <narayan@thoth.
ICS.UCI.EDU> writes:

> Here's my question: If the NYNEX switching equipment is smart enough
> to figure out that I need to dial a '1', why does it not go ahead and
> complete the call anyway. I am willing to pay for the call regardless
> of whether I redial with a '1' prefix or they complete it for me,
> right !!?

   The problem isn't NYNEX, it's NYNEX doing business in Massachusetts.
The MA PUC believes most customers want to use "1+" as an indication
of "I know I am making a non-free call".  Thus some callers will
receive the announcement and say "I'm not calling that number unless
it's FREE!!".  On the other hand, NYNEX doing business in New York,
Maine and New Hampshire uses "1+" solely to indicate a ten-digit call
is being placed.  Rhode Island follows the lead of Massachusetts on
this issue, even though they must be tempted to declare the whole
state "local".

> It becomes very cumbersome when you have to redial the number with the
> '1' prefixed. I never had a similar problem with Pacific Bell in So.
> California. The only time a '1' was required was when I dialed a
> number in another area code. If a number was outside your local
> calling area, Pacific Bell simply billed you for it.  No redialing was
> ever required.

   Your prior experience was with Pac Bell doing business in
California.  The California PUC believes most callers don't care about
local vs.  nearby "toll" call charges, so 1+ is reserved to indicate a
10-digit call (which could be to the NPA you are calling from).  This
matches the history of California metro areas, which were not stuck
with SXS switches when DDD dialing was introduced.  Pac Bell doing
business in Nevada (the forgotten step-child of Pac Bell) uses "1+"
for Toll calls.

   (Opinion: The real reason "1+" EVER meant Toll was the decision of
the Bell System to save their customers lots of money by not modifying
SXS in 1958 to support billing and Toll routing.  Instead, they were
forced to dial the 1+ for any billed call -- and then give their
number to the Operator for billing.)

> Anybody know why NYNEX will not complete a call outside my local
> calling area (but within the same area code), unless I dial a '1'.

   Talk to the PUC -- explain that your views are just as valid as the
hundreds of advocates that pleaded for "1+ means Toll".  Enough vocal
migrants from California, Illinois and NY and the PUC could change its
mind.

   Journey west from Boston to San Francisco:

Massachusetts -1+ means Toll
Connecticut -  1+ means Toll
New York -     7-digit Toll
New Jersey -   7-digit Toll
Pennsylvania - 7-digit Toll
Ohio -         1+ means Toll
Indiana -      1+ means Toll
Illinois -     7-digit Toll
Iowa -         1+ means Toll
Nebraska -     1+ means Toll
Colorado -     1+ means Toll
Utah -         1+ means Toll
Nevada -       1+ means Toll
California -   7-digit Toll

   About 2:1 in favor of the "1+ means Toll" method by counting
States.  By population, it's about the other way around.  That's the
advantage of a "seamless, integrated" numbering plan -- it's so
consistent.  (Not a dig at the NANPA or INC folks -- you inherited
it ...)


Al Varney - just MY opinion

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Jim Durward)
Subject: Multi-User Demo Update
Organization: Virtual Universe Corp
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 19:53:57 GMT


   If you have requested the Virtual Universe VR386 multi-player virtual
reality demo from [e-mail], please read the following:

   We have been inundated with requests with over 500 received so far. This
has presented two problems for us:

1. We only have one line on our server dedicated for the demos so many of you
   have not been able to get into the system.  We apologize for this but we
   never expected so many responses.  We use the server constantly for
   in-house development and commercial purposes, so we cannot dedicate more
   lines for general purpose demos.  Please keep trying and, once again, our
   apologies.

2. We have been made aware that the instructions for installing and connecting
   may not be totally clear. Before you try to connect, please ensure that:

   a) The modem is on COM 2.

   b) The FOSSIL driver has been installed in the config.sys file.

   c) If you are going through a PBX, you MUST add the requisite additional
       numbers to get past the PBX on the dial out strings.

   d) Make sure your modem is turned on.

   e) For the VOICE side of the connection, dial the number supplied with the
      demo, then wait for a tone; when the tone ends, hit the # key and wait
      for another tone to end; then enter the code that is on the screen.  If
      nobody is within your audio range you will not be able to communicate
      until they are within range.  Note the numbers of users on-line that is
      posted to your screen.  Drive around and find them.

NOTE: We recommend that you install a RAMDISK as VR386 will sometimes lock up
      if you get "hit" by another player and the system creates node disk
      activity.  This is a problem of the demo software, NOT the server.

NOTE: There is also a "typo" in the readme of the demo. In the fourth point
      of the README file, there is a statement that says:

       MKDIR C:\X00
       COPY X00.ZIP C:\X00

       The second line should be:

       COPY X00.EXE c:\X00

   If you still have problems, call us our office at [phone] between
   2 and 4 pm Mountain time.


Jim Durward             Virtual Universe Corporation
[e-mail]   voice: 403-261-5652
                        fax  :     [phone]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Cid Technologies)
Subject: Vanguard NACN Addition - Roaming Ripoff!
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 15:06:06 PDT


I recently posted that most (all?) Vanguard Cellular properties were
added to the NACN, MCCaw's automatic call delivery system. In the
northeast, this includes southern Maine (00499, 00501), Orange County
NY (00479), Northeast PA (Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton 00103), Scranton
(01619?), Harrisburg (SID ?), and maybe the Kingston NY (01513)
system, although the switch there sounds different than Vanguard's
Northern Telecom switches found in its other above markets.

I my post, I noted how well integrated these switches were into the
NACN system (except for the confirmation tones at Kingston, which seem
to be working fine now). I *especially* like the ability to "bounce"
or re-direct unanswered calls back to voicemail.

Now for the bad news -- although these systems are on the NACN, the
CO/NY roaming department informed me that you WILL still pay a $3
daily fee to use any of the Vanguard systems, even the 479/Orange
County system directly north and adjacent to NY's system :( .

I was under the impression that besides being a protocol for
call-delivery and use of features while roaming, the NACN had a
requirement for admission that roamers from other NACN markets would
NOT incur a $3 daily charge.  There were a few early exceptions (like
Binghamton, NY), but these were incorporated into the NACN during its
inception, and were considered exceptions. Now I find that even new
additions to the NACN can *also* asses this fee, which is disappointing
to say the least! I certainly will not be using them!

This is especially troublesome for Cell One/NY customers who live near
Orange County or who travel there a good deal. If a call comes in near
Orange County, the customer will NOT know what he or she will pay for
the call. Will it be 80 cents per minute peak NY airtime, or will it
be $3 and $.99 for roaming on the Vanguard/Orange County system? There
is no reliable way to tell -- the ROAM indicator does not update
frequently enough to make an accurate determination.

McCaw's cellular properties make a big issue of the NACN, and promote
the (quite high, but better than $3/day) $.99 per minute rate as if it
were standard over the NACN. To my knowledge, they have never made a
clear statement in the roaming literature which I've received from our
accounts in NY, San Francisco, and Pittsburgh that there ARE exceptions
to the "no daily" ($3) rate. This is not to say they try to deliberately
hide it, but in their print ads and other literature there is nothing
to indicate that this is indeed the case.

Moreover, now that all of NYNEX has eliminated roam charges, so that
the maximum rate you will pay ANYWHERE in the US or Canada is $.99, I
can't see why McCaw doesn't do the same. To use the example I have
from above, a NYNEX customer who lives near the Orange County, NY line
wouldn't have to worry about answering a call -- he may even pat LESS
to answer it while roaming than he would in the NY/00022 "home" system.
(Under NYNEX's new rate plan, the rate would be $.59 per minute.)
Also note that NYNEX has had automatic call delivery to Orange County
for quite some time, whereas Cell One/NY just implemented it. It would
behoove Cell One/NY, as a latecomer, to drop the $3 charge, and to
reduce the $.99 cent charge to something comparable to the rest of
their New England/Mid Atlantic rates.

Also note that CO/Syracuse has set up $.50 per minute roaming
throughout NY, no daily, so it *IS* possible to work out agreements on
roam rates with Vanguard and the other $3 NACN systems in NY
(Binghamton, Kingston, etc). I don't think CO/Syracuse "eats" the $3
charge, so if CO/Syracuse can set up this sort of roaming regime I
would think that McCaw's "flagship" market on the east coast can
command similar rates as well.

Overall, despite the excellent technical achievement of Vanguard's
addition to the NACN and the use or re-directs to bounce unanswered
calls to voicemail, the high rates make this all worthless to me. (I
have an SNET/CT account where I pay $.75 per minute anywhere, no daily
roam, so I rarely use services which charge me anything higher, like
$.99 per minute or $3 daily charges.) I know I've said this before,
but it seems obvious to me to keep up with what your competitor(s) do,
and to at least *try* to match or hopefully beat them. I'm not
suggesting that McCaw match NYNEX's rate market for market where NYNEX
is cheaper, but the elimination of ALL $3 charges is an idea who's
time has come, and it is a shame to see that McCaw has not recognized
this. I suspect that when they do, the loss to their already sizeable
revenue will not be so great as expected, and they may even see higher
returns as a result of an increased willingness of their customers to
use their phones while roaming and the resultant spillover effect in
the home market as customers become comfortable with increased use of
their cellular service in general.


Doug Reuben  [e-mail] / CID Technologies / (203) 499 - 5221

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 10:17:26 GMT+1200
From: Kim Prisk <[e-mail]>
Subject: First Virtual: Address Required
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Organization: The University of Auckland


The following article appeared in Edupage:

> JUMPSTART ON MULTIMEDIA
> An entrepreneurial venture started just 10 months ago has spawned a set of
> products based on ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) technology that allow
> PCs to receive high-quality video, graphics and sound over existing
> networks. First Virtual's products are priced between $500 and $800, well
> below the $2,000 to $4,000 charged currently for similar capabilities, and
> they don't require fiber optic cabling. (Investor's Business Daily 9/14/94
> A6)

Would somebody please email me an email address, or fax number, for
First Virtual.


Kim Prisk             Internet: [e-mail]
Project Engineer      University of Auckland
Works Registry        Phone numbers:
Private Bag 92019     Work:     IDD + (64 9) 373 7599 ext 7876
Auckland              Home:     IDD + (64 9) 378 6557
NEW ZEALAND           Fax:      IDD + (64 9) 373 7456

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Terry Sterkel)
Subject: Special Wireless Workshop
Date: 20 Sep 1994 10:56:30 -0400
Organization: Road Warrior
Reply to: nbukar+asbadc3%sbadc\@mcimail.com


The First Annual User PCS Workshop
User PCS: Time out for Dialogue
"The Nuts and Bolts of How to Use the Spectrum"
October 17 -- 19, 1994
Harvey Hotel, Dallas, TX

We are pleased to announce a unique Wireless workshop, that brings
together for the first time the experts from ANSI, IEEE, TIA, UTAM,
Inc. with the planners and regulators of Canada and the United States.
The forum is in the workshop form with extra time for questions and
interactions.

>>Please see the end of this note for contact information<<

Why is WINForum presenting this workshop?

A lot has happened this past year.  Much has been made about the new
telecommunications era with Personal Communications Services and the
Infobahn.  There are conferences nearly every week on these topics.
Unfortunately, the conferences concentrate on either highly
theoretical future thoughts or are forums to review once again what is
not working.

This workshop, for the first time, offers a dialogue-oriented
practical review of what has been done by the authors of the Spectrum
Etiquette and rule makers and what is being done to deliver User PCS
to North America.  Unique among these conferences, we are bringing
together the decision makers from ANSI, IEEE, TIA, UTAM, the Canadian
and United States Governments.  The cross discussions between these
practitioners will be unprecedented and there will be ample time for
participants to share in workshop settings.

Who Should Attend?

*  Product Managers seeking to bring wireless product to the
market.
*  Technical Experts seeking to understand the latest
developments.
*  Anyone wishing a cost effective update of the North
American regulatory, and standards efforts.

What will be presented?

Day 1:  Tutorial
WINForum presentation on the Spectrum Sharing Etiquette
Day 2:  Keynote speech by FCC

Day 2:  Workshop 1/Wireless Equipment Certification
ANSI/IEEE C63 SC7, FCC and UTAM equipment certification

Day 2:  Workshop 2/IEEE 802.11 Standards and Industry
perspectives on Asynchronous PCS (Data PCS)
IEEE, ETSI, and independent evaluations

Day 2:  Special Dinner Speech by Industry Canada

Day 3:  Workshop 3/TIA TR41.6 Standards and Industry
perspectives on Isochronous Standards for User PCS
TR41.6 Customer Premises Standards and independent
evaluations.

Day 4:  Workshop 4/Interim Technical Dialogue
The UTAM, Inc. process and rules for non-nomadic
deployments.

Day 4:  Summary of Events


SPECIAL RATES FOR PRE-REGISTRATION AND GROUPS
Prior to October 1, 1994!
$450.00 per attendee includes tutorial, workshops, and
dinner.


>>Contact:

Nancy Bukar
Program Director
WINForum, The User PCS Industry Association
1200 19th Street, NW    Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036-2401
Tel: [phone]  Fax: [phone]
E-mail: nbukar+asbadc3%sbadc\@mcimail.com

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Abdul Rehman Gani)
Subject: Satellite Comms Problems
Date: 19 Sep 1994 12:55:30 GMT
Organization: Consultancy in Advanced Technology


Hi,

I am building a facsimile system that provides extra facilities from
that provided within the ITU recommendations. However, to do this, I
need to exchange data between the facsimile machines at the start of
the session. There is a large amount of data, so I am using V.27ter
2400bps signalling to transfer the data. Each unit sends data to the
other. This works when using PSTN lines, however, when using
satellites, the initial data is corrupted in the direction from the
called unit to the calling unit. The data is fine when sent from the
calling unit to the called unit.

Currently I am using INMARSAT for the link.

Can anybody help with the following questions:-

1. Why is data at 2400 corrupted when sent from the called unit?
If I use V.21 channel 2 at 300bps, the data is fine.

2. I suspected that the echo canceller might not be turned off,
but wouldn't that effect both directions?

3. Does INMARSAT limit the bandwidth of the channel between the
called unit and the calling unit? Do other satellites?

4. Where else can I get more information to help me?


Thanks,

Abdul Rehman Gani

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Linc Madison)
Subject: Historical Revisionism by Pacific Bell
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 17:12:47 PDT


Well, whaddaya know, the new San Francisco phone books have hit the
street, and there are some amusing bits of trivia to be found.  They
still list only three area code splits (Arizona, Alabama, and
Washington) as occurring in the next year.  Their area code map, by
the way, still reflects the little-noticed secession of the eastern
third of Iowa from the rest of the state, plus the annexation by
Wisconsin of the border area of Michigan and the annexation by
Illinois of adjacent areas of Indiana, plus the fact that Delaware is
now wider east-west than north-south.

Residents of Seattle and Olympia will be surprised to learn that they
now hold dual residency in Washington and Virginia, according to the
text listings, although the area code is 206 in both cases.

Of greater effect on the global economy, however, are some of the
international boundaries redrawn by Pacific Bell.  In a surprise move,
Pacific Bell announced that it has merged the former Soviet republic of
Georgia into the new, unified Germany.  Rangoon, formerly located in the
republic of Burma, also known as Myanmar, is now located in Mexico.

However, the international listings have been expanded to include a
number of new destinations, including recent splits of former Eastern
Bloc countries.  Yugoslavia now reflects country code 381, with Bosnia
and Croatia listed as 387 and 385, respectively.  The Czech Republic
and Slovakia are listed separately, as are Azerbaijan (still country
code 7) Armenia (also 7), Estonia (372), Latvia (371), and Lithuania
(370), but Baku is listed under both Azerbaijan and Russia.  A number
of other countries that weren't listed just a few years ago are now
included, mostly in Africa, Asia, and eastern Europe: Albania, Angola,
Benin, Burundi, Cambodia, Zambia, and others.  However, the listings
for France still show city codes for Bordeaux, Cannes, Grenoble, etc.,
although the listing for Denmark finally correctly shows no city
codes.  Norway still shows city codes, but that is only just out of
date.  No footnote regarding the numbering change in the U.K. that
will occur during the life of this directory.


Linc Madison   *   Oakland, California   *   [e-mail]

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TELECOM Digest     Wed, 21 Sep 94 11:32:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 370

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Central Office Co-location Tariff (Myron Borys)
    Announcing The Telephone Customer's Corner (Mather White)
    SVNet Meeting September 21, 1994: ISDN Technology, Costs, Uses (P Fronberg)
    Wiretap Emergency ([e-mail])
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From: [e-mail] (Myron Borys)
Subject: Central Office Co-location Tariff
Date: 21 Sep 1994 14:13:57 GMT
Organization: ED TEL


Edmonton Telephones (ED TEL) is in the process of developing a policy
and tariff for co-location of customer and/or carrier owned telecommun-
ications equipment in our Central Offices.

ED TEL is the 7th largest telco in Canada, and the largest independent
telco in Canada, with revenues of $311 million in 1993, and 400,000
access lines.  ED TEL provides local telephone service within the
boundaries of the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

I am seeking input from the following:

1) Customers in the US and Canada who have co-located equipment, or
desire co-location.  What are the terms and conditions of the
co-location?  What are your desired terms and conditions?

2) Telcos in the US and Canada.  A brief statement of your co-location
terms and conditions, and perhaps information on how I can get a copy
of your tariff/policy.

You can email me at [e-mail], or reply to TELECOM Digest.


Thanks,

Myron Borys
[phone]    [phone] (FAX)

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From: [e-mail] (Mather White)
Subject: Announcing The Telephone Customer's Corner
Date: 21 Sep 1994 01:22:08 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway


For those of you interested in getting the best telephone deals, I
have just started a web site for that purpose.  The Telephone
Customer's Corner has information on and pointers to some of the best
telephone deals available.

Right now it has information on several phonecards that I am aware of
and use, information on a couple of discount long distance companies,
telephone company 800 numbers to help you do your own comparisons, and
a some pointers to the FCC, AT&T, and other telephone-related sites.

I hope that lots of you will take a look at it, and, if you know of
deals that are better than those you see, please write, and I will add
that information.


To access the Telephone Customer's Corner:

  By WWW: Open URL  http://www.teleport.com/~mw/cc.html

  By Telnet: Telnet to  info.cern.ch  and then type:
  go http://www.teleport.com/~mw/cc.html

  By Gopher: Gopher to "All the Gophers in the World" and then choose this
  sequence of menus: Europe/Switzerland/Gopher About the World Wide Web(CH)/
  World Wide Web Clients Demo/Line-mode browser.  Once connected, type:
  go http://www.teleport.com/~mw/cc.html

  By Email: Send email to  [e-mail]  with no subject and the
  one line message:  send http://www.teleport.com/~mw/cc.html

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Paul Fronberg)
Subject: SVNet Meeting September 21, 1994: ISDN Technology, Costs, Uses
Date: 20 Sep 1994 20:45:09 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA


SVNet UNIX Users Group Meeting, Wednesday, Sep 21, 1994  7:30pm

SVNet is a SF Bay area UNIX and Open Systems user's group which
sponsors technical presentations at its monthly meetings.  The
meetings are free and open to the public.  The next presentation will
be:

         ***************************************************
         *                                                 *
         *   ISDN, The Technology, Its Costs and Uses      *
         *                                                 *
         ***************************************************


WHAT:   ISDN, The Technology, Its Costs and Uses

  After years of wallowing around in the backwater of promissing network
  (in its broadest sense) technologies, ISDN is finally becoming an installed
  reality.  Tonight's speaker will provide us with a view of what ISDN means
  in the Bay Area.  What does the technology really do, how much does it cost,
  and what are the potential uses that are of interest to us. The speaker's
  bullets:

      Pacific Bell ISDN tariff offerings and deployment
          for Basic Rate and Primary Rate ISDN

      ISDN technology overview

      Pacific Bell ISDN network overview

      ISDN Access to the Internet and customer premises
          equipment overview

      Commercial ISDN application discussion
      on demand networking, large files - graphics,
      advertising agency, graphic designers, groupware

      Audience participation is welcome

  We also hope to have representatives from one or more Bay Area Internet
  service providers present to augment the discussion of current ISDN
  availability and use.

WHO:  Anita Freeman, Pacific Bell

  Anita Freeman received an Electrical Engineering degree from South Dakota
  School of Mines and Technology. Anita has worked with ISDN since 1987 both
  from a design and networking aspect and is currently employed by Pacific
  Bell as an Applications Engineer in the ISDN Applications Lab. Anita provides
  network designs for end user applications, supports implementation of ISDN
  lines and applications, and interfaces with the ISDN CPE vendor community.


WHERE:  Sun Microsystems Bldg 6, 2750 Coast Avenue, Mountain View
    Coast Ave appears to be just a driveway next to Bldg 5 on Garcia Ave
    between Amphitheatre Pkwy and San Antonio, so don't get confused.


For more information, please call either Paul Fronberg at [phone]
        or Ralph Barker at [phone].

     SVNet is a UNIX  and open systems user group supported
                 by member dues and donations.

             SVNet Meetings are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

        UNIX is now a registered trademark of X/Open Ltd.



[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I am sorry this message was delayed in
reaching me causing such a short notice to appear before the meeting.
Perhaps it will be of benefit to our west coast readers however.   PAT]

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Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 16:06:50 HST
From: NetSurfer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Wiretap Emergency (fwd)


    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 21:05:42 -0500 (CDT)
    From: <snip>
    Subject: Wiretap Emergency
    To: <snip>

I just spoke with Joe Barton (R) from Texas about the FBI wiretap
bill.  He is on a subcommittee that is hearing the bill.  He has heard
_no_ citizen opposition to it.  I was not prepared, but he did invite
me to send him my concerns :-D

Congressman Joe Barton
1514 Longworth Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
p:202-225-2002
f:202-225-3052

Folks, if we can generate a few hundred calls and well-thought-out
faxes tommorrow, we might have some effect.  I don't know a lot about
him, but he seemed to be of the opinion that he didn't really know
that much about the bill.  It's up to us to educate him.

                  =========================

[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Then on the other hand, maybe there is
no real citizen opposition to the proposal. Not everyone necessarily
thinks the wiretap bill is bad. Readers might want to express their
opinions one way or the other to Congressman Barton as well as their
own representatives.    PAT]

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Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 10:44:28 EDT
From: Bruce Taylor <[e-mail]>
Subject: Data Connectivity to Kiev, Ukraine?


Here's an odd one:

  I've been asked to find a way to set up videoconferencing from my
university in Pittsburgh PA USA to an school in Kiev, Ukraine.

  Our first idea is to use PictureTel units, with some sort of 112 or
128 kbps data connectivity -- but we're having a heck of a time
finding *anyone* who admits to having data links to the Ukraine.

  Now I'm wondering about VSAT networks in Europe, and other weird ideas.

  Anyone have any ideas?


Bruce Taylor  ([e-mail])
Carnegie Mellon University Telecommunications

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (John R Levine)
Subject: BAMS/NYNEX monopoly in Rhode Island?
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 94 16:20:15 EDT


Now that NYNEX and Bell Atlantic have agreed to merge their cellular
subsidiaries NYNEX Mobile and Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems (BAMS) I
have a question:

I note that in Rhode Island, BAMS is the A carrier and NYNEX is the B
carrier, so once merged therer would be monopoly cell service there.
I presume this is illegal, otherwise the wireline carriers would have
all bought up the competing A carriers in their areas.  I don't see
anything in BA's press release saying whether they're planning to sell
one of their R.I. properties.  I'd expect it'd be more likely they'd
sell the BAMS system since the B system is closely integrated into the
NYNEX Boston system.

For that matter, BAMS is the A carrier in Connecticut and NYNEX has a
minority interest in the SNET Cellular system, due to its also
operating in NYNEX territory in west central Massachusetts.  They
might have to divest there, too.


Regards,

John Levine, [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (David Rader)
Subject: ISO Peer Learning Coordinator
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 15:40:38
Organization: Novare Management Group, Inc.


** ISO Peer Learning Coordinators ***

What is Peer Learning?

Peer learning is an innovative approach to continuing education.
Started by universities such as Northwestern, Harvard, Yale and Duke,
Peer Learning has no grades, exams or papers.

The classes do have interesting and active members who read and
discuss a common body of material in order to further their own
knowledge and understanding of a topic.

What is a Peer Learning Coordinator?

A coordinator is both a member of the class and the class organizer.
The coordinator selects the topic, reading materials, and sets the
discussion outline.

The coordinator also acts as the discussion moderator and sets the
pace for the class.  Coordinators allocate discussion topics among
the class members so that the preparation workload is shared.

Coordinators, as class members themselves, do not need prior
experience or academic credentials.  Coordinators do need enthusiasm,
focus, and willingness to commit the time to structure and nurture
effective conversations.

How do the classes work?

Each class is conducted "electronically" over ten to 16 weeks (each
class sets its own schedule).  Each class has a specific question or
issue to be addressed (e.g., what is the pattern of US intervention in
the Caribbean? or The emergence of monotheism and continuing presence
of polytheism).

What's the point?

Each class produces a collective "point of view" regarding its topic
of study.  An archive of topics, recommended readings, discussion
outlines and collective points of view will be available as a resource
to future classes.

Quality and Satisfaction

Each class is rated by its members for content, style, participation
and effectiveness of learning.  Coordinators of classes rated above
the median share in the fees generated by the class.

Similarly, coordinators are able to recognize and reward class
members who contribute to class success through participation,
quality comments and learning progress.

For more information:

If you would like to be a Peer Learning Coordinator, please send an
email message describing the kind of course you would facilitate and a
brief statement about your interest in the topic and why you would be
a good coordinator.

The email message should be sent to: [e-mail] <internet>

Thanks for your interest.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Airwaves E-Publishing)
Subject: New Mailing List: Old Time Radio
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 22:14:52 CDT


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   have a forum dedicated to the hobby of listening to old-time radio
   (OTR) programming.


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       Some of the anticipated topics include (but are not limited to):

        Lists of AM radio stations broadcasting OTR.
          Lists and critiques of OTR tape vendors.
        Contents of personal libraries / collections.
          Offers to privately exchange recordings.
          Critiques of individual or serialized programs.
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'------------------------- William Pfeiffer (That's Me) ----------------------'


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Gee whiz Bill, to think that *I* was the
person who first seduced you and got you started in computers; what was
it, five years ago ... we've come a long way together, you and I, in the
twenty years we have been aquainted, and I hope your recent relocation to
Springfield, Missouri from Chicago has worked out well. To the rest of
the readers, I hope you will pardon this digression today. Bill and I go
back a long way. Starting from nothing, he has established several very
nice e-journals in the past couple of years, and I wish him the best
with this latest addition. Write him direct for information.    PAT]

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 20 Sep 94 23:49:07 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Andrew B Myers)
Subject: AT&T You Will Sweepstakes


     I've gotten a request to post the snail mail address to enter the
AT&T You Will Sweepstakes for those who cannot access the youwill.com
domain (http://youwill.com/).  Note that you may also enter by email.

     The following comes right from the official rules:

       OFFICIAL RULES - NO PURCHASE NECESSARY

    1. To enter, input your name, address, zip code, email address, phone
       number, and age on the online entry form at youwill.com on the
       Internet; or email your name, address, zip code, email address,
       phone number, and age to [e-mail]. You may also
       enter by handprinting your name, address, zip code, phone number
       and age on a piece of paper and mailing it to: AT&T SWEEPSTAKES,
       P.O. Box 1998, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163-1998. You
       may enter once per day on the internet, or you may enter as often
       as you wish via mail, but each entry must either be mailed
       separately, or input via the Internet, on or before September 30,
       1994.

    2. Winner will be selected in a random drawing from among all entries
       received. Drawing will be conducted on or about October 3, 1994 by
       MediaAmerica Promotions, Inc., an independent organization whose
       decisions are final on all matters relating to this sweepstakes.
       (1) Grand Prize: A 5 Day/4 Night trip for two to experience the
       Chameleon motion-based activity simulator in a location within the
       Continental U.S. (location to be determined by the Sponsor at a
       later date). Trip consists of roundtrip coach air transportation
       from nearest major airport to winner's home, first class hotel
       accommodations, airport/hotel transfers, briefing session and
       rides on Chameleon, Chameleon Collector's Cap for winner and
       guest, photo of winner and guest at Chameleon site, and area
       sightseeing (approximate retail value = $4,000.00); (31) Daily
       Prizes: An AT&T "You Will" T-Shirt (approximate retail value =
       $10.00). Odds of winning will depend upon total number of eligible
       entries received. Prizes will be awarded and winners will be
       notified by mail. Prizes are nontransferable and no substitutions
       or cash equivalents allowed. Taxes on the Grand Prize are the
       responsibility of the individual winner. Grand Prize winner and
       travel companion must each submit a signed affidavit of
       eligibility and release. Trip must be taken on dates specified by
       Sponsor. Grand Prize Winner and travel companion consent to the
       use of their names and likenesses for publicity or trade purposes
       without further compensation. (Tennessee residents are exempt from
       publicity requirement). No responsibility is assumed for lost,
       misdirected or late entries or mail. All entries become the
       property of the sponsor.

    3. Sweepstakes open to residents of the Continental U.S., 18 years of
       age or older, except employees and their families of AT&T, its
       affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising agencies, MEDIAAMERICA
       PROMOTIONS, iNC., MEDIA AMERICA, INC., its affiliate radio
       stations, and program suppliers. This offer is void wherever
       prohibited, and subject to all federal, state and local laws.

    4. For the name of the Grand Prize Winner, send a stamped,
       self-addressed envelope to: AT&T WINNER, P.O. Box 1992, Grand
       Central Station, New York, NY 10163-1992.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Laura Gillespie)
Subject: Re: AT&T You Will Sweepstakes
Organization: Mordor International BBS - Jersey City, NJ
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 16:45:43 GMT


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: This submission, from the 'I Get
Letters' Department, could be retitled, "Usenet Reader Expresses
Righteous Indignation".  Hope you enjoy it!    PAT]

In article <[e-mail]>,

Andrew B Myers <[e-mail]> wrote:

> AT&T YOU WILL ADS ON INTERNET; USERS CAN ENTER SWEEPSTAKES

>     NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 1994 -- AT&T's YOU WILL(SM) ad campaign,
> which has captured the nation's attention in magazines, and on TV and
> radio for the past two years, has a new home in cyberspace.  It's
> called "youwill.com."

Hey, you JERK!  This group is specifically NOT for any commercial ads.
Being from AT&T, you should know damned well the long-established
netiquette commandment against ads except in appropriate biz hierarchy
groups of others whose charter specifically allows them; most of these
groups have 'biz' or business somewhere in their hierarchical name.  I
know you know this, as AT&T practically invented the net.  The gurus
of the AT&T networks never let Marketing twits do this kind of thing
in the past.  They've got sophisticated software set up to avoid
stupid mistakes by the uninitiated.  Therefore, there remains one
glaring possibility: AT&T has done this deliberately.  This is a
'net.sin'!!  AT&T is deliberately thumbing its nose at the Usenet.

Well, THANKS A HELL OF A LOT, f-ing AT&T.  I'm going to change to
Sprint, you evil creeping monster.  Have you ever read "The Octopus"?
It's a perfect analogy for AT&T!  You know, even AT&T can be kicked
off the net.  We can update the network software to specifically
forbid connection to or from AT&T sites; we can keep YOU from being
fed.  I call for a deliberate EXCOMMUNICATION of AT&T from the
Usenet/Internet community.  I would only add that we should make it
reviewable for possible probation after a minimum of 5 years of utter
banishment.

I'm an old-time member of the Usenet community (since 1978 -- I
was at U.C. Berkeley at Usenet's inception), and I'm RIGHTEOUSLY
INDIGNANT.  I don't get this way about miscellaneous businesses who do
this kind of thing.  Others handle these better than I.  However, I
must raise my voice when a trusted, pioneering member and former
backbone site begins to behave in this manner.


Laura Gillespie     [e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Back Talk:  Laura sweets, you sure are
beautiful when you get angry. As for AT&T's behavior, they have done
more for the Internet in general in a month than you'll do in your
lifetime. And regards Usenet specifically -- Usenet is but one small
part of the overall Internet -- there are lots of people who thumb
their nose at it. After all, it has become pretty much of a joke;
a cesspool, an open sewer that has become clogged up and running over.
What are there now, some seven thousand 'news' groups?  Ranting and
raving, screaming and squalling, flaming and endless rebuttals; text
of former messages quoted ad infinatum.  Like yourself, back in the
early 1980's I read and participated on a regular basis, but unlike
yourself about five years ago or so I quit participating in other
than a cursory fashion. You see, I have a life ... and, I would hope,
a realistic view of where the 'net' is heading in the next few years.
Usenet is not where its at, sorry. As they say, first come anger and
denial, then finally acceptance. Get over your anger and denial and
accept things the way they really are.   PAT]

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    UC Berkeley Short Courses on Broadband Communications (Harvey Stern)
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    PCS for Small Business (Robert Kyle via Stu Jeffery)
    Motorola Digital Phone Incompatibility ([e-mail])
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    Question About Australian Pay Phones (Ross Symons)
    Germany's Cellular System Used by BMW (Ken Ong)
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: UC Berkeley Short Courses on Broadband Communications
Date: 20 Sep 1994 22:34:44 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley


U.C. Berkeley Continuing Education in Engineering Announces 2 Short
Courses on Broadband Communications

SONET/ATM-BASED BROADBAND NETWORKS: Systems, Architectures and Designs
(October 19-21, 1994)

It is widely accepted that future broadband networks will be based on
the SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) standards and the ATM
(Asynchronous transfer Mode) technique.  This course is an in-depth
examination of the fundamental concepts and the implementation issues
for development of future high-speed networks.  Topics include:
Broadband ISDN Transfer Protocol, high speed computer/network
interface (HiPPI), ATM switch architectures, ATM network
congestion/flow control, VLSI designs in SONET/ATM networks.  This
course is intended for engineers who are currently active or
anticipate future involvement in this field.

Lecturer: H. Jonathan Chao, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Brooklyn
Polytechnic University.  Dr. Chao holds more than a dozen patents and
has authored over 40 technical publications in the areas of ATM
switches, high-speed computer communications, and congestion/flow
control in ATM networks.

GIGABIT/SEC DATA AND COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS: Internetworking,
Signaling and Network Management (October 17-18, 1994)

This short course aims to provide a general understanding of the key
issues needed to design and implement gigabit local and wide area
networks.  The topics are designed to compliment those covered in the
SONET/ATM-Based Broadband Networks course (above).

Topics include: technology drivers, data protocols, signaling, network
management, internetworking and applications.  Specific issues
addressed include TCP/IP on ATM networks, design of high performance
network interfaces, internetworking ATM networks with other network
types, and techniques for transporting video over gigabit networks.
This course is intended for engineers who are currently active or
anticipate future involvement in this field.

Lecturer: William E. Stephens, Ph.D., Director, High-Speed Switching
and Storage Technology Group, Applied Research, Bellcore.  Dr.
Stephens has over 40 publications and one patent in the field of
optical communications.  He has served on several technical program
committees, including IEEE GLOBECOM and the IEEE Electronic Components
Technology Conference, and has served as Guest Editor for the IEEE
Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.


For more information (complete course descriptions, outlines,
instructor bios, etc.) contact:

Harvey Stern
U.C. Berkeley Extension/Southbay
800 El Camino Real Ste. 150
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Subject: UC Berkeley Short Course on Networks for Digital Wireless Access
Date: 20 Sep 1994 22:39:35 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley


U.C. Berkeley Continuing Education in Engineering Announces A Short
Course on:

NETWORKS FOR DIGITAL WIRELESS ACCESS: Cellular, Voice, Data, Packet,
and Personal Communication Systems (October 3-5, 1994)

This comprehensive course is focused on the principles, technologies,
system architectures, standards, and market forces driving wireless
access.  At the core of this course are the cellular/microcellular/
frequency reuse concepts needed to enable adequate wireless access
capacity for Personal Communication Services (PCS).  Presented are
both the physical-level issues associated with wireless access and the
network-level issues arising from the inherent mobility of the
subscriber. Standards are fully treated including GSM (TDMA), IS-54
(North American TDMA), IS-95 (CDMA), CT2, DCT 900/CT3, IEEE 802.11,
DCS 1800, and Iridium.  Emerging concepts for wireless ATM are also
developed.  This course is intended for engineers who are currently
active or anticipate future involvement in this field.

Lecturer: Anthony S. Acampora, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical
Engineering, Columbia University.  He is Director, Center for
Telecommunications Research. He became a professor following a 20 year
career at AT&T Bell Laboratories, is an IEEE Fellow, and is a former
member of the IEEE Communications Society Board of Governors.


For more information (complete course descriptions, outlines,
instructor bios, etc.) contact:

Harvey Stern
U.C. Berkeley Extension/Southbay
800 El Camino Real Ste. 150
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 08:33:35 -0800
From: Robert Kyle <[e-mail]>
Subject: PCS for Small Business


Association Provides Information to Small Businesses Interested in PCS.

     The Small Business PCS Association has been asked by Bellcore and
the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) to sponsor a seminar for
the RBOCs to brief small, minority, and women-owned businesses on an
approach for establishing viable Personal Communication Service (PCS)
operations with minimum capital investment. Participating in the
seminar willbe Bellcore, Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, NYNEX,
Pacific Bell, Southwestern Bell, and U S WEST.

     PCS is very much like the cellular telephone systems in use
today.  But, because of design and engineering advances it is expected
that PCS will offer wireless telephone service for about half the
price of existing cellular.  The FCC will award the new PCS licenses
in a series of auctions that will begin in December 1994 and extend
through much of 1995. To create a level playing field for the
auctions, the FCC has established a number of advantages for small,
minority and women-owned businesses. There are two licenses in each
service area that are reserved exclusively for these companies.

     Because of the future importance of these small businesses in the
marketplace, a number of large telecommunications companies are lining
up as potential partners. Bellcore and the RBOCs have identified a
concept called wholesale PCS. With this approach a part of the PCS
infrastructure will be provided by the RBOC and paid for by small
company service providers through wholesale rates. The infrastructure
provided could range from switching toan entire system, including base
stations and trunking.

     "The Small Business PCS Association's charter is to make PCS
information available to small businesses. At this time we are not
endorsing any particular approach," says Robert Kyle, Chairman.
"However, we think this is a very viable alternative to consider for
small businesses, especially those who are having difficulty raising
money in the financial markets."

     This symposium will be held in the Washington, D.C. area on
October 4 at the Hyatt Arlington Hotel and is open to the public.
There is a fee for attendance. Interested parties should call the
SBPCS Association at 415-851-0292. The symposium is being held the day
before the SBPCS national meeting on October 5 where an attempt will be
made to put everything in perspective for small business. Presentations
on October 5 will include FCC rules for PCS, the cost of deploying a
small business PCS network, and major equipment manufacturers'
recommendations for PCS systems.

     The Small Business PCS Association (SBPCS) is composed of 65
companies that plan to participate in the PCS auctions as small,
minority, or women-owned businesses. The SBPCS was founded by Robert
Kyle who is president of Kycom, Inc., a small business in California
that was formed expressly to provide Personal Communications Service.
His own company's need for a national presence to compete against
large, well financed competitors prompted the founding of SBPCS. The
nonprofit Association provides extensive support to qualified parties
interested in bidding at the auction.  This includes data on the PCS
service areas as defined by the FCC, establishment of a national
roaming network for the small businesses of the country, volume buying
coalitions, bidding consortia, and other services.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (GerryAB)
Subject: Motorola Digital Phone Incompatibility
Date: 21 Sep 1994 11:43:04 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)


I totally destroyed my Motorola Micro Tac Lite phone and needed a
replacement.  The Motorola / Cellular One deal in Northern California
seemed like a deal.  The new digital Motorola phone cost about
$450.00.  Cellular One would rebaste me $50 per month for 6 month.
The the replacement phone would end up costing me only about $150.00.
Plus, the monthly base rate of Cellular One service would be $10.00
cheaper.

But ...

After activating the service and paying for the phone, I discovered that
the Motorola Digital Cellular Telephone is not compatible with the
Motorola voice operated car kit (It extends the power to three watts and
allows voice activated dialing and battery charging when a Micro Tac  is
inserted in it's cradle)..

It took the dealer about 30 minutes on their own service line to get
Motorola to agree that there was no way they would work togather.

They must be taking their cues from the computer industry!

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (jose canales-giron)
Subject: Kermit Control Parameters
Date: 20 Sep 1994 19:02:38 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland College Park


I need some help please. I'm downloading files from the internet and I
keep getting file is corrupted when unzipping them.

Here is my set up:    (using Procom for dos)

A. CONTROL QUOTE CHARACTER...35 (ASCII VALUE)
B. MAXIMUN PACKET SIZE...1024
C. PAD CHARACTER...0
D. NUMBER OF PAD CHARACTERS...0
E. 8TH BIT QUOTE CHARACTER...38
F. HANDSHAKE CHARACTER....0
G. END OF LINE CHARACTER....13
H. FILE TYPE ....BINARY
I. BLOCK CHECK TYPE....1 BYTE CHECKSUM
J. BLOCK START CHARACTER....1

I'm just not sure what I'm doing wrong because when I unzzip them it
says the file is bad and it does this for every file (Binary). This is
when downloading from gopher.


Please help me!

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 15:59:21 +0500
From: [e-mail] (Bryan Wallace)
Subject: Free Book Offer


   In an effort to communicate interesting arguments, I will send
a 311KB ASCII email copy of my current book to anyone who sends a
request to my below email address.  This book is my independent
work and not the opinions of the physics department.  Of the many
interesting comments on the book that I've received to date, John
Archibald Wheeler of Princeton University wrote:

  "A dynamic ether, a compressible fluid that could move at the
  speed of light." I am delighted you take such a deep interest in
  a subject so important.

Kurt Pagels of Germany wrote:
  The reading of this book was for me very interesting and very
  informative!  The factual material and the wealth of ideas is in
  your book in such a manner great, that a second and third reading
  is needed, therewith all arguments come to consciousness.

But the comment I liked the best came from Rudolf Nedved of
Czechoslovakia, who wrote:

  I have studied up the preprint of your book "The Farce of
  Physics" and am very surprised.  For me, it was better than a
  thrilling crime novel.

Steven L. Mitchell, the Editorial Director of Prometheus Books
wrote:

  Thank you for sharing with us your manuscript titled "The Farce
  of Physics." The idea of publishing an internal critique of the
  scientific mindset is most intriguing.  Naturally, it would run
  counter to many prevailing opinions and this could negatively
  effect the market.  Since the audience for your book would be the
  dedicated reader of science, the risks facing publication are
  considerable.

Mitchell wanted a substantial grant to assist publication and share
the risks, and I am currently trying to find a publisher that will
give me better terms.


Bryan G. Wallace    [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Lee Ziegenhals)
Subject: "Cost of Call" Indication?
Organization: Datapoint Corporation, San Antonio, TX
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 21:43:12 GMT


The "NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls" thread got me
to thinking about how to tell whether a call is costing you LD charges
or not.  With my telephone company, a LD toll call is always preceded
by a '1'.  I've gotten rather used to it, and I'd miss it if I moved
somewhere where it wasn't done that way.

On the other hand, it seems the idea of a toll call is rather vague
these days.  A call might be "local" but still be metered in some way,
either due to a special prefix or just metered local service.

I'm wondering whether there is any work being done on a real-time
display of the cost of a call.  I'm thinking of something like a display
on your telephone that shows the cost of a call in progress.  It would
be updated continuously (except for fixed-cost calls) until you hang up.
I'd like to see this for all types of metered calls, whether local
metered, long distance, 900 numbers, etc.

Implementation at the local loop shouldn't be too difficult.  ISDN
would be relatively easy since the rate information could be passed
over the D channel.  For POTS lines, the rate information would have
to be transmitted somehow at the beginning of the call, perhaps using
a technology similar to what's used for CID.

Is such a thing feasible?  I know absolutely nothing about how billing
systems are implemented within the telephone network.  Is this
information even available in real time to the local telephone
company?  For that matter, am I the only one who would find this
useful? :-)

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From: [e-mail] (Robert Hertzberg)
Subject: Newsletter on Internet Business
Date: 20 Sep 1994 13:46:58 -0400
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC


The September issue of {Internet Business Report} newsletter is now
available.  Highlights include:

  *Countdown To An Early Liftoff: Mosaic Start-Up Will Launch Products
   Ahead of Schedule." An article detailing the new plans of Jim Clark's
   Mosaic Communications, including its promise to start production
   shipments of server versions of Mosaic within the next two months.

  *Dun & Bradstreet Building Web Site With All Due Haste." An exploration
   of D&B's decision to introduce an Internet version of its credit
   service. The key, D&B executives believe, is keeping the price low.

  *Placing Orders: Still A Low-Tech Affair. (You Call This Cyberspace?)"
   One of the big ironies of trying to buy anything over the Web is that
   customers generally find themselves booted out of Cyberspace right
   back into the low-tech world of mail order. A few companies are
   starting to address this irony.

  *That Citation You Need, Counselor, Is Online." An article on New
   York Law Publishing Company, which is readying an electronic service
   for a decidedly low-tech profession--attorneys. New York Law will
   double as an access provider for the legal industry.

Those who have never received a free copy of Internet Business Report
before can get a free copy of this issue by sending E-mail to
[e-mail]. Include your name and postal address since IBR
is not available on-line.

So you aren't surprised, I should add that the people who send you the
free issue will try to sign you up as a subscriber. That's their job.

(A one-year subscription to the newsletter costs $279 within the U.S.,
$379 outside of it.)


Rob Hertzberg  Editor
Internet Business Report

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: EIA/TIA 568 Standards
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 94 00:14:18 PDT
Organization: University of California, Irvine


Hi,

My name is Victor Franco and I'm a Communications Tech with the City
of Los Angeles.

Does anyone know if the new EIA/TIA 568 standard has been set, and
where can I retrieve it on the Internet?

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 11:01:17 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Rattlesnake Stu)
Subject: REN For Old Equipment
Organization: Central Washington University


I'd like to know if there is a way to determine a Ring Equivalance #
(?  REN) for old equipment that isn't marked with such info.  I was
trying to add up what I have at home after another gadget-buying binge
at Radio Shack, but an old phone my wife refuses to get rid of has
virtually zero information on it.  It looks like it dates back to the
40s ... big, heavy, black, real rotary dial, and a bell that reminds
one that phones used to really _ring_ (not beep or say "You have a
telephone call").

Any ideas?  Should I assume REN = 1?  I'm not very well versed in
telephone terms, so please write any replies in "layman's terms" if
you would!  TIA...


Stuart Whitmore:  [e-mail], [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (C man)
Subject: Football/Sports Phone Card??
Date: 20 Sep 1994 16:51:08 GMT
Organization: c notes interactive


I was watching cable TV last night and a commercial appeared regarding
a collectible, football/sports, long distance telephone card.  Did
anyone see this or have any information about it?  Please email.


Many thanks,

Mike

------------------------------

From: Barry Lustig <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 94 12:54:43 -0400
Subject: Problems Getting a 56kb Leased Line


  My company has recently set up a small frame-relay based network to
support some of our national marketing employees.  One of our
employees lives in Overland Park, Kansas (a suburb of Kansas City).
When Wiltel tried to procure the 56kb local loop to this person's
home, Southwestern Bell said that their facilities could not support a
56kb connection (all they have is 26 gauge copper on a 30,000 foot run
into the neighborhood).  They said they would be happy to install the
circuit as long as we were willing to pay approximately $250,000 to
upgrade the copper into the neighborhood.

  Does anyone know if Southwestern Bell is required, via tariff, to
provide the necessary facilities to support this connection?  Are they
only required to provide DDS service to businesses?  Do they have to
provide any DDS service at all if the facilities aren't up-to-snuff?
I'm asking because when Nynex was out to my home in semi-rural part of
Massachusetts, the Special Services installer said that Nynex policy
is to provide whatever infrastructure is necessary to install the
circuit, business or residence.


Thanks,

Barry Lustig    [e-mail]
Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Ross Symons)
Subject: Question About Australian Pay Phones
Date: 22 Sep 1994 00:13:55 +1000
Organization: werple public-access unix, Melbourne


Hi, just wondered if anybody had any information regarding finding out
the number of public phone boxes in Australia, and whether they can be
called.


Ross

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Ken Ong)
Subject: Germany's Cellular System Used by BMW
Date: 20 Sep 1994 14:24:34 GMT
Organization: Singapore Telecom Internet Service


I am about to place an order for the new BMW 730i which features a
standard built-in car-phone made by Siemens for the German market.

The BMW agent in Singapore claims that this cellular phone is not
compatible with the systems we have in Singapore. We have AMPS, ETACS,
and GSM. As a result, all the models shipped to Singapore does not
have this built-in car-phone.

I am willing to do a special order for the 730i which includes the
Siemens car-phone. I need to know what cellular system is used by this
Siemens phone. Can anybody help me?


Thank you,

Ken Ong   Internet email : [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Michael A Leo)
Subject: TDD Access via PC - What's Out There?
Date: 20 Sep 1994 15:11:36 GMT
Organization: ADC Telecommunications


Hi,

  A friend of mine would like to know if her PC could be used as a TDD
device.  I didn't know the answer, but I suspect it could.  Anyone out
there who could point me in the right direction?


Thank you,

Michael Leo     ADC Telecommunications
[phone] (voice)   [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Craig A. Heilman)
Subject: Telephone Headset Recommendations Wanted
Organization: Bugaboo Software
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1994 11:24:14 GMT


Hi all,

I'm in serious need of a telephone headset.  I'm looking for one that
attaches to a regular telephone (no pbx) - probably one that simply
replaces the handset.  I've seen several types in a "Hello Direct"
catalog as well as the new Jabra 1000 (an earplug that contains the
speaker as well as the microphone).

Any recommendations?


Thanks,

Craig A. Heilman   [e-mail]
Bugaboo Software   [phone]
Software Engineering & Consulting

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Ralph Warren)
Subject: Telecommuting Law
Date: 20 Sep 1994 18:22:31 GMT
Organization: Cayman Systems, Inc.


Is the federal govt proposing a telecommuting law requiring large
businesses in metro areas to have a certain percentage of telecommuters?

I know that California businesses can get tax breaks if they have a
certain percentage, but this would allow for fines to be issued to
companies that don't.


Ralph Warren   [e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I've not heard of any proposed law to
fine companies which don't have telecommuters, but I do know that this
is being strongly urged in certain areas. They say they are meeting
some resistance in finding workers interested in doing it  ... personally
I love working at home and would hate to go back to a large office all
day, plus the trouble of getting to and from the place.    PAT]

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Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice (Steve Cogorno)
    Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice (Nick Sayer)
    Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice (Jeffrey Fritz)
    Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice (Michael Guslick)
    Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice (David Adams)
    Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice (Robert Springer)
    True Voice ... True Difference? (Rakesh Bharania)
    Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls (Jeff Hibbard)
    Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls (Bob Goudreau)
    Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls (Carl Oppedahl)
    Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls ([e-mail])
    Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls (Henry Wertz)
    Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls (Carl Moore)
    Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls (clawsona
    Re: Yet Another NYNEX Blunder (Tony Pelliccio)
    Re: Yet Another NYNEX Blunder (Alan Boritz)
    Re: Cellphones and Smoke Detectors (David S. Channin)
    Re: 24-Hour Callback Lines Needed (Doug Gurich)

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From: [e-mail] (Steve Cogorno)
Subject: Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 10:15:05 PDT


Nick Sayer said:

> If they're trying to imply that that is what a long distance phone
> call sounds like (which _despite_ truevoice is _still_ constrained to
> roughly 300-3000 Hz), then it's nothing short of outright fraud.

They aren't, it's a commercial.

> Business as usual, eh AT&T?

This is no more of a lie than MCI saying in their Friends and Family
II commericials that the average cost of a long distance call costs
half as much as it did ten years ago (before the Bell breakup).  Then
the Rep says "Who do you think was responsible for that?" Hundreds of
people shout out "MCI!"

BUT they fail to mention that it was the breakup of the Bell System
which lowered these call costs. (Which also increased the cost of
local calls by a large percentage.)


Steve   [e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Steve, your point is a very good one.
Especially so since the average American phone user merely sends one
check each month to pay the phone bill. He's seen his long distance
bill (which he uses very little of) go down and his local calling bill
(which he uses a lot more) go up. Overall, telephone bills are higher
now -- disproportionatly so -- than ever before.  PAT]

------------------------------

From: Nick Sayer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 10:20:22 PDT


Steve Cogorno writes:

> Nick Sayer said:

>> If they're trying to imply that that is what a long distance phone
>> call sounds like (which _despite_ truevoice is _still_ constrained to
>> roughly 300-3000 Hz), then it's nothing short of outright fraud.

> They aren't it's a commercial.

And that excuses the fraud?

>> Business as usual, eh AT&T?

> This is no more of a lie than MCI saying [...]

Who said MCI was any better? I said nothing about any other long
distance company being superior, inferior, or anything else. I am
saying simply that the AT&T ad is fraudulent.


Nick Sayer <[e-mail]>   N6QQQ @ N0ARY.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NOAM
[phone], log in as 'guest'  URL: http://www.kfu.com/~nsayer/

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Jeffrey Fritz)
Subject: Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice
Organization: West Virginia University
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 17:44:38 GMT


In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Nick
Sayer) wrote:

> If they're trying to imply that that is what a long distance phone
> call sounds like (which _despite_ truevoice is _still_ constrained to
> roughly 300-3000 Hz), then it's nothing short of outright fraud.

> Business as usual, eh AT&T?

I heard a rumor (perhaps untrue) that Bellcore had developed a
technology for boosting the bass on phone calls.  No one was
interested and it laid around in the lab for quite a while. AT&T
marketing discovered it and, zap, instant "True Voice."

BTW, the telephone network supports a 300 - 3 kbps bandwidth for a
reason -- understandability.  If you listen to the True Voice demos,
the increased base sounds nicer, but makes it harder to clearly hear
the person on the other end.

Just my two cents ...


Jeffrey Fritz   [e-mail]   West Virginia University

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Ralph the Wonder Llama)
Subject: Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice
Date: 23 Sep 1994 12:48:22 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Computing Services Division


I tried calling the 800 number for the "True Voice" demo (anybody have
the number?  I can't seem to remember it now ...), and was not at all
impressed.  The bass gets turned up by a wee bit.  Big deal.  Those
commercials are really fraudulent ...


Michael Guslick                  USnail: 711 Hwy. C
NAR #53962                       Grafton, WI 53024
[e-mail]      SR-71 Blackbird    ph.: [phone]

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From: [e-mail] (David Adams)
Subject: Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice
Date: 23 Sep 1994 06:10:31 GMT
Organization: USLink Communications


Nick Sayer ([e-mail]) wrote:

> AT&T's latest "True Fraud^H^H^H^H^HVoice" ad has reached a new low in
> deceptive practices. The add features a rediculous sort of "control
> room" full of CRTs showing silly waterfall displays of a lady singing
> their "True Voice" song, though the audio of her singing is quite low
> in level and has the bass attenuated slightly. This is supposed to be
> characteristic of a telephone call.

> If they're trying to imply that that is what a long distance phone
> call sounds like (which _despite_ truevoice is _still_ constrained to
> roughly 300-3000 Hz), then it's nothing short of outright fraud.

It would be real interesting if somebody ran the same test as in the
AT&T ad with the same song as an audio source and then post the
results.


Dave

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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 11:30:42 -0500
From: Robert Springer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice


You may be interested in trying AT&T's True Voice Demonstration (I
unfortunately do not have the 800 demo number). When several of us at
NYNEX tried their demonstration, we actually preferred the "Before"
condition without 'True Voice' enhancement.


Robert Springer
NYNEX Science and Technology

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Rakesh Bharania)
Subject: True Voice ... True Difference?
Date: 23 Sep 1994 09:50:14 -0700
Organization: KAIWAN Internet (310/527-4279,818/756-0180,714/741-2920)


Several months ago, I called the True-Voice demo line when it first
went up (I forgot where I got the number from), and I couldn't tell
one whit of difference between the normal voice and the "enhanced"
one.  Several days ago, I saw the Whitney Houston commercial and
decided to try again (hey, the line was new .. maybe it wasn't fully
working, right?)  Again, I couldn't tell the difference.  I even got
my dad to call this up, and HE couldn't tell the difference.

So is "True Voice" an actual technology or just a marketing move?


Rakesh Bharania     [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Jeff Hibbard)
Subject: Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls
Date: 23 Sep 1994 02:21:39 -0500
Organization: Bradley University


[e-mail] writes:

> Illinois -     7-digit Toll

The above is true in Ameritech territory.  However, those of us chosen
to participate in the Great Telephone Experiment current must dial
1+7D for toll calls within the NPA and will soon have to dial 1+10D
for them.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 16:56:20 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Bob Goudreau)
Subject: Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls


Al Varney writes:

> About 2:1 in favor of the "1+ means Toll" method by counting
> States.  By population, it's about the other way around.

I beg to differ.  Greg Monti's excellent "NPA Readiness for 1995"
table shows that the places using 7D dialing for intra-NPA long
distance are overwhelmingly outnumbered on all possible counts (number
of states & provinces, number of NPAs, and population) by places using
1+10D dialing.  The roster of 7D locales includes no Caribbean
countries or Canadian provinces, and only 8 US states (CA, NY, NJ, PA,
IL, ME, NH, and WV).  These 7D areas contain less than one third of
the NANP's total population, and only 33 out of its 143 NPAs.  You may
not like it, but 1+10D is the norm, not the exception.


Bob Goudreau            Data General Corporation
[e-mail]        62 Alexander Drive
[phone]            Research Triangle Park, NC  27709, USA

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From: [e-mail] (Carl Oppedahl)
Subject: Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls
Date: 23 Sep 1994 06:16:58 -0400
Organization: Oppedahl & Larson


In <[e-mail]> Sanjiv Narayan <[e-mail].
EDU> writes:

> I have noticed a strange thing here since I became a NYNEX customer in
> Marlboro, MA. They have a local calling area (approximatly five mile
> radius) within which I can place unlimited calls for a flat charge.

> However if I call a number outside my local calling area (but still **
> within ** my 508 area-code), a recording asks you to redial with a '1'
> prefixed before the seven-digit number I am calling.

> Here's my question: If the NYNEX switching equipment is smart enough
> to figure out that I need to dial a '1', why does it not go ahead and
> complete the call anyway. I am willing to pay for the call regardless
> of whether I redial with a '1' prefix or they complete it for me,
> right !!?

The reason is simple.  Right *now* the system is able to figure it
out.  But there will be some future time when the system will not be
able to, and the "1" will be quite necessary.  The goal is to change
your behavior between now and then.

The reason the system won't be able to figure it out someday is a
function of all those phone numbers that start with area codes, etc.


Carl Oppedahl AA2KW    Oppedahl & Larson (patent lawyers)
Yorktown Heights, NY   [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (MUSEUMS)
Subject: Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls
Date: 22 Sep 1994 20:53:08 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)


Well they are going to have to change things awfully soon because of
the numbering changes going on.  I personally believe that seven digit
dialing for toll calls should be optional.  They should force you dial
1 and your own area code for long distance, or just the seven digits
or give you the option for only 1 + area code. 1 + seven digits will
have to be gone because of the new area code schemes.  Some places
like NJ have had seven digits for a really long time, because NJ is
loaded with NNX's that are old traditional NPA; prefixes are like 315,
407, 305 ... etc ... etc. The tradional numbering system setup in the
1950's is going to be a thing of the past ... I really don't mind it.

What is weird is that on Long Island, area code 516, they still don't
dial 1's for anything. I guess they can dial 800-xxx-xxxx or area
code-xxx-xxxx. I guess this means they don't have any NPA's as
prefixes, or there is special software.


Richard


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well, I must beg to differ with you.
Prefixes like 417 and 305 are *not* old and traditional. Originally
prefixes were the exact opposite of area codes: area codes always
had a one or zero as the middle digit with two through nine as the
first digit. Prefixes *never* had zero or one as the middle digit
and *never* had zero as the third digit. Of course, area codes never
had zero as the third digit either with the exception of 800, which
is not really an 'area code' anyway and is the grandfather of the
various special service codes one can dial before a seven digit
number. I first remember seeing an 800 number about 1966 when the
use of 800 began to replace 'Enterprise' and 'Zenith' numbers. Not
only were zeroes and ones never used as the middle digit of prefixes
until starting about ten years ago, any prefix appearing in one
area code was never duplicated in the area code on either side of
it. That is, since 659 was (is) a valid prefix in northern Indiana,
it was not assigned until very, very late in 312. That way, telco
was able to allow 'community dialing' when a community straddled
a state line as in the case of the south Chicago/northern Indiana
metropolitan area. Chicagoans could dial seven digits to get the
northern Indiana area and likewise out there seven digits could be
used to reach up here.

That luxury, of never having the same prefix in two ajoining area
codes, had to be eliminated by sometime in the 1970's. So, there was
another use for '1' on the front end. Without it it meant give me
the local exchange by this number; with it it meant give me the
exchange by this number in Chicago (or vice versa).  Until recently,
subscribers in Antioch, Illinois on 708-396 could dial their next
door neighbors in North Antioch, Wisconsin (404-397) by merely dialing
397 plus the last four digits.  Of course that meant they had to
dial '1' as a leading digit to reach 708-397, in the southern part
of the area code in Blue Island, Illinois. In fact, people in Antioch
had to dial '1' to call anywhere outside of Antioch/North Antioch,
even if in 708.    PAT]

------------------------------

From: Henry Wertz <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls
Date: 23 Sep 1994 01:41:30 GMT
Organization: U of Iowa Panda System
Reply-To: [e-mail]


In note <[e-mail]>, Sanjiv Narayan  writes:

> It becomes very cumbersome when you have to redial the number with the
> '1' prefixed. I never had a similar problem with Pacific Bell in So.
> California. The only time a '1' was required was when I dialed a
> number in another area code. If a number was outside your local
> calling area, Pacific Bell simply billed you for it.  No redialing was
> ever required.

     Actually, this is the standard, not the exception.  Here, we just
switched to having to dial 1 + area code + phone number for *anything*
outside local calling area, even in the 319 area code. I saw a file
in the Telecom Archives about this, and there were only a few area
codes that *didn't* use a 1+. I got the bad luck of being in one.
I wanted to know if some BBSs were local, and there was no easy way to
tell. I had to look in the phone book and look it up.  For *me*, it
would have been easier to just dial 'em and listen for the "dial 1"
recording.

     I would be really pissed if they took it out here; then it would
be IMHO too easy to unknowingly dial LD numbers.  I know they're in
the book, but it's much easier to notice when you get the recording
than memorize the local prefixes (which I have ... 351, 354, 337,
338, 339, 336, ... actually, I think there's a couple others.)

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 23 Sep 94 05:29:01 GMT
From: Carl Moore <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls


I did earlier notice that Massachusetts has 1+NPA+7D for all long
distance and for local calls to other area code.  This is unusual.
Normally, if an area has gone to 1+NPA+7D for long distance within an
area code, it gets to continue using 7D for local calls to other area
code; Delaware (where 1+7D is not yet turned off at this writing) and
Maryland have this EXCEPT for end these local calls originating in
Maryland and using NPA+7D:

1. DC area (to DC and Virginia)
2. across 301/410 border

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls
Date: 23 Sep 94 05:38:43 -0700
Organization: Brigham Young University


Uhhhh ... excuse me?  In the past, area codes could not have a 1 or a
0 in the middle?  Ummmm ... I can't think offhand of any area codes
that DON'T have a 1 or a 0 in the middle:

313, 801, 810, 212, 213, 202, 617, 517.... Are you sure that's what you meant
to say?


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: It was *prefixes* which never had zero or
one in the middle and never had zero as the third digit. Area codes *always*
had zero or one as the second digit and never had zero as the third digit.
The prefix rule was broken first, several years ago, and now the area code
rule is about to be broken in the next year.   PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Tony Pelliccio)
Subject: Re: Yet Another NYNEX Blunder
Date: 22 Sep 1994 17:18:26 GMT
Organization: Brown University -- Providence, Rhode Island  USA


In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail].
uoknor.edu wrote:

>         Many LECs will not send you a copy of the tariff or parts of
> it.  It varies by company and often by the individual you talk to (and
> that's often because of the particular circumstances).  They take the
> position that you can inspect the tariff in their offices or at the
> commission, but they are not required to make you a copy.

Yeah sort of like NYNEX. The copy of the tarrif for my area is in
Boston of all places. If you think I'm going to drive up to Boston
just to look at it you're nuts. But then, Telco has all the eggs in
their basket don't they?


Tony Pelliccio, KD1NR - Brown University ADIR Computing Services
Box 1908, Prov, RI 02912 Tel. [phone] Fax. [phone]

------------------------------

Subject: Re: Yet Another NYNEX Blunder
From: drharry![e-mail] (Alan Boritz)
Reply-To: uunet!drharry![e-mail] (Alan Boritz)
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 94 20:24:30 EDT
Organization: Harry's Place - Mahwah NJ - [phone]


[e-mail] writes:

>> I asked the gentleman to fax me the appropriate tariffs and we would
>> read them together. This he did, and after examining the five
>> applicable pages that described business vs residence service, he had
>> to conclude that my operation fully qualified as residence service.

>         Many LECs will not send you a copy of the tariff or parts of
> it.  It varies by company and often by the individual you talk to (and
> that's often because of the particular circumstances).  They take the
> position that you can inspect the tariff in their offices or at the
> commission, but they are not required to make you a copy.

MCI took that position with me, and they don't get much of my business
any more. ;)

I think that you need to speak with the right person, and in the right
manner, to get a copy of what you need, since regular cs reps are
typically too busy to handle such a request, or might not even know
where to look for what you need.

If I have to begin a service audit with retrieving a copies of tariffs
via a third-party vendor, you can pretty much count on my being twice
as nasty about getting money back.


[e-mail]  or  uunet!drharry!aboritz
Harry's Place (drharry.UUCP) - Mahwah NJ USA - [phone]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (David S. Channin)
Subject: Re: Cellphones and Smoke Detectors
Date: 23 Sep 1994 02:39:24 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Radiology, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey PA


Our medical center currently has a ban on the use of cellphones
within the building because they do activate the fire alarms.


dsc

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 23 Sep 94 02:06:21 CST
From: [e-mail] (Doug Gurich)
Subject: Re: 24-Hour Callback Lines Needed


Bruce,

GlobalCom International can provide you with the 24 hour connection you
are seeking from Japan to the U.S.

We can offer you a solution that would provide six full-time, 24-hour
dedicated lines for only approximatly $12,500/month (if you terminate
on the west coast). This would effectively give you a per minute rate
of only about $0.047 per minute (if you were to use each line
continuously).

Now, this is a leased line solution and your message indicated that
leased lines would pose a problem.  However, GlobalCom has a great
deal of experience in providing international leased lines, as well as
a great deal of experience in dealing with PTT's.  Your company would
not have to worry about the Japanese PTT (all contact would be
directly with GlobalCom).

If however, you must use a call back connection, we can also provide
that to you.  However, the cost would be significantly higher (at
least eight times higher).

I do believe you should consider the leased line option. GlobalCom
personnel have a significant background in providing such service to
the US military and multi-national corporations.  In fact we are
currently providing similar service between the US and Japan right
now.

We can also handle the Internet connection for you as well (if so
desired).


Doug Gurich  GlobalCom International
[phone]   [phone] (fax)
[e-mail]

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TELECOM Digest     Fri, 23 Sep 94 13:10:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 373

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    FBI Wiretap Bill -- WTF? (Mahatma Kane-Jeeves)
    I Want to Be an LD Rep ([e-mail])
    Coming Soon: Son of 800 (Greg Monti)
    Three Prefixes Moved From 215 to 717 (Carl Moore)
    Programming an AT&T ISDN Phone (Alex Cena)
    Where Can I Locate Telecom Documents? ([e-mail])
    Free Calls Offered to Service Members (Bert Roseberry)
    AT&T and McCaw Merger ([e-mail])
    Need Help With Fax and Answering Service (Alan N. Canton)
    EIA/TIA 568 Standards (Wilson Mohr)
    Internet Windows Interface Job Offer (Murray Gordon)
    Need California PUC IRD Information (Al Cohan)
    Book Review: "The Elements of E-mail Style" by Angell/Heslop (Rob Slade)

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From: [e-mail] (Mahatma Kane-Jeeves)
Subject: FBI Wiretap Bill -- WTF?
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 05:09:56 GMT


I imagine most of you here have heard about the FBI's Digital
Telephony proposal, aka the Digital Wiretap bill, by now.  (If you
haven't, please check out the EFF, CPSR, EPIC, and sources of Voters
Telecom Watch info.)  I thought this group might be a good place to
ask for some technical insights into the bill's rationale.

The FBI has claimed (but has offered scant evidence) that advances in
"digital technology" are making the telephone system impossible to
tap.  Personally, I don't get it.  What kinds of taps are they talking
about?  As far as I know, you can still tap most phones the old-fashioned
way -- by going up the pole or down into the basement with a pair of
alligator clips, right?  More to the point, you can tap any phone by
going to the carrier with a proper warrant and getting their cooperation
(in fact, the major carriers have claimed that there has NEVER been a
case where a legitimate agency has come to them with a proper warrant
and not gotten a tap).

So I'm trying to figure out, just what is this bill about -- REALLY?

My own theory -- based on almost NO real knowledge, I admit -- is that
the problems the FBI is having with digital communications must be in
connection with either (1) doing taps without proper authorization, or
(2) doing general surveillance on trunks (which used to be easy-to-intercept
microwave links but are lately being replaced with difficult-to-intercept
optical fiber).

I'd appreciate it if anybody here with a better technical grasp of the
situation could enlighten me further.  What the @#$%&! are they talking about?
Am I too paranoid, or not paranoid enough?

Thanks in advance for any insights.


mkj


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: My own opinion is that the people making
the protests are by and large over-reacting. I've included some of their
press releases and 'write your congressperson' requests here in this
Digest in an effort to be fair about it and give their side of the story,
but honestly, I can't see what they have gotten in such an uproar over.
The other day someone sent in something saying 'congressman so-and-so
says he has not received a single letter from citizens in opposition to
the bill ...', and while some of that lack of letter writing may be due
to the ignorance of the general public on 'how telephones work', I do
beleive some of it is also due to the fact that most people don't feel
as threatened by these things as do the denizens of EFF and various
privacy advocates on the net. Of course a fair rebuttal to that might be
that it is precisely because of that general ignorance of telephone
operations that people are not alarmed; that if the public in general
knew as much about telephone networks and systems as a few of us do,
they too would be greatly concerned and busy letter writing, etc. Like
yourself, I find its simply too easy to tap telephones without being
caught at it to concern myself with some new legislation on the subject.
In any large older urban area, illicit tapping of telephones is child's
play. Just get your alligator clips and go do it at any one of a dozen
demarcs between the subscriber and the central office where the cable
pairs are multipled, or available. I am not saying I *do that*; I do not
do it, and I think it ethically wrong, but anyone can do it very easily.
Between the many cellular/cordless phone snoops out there listening and
the other easy ways there are of listening to phones, why should anyone
care about still new proposals, government or otherwise?    PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (InterBiz)
Subject: I Want to Be an LD Rep
Date: 23 Sep 1994 01:30:02 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)


I am interested in being a rep for selling long distance.  However, I have
a few requirements:

1) I don't want to sell an MLM.  My goal isn't to find 50 motivated
people, it is to sell long distance with very good rates.  I'd like
the product to sell itself.  I don't want to go to Amway-type prayer
meetings where the discussions are how we will someday be rich.

2) I want to have the lowest or one of the lowest rates consumers can
get.  I want the rates to be impressive, so the service can sell itself.

Is it possible to become a rep without being entangled with the MLM
organization?  Can one sell direct for a company and bypass all the
middlemen of an MLM (I would think this would allow giving better
rates to consumers).

Please E-mail me any info that meets my requirements.  Thanks.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: If you don't like the Amway style of
doing things then select one of the countless other large 'switchless
resellers' of the major carriers. There are too many out there to even
begin naming them. In fact, there are so many out there -- many not
at all like Amway -- the profit margin on this has been squeezed dry.
You've got to get literally thousands of accounts under your control to
reach the point where your tiny fractional part of the whole pie amounts
to anything more than maybe a hundred dollars a month. After all the
work I did on Orange Card a couple years ago for example, I have finally
gotten to the point they send me around fifty dollars every month as
residuals for the customers I sent their way.

None of them will pay you an actual salary -- that is, unless you are
on their payroll and under their direct supervision -- it will always be
straight commission on traffic generated, generally with a delay of sixty
to ninety days following the traffic to allow the customer to pay them
and then in turn for them to pay you. You should plan on working three or
four months virtually full time receiving *no money at all* from the
carriers before the comissions -- what there are of them -- start coming
in. You'll have to answer lots of time-consuming questions for comparison
shoppers who won't ever sign up with you anyway. If you plan on doing this
full time, you'll need a few thousand dollars in reserve to live on while
waiting for the orders to go through, get turned on and the traffic to
start, to say nothing of hoping to Goddess the people pay their bills to
the carrier and are not deadbeats. Yes, many of the carriers have recourse
to you as the independent agent in the event the bills are not paid. And
if you only do it as a part time thing while keeping another full time
job to live on, it will take ten times as long to reach the point where
your commissions or residuals on traffic amount to anything meaningful.
Plan on spending all your weekends and every night answering email and
filling out paperwork. Seriously, I would not want to go back to doing
that. I tried it for a year or so; I am still starving and trying to
catch up financially in my personal life.    PAT]

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 7:30:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: Greg Monti <[e-mail]>
Subject: Coming Soon:  Son of 800


A brief article in {Business Week} magazine, September 26, 1994, issue
under the name "I-Way Patrol" and entitled "Coming Soon, Son of 800,"
says that the 800 code is running out of telephone numbers.

800 numbers went from zero in 1967 to to 3.1 million in 1993.  The
one-year step from 93 to 94, brought it to 4.1 million numbers.  The
capacity of the code is supposedly 7.6 million numbers, which will be
reached by 1996.

The article notes that business voice-response systems and inexpensive
personal 800 number users are among the trends that soak up numbers.

The Industry Numbering Committee is chewing over the idea of supplementing
800 with a second code, probably 300 or 400.

Cute graphic accompanies:  a telephone with what looks like an automobile
odometer on it, reading 1 800 999 9999, with the 999 9999 part about to
"turn over" like a car that hits a million miles.


Greg Monti, Tech Mgr, FISPO, Distribution Division
National Public Radio          Phone:    [phone]
635 Massachusetts Av NW        Fax:      [phone]
Washington, DC  20001-3753     Internet: [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 23 Sep 94 14:18:53 GMT
From: Carl Moore <[e-mail]>
Subject: Three Prefixes Moved From 215 to 717


Thanks to Paul A. Lee (email address /DD.ID=JES2CAOF.UEDCM09/@smx.sprint.com)
I have received the following copies of letters regarding prefixes moving
from 215 to 717 (not to 610), because their telephone companies also serve
adjacent exchanges in area 717.  A while back, there was the blurb about
Denver 267 and Adamstown 484 going to 717 (Denver using 717-336 because
717-267 is in use at Chambersburg), but there is new information: that
445 Terre Hill has moved to 717.  Before I learned that Terre Hill had
moved to 717, I thought Terre Hill had dropped 1 for long distance within
area code and that Enterprise Telephone's area 717 part had also done so.

                                *******

(letter regarding Denver and Adamstown)

January 11, 1993

Our Denver, PA., and Adamstown, PA., exchanges are presently in the
215 area code.  On January 1, 1994, Bell of PA. is splitting the 215
NPA into 215 and 610. Also, the state of Pennsylvania is going to
implement a new dialing pattern for intra-NPA calls.

Because of these two changes, the Denver and Ephrata Telephone and
Telegraph Company has decided to move both the Denver and Adamstown
exchanges from the 215 NPA into the 717 NPA.  Our Adamstown exchange
is presently 215-484 and will become 717-484.  Our Denver exchange is
presently 215-267 and will become 717-336.

The reassignment of these two exchanges from NPA 215 to NPA 717 will
take effect at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, July 1, 1993.  From July 1, 1993,
until April 1, 1994, we will accept incoming calls to either the 215
or 717 NPA codes.  As of April 1, 1994, we will only accept incoming
calls to the 717 NPA code.  As of July 1, 1993, the 10 digit Automatic
Number Identification (ANI) from these two exchanges will be
717-484-XXXX for Adamstown and 717-336-XXXX for Denver.

Please make any required preparations within your company for these
changes.  Thanks you in advance for your assistance.

Very truly yours,

Leonard A. Burns
Manager, Central Office Engineering
(Denver and Ephrata Telephone and Telegraph Company)

*******

(letter regarding Terre Hill)

March 26, 1993

With the announcement from Bell of PA that the 215 NPA will split in
January of 1994, Enterprise Telephone Company has decided to reassign
our Terre Hill Exchange (NXX 445) to the 717 NPA. Customer notification
began in January of 1993. Please use this letter as your company's
official notice that this number change will be effective 1/94, coinciding
with the Bell of PA 215 split.

Sincerely,

John H. Gehr
General Manager
(Enterprise Telephone)

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 23 Sep 94 10:24:58 EST
From: Alex Cena <[e-mail]>
Subject: Programming an AT&T ISDN Phone


I recently signed up for an ISDN service to my home.  It was a
nightmare to have the company deliver the service since there are very
few people who trained to help you and the current downsizing does not
help.  After Bell Atlantic agreed to install the line, it took thirty
days for the first installer to arrive and one and a half weeks before
the service was actually working properly.  It took no less than two
technicians at a time to finally have it working.

Now for my problem.  The ISDN station set arrived by mail.  It's an
AT&T ISDN 7506 API.  The phone works fine, but a programming manual
did not come with the phone for reasons unknown to me so I have to
call an AT&T help desk every time I need help.  They in turn have to
page an engineer to help me out.

Can someone help me program this phone for use as three phantom lines
and program some of he basic buttons to work.  i.e. drop, hold,
conference.  If I want to use it as two voice and one data, how?
Where can I find a programming manual for this darned thing?


Regards,

Alex M. Cena, Lehman Brothers, [e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: If you have not yet paid for the phone
which arrived in the mail, the easiest thing to do at this point is not
pay for it until the documentation arrives. If you have already paid
try stopping the credit card charge if that's still possible on the
premise that the order was shipped incomplete.    PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Subject: Where Can I Locate Telecom Documents?
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 94 22:31:38 -0500
Organization: Delphi ([e-mail] email, 800-695-4005 voice)


Does anyone have a good FTP address or telnet address for telecom documents?
I am mainly looking for standards or tutorials on subjects like X.25, SS7,
etc.

Thanks a lot.

------------------------------

From: Bert Roseberry <[e-mail]>
Subject: Free Calls Offered to Service Members
Organization: Digital Equipment Computer Users Society
Date: 22 Sep 94 23:32:29 -0400


I thought others might be interested in this offer from AT&T.

                     --------------

Navy News Service - NAVNEWS BY EMAIL - [e-mail]
NAVY NEWS SERVICE - 22 SEP 94 - NAVNEWS 057/94

NNS617.  Free Calls Home Offered to Service Members in Caribbean

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Free three-minute phone calls home are being
offered by AT&T to service members deployed on board U.S. Navy and
Coast Guard ships involved in Cuba/Haiti operations in the Caribbean.
Sailors and Marines can place calls to the U.S.  mainland, Alaska,
Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The free offer will begin at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Saturday, Sept.  24 and
end on 11:59 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 26.  The AT&T High Seas Radiotele-
phone Service can be used by an any vessel with high frequency, Single
Side Band (SSB) radiotelephone service, often referred to aboard ships
as Military Affiliated Radio Service (MARS).

To place the free phone calls, each ship's radio officer will select a
channel to call one of AT&T's coast stations (WOM in Florida or WOO in
New Jersey).  When the signal is clear, the technician at the coast
station will pass the call to an AT&T operator.  The service member
will tell the operator the number she or he is trying to reach and the
call will be connected.  When that service member's time is up, the
phone will be passed to the next person and they will give their
number to the operator.  This way, a channel does not have to be
obtained for each individual call.  When U.S. military personnel
arrive in Haiti, long distance service to the U.S. is available.


Bert Roseberry         [e-mail]     -or-
US Coast Guard         [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Paul)
Subject: AT&T and McCaw Merger
Date: 22 Sep 1994 21:13:56 -0400
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC


I would like to know what you all think of the merger between AT&T and
Mccaw.

a: Do you believe that this will lower cellular rates in Mccaw markets?

b: Do you believe that it will effect employment in both companies?

Any responses would be greatly appreciated.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Subject: Need Help With Fax and Answering Service
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 94 00:10:43 -0500
Organization: Delphi ([e-mail] email, 800-695-4005 voice)


Our answering service wants to auto-fax messages to our business.  Our
Brother 600 fax machine has a telephone answering device interface, so
we connect an AT&T (two tape) answering machine to it.

With everyone else on the planet, the system works fine. The answer
machine comes on and then shuts down and the fax is received.

However, with the answering service, most of the time the answering
machine comes on, clicks off and the line is dropped. The fax is not
received. It does work every once in a while.

Can anyone give me some suggestions (besides getting a dedicated fax
line ... too expensive) on what to do ... if anything.


Please e-mail.

Alan N. Canton

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 22 Sep 94 11:48:23 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Wilson Mohr)
Subject: EIA/TIA 568 Standards


[e-mail] writes:

> Does anyone know if the new EIA/TIA 568 standard has been set, and
> where can I retrieve it on the Internet?

Well, Toby Nixon of Hayes Mirocomputer Products ([e-mail].
net) provided this information back in November, 1992.

Quote:

The Electronic Industries Association (EIA) and Telecommunications
Industry Association (TIA) have contracted out the distribution of
their published standards to Global Engineering Documents.  All orders
for EIA or TIA standards should now be directed to Global Engineering
Documents instead of the EIA/TIA Sales Department (although EIA/TIA
still handles proposed standards and other work in progress).

Global Engineering Documents can be reached at:

For inquiries from within the USA:

        Global Engineering Documents
        1990 M Street NW, Suite 400
        Washington DC 20036
        800-854-7179 Voice
        202-331-0960 Fax

For inquiries from outside the USA:

        Global Engineering Documents
        2805 McGaw Avenue
        Irvine CA 92714
        [phone]

Unquote:

The EIA and TIA documents are not "freeware" (for lack of a better
term) as far as I know. They are meant to be purchased.

As a datapoint, I did call them this morning on an unrelated issue.

Their current cost for the 568 standards is $80 plus 5% Shipping and
Handling plus applicable local sales tax. They also have a version of
the new proposed 568 standards revision for $122 plus (et.al).

The mailing address they gave me was:

Global Engineering Documents
7730 Carondelet Avenue
Suite 407
Clayton, Missourri 63105


Wilson Mohr    [e-mail]
Strategic Quality - Motorola Cellular Infrastructure Group
1501 W. Shure Drive - Rm 3C9, Arlington Heights, IL 60004  USA

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Murray Gordon)
Subject: Internet Windows Interface Job Offer
Date: 23 Sep 1994 13:31:06 -0400
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC


INTERNET/WINDOWS Programmers wanted:

We need to get some experienced Windows programmers on board soon, for
a project for a client, who wants to create a Windows interface for
accessing the Internet.  (Similar to Pipeline)

If you have experience in writing for Windows (probably Visual C++,
but we might consider other languages for this development project),
and hopefully you know the "ins and outs" of the Internet reasonably
well, then:

Contact:

    Murray Gordon
    Quetzal Computers
    1708 E 4th St.
    Brooklyn, NY 11223

    Phone [phone].  Fax [phone],

or respond via CIS mail, or via the Internet to [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 22 Sep 94 11:47 EST
From: Al Cohan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Need California PUC IRD Information


    I understand that sometime last week the California PUC
approved a sweeping rate change for both Pac Bell and General
Telephone. I have heard that base rates have dramatically increased
and ZUM 3 and local service area long distance has decreased as much
as 50%.

This PUC decision sets the terms for Intra-Lata toll traffic competition.
Does anyone have a synopsis of the new rates? or a copy of the decision?


Any help will be appreciated.


Thanks in advance,

Al

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 15:46:37 EST
From: Rob Slade <[e-mail]>
Subject: Book Review: "The Elements of E-mail Style" by Angell/Heslop


BKMALSTL.RVW  940526

Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
P.O. Box 520  26 Prince Andrew Place
Don Mills, Ontario  M3C 2T8
416-447-5101  fax: [phone]
[e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail]
[e-mail] [e-mail]
"The Elements of E-mail Style", Angell, 1994, 0-201-62709-4, U$12.95/C$16.95
[e-mail] [e-mail]

On the one hand, electronic mail is simply another form of written
communications.  On the other hand, email's very earliest beginnings
lie only twenty years back.  Ten years ago, less than a million people
in the world had access to the medium, and the rapid growth in the
popularity of email, while it means there are many current practitioners,
also means that few users have any depth of experience.  In addition,
the speed and ease of electronic communications allow the unwary to
get themselves into considerable trouble.  There is, therefore, a need
for an email style guide.

That is not to say that it need be this one.  Indeed, it is very
difficult to say that this is an email guide, at all.  It is simply a
writing and style guide, and, for those in the market for such an
item, it may be suitable as a quick reference.  As far as email goes,
however, while mention is frequent, material is scant.

The content would seem to indicate that the authors, while they have
some familiarity with the use of email, have very little experience
with the broad range of online communications systems, and no feel for
computer mediated communications as a whole.  The limited exposure
shows up in areas such as the coverage of, for example, flaming (the
generation of abusive messages).  Their suggestions, while not
inappropriate, are not particularly helpful, either.  Read your
message twice.  (From experience, this just tends to increase your
determination.)  Would you say this to the person's face?  (Heck, yes!
I'm mad!)  A more practical alternative is to write it, hold it, and
then re-read the original message before sending it.  (And remember,
if the original message isn't worth re-reading, it isn't worth a
response, either.)  Another indication of limited experience is the
use of specific suggestions rather than general principles.  Line
length and font styles are mentioned in regard to terminal
characteristics, but there is no discussion of common terminal
characteristics or alternative forms of emphasis.  We are told not to
say "no" to an offer from a Japanese correspondent but with no other
examples of cultural diversity, this is of little use.

Chapter one is a list of the standard email do's and don'ts.  The
points are generally good, but the supporting text is less than
useful.  Chapter two *is* useful; a very cogent list of suggestions
for structuring email text for greatest impact.  Chapters three to
seven, covering vocabulary, tone, sentence structure, spelling and
punctuation, could be summed up in two words: learn English.  The
material specific to email from all five chapters is, in total, less
than the space devoted to one list of frequently misspelled words.
Chapter eight gives some recommendations on the use of formatting and
special characters.  Some points are good; many (such as the use of
tabs for column alignment) are not.  (Many systems use eight character
cells for a tab character, but some use other alignments and thus,
tabs can be more trouble than help.)  Most of the chapter, however, is
dedicated to the promotion of ASCII art and the use of special
characters.  The special characters are those that use the eighth bit.
These are sometimes called "high ASCII" or "upper ASCII" and are, in
truth, not ASCII or any other standard.  Fidonet echo rules often
expressly forbid the use of such characters, since they may be deleted
by mail transfer agents, be incomprehensibly different on the end
user's system, or, in the worst case, be system control characters.  A
glossary is included which would have been more useful if it had more
terms from email (IMHO) than from English class.  An appendix about
Internet posting conventions talks only about Usenet and basically
recaps suggestions made earlier.

For those completely new to email and net systems, this does contain
points to ponder, with some shortcomings in terms of practical advice.
For the B1FFs of the world, they could certainly stand to learn
English but probably won't.  For those interested in a serious
examination of the email field, this will be disappointing.

copyright Robert M. Slade, 1994   BKMALSTL.RVW  940526. Distribution
permitted in TELECOM Digest and associated newsgroups/mailing lists.

DECUS Canada Communications, Desktop, Education and Security group newsletters
Editor and/or reviewer [e-mail], [e-mail], Rob Slade at 1:153/733
Author "Robert Slade's Guide to Computer Viruses" (Sept. '94) Springer-Verlag


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I rarely comment on anything in Mr. Slade's
reviews, but something definitly needs correction this time. Email did NOT
begin 'only twenty years back'. If Telex and TWX were not considered email,
then I don't know what you would call them. Telex and TWX were both essenti-
ally the same product with the former having been developed by Western
Union more than half a century ago. TWX (<T>ype<W>riter E<X>change) was
developed by AT&T in the 1950's when they decided to try and encroach on
Western Union's territory.  Both involved machines with modems which had
keyboards and printers.  An operator at one end typed on the keyboard and
the resulting message printed out on the paper at the other end. It is true
the term 'email' itself came into usage only about twenty years ago and
into common usage during perhaps the past decade, but we have had the
essence of email for a long time. Long before 'every business can have their
own telegraph operator' as someone at WUTCO once commented during the Second
World War era, every town large and small had a public telegraph office.
These functioned as sort of community email places where operators sat at
keyboards entering messages which came out on the printers of similar devices
in distant cities. To be sure, we called them 'telegrams' rather than the
modern term 'email' ... but it existed none the less.

After AT&T began marketing TWX, they got sued by Western Union to force
them out of the business with WUTCO claiming the voice traffic belonged
to AT&T while the written traffic should be the exclusive property of
WUTCO ... a court agreed and AT&T had to divest themselves of TWX. That
was in the middle 1960's I guess.

Those Western Union public offices were really something else. I'll print
something about them here in the Digest soon.     PAT]

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Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Sprint Workers Fight Back (People's Weekly World via Tad Cook)
    Sprint Workers Win NLRB Ruling (People's Weekly World via Tad Cook)
    Okay, So I Want to Start My Own Local Telco ... How? (Peter Rukavina)
    California 562 Code to Overlay Only 310 (Greg Monti)
    New Owners For Western Union (Nigel D. Allen)
    From the Past: Western Union Public Offices (TELECOM Digest Editor)

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From: Tad Cook <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sprint Workers Fight Back
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 09:10:11 PDT


 From: Scott Marshall <[e-mail]>
 Subject: PWW: Sprint workers fight back

**Sprint workers: 'We only wanted a union'**

(Reprinted from the September 17, 1994 {People's Weekly World}. For
subscription information see below - all rights reserved.)

By Marilyn Bechtel

SAN FRANCISCO - Earlier this month City Hall's staid legislative
chambers became a stage for labor fight-back, as workers from Sprint's
La Conexion Familiar (The Family Connection) -- abruptly closed last
July just days before a union representation election -- recounted the
impact of their firing on the families they supported on $7 an hour.

LCF is Sprint's telemarketing subsidiary to the Spanish-speaking
community in California and elsewhere in the U.S. Its 235 employees
were mostly Latino and 80 percent were women.

After a February meeting with organizers for the Communications
Workers of America (CWA), workers at LCF launched an organizing drive.
Early in June CWA filed a petition for union recognition with the
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on behalf of about 70 percent of
union-eligible workers. An election was set for July 22. But on July
14, Sprint suddenly shut the facility.

Nine fired workers, most testifying in Spanish, told their stories to
a Sept. 8 hearing of the Government Efficiency & Labor Committee of
the Board of Supervisors. Supporting testimony came from their union,
the California Labor Federation and the San Francisco Labor Council
and from community organizations. A hundred fired Sprint workers in
the audience repeatedly burst into applause as their co-workers laid
bare Sprint's union-busting tactics and refuted management claims that
LCF closed because of financial losses.

"When the announcement was made, the first thing I thought of was my
daughter who had just graduated, the bills I had to pay and the rent
that would be due," said Teresa Rosario Dadin. She told how she
fainted following the announcement, made to 100 Sprint workers hastily
assembled in a locked room. Dadin, who did not regain consciousness
until she was in an ambulance on the way to the hospital, said her
doctor has asked Sprint to pay for more medical tests to learn what
damage may have been caused by her prolonged unconsciousness.

Nancy Louks, a widow and sole support of her 10-year-old son, told of
the constant abuses the workers suffered. Last April, she said, Sprint
imposed changes in work rules such as calling on workers "to restrict
fluid intake so we would not have to go to the bathroom." When workers
spontaneously refused free hot dogs brought them as an incentive,
management abruptly fired a middle-aged woman worker they blamed for
the protest. Louks said the woman left with supervisors "screaming at
her to get out, and threatening to call the police." When Louks burst
into tears and protested the firing, she said, "I was immediately
taken aside by my department head and told behind closed doors
something that I cannot ever forgive. She told me, 'You should keep in
mind that you are a widow with a child and that it would be hard for
you to get another job.'"

In a telephone interview, fired worker Elisa Lopez described Sprint
management's racist attitudes. "When we asked for higher pay," said
Lopez, "the bosses said, what the hell do you want, you're getting $7
an hour, that's way too much for Latinos. Every time the workers
raised something, that's how the company responded: 'You're just
Latinos and it doesn't matter.'" Lpez said many of the workers were
single mothers and fathers. Some, including herself, had been on
welfare, and were very proud to have gotten jobs so they could care
for their families. "So for all these people, losing this job hurts a
lot," she added.

Her co-worker, Alma Lopez, told the hearing that before going to work
for LCF, she lived in a women's shelter with her two children, ages
one and four. Then, she said, "I was able to leave the women's shelter
and rent a studio. Although it was very hard to survive on my $7 an
hour wage ... I was very proud that I could get ahead on my own with
my children and be independent."  Now, Lopez said, she and the
children are back in the shelter.

Sprint Assistant Vice President Jill Ferrel portrayed the company as
having reluctantly decided to close LCF because it was losing
customers to the competition. She claimed Sprint gave the workers 60
days' pay in lieu of the required 60-day notice because the service
was terminated. But Marie Malliett, president of CWA Local 9410, the
local organizing the workers, pointed out that Sprint had just spent
$1 million remodeling LCF's executive suite, had hired a new president
for the company on June 1 and had continued to hire and train workers
up to the end.

"The only intervening fact," said Malliett, "which led to the sudden
closure of Sprint, was that its work force was about to vote for a
union." Under questioning from committee chair, Supervisor Terence
Hallinan, Ferrel admitted that Sprint had falsified documents to
bolster its claim that LCF closed for economic reasons.

Nor did the workers let stand Sprint's claim that it provided a
"career center" to help them find new jobs. "They tried to make it
seem like they were going to help us, having a career center," Raul
Posada told the World after the hearing. "But I, myself, went to the
career center. What they told me was, 'Have a seat, here's a
newspaper, call up any office, what jobs do you have today?' That's a
big joke!"

Ex-telemarketer Priscila Velasquez said during the hearing that there
was "not even one word" about available positions within Sprint in the
packet given them by the company.

All the workers had great praise for the CWA. Elisa Lopez said,"The
union was right there, supporting us, got pizza for us, talked with
us," when she left the building after the firing.  Lopez said the
union loaned her the money for her August rent.  and added that the
local is helping families to get food and school clothing for the
children and is referring the workers to various agencies for help.
"This is true support, not just lip-service," she added.

As he concluded the hearing, Hallinan pledged to introduce legislation
"condemning Sprint for this callous closure, urging Sprint to rehire
235 people who lost their jobs, and resolving that until they do so,
the City of San Francisco will have no further written contracts" with
the company.

This campaign has significance far beyond the ranks of the fired
workers, Local 9410 spokesperson Debra Simcovich told the World.  "A
victory here would mean that Sprint Long Distance Services would be
able to organize for the first time ever. That's a major issue here
because Sprint has consistently denied that right to its long distance
workers," she said.

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From: Tad Cook <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sprint Workers Win NLRB Ruling
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 09:10:43 PDT


 From: Scott Marshall <[e-mail]>
 Subject: PWW: Sprint workers win NLRB ruling

**NLRB ruling favors Sprint workers**
 From {People's Weekly World} - see subscription information below.


SAN FRANCISCO - Fired Sprint workers and their families made the
Marine Firemen and Oil Workers Hall ring with applause Monday as
Communications Workers of America (CWA) leaders announced their
victory over Sprint's union-busting campaign.

Janice Wood, CWA international vice president, said the National Labor
Relations Board (NLRB) found top management of Sprint/La Conexion
Familiar had broken the law on "at least 50 to 70 different points" as
it tried to halt their organizing.

CWA national counsel Antonio Salazar-Hobson said the NLRB's
"comprehensive and unprecedented" complaint means the full force of
the federal government will be used to reopen LCF, compel the rehiring
of all workers with full back pay and benefits, and ensure a CWA union
election. He said the union expects an immediate response to its
request for an injunction to restore the workers' jobs pending NLRB
proceedings in Washington.

"Not only is it evident to us that there is need for international
solidarity, but that there is a worldwide need because what happened
here can happen elsewhere tomorrow and the day after," said Gephardt
Gotterbaum of the German Telecommunications Workers Union. The union
is represented on the board of German Bundespost Telekom, which is
involved in a pending $4.2 billion deal with Sprint. The union pressed
Sprint to recognize the LCF workers' rights.

John Henning, executive secretary-treasurer of the California Labor
Federation, called this solidarity a "reminder of the need for the
workers of the world to be united" in the face of international
capital. He reminded the LCF workers that without CWA Local 9410 they
would have no victory.

Citing anti-union efforts by other firms, and the emergence of new
competitors, CWA Vice President Wood said the NLRB decision "has
enormous significance to workers throughout the telecommunications
industry."The decision belongs to you," CWA Local President Marie
Malliett told the workers. "Sprint made a terrible mistake ... they
thought you were going to be alone and isolated. You were not and are
not." Many days of struggle lie ahead, she said, "but this is the most
important step on the way to achieving justice."

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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 17:20:19 GMT
From: Peter Rukavina <[e-mail]>
Subject: Okay, So I Want to Start My Own Local Telco ... How?


If I read the news correctly, the Canadian local telephone service
market has just been opened up for competition by the CRTC.

When telephones first came to Prince Edward Island, the house that I
now live in was served by the Kingston Rural Municipal Telephone
Company with, at one time, one line serving some 68 households.  As
with small rural exhcnages in the rest of North America, the company
was eventually consumed by the Island Telephone Company and is now
part of their New Haven telephone exchange.

I'm interested in knowing, on a broad but somewhat technical level,
what the challenges to creating a local telephone company in my
neighbourhood again would be ... let's say, for example's sake, a
group of ten to fifteen houses all located within a circle with a
radius of two miles.

Is such an arrangement workable on a small, cooperative, cost-effective
basis with commonly available equipment?  Has this been done in other
jurisdictions?


Thanks,

Peter Rukavina, Information Manager, PEI Crafts Council, Charlottetown, Canada
TEL: [phone]  FAX: [phone]  EMAIL: [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 12:20:14 EDT
From: Greg Monti <[e-mail]>
Subject: California 562 Code to Overlay Only 310


The newsletter {Communications Daily}, in its September 8, 1994,
edition, published a story saying that implementation of the 562
overlay area code in the Los Angeles area would be sped up and
altered.

The story notes that area code 310 has only two million unused numbers
left and that demand for numbers has increased in 310 by 50% over
earlier predictions.  Bellcore has declared that 310 is in jeopardy.
New code 562 will go into service in September, 1995, instead of
March, 1996.

The earlier plan for 562 to take over wireless customers who currently
have 213, 310 or 818 numbers will be scrapped.  There will be a
two-phase cutover, with wireless customers with 310 numbers moving to
562 first.  Then, in a second phase, new landline prefixes within the
land area now occupied by 310 will be assigned to new code 562.

A Pacific Bell spokesman, interviewed in the story, said that doing
562 as an overlay of 310 would prevent "the need for a traditional
area code split, which would require millions of customers to change
their numbers."

Contributor's note: So, 562 will become an overlay of 310 only and
will not be primarily a wireless area code.  This is the first overlay
to do this.  Neighbors within the affected area will eventually have
a mix of 310 and 562 numbers which, for call-rating purposes, would
become equal.  Whether 562 will ever be equal to 310 in the minds of
consumers is another question.  213 and 818 will no longer be affected
by this plan and would, presumably, undergo splits later.


Greg Monti, Tech Mgr, FISPO, Distribution Division
National Public Radio          Phone:    [phone]
635 Massachusetts Av NW        Fax:      [phone]
Washington, DC  20001-3753     Internet: [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 13:15:06 -0400
Subject: New Owners For Western Union
From: [e-mail] (Nigel D. Allen)
Organization: Internex Online (io.org), Toronto, Canada


The Associated Press reports that First Financial Management Corporation
of Atlanta has purchased what is left of Western Union: the money order
and telegram/Mailpost services, known as Western Union Financial
Services Inc.

The purchase was made at a bankruptcy auction, from New Valley Corporaton,
a holding company that had been operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy
protection.

Western Union's other assets -- long distance, Telex, e-mail, even its
once-again valuable network of urban conduits -- had been sold to other
companies over the past decade.


Nigel Allen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada    [e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: So is there now anything left which is
legitimatly called 'Western Union' or not?  It boggles my mind to think
of what was once the second largest company in the world -- coming only
behind AT&T, hint! hint! -- having met this fate. WUTCO and AT&T had
been so intertwined over the years in the first half of this century.
Like AT&T, WUTCO was absolutely *huge* in terms of facilities and
personnel. Like AT&T, which in its early formative years grew to the
size it was by constantly aquiring and gobbling up small telephone
competitors all over the USA (once the patent on the telephone ran out
early this century AT&T started furiously grabbing everything they
could), WUTCO was literally a union of mostly small telegraph companies
obtained under -- umm -- some would say dubious circumstances during
the end of the nineteenth century. I wonder if someday in this Digest
maybe fifty years hence a contributor will write to tell us that 'what
remains of AT&T after their bankruptcy was sold today to ....'.  After
all, in 1950 I am sure no one thought there would ever be a world
without Western Union ... will there ever be a world without 'the
telephone company'?    PAT]

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From: [e-mail] (TELECOM Digest Editor)
Subject: From the Past: Western Union Public Offices
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 13:45:00 CDT


Nigel Allen's note discussing the sale of the remains of WUTCO brings
to mind the way Things Were Done a half century and more ago where
email -- but then we called them 'telegrams' -- was concerned.

Every town large and small had a Western Union Telegraph Office. These
offices were sometimes owned by the company itself in the case of larger
cities, or were more often than not independent agencies licensed to
use the Western Union name and network for sending electronic messages
at the speed of light around the nation and the world. The independent
agencies received a commission from WUTCO and other carriers for the
telegraphic traffic they generated and received at their locations.
Generally these public telegraph offices were open 24 hours daily, and
as often as not located in a central area of the community, frequently
in the same location as the community bus station or train depot.

A typical telegraph office had lots of marble:  marbletop counters, marble
floors, marbletop tables where the public would sit to compose messages
they wanted sent over the wire. Overhead fans swirling slowly, very
comfortable overstuffed chairs in a waiting room where people would wait
for messages they were expecting, and always a few of the 'telegraph
office clocks' ... the wall clocks with pendulums, spring driven and
the Western Union logo on them ... Naval Observatory Time, mind you ...

They were always very noisy places. The telephone rang constantly in
smaller offices where a single, usually harassed and frequently cranky
counter clerk both took telegram requests over the phone and from walkup
customers at the counter. Behind the clerk were the telegraph machines;
smaller offices had two or three and larger offices might have a dozen
or so. Since they were large mechanical devices, they were quite noisy
at times as the keys would strike the ribbons and the paper printing
out messages. They looked like giant, old fashioned typewriters, which
is all they really were, but with the ability to operate by themselves
in response to electrical impulses sent to them over the wire from some
other office in another town, somewhere. Their size was about three feet
wide by four feet tall by about three feet deep. Each had a regular
keyboard on the front with the keys mechanically interconnected to the
inside of the machine.

Usually the counter clerk had a helper who worked the machines while
the clerk took phone calls and customers at the counter, but not always.
Sometimes the single clerk had to operate the machines while handling
the phone calls and counter customers as well, depending on the size of
the office and the community. Of course in large cities like Chicago,
there would be several counter clerks and several telegraphers all
working on each shift.

WUTCO had a relationship for many years that was [thisclose] to AT&T
and the Bell System. In every community, WUTCO had the telephone number
<some exchange>-4321 as the number to call to send telegrams over the
phone and have the telegram charged to your phone bill; that is unless
you were calling from a pay phone, then you were supposed to ask the
operator for 'Western Union'. The operator would ring up the telegraph
office and tell the clerk 'this is a coin phone calling' ... and once
you had finished dictating your message, the clerk would tell you to
flash to have the operator come back on the line and the clerk would
then tell the operator the amount of money to be collected and deposited
in the payphone coin box. Using information services by phone and having
the charges put on your phone bill did not start with 900/976. It began
eighty years ago with Western Union collecting for telegrams sent over
the phone!

Meanwhile in the public office, the cranky counter clerk just finished
taking a phone message and her hand had not yet left the phone receiver
when the phone would ring again with another customer ... but ignoring
it to the extent of maybe twenty or thirty rings she would instead take
a couple of customers at the counter, then go back for another phone
call, etc.

So you wanted to send a telegram:  your son or daughter had just graduated
high school and you wanted to notify grandma and grandpa in another town.
Or the flip side of the coin, grandpa has just passed and you tearfully
went into the telegraph office to notify a family member living halfway
across the continent. Or you got a telegram saying you had received the
new job you were seeking in the big city, or whatever.

You began by going to one of the 'writing tables' and getting the proper
blank form to be filled out. You composed your message on that form and
took it to the counter clerk. Like a school teacher correcting homework,
the counter clerk would read it over and pencil in words that were
deemed to be hard to read or illegible. "What's this say here?", she would
ask, and you would tell her what the word or sentence was she could not
decipher if your handwriting was bad. Properly joyful if the message
contained good news, and sympathetic or reverent if the message contained
bad news, the clerk would count up the number of words to be sent and
the class of service desired (delivery to the other end or to be picked
up in the office at the other end, etc) and tell you the charges. You
could also pay extra and get a receipt showing delivery had been made
at the other end, and you could send your message 'collect' if desired.

"That'll be eighty five cents, hon ....". Customers were always 'hon'
if they were female or 'sir' if they were male ... at least that's how
I remember the clerks around here. You'd give her the eighty five cents
or the dollar bill, she would open the cash box and make change if needed,
then proceed to rubber stamp various indica on the paperwork. It had
to be recorded in the daily traffic logbook of course, and then it was
handed over to the telegrapher, usually a man sitting at the machines
behind the counter. He would read the message, set the scrap of paper on
a clipboard in front of him and start typing it into the network. In
the meantime, the phone would ring again; the clerk would roll her eyes
in disgust, take another drag on her cigarette, put it down and answer
the phone to take another called in telegram.

The telegraph machines were wired in rotary hunt so that if one was in
use for incoming or outgoing traffic further messages would 'hunt' for
the next available machine in the office. One telegrapher would usually
handle four or five machines, ripping off sheets of paper as new messages
arrived in the town and in the meantime typing outgoing messages at
one of the machines. Arriving messages were given to the counter clerk
who logged them in the logbook and then dutifully called out the name
given:  "Is there a Johnson waiting here to get a message?". Mrs. Johnson
would get up and walk over to the counter and the clerk would hand the
paper to her. Unless it was collect of course, in which case the clerk
would tell her it came collect, "that will be a dollar ten cents, hon,
it came collect. Yawanna pay for it or refuse it and send it back?"

Mrs. Johnson, and maybe her husband and children would shell out the
money if necessary and the clerk, who of course had already read the
message would become appropriatly joyous or sorrowful. "I'm sorry to
have to give you this bad news, hon .... " as the recipient stood
there and read that grandpa had passed the night before, and would they
be coming to the funeral, etc.

The public telegraph offices were always noisy places due to the
machinery. There always was a din in the background from the keys of
the typewriter machines clacking as they conveyed the happy news and
sad news from one place to another. Always, clack clack clack in the
background. But then rarely, maybe once in an hour, all the machines
would fall silent at the same time with no traffic going in either
direction and the office would seem strangely quiet. Then as suddenly
as it became silent, perhaps a minute or two later, or maybe just ten
seconds later you'd hear that 'whirr .....' as the motor started
running on one of the machines before the clutch would engage and
the typewriter began to tell yet another tale ... in the middle of
the night, the sole person there functioning as clerk and telegrapher
would sit, listening to the radio and endlessly smoking cigarettes;
he had paperwork to do with the ledger book for the day, but the
telegrams would be few and far between ... but after several minutes
of silence it would never fail;  brrrrummm ... one of the machines
had kicked in and was starting to print some inbound traffic. The
night agent would blink his eyes, sit up, and walk over to look at
it and pull the paper off   ... "Is there a Smith waiting here to
get a message?...."

Eventually around 1960 or so, WUTCO began closing the less profitable
public offices, having customers call on the phone instead to a central
location down around St. Louis somewhere. They still kept company
offices open in major cities for several years after all the small
town telegraph agencies had been closed, but by somewhere in the middle
1970's all that was gone as well with just the telephone center in
St. Louis handling what little traffic was still coming that way.

Does anyone remember when 'The Telephone Company' *used to have* public
walk in offices in every town across America also ... it's true, they
did ... and now people ask where can I go to pay my bill in person?

So WUTCO is now gone entirely, eh?  As iconcievable as it sounds now,
by the year 2050 will anyone remember AT&T?  Don't say it can't happen!
That's what they said at Western Union back in the 1940-60 era.

Have a nice weekend; talk at ya in a couple days again.


Patrick Townson

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TELECOM Digest     Mon, 26 Sep 94 12:17:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 375

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    S. 1822: Sen. Hollings and Others' Reactions (Jeff Richards)
    Another Civil Liberty Group (Dave Banisar)
    Re: FBI Wiretap Bill -- WTF? (Eric N. Florack)
    Re: FBI Wiretap Bill -- WTF? (Michael Chui)
    Re: FBI Wiretap Bill -- WTF? (John Higdon)
    Re: FBI Wiretap Bill -- WTF? (Tom Horsley)
    Re: Wiretap Emergency (Steve Granata)
    Re: Telecommuting Law (Travis Russell)
    Re: Telecommuting Law (Bob Elliot)
    Re: Telecommuting Law (Bob Keller)
    Re: Telecommuting Law (Steve Cogorno)
    Re: Telecommuting Law (Jonathan Liu)
    Re: Telecommuting Law (Jim Burkit)

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From: [e-mail] (special)
Subject: S. 1822: Sen. Hollings and Others' Reactions
Date: 26 Sep 1994 15:19:47 GMT
Organization: Capital Area Internet Service email [e-mail]


On September 23, 1994, Senator Ernest Hollings (D-SC) Chairman of the
Senate Commerce Committee announced his decision to withdraw from
further consideration S. 1822, the Telecommunications Reform Act of
1994.  In a written statement, Senator Hollings explains his reasons
for taking this action.  This has triggered a number of responses.

     An initially comprehensive set of statements by key players and
third parties is now available by gopher and WWW on bell.com. These
include:

     Senator Hollings Statement
     Senator Dole's Statement
     MFJ Task Force Reaction
     Sprint Reaction
     American Telemedicine Association Reaction
     National Association of Development Organization Reaction
     Access2000 (Independent Film & Video Producers) Reaction

Access instructions:

     ftp://bell.com/pub/Announcements_on_S.1822_Withdrawal
     gopher://bell.com
     http://bell.com

     For questions or copies via mail (e-mail or snail mail), send request
to <[e-mail]>.


Jeff Richards   MFJ Task Force
Internet:    [e-mail]
1133-21st Street, NW  # 700
Washington, DC  20036-3349

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Organization: Electronic Privacy Information Center
From: Dave Banisar <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 02:07:10 EST
Subject: Another Civil Liberty Group Opposes Wiretap Bill


The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today wrote to Rep.  Jack
Brooks, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, "to express the
ACLU's opposition to the FBI Wiretap Access Bill, H.R. 4922."  The
organization's position is the latest indication that the legislation
is running into serious trouble in Congress for several reasons,
including strong opposition from civil liberties and privacy advocates.
The bill's proponents had initially hoped to bring it to a vote on the
floors of the House and Senate by mid-September.  Instead, the bill
remains in committees of both houses and is the object of a grassroots
campaign to prevent its enactment.

Excerpts from the ACLU letter:

"The principal problem remains that any digital telephone bill which
mandates that communications providers make technological changes for
the sole purpose of making their systems wiretap-ready creates a
dangerous and unprecedented presumption that government not only has
the power, subject to warrant to intercept private communications, but
that it can require private parties to create special access.  It is
as if the government had required all builders to construct new
housing with an internal surveillance camera for government use. ...

"Moreover, the FBI has not borne the burden of proving why such an
extraordinary requirement is necessary. ...

"H.R. 4922 proposes a radical and expensive change in our telecommuni-
cations structure.  The threats it poses, now and prospectively, are
real, but the need for it is far less than evident or proven.  We urge
that your Committee not rush into consideration of this far reaching
measure with so little time left in the session."

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) is urging all
concerned individuals and organizations to contact the following
members of Congress immediately:

Rep. Jack Brooks                   Sen. Howard Metzenbaum
[phone] (voice)             [phone] (voice)
[phone] (fax)               [phone] (fax)

For more information about the FBI Wiretap Bill, check the Voters
Telecomm Watch (VTW) gopher site (gopher.panix.com) or send e-mail to
<[e-mail]>.

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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 06:34:38 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: FBI Wiretap Bill -- WTF?


Pat:

You recently responded to [e-mail] (Mahatma Kane-Jeeves)
regards the FBI's position on Wiretapping the Digital network. My own
views on this subject are fairly well known to the regulars here,
having recently been posted in this list. Imagine my surprise on
reading your response. It certainly explained why my computer room
clock had stopped:

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: My own opinion is that the people making
> the protests are by and large over-reacting. I've included some of their
> press releases and 'write your congressperson' requests here in this
> Digest in an effort to be fair about it and give their side of the story,
> but honestly, I can't see what they have gotten in such an uproar over.<<

We seem to agree, here.

> The other day someone sent in something saying 'congressman so-and-so
> says he has not received a single letter from citizens in opposition to
> the bill ...', and while some of that lack of letter writing may be due
> to the ignorance of the general public on 'how telephones work', I do
> beleive some of it is also due to the fact that most people don't feel
> as threatened by these things as do the denizens of EFF and various
> privacy advocates on the net. Of course a fair rebuttal to that might be
> that it is precisely because of that general ignorance of telephone
> operations that people are not alarmed; that if the public in general
> knew as much about telephone networks and systems as a few of us do,
> they too would be greatly concerned and busy letter writing, etc.

Frankly, Pat, I rather doubt the latter. The people are simply not as
concerned as the EFF is about such things.

> Like yourself, I find its simply too easy to tap telephones without being
> caught at it to concern myself with some new legislation on the subject.
> In any large older urban area, illicit tapping of telephones is child's
> play. Just get your alligator clips and go do it at any one of a dozen
> demarcs between the subscriber and the central office where the cable
> pairs are multipled, or available. I am not saying I *do that*; I do not
> do it, and I think it ethically wrong, but anyone can do it very easily.

You certainly can right now, but I wonder about the near future. Allow me a
question: Do you see us going end-to-end digital at any time soon? Once that
happens, it's going to be quite a feat to tap in so simple a manner. Hence
the need for the bill. (Among a host of other reasons.)

EFF's noisemaking is just that; much ado about nothing, and little else
but an attempt to keep themselves in the spotlight.

(Of course, given the scorching of my mailbox the last time I mentioned this
stand on this issue, it would seem the EFF is quite good at marshalling it's
forces ... I fully expect more of the same, from this post.)


E


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: It is not politically correct to ever
criticize the EFF or the ACLU, both of whom have graced (or would you
say defaced?) these columns with their remarks from time to time. One
must never assume anything but the noblest intentions by both organiza-
tions we are told. I haven't heard much lately from another of their
kind, the Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.  Never
having been, nor had any desire to be socially responsible, I used to
run their press releases from time to time more as curiosities than
anything else. Will we go end-to-end digital anytime soon in any large
scale way? Personally, I doubt it. I think we can rely on our alligator
clips and lineman's headsets for quite awhile. But another writer today
doesn't think so. A note from John Higdon later in this issue claims
things are changing rapidly.   PAT]

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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 21:20:03 -0500
From: Michael Chui <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: FBI Wiretap Bill -- WTF?
Organization: Computer Science, Indiana University


PAT:

In article <[e-mail]> you write:

> Like yourself, I find its simply too easy to tap telephones without being
> caught at it to concern myself with some new legislation on the subject.
[snip]
> Between the many cellular/cordless phone snoops out there listening and
> the other easy ways there are of listening to phones, why should anyone
> care about still new proposals, government or otherwise?    PAT]

    Well, this particular proposal has some rather specific
provisions which I find troubling.  It requires common carriers to
re-engineer their networks in order to make wiretapping easy.  The
cost for this re-engineering is to be paid for by federal tax dollars.
Nobody has been able to quantify this cost (oh, great), and you probably
would have some better idea what kind of figures are reasonable than I
would, but the $500 million FBI estimate is generally considered to be
low.
    And if the law were returned to its original form (no federal money --
just a mandate that common carriers re-engineer their networks for easy wire-
tapping), ratepayers would bear the cost of redesigning the phone network as
a ready-made surveillance system.

    As you mention, legal wiretaps have not yet been substantially
hindered by the deployment of new technology (the FBI has been unable
to substantiate their claims that it has -- they have only been able to
count less than 200 cases, and even that number has been a shifty target).
So why should we have to pay, either as taxpayers, or ratepayers, for
the provisions of this bill?


Michael Chui    [e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: So we get it either way. Uncle Sugar says
telco has to pay; they pass it on to you, the ratepayer. Or Uncle Sugar
says the Federal Bastion of Inquisition (FBI) has to pay; the bill gets
sent to you, the taxpayer. They got it made.   PAT]

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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 03:37:00 -0700
From: John Higdon <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: FBI Wiretap Bill -- WTF?


In response to an article from [e-mail] (Mahatma Kane-Jeeves),
the Telecom Digest Editor writes:

> Like yourself, I find its simply too easy to tap telephones without
> being caught at it to concern myself with some new legislation on the
> subject.  In any large older urban area, illicit tapping of telephones
> is child's play. Just get your alligator clips and go do it at any one
> of a dozen demarcs between the subscriber and the central office where
> the cable pairs are multipled, or available.

This is more and more becoming less and less true. In an effort to
maximize facilities and to avoid the installation of more copper,
telcos are rapidly putting customers on digital facilities. Existing
copper pairs are being graced with T1 and newly constructed facilities
are fiber cable, not copper.

Indeed, if you wanted to tap my service (and I certainly am not GE or
General Motors), you would need considerably more than a butt set and
alligator clips. You would need a T1 test set capable of drop/insert.
To do it "undetected" you would have to avoid damaging the stream enough
to prevent the various "color" alarms. In other words, tapping such a
line would require specialized equipment at any cable distribution
point between the CO and the customer premises.

It is not unusual for a customer to have a span for POTS, another for
"internal use" connectivity between locations, and yet another from an
IXC. I know of many companies who have no analog service entry whatsoever.

> Between the many cellular/cordless phone snoops out there listening and
> the other easy ways there are of listening to phones, why should anyone
> care about still new proposals, government or otherwise?    PAT]

While on its face it might seem that cellular calls are particularly
easy to intercept, the FBI is not expecially interested in listening
to random snippets of calls. It wants to monitor all calls to and from
a particular cellular telephone. This is no small matter. Monitoring
over the air is impossible, since the phone could be anywhere in the
geographic area and local cells could easily obliterate any reception
from afar. And monitoring in the MTSO is not currently feasable since
most systems are highly distributed in nature and the audio, digitized
or otherwise, does not pass reliably through any central point in the
system.

So there is some validity to the FBI's expressed concern. My fear is
that in order to accomodate and facilitate monitoring of digital
facilities we will go too far and create a CENTRALIZED monitoring
facility. After all, with the networks available now in this country,
geography is of little concern. While court orders might still be
technically necessary, if the FBI has the ability to punch in a couple
of numbers to monitor any phone in the nation, there could be an awful
lot of "nudge-nudge, wink-wink" if someone asks if a warrant was obtained.


John Higdon  |    P.O. Box 7648   |   [phone]     |       FAX:
[e-mail] | San Jose, CA 95150 | 10288 0 700 FOR-A-MOO | [phone]

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From: [e-mail] (Tom Horsley)
Subject: Re: FBI Wiretap Bill -- WTF?
Date: 26 Sep 1994 13:59:58 GMT
Organization: Harris Computer Systems Division
Reply-To: [e-mail]


> [...Between the many cellular/cordless phone snoops out there listening and
> the other easy ways there are of listening to phones, why should anyone
> care about still new proposals, government or otherwise?    PAT]

Because the FBI wants to spend $500 million of your tax money to do
something you just described as trivial (and the phone industry says
it will cost even more than that). If they really only have about 1000
authorized taps in a year and you figure 10 to 20 years of use for the
current phone technology that comes to around $10000 to $20000 per tap
(not counting the cost of the people listening to the tapes, making
transcripts, etc). It seems like a fantastic amount of money to spend
on a non-problem.


[e-mail]
Home: 511 Kingbird Circle Delray Beach FL 33444
Work: Harris Computers, 2101 W. Cypress Creek Rd. Ft. Lauderdale FL 33309
Take the pledge! No votes for Ollie North supporters! NO POND SCUM!


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: But Tom, the government is very good at
spending fantastic amounts of money on non-problems. Remember a few years
ago when some government agency spent a hundred dollars for a screwdriver,
and how much was it -- $700.00 ?? -- for a toilet seat? And how many
times have we read or heard about 'cost overruns' in the budget of some
Defense Department contractor? Millions and millions of dollars squandered
and unaccounted for each time around ... non-problems are what the govern-
ment is good at solving. The telcos are no better; they have legions of
accounting clerks in back-offices across the land yet at any given time
they have no earthly idea what's going on. Uncle Sugar and the telcos are
like two peas in a pod; they are perfect for each other.   PAT]

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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 94 10:26:54 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Wiretap Emergency


> I just spoke with Joe Barton (R) from Texas about the FBI wiretap
> bill.  He is on a subcommittee that is hearing the bill.  He has
> heard _no_ citizen opposition to it.

[snip]

> Folks, if we can generate a few hundred calls and well-thought-out
> faxes tommorrow, we might have some effect.  I don't know a lot about
> him, but he seemed to be of the opinion that he didn't really know
> that much about the bill.  It's up to us to educate him.

Last Tuesday I attended the House Telecommunications Subcommittee
hearing on digital telephony and wiretapping, concerning the
provisions of H.R. 4922, the bill to which the writer above referred.

Mr. Barton's House colleague and fellow Texan, Rep. Jack Fields (R-TX)
is one of the bill's cosponsors.  For the record, none of the parties
to the hearing were concerned about the wiretapping provisions of the
bill.  All subcommittee Members present spoke in favor of the
wiretapping provisions, as did panels of industry and government
witnesses, including FBI Director Freeh.

The only outstanding legislative issues concern the cost of building
equipment that is digital-wiretap-ready, and the scope of H.R. 4922,
which covers only common carriers.


Steve Granata ([e-mail])
Contract Specialist   FTS2000 Network Enhancements Branch

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From: [e-mail] (Travis Russell)
Subject: Re: Telecommuting Law
Date: 26 Sep 1994 12:18:41 GMT
Organization: Tekelec, Inc.


In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Ralph
Warren) says:

> I know that California businesses can get tax breaks if they have a
> certain percentage, but this would allow for fines to be issued to
> companies that don't.

In the city of Los Angeles, all companies with more than 50 employees
are required by law to put into place a ride sharing program for their
employees. The companies must show evidence that they have done such,
and show they have provided incentive for their employees to participate.

Failure to comply to this law will result in fines. I have heard fines
up to $25,000 for non-compliance. Telecommuting is one of the options
that a company in Los Angeles can provide, but is not a requirement.

Many companies have gone to a 4/40 work week, which gets their employees
on and off the freeway system outside of rush hour, or so the theory
goes. As a former LA commuter, rush hour begins at 5:30 AM and ends around
7:00 PM at night.

I too would have welcomed telecommuting options, but part of the
problem is the lack of technology from the telephone company to make
this feasible. PacTel has recently announced plans to put fiber and
coax into place at every residence by the end of this decade, which
will greatly increase the number of telecommuters in this region. Lets
hope so anyway.


Travis Russell    [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Bob Elliot)
Subject: Re: Telecommuting Law
Date: 26 Sep 1994 11:15:41 GMT
Organization: NeoSoft Internet Services   [phone]


Ralph Warren ([e-mail]) wrote:

> Is the federal govt proposing a telecommuting law requiring large
> businesses in metro areas to have a certain percentage of telecommuters?

> I know that California businesses can get tax breaks if they have a
> certain percentage, but this would allow for fines to be issued to
> companies that don't.

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I've not heard of any proposed law to
> fine companies which don't have telecommuters, but I do know that this
> is being strongly urged in certain areas. They say they are meeting
> some resistance in finding workers interested in doing it  ... personally
> I love working at home and would hate to go back to a large office all
> day, plus the trouble of getting to and from the place.    PAT]

You've got to be joking!  At least we in Texas would fight any such
proposed law by the Federal Government.  That would interfere with the
Right to Work law in this State.  And it would interfere with my
choice of choosing to commute or telecommute.


Bob Elliott    RTNs   [e-mail]



[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: It is not clear to me *who* you think is
joking ... Mr. Warren with his original comments or me in my reply. I would
think that telecommuting would enhance Right to Work where it exists simply
because how's the union going to get all those homeworkers signed up? And
given the choice of driving through rush hour traffic at 5:30 in the morning
or rolling over and going back to sleep until 8:00 AM, then making a pot
of coffee and waddling off to your home terminal and logging in, which
would *you* choose?  Yes, I guess some people actually like getting dressed
and fighting the traffic and sitting in an office full of half-witted
people all day, but it certainly is not for me.    PAT]

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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 09:17:37 EDT
From: Bob Keller <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Telecommuting Law


In TELECOM Digest V14 #371, [e-mail] (Ralph Warren) asked:

> Is the federal govt proposing a telecommuting law requiring large
> businesses in metro areas to have a certain percentage of telecommuters?

It may be worth your time to call Mr. Steven N. Teplitz (of Fleischman
and Walsh in Washington DC) at 202-939-7921 and run this question by
him.  A former Captiol Hill staffer, he helped to found and is now
General Counsel to some sort of telecommuting trade association (I
forget its exact name) whose members tend to be large companies (e.g.,
Bell Atlantic).  He ought to know if there is any such move afoot.


Bob Keller <KY3R>  Robert J. Keller, P.C.  Tel [phone]
[e-mail]  Telecommunications Law  Fax [phone]
finger me for FCC Daily Digests and miscellaneous FCC releases

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From: [e-mail] (Steve Cogorno)
Subject: Re: Telecommuting Law
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 11:11:56 GMT


I haven't heard of a federal law to this effect, but California will
be implementing a program that requires employers to pay the state (or
county agency that serves as the state's designee) for each car that
is parked at its facility.  This is to promote carpooling and telecommuting.
I guess you could call it an "indirect" telecommuting requirement.


Steve     [e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: That sounds a lot like the infamous 'head
tax' the Democratic politicians put in place here in Chicago many years
ago which is still in existence. All employers in Chicago have to pay a
certain tax per person/month for each employee who *lives outside Chicago*
but commutes to work. The theory is if the person actually lived here,
the politicians would be able able to tax them directly everytime the
person took a breath. Since people from outside the city don't get the
'privilege' of paying taxes that are as high as those who do live in the
city, the politicians wanted to make it up to them somehow. :) As large
employers began to flee the area several years ago the response by our
city fathers was 'what ingratitude!' ...  you see, its a privilege to
be able to come to Chicago to work everyday. I guess the same is true
of New York and Los Angeles. If telecommuting really catches on, watch
the local yokels figure out a way to put the squeeze on both the home
workers and the companies they work for.   PAT]

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From: [e-mail] (Jonathan)
Subject: Re: Telecommuting Law
Date: 26 Sep 1994 00:47:17 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park


I oppose a federal law which would force businesses to do this, but I
support state initiatives to reduce traffic and traffic-related
pollution, and in general I prefer the use of tax-incentives to
criminal sanctions; charging a state commuter tax on businesses would
force businesses to pay part of the costs of roads, pollution, etc.

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Date: 26 Sep 1994 10:47:10 GMT
From: JIM BURKIT <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Telecommuting Law


> Is the federal govt proposing a telecommuting law requiring large
> businesses in metro areas to have a certain percentage of telecommuters?

I think that the federal govt has directed some or all states to
reduce auto travel (Clean Air Act) but leaves how that is done to the
states.  In NY large companies have to basically reduce the number of
cars in there parking lots.  Companies can be fined if the number of
auto trips isn't reduced by some amount (I think the number is 25
percent).  This can be done by telecommuting, reducing the number of
working days, etc.

NY only counts the last leg of the commute and therefore a company
could close a location where everyone only commutes say three miles by
car and open a location where everyone has to commute thirty miles by
train plus five miles by car to get to the train.  This would count as
an improvement of 100% even with more auto miles.  My building is
closing next year and we have to move to a location in midtown Manhattan.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: That is referred to as 'games politicians
play'.  Yes, you are correct in how the statistics would then be calculated.
Why be straight-forward in trying to solve problems when you can manipulate
statistics a little and make it seem like a goal has been reached.   PAT]

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TELECOM Digest     Mon, 26 Sep 94 14:03:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 376

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls (John R Levine)
    Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls (Thor Lancelot Simon)
    Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls (Glen Ecklund)
    Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls (Robert Koskovich)
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    Re: Yet Another NYNEX Blunder (Paul Robinson)
    Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice (Stephen Satchell)
    Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice (Bob Smith)
    Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice (Tom Limoncelli)
    Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice (B. Jones)
    Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice (John Dean)
    AT&T Lying, TV a Fake and Other Slander (John J. Butz)
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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 94 12:16 EDT
From: [e-mail] (John R Levine)
Subject: Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls
Organization: I.E.C.C., Cambridge, Mass.


> That luxury, of never having the same prefix in two ajoining area
> codes, had to be eliminated by sometime in the 1970's. So, there was
> another use for '1' on the front end. ...

Amazingly, in New Jersey, Land of Perfect Dialing, they still manage
to protect prefixes so that all in-state local calls can be dialed
with seven digits, even across 609/908/201 boundaries.  Local calls
into Pennsylvania and New York require eleven digits, though there are a
lot fewer of those than there are 201/908 and 908/609.

Of course, all calls within your NPA can be dialed either with seven
digits or with eleven, regardless of whether they're local, intra-LATA
toll, or inter-LATA toll.  At my beach cottage in Ocean County, which
is in what I believe is the only county in the U.S. that straddles
three separate LATAs, if we had to remember 1+ for toll, the phone
would be unusable.


Regards,

John Levine, [e-mail], [e-mail]
Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies"

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From: [e-mail] (Thor Lancelot Simon)
Subject: Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls
Date: 26 Sep 1994 12:36:24 -0400
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC


In article <[e-mail]>, MUSEUMS <[e-mail]> wrote:

> What is weird is that on Long Island, area code 516, they still don't
> dial 1's for anything. I guess they can dial 800-xxx-xxxx or area
> code-xxx-xxxx. I guess this means they don't have any NPA's as
> prefixes, or there is special software.

That *was* true for our entire LATA except NYC itself (Long Island,
Westchester, and Putnam counties) until this morning.

As of this morning, 1+ is required for calls to other area codes, even
within the LATA, at least at my switch. (Tuckahoe CO in Westchester)
The switch foreman says this will be a LATA-wide change, though he
doesn't know if all the other switches cut over today like mine did.

Broke a lot of my dial scripts, it did ...


Thor Lancelot Simon    [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Glen Ecklund)
Subject: Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls
Date: 26 Sep 1994 10:33:14 GMT
Organization: University of WI, Madison -- Computer Sciences Dept.


[e-mail] (Carl Oppedahl) writes:

> In <[e-mail]> Sanjiv Narayan <[e-mail].
> EDU> writes:

>> I have noticed a strange thing here since I became a NYNEX customer in
>> Marlboro, MA. They have a local calling area (approximatly five mile
>> radius) within which I can place unlimited calls for a flat charge.

>> However if I call a number outside my local calling area (but still **
>> within ** my 508 area-code), a recording asks you to redial with a '1'
>> prefixed before the seven-digit number I am calling.

>> Here's my question: If the NYNEX switching equipment is smart enough
>> to figure out that I need to dial a '1', why does it not go ahead and
>> complete the call anyway. I am willing to pay for the call regardless
>> of whether I redial with a '1' prefix or they complete it for me,
>> right !!?

> The reason is simple.  Right *now* the system is able to figure it
> out.  But there will be some future time when the system will not be
> able to, and the "1" will be quite necessary.  The goal is to change
> your behavior between now and then.

> The reason the system won't be able to figure it out someday is a
> function of all those phone numbers that start with area codes, etc.

Nope.  The reason is: 1 means "long distance."  OK, you are willing to
pay for the call, but if I make the call I want to know whether it is
long distance.  This will change soon, and 1 + 7D will no longer be
allowed.  It will change to either 1 + 10D, or just 7D.  1 will mean
"area code (or other special code) follows."


Glen Ecklund     [e-mail]   [phone] Office, 262-1204 Dept. Sec'y
Department of Computer Sciences        1210 W. Dayton St., Room 3355
University of Wisconsin, Madison       Madison, Wis. 53706  U.S.A.

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From: [e-mail] (Robert Koskovich)
Subject: Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls
Date: 26 Sep 1994 18:16:37 -0400
Organization: intuitive information, inc.


Sanjiv Narayan ([e-mail]) wrote:

> It becomes very cumbersome when you have to redial the number with the
> '1' prefixed.

It'll become all that much more cumbersome when, on October 15, you're
required to dial "1-508" to place toll calls within your area code.
(You obviously haven't gotten NYNEX's bill stuffer yet.)


Bob Koskovich   Matick, MA

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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 7:42:54 EDT
From: Dave Niebuhr <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls


In TELECOM Digest V14 #372 [e-mail] (MUSEUMS) Richard writes:

> What is weird is that on Long Island, area code 516, they still don't
> dial 1's for anything. I guess they can dial 800-xxx-xxxx or area
> code-xxx-xxxx. I guess this means they don't have any NPA's as
> prefixes, or there is special software.

As of today, Sept. 24, 1994, Area Code 516 is 1+10D for anything other
than 516 and 7D for anything inside it.


Dave Niebuhr      Internet: [e-mail]
                            [e-mail] (preferred)
                            [e-mail] / Bitnet: niebuhr@bnl
Senior Technical Specialist, Scientific Computing Facility
Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY 11973  1+[phone]
                                          FAX   1+[phone]

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From: Barry Margolin <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls
Date: 26 Sep 1994 12:18:31 -0400
Organization: NEARnet, Cambridge, MA


In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:

> The MA PUC believes most customers want to use "1+" as an indication
> of "I know I am making a non-free call".

Unfortunately, they don't apply this rule consistently.  Last month I
had a $470 NYNEX phone bill, and didn't dial 1+ for any of those
calls.

The reason is that NYNEX in Massachusetts has various forms of flat
rate service.  For those of us in the Boston metropolitan area (I live
in Arlington, five miles outside of Boston), the relevant forms are
Unlimited Service and Metropolitan Service.  Every city has two sets
of calling areas, called Zone 1 and Zone 2.  If you have ordinary
Unlimited Service, you get flat rate calling to Central Boston and
Zone 1; to get Zone 2 included you have to get Metropolitan Service.
If you only have Unlimited Service (as I did until this month), you
can call Zone 2 without any prefix, but you're still charged around
$.06/minute.

Last month I got laid off and got an account on Netcom (stop laughing!),
and dialed up their Boston POP.  Since I didn't have a job, I spent
vast amounts of time dialed up to Netcom (about 110 hours over two
weeks).  I never bothered to check my phone book to see whether this
was in my unlimited calling area -- I assumed that since they called
it the Boston POP that it was in a Boston exchange, and I have
unlimited calling to Boston.  When the phone bill came I checked.  It
turned out that it was in Wellesley, one of about 5 cities in the
Boston metropolitan area that are in my Zone 2.  This was worse than
the time I came back from a business trip and discovered that someone
had tapped into my phone line and used it to make hundreds of dollars
of 976 calls.

I guess they don't want to make the necessity of dialing 1+ for toll
calls dependent on the service plan you've chosen.  I think all the
areas in eastern Massachusetts that require 1+ dialing from the Boston
metropolitan area are in the 508 area code that was added a few years
ago, so they don't have any "1+seven-digits" in 617 any more.  And as
part of the NANP change, they're replacing 1+seven-digits in 508 with
1+508-seven-digits there.

The story has a happy ending, though.  When I called NYNEX to upgrade
my service, I was lucky to get a very helpful service rep.  I asked if
I could have the upgrade made retroactive to the current billing
period, since the bill didn't come until about two weeks into the
period.  Not only did she do that, but she made it retroactive to the
*previous* billing period, and gave me a credit for most of that huge
phone bill.


Barry Margolin    BBN Internet Services Corp.  [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 94 10:34:21 GMT
From: Carl Moore <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls


[e-mail] writes:

> What is weird is that on Long Island, area code 516, they still don't
> dial 1's for anything. I guess they can dial 800-xxx-xxxx or area

But to prepare for the coming of the NNX area codes, 516 has to start
enforcing 1 in front of area code; long distance within area code can
stay at 7D.

In the TELECOM Digest Editor's Note, there are some corrections:

> Prefixes like 417 and 305 are *not* old and traditional.

No, the body of the message said "NNX's (should be NXX's) that are old
traditional NPA", and my history file refers to these as N0X/N1X
prefixes.

> door neighbors in North Antioch, Wisconsin (404-397) by merely dialing

That is 414, not 404 in southeastern Wisconsin.

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From: [e-mail] (Carl Oppedahl)
Subject: Re: Yet Another NYNEX Blunder
Date: 26 Sep 1994 15:48:11 GMT
Organization: Oppedahl & Larson


In <[e-mail]> [e-mail].
edu writes:

> In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail].
> org writes:

>> One other point ... this is in response to a previous comment, but I don't
>> remember who wrote it:  When the telco says that they cannot or do not do
>> something because it is prohibited by tariff, _ask them to FAX or send you
>> the page(s) from the tariffs that contain that prohibition_.  You have the
>> right to see this information, and in at least one case I was able to call
>> a telco's bluff by asking them to send me the tariff that justified an
>> action they had taken (wrongly, as it turned out).

>-=> Quoting John Higdon <=-

> JH> This is excellent advice. Some years ago, some irate parent complained
> JH> about my "voice BBS" which is inhabited primarily by loser teenagers.

>        ... [text deleted] ...

> JH> I asked the gentleman to fax me the appropriate tariffs and we would
> JH> read them together. This he did, and after examining the five
> JH> applicable pages that described business vs residence service, he had
> JH> to conclude that my operation fully qualified as residence service.

> Many LECs will not send you a copy of the tariff or parts of
> it.  It varies by company and often by the individual you talk to (and
> that's often because of the particular circumstances).  They take the
> position that you can inspect the tariff in their offices or at the
> commission, but they are not required to make you a copy.

Yes, it's true.  Many telcos will not send you tariff pages.

Here in New York, one of the rare pro-customer moves by the PSC is a
relatively new rule that the PSC has to give you copies of tariff
pages (and lots of other things) for free as long as it is less than
some number of pages (25 as I recall).


Carl Oppedahl AA2KW    Oppedahl & Larson (patent lawyers)
Yorktown Heights, NY   [e-mail]

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From: constellation!mom!tranquil.torii.nova.com!Wes.Leatherock (Wes Leatherock)
Date: 26 Sep 94 10:56:26 -0600
Subject: Re: Yet Another NYNEX BQA@Llunder
Organization: Fidonet:


Quoting John Higdon:

> I asked the gentleman to fax me the appropriate tariffs and we would
> read them together. This he did, and after examining the five
> applicable pages that described business vs residence service, he had
> to conclude that my operation fully qualified as residence service.

        Many LECs will not send you a copy of the tariff or parts of
it.  It varies by company and often by the individual you talk to (and
that's often because of the particular circumstances).  They take the
position that you can inspect the tariff in their offices or at the
commission, but they are not required to make you a copy.


Wes Leatherock
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 05:26:51 EST
From: Paul Robinson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Yet Another NYNEX Blunder
Organization: Tansin A. Darcos & Company, Silver Spring, MD USA


Tony Pelliccio <[e-mail]>, writes:

> [e-mail] writes:

>>         Many LECs will not send you a copy of the tariff..

> Yeah sort of like NYNEX. The copy of the tarrif for my area is
> in Boston of all places. If you think I'm going to drive up to
> Boston just to look at it you're nuts. But then, Telco has all
> the eggs in their basket don't they?

I don't know if you are simply posting from Brown or actually there,
but if NYNEX operates in Rhode Island, they have to have offices there
and certainly there has to be a copy filed with your state's commission.

In California, for example, every telephone company office -- which
included offices for paying bills -- had to have a complete copy of
the entire 15 volume tariff set.  Both GTE and Pacific Bell had their
own tariffs on file at each office which accepted payments from the
public.  Here in the Washington, DC area, there is a set of tariffs
for all three offices for Bell Atlantic and at their payment center
for the metro area which is located at 13th & G NW in DC.  Also, Bell
Atlantic has filed a copy of their tariff schedule with the main
branch of the public library in every county in Maryland.  I do not
know what they do in Virginia, I've never had phone service there.

I do know that a telephone company does not like having to let people
know what the tariffs actually say, and will do anything they can not to
have to let you see them.  By law they must make them available and
cannot require you to have a reason for seeing them.

One way to get some response from the company is to make your next
telephone bill payment to the Public Utilities Commission, stating
that you believe your bill to be in error, but cannot prove it because
the phone company refuses to provide any reasonable access to their
tariff schedules in order for you to discover what you suspect is an
error.

While you may or may not get a satisfactory response from the PUC, you
can bet that someone from the Telephone Company will contact you
immediately after your letter reaches them, even if the PUC decides to
deny your request.

One time I wanted to program a long distance number including the
10xxx code into a speed-dial number but the telephone company's
computer refused it, so I called 611 and nobody could tell me what was
wrong.  So I sent my bill for GTE of California and the check to the
Public Utilities Commission explaining the circumstances.  The CalPUC
returned my check explaining they could not accept my payment since
the issue was over service problems rather than a billing question.

But it was right after this that a helpful supervisor from GTE called
me and was very patient in explaining that their switch would not
allow a 10xxx code to be programmed into a speed dial number and they
would pass my complaint onto the manufacturer (which was probably also
GTE, but that's another story).  This was a piece of information that
nobody at repair service seemed to be able to provide me until AFTER I
had sent in a protest to the PUC.  I wonder if that had anything to do
with it. :)


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Interesting you mention the problem using
10xxx with Speed Dialing. One peculiar thing here is the inability to
call forward to an international number. We cannot get 011-anything
programmed following *72 ... and telco acts like they have no idea what
I am talking about when I mention it to them.   PAT]

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From: [e-mail] (ssatchell on BIX)
Subject: Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice
Date: 26 Sep 94 14:59:06 GMT
Organization: Delphi Internet Services Corporation


> Nick Sayer said:

>> If they're trying to imply that that is what a long distance phone
>> call sounds like (which _despite_ truevoice is _still_ constrained to
>> roughly 300-3000 Hz), then it's nothing short of outright fraud.

Sorry, I have to take exception to the claim that the bandwidth for
all telco customers is still 300-3000 Hz.  If that were true, then
there is no way for V.34 modem owners to achieve 28.8 kilobit/s
carriers with the modems -- they'd be constrained to 21.6 kilobits/s.

Since I do achieve 28.8 kilobits/s in calls between Incline Village,
Nevada and various locations in Georgia, Mass, and NYC, then either
the bandwidth is wider than you claim or the laws of physics have been
repealed.  Also, I've seen surveys (unscientific) produced by several
parties which show that the actual bandwidth is wider than the 2700 Hz
you claim.  Even Bellcore and IEEE P743 recognize that things are
wider.  In the case of P743, the new 23-tone test which should be a
standard by the end of the year sends out tones way outside the
300-3000 Hz bandswidth (100-3700 Hz based on an early draft of the
proposed IEEE-743 replacement) which would be stupid if the old rules
still held.

We don't have to protect *any* in-band network signalling any more.
That whistle that John Draper found in the box of Capt'n Crunch cereal
all those years ago DOESN'T WORK in the modern network.  Trunk
circuits, even the now-outmoded N-series trunks, were designed with
channels 4 KHz wide.  The frequency constraints, if memory serves,
were to improve speech quality by suppressing low-end frequencies
which don't contribute to intelligibility and "protecting" network
signalling at the high end.

Oh, there are a small number of older trunks still in use, and they
will block signals outside of the old passband.  They are being
replaced with digital trunks as quickly as the capital improvement
programs allow.  This isn't just in the United States, either -- we
are talking about a world-wide event.


Stephen Satchell, Satchell Evaluations                       [e-mail]
Testing modems for magazines and industry since 1984         [e-mail]
Publisher of SEPTeL modem testing journal            [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Youth Alive International)
Subject: Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice
Date: 26 Sep 1994 05:24:33 GMT
Organization: NWNEXUS, Inc. - Making Internet Easy


In article <[e-mail]>, David Adams <david@uslink.
net> wrote:

> It would be real interesting if somebody ran the same test as in the
> AT&T ad with the same song as an audio source and then post the
> results.

    That was already done.  Back when True Voice was just being
demo'd, before actual implementation, someone on the net did a bunch
of sound tests on (I believe) the demo, and demonstrated that the only
thing happening was the low bandwidth filter was being removed.

    Perhaps the moderator has this archived somewhere.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Persons interested in the results of that
testing can check the Telecom Archives. Go to the /technical sub-directory
and read the file on True Voice.   PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Tom Limoncelli)
Subject: Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice
Date: 25 Sep 1994 22:43:43 -0400
Organization: PLTS, Somerville, NJ USA


In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Steve Cogorno) writes:

> BUT they fail to mention that it was the breakup of the Bell System
> which lowered these call costs. (Which also increased the cost of
> local calls by a large percentage.)

Actually, the price was dropping anyway.  The use of satelites was
causing a price implosion.


Tom Limoncelli -- [e-mail] (home) -- [e-mail] (work)
Write to me for info about internet mailing lists on these topics:
Drew University Alumni/ae, IXO/tpage users, New Jersey Unix Sysadmins' Group
(like SAGE), New Jersey motss, North East motss, BiNet/New Jersey, and more!

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From: [e-mail] (B. Jones)
Subject: Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice
Date: 26 Sep 1994 04:08:35 GMT
Organization: PICnet


They did a demo in my area a couple of months ago.  I thought that it
sounded better; a fuller sound (probably a low frequency boost. I read
some tech paper in a magazine once ... simply sounded better to me.
Sort of like Boise Sound Systems; I can't figure how they work, low
freq sound wave propogation lengths and such. But the little box
tricks my ears ... great!

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (John Dean)
Subject: Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice
Date: 26 Sep 1994 02:30:01 GMT
Organization: Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY


The TV consumers today will believe anything that has to do with
computers.  But they are more attracted when silly graphics and
screens are added which really don't have any meaning to us 'real
power' users ... (Are we still the minority?)  Oh well ...

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 26 Sep 94 18:15:04 EDT
From: [e-mail] (John J Butz)
Subject: Re: AT&T Lying, TV a Fake & Other Slander


Folks must be a little tone deaf.

I can tell right away when TrueVoice is on my call or not.  Now that
10288 works for all my intra-lata toll calls, TrueVoice is added to
every non-local call I make.  In fact, this is a great little way to
test TrueVoice.  Place a call to your favorite SO on Bell Atlantic
followed by a call on AT&T, then note the difference.  (BTW, 10288 is
not only a great way to save on intra-lata toll, using it defeats *69
Return Call and Caller ID.)

I don't disagree that the TrueVoice television ads have a lot of that
Madison Avenue glitz (ie. back-up singers belting in when True Voice
activates, 3D spectrographs, sharply dressed and intelligent AT&T
employees ... like myself :-|, etc.), but it's really not fair to
state that what is heard on a TV set, is what will be heard on a phone
handset.  To that end, I noticed that ads are labeled "Simulated
TrueVoice Effect."

For a real comparison, the TrueVoice demo line can be reached by
dialing 1-800-932-2000.  Calls to this number are processed by the
same piece of equipment that provides TrueVoice in the network, so
what a caller hears IS the real TrueVoice.  (The voice on the demo is
that of James Naughton.)

Since reading TELECOM Digest is so enjoyable, I wish I had more time
to peruse and reply to Digest postings, but I've been totally
overwhelmed by current assignment.  Later.


John Butz      [e-mail]      AT&T - CCS

PS.  What's the latest with the TrueVoice patent review?  It's nice to
know that someone else shares my hobby of reading yellowing, vintage
1920's, Bell Telephone Laboratories Technical Journals.  (The one
about Operators on Rollerskates is my favorite!!!!!!!)

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Paul R. Paradiso)
Subject: Re: True Voice ... True Difference?
Date: 26 Sep 1994 02:00:32 GMT
Organization: Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY


Hello.  Actually, at this point I would like to believe that there IS
a difference.  The difference will probably be noticed in data
communications such as Modems, Fax, etc. It is amazing at how fast
the CPS rates can go up when the lines get clearer and clearer.  I
have tested my modem on a line and when it picked up the line thru an
"ATA" command, all I heard was static, but was perfectly fine for
Voice.  Since modems and fax, etc. send their tones at such a higher
speed today, they need as little blockage as possible.  Hopefully this
will help, if not, I'm not surprised ...


[e-mail]
Paul R. Paradiso

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Christian Weisgerber)
Subject: Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice
Date: 26 Sep 1994 12:01:08 +0200
Reply-To: [e-mail]


[e-mail] (Jeffrey Fritz) writes:

> BTW, the telephone network supports a 300 - 3 kbps bandwidth for a
> reason -- understandability.
                                        300 .. 3000Hz?

Natural capacity of the line, Poupin coils, bandwidth restrictions for
analog multiplexing, bandwidth restrictions to accommodate the Nyquist
limit.

BTW, actual bandwidth in the modern digital PSTN is about 200 - 3700Hz.


Christian 'naddy' Weisgerber, Germany
[e-mail] / [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Merryl Hastie)
Subject: Biennial Conference on Telecommunications in South Africa
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 14:53:01
Organization: CSIR


BIENNIAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN SOUTH
AFRICA At Gallagher Estate, Midrand 27 to 29 March 1995

For more info and the opportunity to register online, have a
look at the URL:  http://crux.csir.co.za/commercial/telkom/telkomz.html

Your opportunity to attend the premier event on South Africa's
telecommunications calendar to be held in Johannesburg (Midrand),
exciting city of gold and the powerhouse of the South African economy.
As home-base to most major domestic and multinational corporations,
and the most dynamic growth area on the African continent; the proud
new capital of the PWV reflects the entrepreneurial spirit and
technological excellence of the people and products involved in the
telecommunications and networking fields in Southern Africa.

TELKOM '95 will be jointly hosted by Telkom SA Limited and the
Computer Society of South Africa (CSSA).

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From: [e-mail] (Juha Riissanen)
Subject: Network Map Software
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 14:13:33
Organization: Nokia Telecommunications


I'm looking for a development tool with which to create user modifiable
interactive network maps to be used as the main user interface in a MS
Windows based telecommunications network management software.

The tool would need to be able to:

- create and modify the network map interactively with mouse
- manage and display a network map consisting of up to 2000 distinct elements.
- zoom in and out of the network map to show both a detailed view of a part of
  the network and a birds eye view of the whole network.
- combine the elements into aggregates (and into aggregates of aggregates),
  e.g. all network elements that are at a location should be displayable as
  one symbol
- 'explode' an aggregate symbol to show its components
- store event information for each network element and allow the information
  to be searched, shown and updated (acknowledge an event, cancel an event,
  export events for archival)
- update the network map in real time based on the events stored, e.g. turn a
  symbol on map red if an alarm has been set on the corresponding network
  element (or on one of its component elements)
- have an API for us to interface in order to store events for network
  elements and change existing events
- show the linking between the elements

Thank you for any leads and suggestions.. (VBXs, DLLs, commercial /
shareware / freeware, source code to be licensed, GIS databases to be
abused, SNMP LAN management software to be modified, anything.)

Somebody somewhere must have already created software that does most
of what I need and it would be silly for me to re-create the old wheel
once again..


Thanks,

Juha Riissanen                [e-mail]
Nokia Telecommunications, P.O.Box 12, 02611 Espoo, Finland

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From: [e-mail] (Wm. Randolph Franklin)
Subject: Card Call Ripoffs; Calling China Cheap
Date: 27 Sep 1994 04:47:21 GMT
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Wm. Randolph U Franklin)


What is the best way to call China, particularly using a calling card?
I've spent well over an hour talking to ATT, MCI, and Sprint.  Their
rates are so close to each other, yet so byzantine, that they appear
deliberately designed to confuse the customer and prevent competition.

Using a calling card can cost over $5 more for the first minute than
calling from home, as well as, sometimes, a lot more per minute.  Are
there small carriers who do better?

What's the reason for this difference?  Is there that much fraud
with cards?

Conversation I had yesterday:

Me, "What's it cost to call China?"

MCI International Calling rep, "China?  Is that the place where the
seasons are reversed?"

Me, "?!? Uh, I think that's Australia."

(It reminds me of another conversation I once overheard where a woman
expressed surprise that her friend had visited such distant places as
Switzerland and Italy in the same trip.)


Wm. Randolph Franklin,  [e-mail], [phone];  Fax: -6261
ECSE Dept., 6026 JEC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst, Troy NY, 12180 USA
For more info, including PGP and RIPEM keys, finger -l [e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: There is no such thing as a cheap call
to China. The rates are quite high, anytime day or night where calling
cards are concerned, as well as with call-back schemes. I don't know
why this is, other than perhaps the telecom administration in China and
the carriers here have some difficulty in reaching mutually acceptable
terms. Regards your comment on the representative who thought that the
'seasons are reversed' in China, that is so typical of how ignorant
many/most Americans are where geography is concerned.  A telephone
operator in Australia once mentioned to me how amusing it was to get
calls from operators in the USA with customers seeking assistance in
dialing local (Australian) numbers 'because it is a business, and
there is no answer when I ring their phone ...' The American callers
assumed the telephone must be out of order; after all, why would there
be no answer from a business place? The Australian operator would
reply to the American operator, "is your party aware that it is three
in the morning here?" ... and the American caller would be so surprised
to hear that. And all the more pity it is that the AT&T operator in
this country could not advise the customer in the same way without
having to call Australia to find out. But with very few Americans these
days able to correctly fill in place names on a blank map of this
country it is unrealistic to assume they will know the time of day in
Australia, or whether the 'seasons are reversed' in China.   PAT]

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From: [e-mail] (Dave Leibold)
Date: 27 Sep 94 00:22:32 -0500
Subject: Bell Canada to Expand Video on Demand
Organization: FidoNet Nameserver/Gateway


[from Bell News (Bell Canada/Ontario) 26 Sept 94]

Leading-edge Video on Demand trial enters new, city-wide phase

Things are starting to move quickly on Bell's portion of the
information highway. As part of Stentor's overall Beacon Initiative to
develop products and services for information highway customers, Phase
II of the Business Video on Demand (VOD) trial will begin in Ottawa on
October 3.

Phase I of the trial, which tested the underlying technology and
design of the user interface, offered video on demand from key
locations at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University.

Phase II expands on the earlier test by simulating a city-wide
environment, serving more customers and testing operational methods
and procedures and an enhanced user interface.

The trial, scheduled to last until May 1995, will connect a minimum of
14 sites in the Ottawa area, including eight elementary schools and
three RCMP locations.

At the schools, students will be able to access educational videos
through personal computers in libraries. The RCMP will be able to
access training videos in a similar manner. Users will have full
VCR-like controls such as rewind, fast-forward, pause, etc.

The trial is funded by Bell and Stentor with technical assistance from
Bell-Northern Research and MPR Teltech.

The first VOD services for business customers should be available starting in
late 1995 or early 1996.

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Subject: Re: Need California PUC IRD Information
From: [e-mail] (Bob Schwartz)
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 94 11:06:38 PDT
Organization: Bill Correctors, Inc., Marin County, California


Al Cohan <[e-mail]> writes:

>     I understand that sometime last week the California PUC
> approved a sweeping rate change for both Pac Bell and General
> Telephone. I have heard that base rates have dramatically increased
> and ZUM 3 and local service area long distance has decreased as much
> as 50%.

> This PUC decision sets the terms for Intra-Lata toll traffic competition.
> Does anyone have a synopsis of the new rates? or a copy of the decision?

Al,

Rate-wise, 1995 is looking like a whole new ballgame for California.
Monthly service charges up to $twelve something from $eight something
 ...  Service Area calling down to well under ten cents per minute!!!!!
Great for business not so great for grandma ... but done after about
six years in the making the IRD under The Alternative Regulatory
Framework (ARF) for Local Exchange Carriers.

The decision is loaded with all sorts of new rate for circuits, lines
and special services. We expect that users will need consultants more
than ever, just to wade through the new options, so we're on it in a
big way.  It sets the path for a whole new method of regulating
Pacific Bell and GTE in California.

To get a copy you can go directly to the PUC. When I ordered mine they
told me the cost was twenty cents per page plus sales tax. The
document is 538 pages. You can also get it from this office PREPAID
for $94.25 which includes sales tax (5.80) and first class or priority
mailing.  Checks to : V. Kushner / PO Box 316 / Woodacre CA 94973.


Regards,

*BOB*/a

Bob Schwartz                                       [e-mail]
Bill Correctors, Inc.   [phone]   Marin County, California

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From: [e-mail] (Timothy J Somadelis)
Subject: Help: PC Telco Switch Information
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 17:52:29 GMT


I need some info regarding a small semi-smart telephone switch to
front end a voice response/voice mail/automated attendant application
on a PC. This switch should provide basic PBX/Centrex functionality
for performing call transfer/monitoring for auto-attendant and v-mail.
The system will probably consist of a serial port for control from the
IVR PC. The switch must not be high in price otherwise a PBX or
Centrex would suffice. The purpose is to provide PBX like functions at
non-PBX prices. Ideally, the price should be comparable for a PC
component. The number fo phone lines this should handle is anywhere
from two lines to sixteen lines possibly up to twenty-four lines.

My questions are:

    1) Is there such a beast?
    2) If so, who do I call for more information or purchasing?
    3) Are there telco restrictions to connecting one of these
       things to the phone lines without notifying the Telco?
    4) If there is no such beast, is there a place to call for
       manufacturing one?

Thanks in advance for any information.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (yidam)
Subject: Northeastern University and MCI
Date: 25 Sep 1994 21:51:56 GMT
Organization: The Internet Access Company


I am a student at Northeastern University in Boston, and recently the
university embarked upon new contracts with MCI and NYNEX for student
long distance and CENTREX service.  Under the new contracts students
are required to have MCI as our primary long distance carrior.
However, instead of dialing long distance calls with 1+ the area code
students must now dial *8 to reach an MCI recording prompting for an
authorization code.  After that we must dial the area code and number.
If I attempt to escape to POTS and just dial 1+ the area code and
number I receive a fast busy signal indicating to me that NYNEX has
put a block on long distance calls.

Because if this deal I am missing out on certain services such as the
ability to get 800, 700, and 500 numbers.  Also I am no longer
eligable for certain calling programs available with other carriors.

Although I am given the option to use carrior access codes to reach
other long distance companies I feel that I am being cheated out of my
right to equal access because I can't get certain deals and services
from AT&T or SPRINT.


Scott Mehosky    [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Ron S. van Zuylen)
Subject: Cellular Digital vs. Analog
Date: 25 Sep 1994 01:59:58 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Santa Clara, CA
Reply-To: [e-mail]


I'm looking for some feedback on digital cellular service.  Cellular
One in the San Franscisco Bay Area has recently lowered their digital
service prices to an acceptable level; it is slightly lower than the
analog service now.  They are also in the process of increasing their
digital coverage.

Cellular One is trying to make digital more attractive by offering a
$300 service credit. (Apparently to offset the increased cost of a
digital dual-mode (TDMA) phone.)  They're also offering free incoming
until 1995.

Is it truely "improved cellular service" or is it more of a benfit to
the service provider?  (Less frequency bandwidth, correct?)

In my search, I have found very few digital phones.  A Motorola Flip
(similar to the DPC-550), a AT&T 6650, and a Technophone (which seems
to be the AT&T unit in a different case).  These units are all around
10 ounces.  There is also a top-of-the-line (~$1250) Motorola Elite
with everything the Ultra Lite has and more (and even weighs less); I
haven't seen this unit.

Low weight (and VibraCall) is attractive, but the choice is slim and
expensive in the digital arena.  :-) If we used analog, we could use
the ~$550 Motorola Ultra Lite instead of the ~$1250 Elite (minus the
$300 service credit).

Any comments would be appreciated.


Ron S. van Zuylen    -- Digital Equipment Corporation - Santa Clara, CA USA
[e-mail] -- "The bleeding edge in employee reduction technology..."

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Michael Rosen)
Subject: Recommendations For Answering Machines?
Date: 25 Sep 1994 14:59:49 -0600
Organization: University of Denver, Math/CS Dept.


I'm considering buying an answering machine as opposed to paying a
monthly fee to Bell Atlantic for their Answer Call voice mail system.
Sure the latter is convenient if I'm busying up my line since it'll
take the message but is it worth $6.50 a month?  An answering machine
will pay for itself in a little over a year.

I was looking at AT&T's digital answering machines today.  The only
thing they don't have that I kind of like is the ability to skip the
OGM.  I like that someone's machine has that when I'm calling so I can
hit * and abort the message if I don't feel like waiting.  I'd like to
extend that courtesy to people calling me (that is if they know it
exists which not all do).

I do want a machine that has a time stamp and remote access.  The AT&T
model I was looking at has voice prompting for the remote access.

Is it worth the extra cost to go digital versus tape?


Michael Rosen, CPA                [e-mail]
George Washington University (Fall '92)        Tau Epsilon Phi, Tau Theta 381

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Tim Bostwick)
Subject: Conference: Enterprise Management Summit '94
Date: 23 Sep 1994 19:59:17 GMT
Organization: Netcom


The Enterprise Management Summit '94 will be held at the Santa Clara
Convention Center, November 14-18, Santa Clara, California. This
conference and exhibition will present solutions for managing the ever
growing, ever more complex enterprise management Monster. There will
be 36 technical sessions addressing the full spectrum of enterprise
management (networks, systems, applications, and databases) and two
full days of tutorials. In addition, there will be over 40 exhibitors.

Featured will be an Enterprise Management Theater with a live
enterprise network that includes: SNA, DECNet, NetWare; Systems like
MVS, VMS, DOS, UNIX; Windows, NT, desktops, distributed applications
and databases. During Summit '94, we will let the Monster go crazy,
causing nightmares like traffic congestion, alarm floods, broadcast
storms, applications that hang mysteriously, lost host connections,
locked terminals, forgotten passwords, etc. We then ask leading
vendors to fix what we broke. Vendors will NOT be allowed to give
demos in the theater. Rather they must make all the nightmares go
away.  A live audience will evaluate how successful each vendor is.

Our goal is to make this theater as realistic as possible and minimize
the sales hype. We would appreciate any comments you may have that
will help us accomplish this goal. Please direct your comments to
Summit '94. Phone: [phone]. (Outside the US, 415-512-0801. Fax:
415-512-1325. Email: [e-mail]. You may also obtain
information and an Advance Program at the above numbers.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Date: 26 Sep 1994 19:36:00 GMT
Subject: Telefonica de Argentina


Saw this in a recent press release:

   Telefonica de Argentina, one of the two private telephone companies in
   Argentina, awarded Unisys a $1.4 million Network Applications Platform
   (NAP) contract.

   Telefonica de Argentina, headquartered in Buenos Aires, provides
   regular telephone services to three million customers.  The new Unisys
   NAP solution will provide call completion services for 15,000
   customers, automatic call services for 12,000 customers and offer
   calling card services for 30,000 Telefonica users.  In addition,
   foreign journalists attending the Panamericanos Athletic Games in March
   1995 will be able to take advantage of the new calling card application
   to relay coverage results.


Randall Gellens       [e-mail]
[phone]        fax [phone]
Mail Stop MV 237      Net**2 656-6350

------------------------------

Subject: Telecommunications in Europe
From: Mikko Usvalehto <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 94 10:46:32 +0200


I'm currently collecting information on subject: Telecommunications in
Europe: manufacturers, operators, users, consulting, research,
education etc ...

If there is somebody (in TELECOM Digest readers group) interested in
the same subject, please send e-mail message to following address:

[e-mail]


Mikko Usvalehto, TechNet
Helsinki University of Technology,
Lifelong Learning Institute Dipoli
address:    FIN-02150 ESPOO
tel.:    [phone]     fax: [phone]
internet:  [e-mail]
x.400:      G=mikko; S=usvalehto; O=hut; A=fumail; P=inet; C=fi

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    Telecom Reselling From the Ground Up (Jeff Bornstein)
    Programming an AT&T ISDN 7506 API (Alex Cena)
    V.34 from ITU-T (Tannil Lam)
    919/910 DA Problem (Scott D. Fybush)
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From: [e-mail]
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 94 13:07:57 EDT
Subject: Telecom Reselling From the Ground Up


The following is the first in a series of articles that will appear in
DLD Digest written by Jeff Bornstein, President of Telecommunications
On Demand, a Long Distance Brokerage Service that matches up
telecommunications agents with qualified resellers and long distance
carriers.

                  -------------------

  The relationship between a Long Distance Marketer (LM) and Service
Provider (SP) is not sacrosanct. As a matter of fact, if LM's continue
to allow themselves to be solely driven by price and commission, in an
attempt to provide the "Ultimate deal to the end-user," then they are
setting themselves up to earn more industry battle scars (see: "The
Joy of Selling AT&T SDN - circa 1989-1992").

  If you are a serious LM, with the ability and wherewithal to produce
a MINIMUM of $25K of annual long distance billings, then you should
consider a DIRECT DEAL with a SP. Incidently, I DO NOT consider large
marketing companies with tons of agents, disgruntled and otherwise, to
necessarily be SP's.

  In an attempt to weed-out "Service Provider Wannabees," TOD
reccomends that you find out the following (actually this is most of
the screening process that we utilize to protect our Marketing
Clients):

(1) HISTORY: How long has the SP been in business?
(2) D&B REPORT (THE NARRATIVE TYPE REPORT): Any pending
    or successful lawsuits against SP?
(3) Ask for Financial Statements. Make certain that the SP
    DOES NOT plan on "factoring" your accounts.
(4) Is SP a member of TRA? If not, why not!
(5) Is SP Certified and Tariffed? Does SP do its own
    billing?
(6) Does SP pay commissions on billing?
(7) Does SP have Facilities/Carrier Status? If not, does
    SP have a DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH A CARRIER? (this
    is essential!!)
(8) Does SP have a "Backroom"? - Does SP provide Agent/
    Dealer support as well as End-User support? PLAN ON
    PERSONALLY VISITING THE PROVIDER (Why not... It's
    only your hard-earned commissions at stake!)
(9) Does SP provide quality, UP-TO-DATE (relevant)
    Marketing Materials?
(10) Does SP provide tracking and bill analysis software?
(11) Ask to see actual LEC, Provisioning, Status, Aging,
     and Commission Reports. Can you communicate electron-
     ically with SP? Does SPs customers go on-line in a
     timely fashion?

Next week I will provide more specific tips on how to secure a safe
deal with an SP. I want to make it clear that most SP's are reliable.
I also feel that for many modest producing LM's there is nothing wrong
in contracting with REPUTABLE Marketing Firm that represents a SP.
However, I reccomend even more due diligence and EXTREME CAUTION when
preceeding. Did you ever hear the tale of woe from a so-called
Provider ... "I can't pay you, because the guy above me didn't pay me."
Remember, the further you are from your commissions, the more you are
at risk!

Best of luck,

Jeff Bornstein

If you would like more Information on "TODs" BROKERAGE SERVICE feel
free to contact TELECOMMUNICATIONS ON DEMAND, INC., Suite 7,
Orwigsburg, PA 17961; [phone]; FAX [phone] internet:
[e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 26 Sep 94 13:12:46 EST
From: Alex Cena <[e-mail]>
Subject: Programming an AT&T ISDN 7506 API


This is a follow up on a question I posted requesting help on
programming my AT&T ISDN 7506 station set at home.  Many of you were
kind enough to forward some advice.  But here is the short answer.  It
seems the amount of end-user programming is dependent on the type of
switch at your local central office.

Some people are lucky enough to be connected to a central office with
the latest switching technology.  In that case, its a matter of calling
your phone rep to have your phone set at the CO for three appearances.

It took myself, my Bell Atlantic sales rep, AT&T and a Bell Atlantic
CO engineer more than an hour to program my phone for three appearances.
Everytime changes were made at the CO, I had to reprogram my phone.
After numerous tries, we finally were able to make it work.  I am not
looking forward to the day I am ready to hook up a digital modem to
this thing.  I have to hand it to my sales rep Dennis Fitzgerald
though for getting all those people on a conference call to settle
this thing once and for all.  Now if they can only make my conference
call button work.

BTW, I was informed by the AT&T rep that the user's manual costs an
extra $90!!!  Can you believe it?  No wonder most people refer to ISDN
as I still don't know!  AT&T even had to show me how to program my
speakerphone.  If they would give me the darn manual for free, I may
not have to tie up their people so much.


Alex M. Cena, Lehman Brothers, [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Tannil Lam)
Subject: V.34 From ITU-T
Date: 26 Sep 1994 21:37:02 GMT
Organization: Internet OnLine HONGKONG Ltd.


Please advice the newest status of V.34 from ITU-T. I hope to know
whether V.34 has been official approved for modem manufacturers to
produce their V.34 products or not.

Thanks for all the attention.


Best regards,

Tannil Lam
[TCL Technology Limited] (Hong Kong)
[Email:[e-mail]]
[TEL:[phone]] ZyXELNET 17:31/0
[FAX:[phone]] FIDO - 6:700/13

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From: [e-mail] (Scott D Fybush)
Subject: 919/910 DA Problem
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 02:11:39 GMT


I don't know if this is how Southern Bell did it for previous
splits, but...

I had to get a number in Winston-Salem NC today, and without
remembering clearly whether it fell on the 910 or the 919 side of the
split, I dialed 1-919-555-1212 and asked for the number.  DA read off
a seven digit number, didn't mention anything about it being in 910,
so I dialed 1-919-XXX-XXXX only to get the "Area code you are calling
has been changed" recording.  So I redialed with 1-910-XXX-XXXX and
all was fine.

Buuutttt ....

Couldn't/shouldn't Southern Bell either:

a) modify the DA to read off "910-XXX-XXXX" as appropriate?

or

b) flag the DA operator to mention to the customer that the number is
now in 910?  They _must_ have some way of knowing that I dialed
919-555-1212, even if 919 and 910 DA are the same bureau.


Scott Fybush - [e-mail]

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From: aspgd21![e-mail] (Jeffrey Graham)
Subject: Becoming an Internet Access Provider
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 15:11:58 GMT
Organization: GTE Data Services


Hello everyone:

I want to become an internet access provider, providing dialup slip and
ppp access to 32 concurrent users at 28.8.

What do you think is the best way for my unix host to be permanently
connected to the internet? Do you think ISDN BRI would be enough? I
guess I need options (T-1,ISDN BRI,ISDN PRI,ATM,etc) and pros/cons as
an answer.


Thanks,

Jeff

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From: [e-mail] (Stephen Polinsky)
Subject: PBXs and NANP
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 11:20:40 -0600
Organization: OARnet


Regarding PBX upgrades for the new NANP, if, when a user dials "9",
and pulls tone from the CO, why would someone need to upgrade a PBX at
all.  The user would simply dial the digits directly into the CO,
right?

Are there PBXs that hold the digits until dialing is complete, and
then outpulse them to the CO?  I thought that this would only happen
if the PBX is using some sort of alternate routing algorithm.


Thanks for any help,

Stephen Polinsky     [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Brian Totty)
Subject: Motorola Digital Cellular Phones
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Mountain View, CA
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 01:43:32 GMT


I've never had a cellular phone before, but am strongly considering
getting one, especially now that digital services coming on line.

Cellular One is apparently running a promotion, at least in the Bay
Area of California, offering $50/month discount for six months ($300
off) if you buy a digital phone and join their service.

My question relates to what phone to get.  I really like the
ultra-lightweight Motorola flip phones, and I also like the
"vibracall" silent ringer.  I have been told that Motorola does not
have such a digital phone currently available, but it shoudl be
released relatively soon as the "Micro TAC deluxe" digital phone.

At this point, I'm totally confused at what digital flip phones
Motorola currently makes, how they relate to their analog brethren,
and what features they provide.  Cellular phone sales still seems
pretty anarchic -- I'm having trouble finding a single store selling
a wide variety of cell phones & services, where I can browse, and
otherwise enlighten myself.

In the absence, would some kind soul be willing to post about what my
choices are for digital phones (especially the Motorola phones), as
well as any info on when lightweight "vibracall" phones might be
available?  I would very much appreciate it!

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Subject: Modem Pool in Neighboring Telco Exchange
Date: 27 Sep 1994 12:26:56 GMT
Organization: InterWorks Inc.


Does anyone have any advice on the most efficient way to establish a
multiple line modem pool in a neighboring telco exchange (approx.
1515 miles away)? I would apprecieate any assistance regarding type of
service to request from the telco, as well as additional info
regarding how to support up to 8 14.4 kbps modems, or 8 28.8kbps
modems.

BTW, I have been lurking in this newsgroup for a couple of months; is
there a faq which describes the different telco line categories and
uses?


Thanks,

Dave Morschhauser   [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Subject: Please Help Our Reaseach!
Date: 27 Sep 1994 14:18:44 GMT
Organization: NovX InterServ News Service


Another intern and I got a project to research Voice/E-mail Integration.
We are specifically looking for materials on products that can
interface with Northern Telecom Meridian 1 telephone system, which is
what we have.  We were told to reaserch Northern Telecom's MSM and
Visit, as well as Octel and Centigram.  After several days reseach on
Computer Select and local library's database, we couldn't find much on
these products.  Can anyone offer us some tips?  Thanks very much!

------------------------------

Subject: Cordless Phone Security
From: [e-mail]
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 94 10:26:32 PDT
Organization: BC Systems Corporation


I seem to have read somewhere about the risk of having someone dialing
up on your phone line (and charging long distance calls on your phone
account) when the handset is not sitting at the base-station cradle of
your cordless phone.  Can those experts on cordless phones provide me
with an update on this issue?


B.C. Systems Corp.          ||PROFS:  BCSC02(BOONKANG)
4000 Seymour Pl, W169BLUE   ||INTERNET:[e-mail]
Victoria,B.C. Canada V8X 4S8||IBMMAIL: [e-mail]
604 389-3991(V)389-3916(FAX)||*** Opinions are  MINE  solely ***

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Subject: Call Forward to Rotary
Date: 27 Sep 1994 10:15:53 GMT
Organization: InterWorks Inc.


Has anyone ever used call forwarding to forward calls into a
multi-line rotary?  Specifically, will the forwarded number continue
to forward calls into the rotary until all the lines in the rotary are
used up?  Also, how long will a call forward remain in effect before
it has to be reinitialized?

Next question: Consider three exchanges A, B, and C. It is long
distance from A to C, but not from A to B or B to C. A number in B is
setup to forward all incoming calls to a number in C.  If a caller
from A dials the number in B, which is forwarded to C, who pays the
long distance charges?  *Are* there any long distance charges?


Dave Morschhauser   [e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: In your example given, there are no
long distance charges incurred. If your *intent* in forwarding calls
in this fashion is to avoid toll charges, then your use of call-
forwarding is illegal. If it is merely more convenient for party B
to receive his calls at C and party A is generally unaware of this
at the time he forwards to B, then it is not an illegal avoidance
of toll charges. In some exchanges with older generics, the software
is programmed so that A stops at B regardless of what B does. That
is, a person dialing B direct does in fact forward to C, but a person
dialing A is dumped on B no matter what B has chosen to do with calls
sent directly to him.  It all depends on how your switch is programmed.
Take care in attempting to devise a scheme to reduce or eliminate
toll charges through chain forwarding; it seldoms works out to your
financial advantage since the cost of two local calls frequently exceeds
the cost of a single 'long haul' call to the final destination.

If A forwards to B, and B has several lines in rotary hunt, then calls
to B via A will land on whichever line of B is available and next to
receive calls. A does not have unlimited forwarding (to the extent of
B's capabilities) however; often times the software in the switch is
programmed to allow only one call through at a time with subsequent
calls to A being returned busy. Often times telco has it set up so
you must specifically purchase (or apply for) additional 'paths' if you
want the ability to have more than one call at a time forwarded from
A to B.

Also bear in mind that where C is concerned, call-forwarding and
hunt-on-busy are not compatible without a lot of tricking around.  B
needs to have call-forwarding on all his lines; else the first call
sent from A will land on line one of B and get forwarded; subsequent
calls from A (assuming A has more than one 'path' permitted to him)
will get bumped up the line in B's hunt group and land on a line which
does not have call-forwarding. In other words, call-forwarding is not
a system feature based on B's main number. If B only has one path
allowed to him and A is already using it, then subsequent calls to B
from whatever direction will first land on the main number, get
returned busy due to the call being forwarded; start hunting for
another line in B's group and park there instead lacking (on that
second or subsequent line) call-forwarding instructions. People sometimes
try to combine call-forwarding with call-waiting and hunt-on-busy
on the same line (or group of lines) with unpredictable and curious
results.    PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (husam)
Subject: AT&T's Project in Saudi Arabia
Date: 27 Sep 1994 06:37:36 GMT
Organization: UBC Electical Engineering


Hi,

I have some questions about the deal AT@T signed with Saudi Arabia.
Are they going to use ATM (asynchronous Transfere Mode) and B-ISDN
there in Saudi Arabia? I would love to get the address of AT@T's
office which operates this project.

Please send email directly to [e-mail].


Thanks in advance,

Husam :)

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (James Wilson)
Subject: Universities with Telecoms and Multimedia Management Studies
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 14:43:05
Organization: Toshiba Corporation


The President of Helsinki University would like to develop a new MBA
concentration on "Telecommunications and Multimedia Management", and I
would like to help him to obtain the contact telephone and fax numbers
of all leading US and European Universities which are conducting
research or offering undergraduate/graduate courses in these fields,
especially Multimedia.

Could any members of this forum please send details of universities
and the courses offered or research undertaken to me by EMAIL?
Messages can be sent directly to [e-mail] or to
100074,3176@compuserve.

Any help which you can offer would be greatly appreciated.


Regards,

James K Wilson    Toshiba Europe Office

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 27 Sep 94 14:24:00 EST
From: Stephen Goodman <[e-mail]>
Subject: NetworkMCI Business


Mark Pettit
Frank J. Walter
MCI Business Markets
1-800-644-NEWS

                 MCI LAUNCHES networkMCI BUSINESS

                First Software Package to Bring Power
             of Information Superhighway to the Desktop


        NEW YORK -- September 12, 1994 -- Delivering the promise of
the Information Superhighway to the desktops of businesses nationwide,
MCI today launched "networkMCI BUSINESS" -- a first-of-its-kind
integrated information and communications software package.

         networkMCI BUSINESS is the nation's first single source
package to contain e-mail and fax messaging, information
services/automated news monitoring, document sharing and
videoconferencing, online multimedia business catalogs and access to
the Internet.  A Windows-based package, networkMCI BUSINESS is
easy-to-use and designed to help businesses of all sizes.  networkMCI
BUSINESS can be ordered today.

        "networkMCI BUSINESS is the breakthrough business tool of the
'90s," said Gerald H. Taylor, president and chief operating officer of
MCI Communications Corp.  "It frees business people from information
overload--allowing them to work together when they want, from where
they want, whenever they want."

        Taylor added, "networkMCI BUSINESS is the first product to
harness the powerful convergence of telecommunications, computers,
information services and entertainment.  The force of that convergence
is making businesses more competitive.  Now networkMCI BUSINESS
delivers that power to the millions of non-technical users through
their personal computers."

        networkMCI BUSINESS targets the burgeoning business PC market.
The number of PCs in the U.S. now exceeds 75 million.  Industry
analysts estimate that the market for the overall convergence of
telecommunications, computing, entertainment and information services
represents a $1 trillion business opportunity.

     "With our first business software offering, MCI brings to this
market our considerable communications expertise to set a new
benchmark for helping businesses improve productivity," said Timothy
F. Price, president of MCI Business Markets.

     Unique Features Packed into Single-Source 'Power' Tool

        While compelling as an integrated package, networkMCI BUSINESS
is also a "power" tool because of its innovative components.  Breaking
new ground, networkMCI BUSINESS integrates e-mail, fax and a news
information service, or intelligent agent, called infoMCI.

        "Business people don't have time to be information
archaeologists, digging through cumbersome, expensive on-line
databases.  They need customized, relevant information.  infoMCI
delivers just that, twice a day along with breaking news as it
happens," said Price.

        Another unique feature of networkMCI BUSINESS, marketplaceMCI,
is an online multimedia catalog, allowing businesses of all sizes to
market their goods and services electronically.

        "marketplaceMCI gives our customers a completely new arena
where business people can distribute, browse for and purchase products
and services without leaving their desks -- the electronic
business-to-business mall has opened," said Price.

        The conferenceMCI application allows business people to work
together, sharing ideas and images (also known as collaborative work)
over regular analog phone lines.  As an added option, MCI is marketing
high-quality desktop videoconferencing equipment that works over high
speed (ISDN) phone lines.

              Core Solution Plus Optional Features

        networkMCI BUSINESS provides the following features in a
single, cost-effective core package:

        o infoMCI: A personalized business information service,
infoMCI monitors more than 180 news sources and databases to deliver
twice-daily, on-screen summaries of critical news items.  MCI also
provides instant "news flashes" of breaking news items during the day.
Users define the information received by completing a personal profile
of industry categories and concepts, which the user ranks in
importance and revises as often as needed.

        o conferenceMCI: This point-to-point collaborative work tool
includes the only document conferencing software that supports the
industry standard (pending ratification) T.120.  Two users in
different locations can review and update the same document in real
time.

        o e-mailMCI: Using the global MCI Mail network, e-mailMCI
offers an easy-to-use Windows environment, tailored specifically for
MCI.


networkMCI BUSINESS/3

        o faxMCI: This application allows businesses to send and
receive faxes from a PC in any Windows application.  faxMCI features
include fax broadcast capability, an address book and scheduling
options.

        o marketplaceMCI: A feature unique to networkMCI BUSINESS,
this is a new multimedia on-line catalog and business purchasing
service.  It offers businesses a new way to distribute product
information and facilitate on-line sales.  MCI will offer a turnkey
solution to companies that want to sell goods to the subscribers of
marketplaceMCI or through custom-designed electronic kiosks.

        o internetMCI: With the click of a mouse, networkMCI BUSINESS
allows quick and easy access to the world's largest and most powerful
computer network.

         Pricing for the core networkMCI BUSINESS package is $100 for
the software itself plus a $65 monthly charge that includes the daily
infoMCI newsfeed.  Existing and new MCI Preferred, Vision and Vnet
customers will have a reduced monthly rate of $50.

        As an optional feature of networkMCI BUSINESS, MCI is
marketing a high-quality desktop video conferencing system:

         o desktop video from MCI: This application allows two users
to see each other, while they also see the document they're working
on.  The application works on industry standard technology.  And
desktop video from MCI is compatible with MCI's multipoint
videoconferencing service called VideoNet.

     MCI will lease the desktop videoconferencing equipment under a
three-year agreement for as low as $110 per month, including desktop
video camera, speakerphone and video and audio boards.

        "We assembled the components of networkMCI BUSINESS based on
ease-of-use and value in solving day-to-day business needs," said
Price.  "What's also important about networkMCI BUSINESS is its
compatibility with industry, not proprietary, standards.  Customers
can use this package with common software packages, so their previous
software investment is not lost."

        To assist in the development of networkMCI BUSINESS, MCI
assembled a premier line-up of industry leaders, including PictureTel
Corporation, ConnectSoft, DataBeam Corporation, Delrina Corporation,
FYI Online, and Image Technology, Inc. (ITI).

        Customers have the option to have charges billed to their
credit card or receive an invoice directly from MCI.  Existing MCI
Preferred, Vision or Vnet customers can also chose to include these
charges on their monthly invoice.  For more information or to purchase
networkMCI BUSINESS, individuals may call 1-800-955-5195.

     With 1993 revenue of nearly $12 billion, MCI Communications
Corporation is the one of the world's largest communications
companies.  Headquartered in Washington, D.C., MCI has more than 65
offices in 58 countries and places.  The company's Atlanta-based MCI
Business Markets provides a wide range of communications and
information services to America's businesses, including networkMCI
BUSINESS, long distance voice, data and video services and consulting
and outsourcing services.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (David S Neiger)
Subject: Telegroup Inc.
Date: 27 Sep 1994 23:19:09 +1000
Organization: University of Melbourne


Hi,

    Recently I joined Telegroup Inc's Global Callback facility to
cut the cost of my calls to the US from Oz.

So far I am satisfied with the service however I am concerned that
Telegroup has my VISA card number and an authority to debit my
account.

Has anyone any experience with dealing with Telegroup and confirm that:

1)  They are a reputable company;
2)  They are ligitimate (I would suspect so considering how much it must cost
to set up a global callback system);
3)  They are using Telegroup's service and have found them to be O.K.

Any confirmations or horror stories would be greatly appreciated.

Please mail and I will post a summary.


David Neiger - Solicitor Law Office Technology Consultant
[e-mail] or [e-mail]

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    Re: AT&T Lying, TV a Fake and Other Slander (Ken Kopin)
    Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice (Nick Sayer)
    Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice (Ken Kopin)
    Re: AT&T Lying, TV a Fake & Other Slander (Nick Sayer)
    Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice (Tony Kennedy)
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From: [e-mail] (Ken Kopin)
Subject: Re: AT&T Lying, TV a Fake and Other Slander
Date: 27 Sep 1994 19:45:54 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)


In a previous article, [e-mail] (John J Butz) says:

<SNIP>

> I don't disagree that the TrueVoice television ads have a lot of that
> Madison Avenue glitz (ie. back-up singers belting in when True Voice
> activates, 3D spectrographs, sharply dressed and intelligent AT&T
> employees ... like myself :-|, etc.), but it's really not fair to
> state that what is heard on a TV set, is what will be heard on a phone
> handset.  To that end, I noticed that ads are labeled "Simulated
> TrueVoice Effect."

  Are you proposing that telephone receivers are somehow BETTER for
hearing sound than, say, your average television set? Now, I'm sure
the high end stuff is real nice, but most of us peons have the 19.95
CheapFone (TM) or better yet, the one that came free with our paid
subscriprion to TIME Magazine. (YOU remember, the one that used a
Piezo (SP) speaker. :-)

> For a real comparison, the TrueVoice demo line can be reached by
> dialing 1-800-932-2000.  Calls to this number are processed by the
> same piece of equipment that provides TrueVoice in the network, so
> what a caller hears IS the real TrueVoice.  (The voice on the demo is
> that of James Naughton.)

Huh? Since when? I coulda swore that was Tom Selleck I was hearing.


Ken Kopin    Internet: [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Nick Sayer)
Subject: Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice
Organization: The Duck Pond public unix: [phone], log in as 'guest'.
Date: 27 Sep 1994 15:46:06 UTC


[e-mail] (ssatchell on BIX) writes:

>> Nick Sayer said:

>>> If they're trying to imply that that is what a long distance phone
>>> call sounds like (which _despite_ truevoice is _still_ constrained to
>>> roughly 300-3000 Hz), then it's nothing short of outright fraud.

> Sorry, I have to take exception to the claim that the bandwidth for
> all telco customers is still 300-3000 Hz.  If that were true, then
> there is no way for V.34 modem owners to achieve 28.8 kilobit/s
> carriers with the modems -- they'd be constrained to 21.6 kilobits/s.

1. I said 'roughly' .3-3 kHz.

2. You're missing the point by _miles_. The bandwidth of the singer
and her orchestra after the "true fraud" is turned on in the ad is
nothing short of roughly .05-15 kHz, which can't even begin to be
approached over a 64 kbps communications channel regardless of what
its audio bandwidth is.

[irrelevant verbiage snipped]


Nick Sayer <[e-mail]>  N6QQQ @ N0ARY.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NOAM
[phone], log in as 'guest' URL: http://www.kfu.com/~nsayer/

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Ken Kopin)
Subject: Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice
Date: 27 Sep 1994 19:31:10 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Ken Kopin)


  If you listen closely to the commercial, than what AT&T is really
saying is that when True Voice is implemented, you will get background
singers! (Or talkers... Hm...) and the volume will increase (at least
according to that little bouncy arrow thing at the side of their nifty
3D voice map.)

  Also, please don't kill me if this has been hashed to death, cause I
looked first and couldn't find it. Will this True Voice do anything
bad to data communications?


Ken Kopin     Internet: [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Nick Sayer)
Subject: Re: AT&T Lying, TV a Fake & Other Slander
Organization: The Duck Pond public unix: [phone], log in as 'guest'.
Date: 27 Sep 1994 15:56:51 UTC


[e-mail] (John J Butz) writes:

> Folks must be a little tone deaf.

No, we just have an aversion to fraudulent advertising.

> I can tell right away when TrueVoice is on my call or not.

[snip]

That's not the issue. True Voice may very well be a nice thing.
Personally, I don't care one way or another, since I listen more to
what the person on the other end is _saying_ than how he sounds, but
again, that is a digression from the real issue here.

> I don't disagree that the TrueVoice television ads have a lot of that
> Madison Avenue glitz (ie. back-up singers belting in when True Voice
> activates, 3D spectrographs, sharply dressed and intelligent AT&T
> employees ... like myself :-|, etc.), but it's really not fair to
> state that what is heard on a TV set, is what will be heard on a phone
> handset.  To that end, I noticed that ads are labeled "Simulated
> TrueVoice Effect."

That merely carries the point home. How can you simulate a slight bass
boost by changing from telephone quality audio to full broadcast
quality stereo? No, that ad was not a simulation of True Voice.
Hence their labeling it as such merely piles on more True Fraud.


Nick Sayer <[e-mail]>  N6QQQ @ N0ARY.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NOAM
[phone], log in as 'guest' URL: http://www.kfu.com/~nsayer/

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Tony Kennedy)
Subject: Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice
Date: 26 Sep 94 18:44:45
Organization: SCRI, Florida State University


Steve Cogorno <[e-mail]> writes:

> This is no more of a lie than MCI saying in their Friends and Family
> II commercials that the average cost of a long distance call costs
> half as much as it did ten years ago (before the Bell breakup).  Then
> the Rep says "Who do you think was responsible for that?" Hundreds of
> people shout out "MCI!"

> BUT they fail to mention that it was the breakup of the Bell System
> which lowered these call costs. (Which also increased the cost of
> local calls by a large percentage.)

I thought that the breakup of the Bell System was (at least partially)
a consequence of a lawsuit brought by MCI. I am sure Pat would love to
enlighten us at length on the details of the lawsuit (was it an
antitrust case?), and the relative importance of AT&T's desire to
enter other marketplaces versus MCI's desire to compete equally in the
long-distance market. Surely, however, it is not unreasonable to claim
that MCI was in part responsible to the Bell breakup, which in turn
was in part responsible for the reduction in average long distance
prices.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: It was handled as an antitrust case
with the United States Justice Department doing battle with AT&T. There
were a lot of angles to the case, and there had been litigation with
MCI at one time or another in the past also. There were several active
players and a number of theories as to who benefitted the most.  PAT]

------------------------------

From: opel!vk2bea![e-mail] (Michael G. Katzmann)
Subject: Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice
Date: 27 Sep 94 14:19:18 GMT
Reply-To: opel!vk2bea![e-mail] (Michael G. Katzmann)
Organization: Broadcast Sports Technology, Crofton. Maryland.


In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Nick
Sayer) writes:

> AT&T's latest "True Fraud^H^H^H^H^HVoice" ad has reached a new low in
> deceptive practices.

> They then engage in a before and after. At the point of change, the
> following all happen:
>   The volume jumps up by probably 20-30 dB.
>   A choir jumps in and starts accompanying the singer.
>   The singer hits a high point in the song.
>   The attenuated bass is put back.

> The result is a beautiful, broadcast-quality stereo sound.

I don't know about the choir (maybe that's due to the mystical
experience), but "True Voice" does up the average level and equalizes
the LF. (See many previous articles in comp.dcom.telecom) So comparing
the two passages, one does get the idea of what T.V. does.  As far as
the control room stuff goes, that's Madison Avenue for you.  It
reminds me of a story that Robert Lucky told in IEEE Spectrum many
years ago.  The ad agency wanted Cliff Robertson to do an advertisment
with engineers hard at work in the background, however when the
engineers assembled for the assigned task, the producer didn't think
they looked like engineers and replaced them all with actors!  We
engineers "don't get no respect"!!!


Michael Katzmann  ( NV3Z / VK2BEA / G4NYV )
Broadcast Sports Technology Inc.
Crofton, Maryland. U.S.A.
[e-mail]

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From: Clarence Dold <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Coming Soon: Son of 800
Organization: a2i network
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 12:02:53 GMT


Greg Monti ([e-mail]) wrote:

> A brief article in {Business Week} magazine, September 26, 1994, issue
> under the name "I-Way Patrol" and entitled "Coming Soon, Son of 800,"
> says that the 800 code is running out of telephone numbers.

> 800 numbers went from zero in 1967 to to 3.1 million in 1993.  The
> one-year step from 93 to 94, brought it to 4.1 million numbers.  The
> capacity of the code is supposedly 7.6 million numbers, which will be
> reached by 1996.

The SMS, keepers of the 800-database, sent out a notice recently,
using these same numbers, requesting that "unused" 800 numbers be
returned to the pool, while they figure out what to do.

Seems that one of the newly available 8xx NPA would be the most
sensible.  888 sounds like a good one to me.


Clarence A Dold - [e-mail]
                - Pope Valley & Napa CA.

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Subject: Re: Coming Soon:  Son of 800
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 14:20:55 BST
From: Clive D.W. Feather <[e-mail]>


Quoth Greg Monti:

> 800 numbers went from zero in 1967 to to 3.1 million in 1993.  The
> one-year step from 93 to 94, brought it to 4.1 million numbers.  The
> capacity of the code is supposedly 7.6 million numbers, which will be
> reached by 1996.

Why isn't the capacity ten million? Since no-one has local calls from
800 numbers, why can't every possible number be used?

After all, in the UK we have numbers like 0800 000 000 and 0345 123 456.


Clive D.W. Feather     | Santa Cruz Operation
[e-mail]          | Croxley Centre
Phone: [phone] | Hatters Lane, Watford
Fax:   [phone] | WD1 8YN, United Kingdom


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: While what you say is true, I think
someone felt consistency with the other 'area codes' (in how prefixes
and suffixes were used) was more important, at least back when the
800 code was first established. This need for consistency in numbering
therefore does not allow 800 to have any more combinations than any
of the others.   PAT]

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From: [e-mail] (Glen Ecklund)
Subject: Re: "Cost of Call" Indication?
Date: 27 Sep 1994 11:59:27 GMT
Organization: University of WI, Madison -- Computer Sciences Dept.


[e-mail] (Lee Ziegenhals) writes:

> I'm wondering whether there is any work being done on a real-time
> display of the cost of a call.  I'm thinking of something like a display
> on your telephone that shows the cost of a call in progress.  It would
> be updated continuously (except for fixed-cost calls) until you hang up.
> I'd like to see this for all types of metered calls, whether local
> metered, long distance, 900 numbers, etc.

One problem is that neither the local telco nor the LD carrier would
probably find this in their interest.  They don't want to encourage
you to hang up sooner.


Glen Ecklund     [e-mail]   [phone] Office, 262-1204 Dept. Sec'y
Department of Computer Sciences        1210 W. Dayton St., Room 3355
University of Wisconsin, Madison       Madison, Wis. 53706  U.S.A.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Its the same kind of thinking where online
commercial services are concerned: you never see a clock -- digital or
otherwise -- displayed right on your screen in front of you all the time
with the elapsed time and charges. You can ask for the detail of course
through some menu item, but it will never be on display on the top or
bottom line of your screen. They don't want you to become discouraged or
eager to disconnect.  Perhaps you have noticed also that very few taverns
have a clock on the wall readily visible to patrons. They want you to
take your time and stay awhile longer.    PAT]

------------------------------

From: Antoin O Lachtnain <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: "Cost of Call" Indication?
Organization: University of Dublin, Trinity College
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 17:34:44 GMT


In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Lee
Ziegenhals) writes:

> The "NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls" thread got me
> to thinking about how to tell whether a call is costing you LD charges
> or not.  With my telephone company, a LD toll call is always preceded
> by a '1'.  I've gotten rather used to it, and I'd miss it if I moved
> somewhere where it wasn't done that way.

> I'm wondering whether there is any work being done on a real-time
> display of the cost of a call.  I'm thinking of something like a display
> on your telephone that shows the cost of a call in progress.  It would
> be updated continuously (except for fixed-cost calls) until you hang up.
> I'd like to see this for all types of metered calls, whether local
> metered, long distance, 900 numbers, etc.

> Implementation at the local loop shouldn't be too difficult.  ISDN
> would be relatively easy since the rate information could be passed
> over the D channel.  For POTS lines, the rate information would have
> to be transmitted somehow at the beginning of the call, perhaps using
> a technology similar to what's used for CID.

> Is such a thing feasible?  I know absolutely nothing about how billing
> systems are implemented within the telephone network.  Is this
> information even available in real time to the local telephone
> company?  For that matter, am I the only one who would find this
> useful? :-)

In Europe, (at least in Ireland and the UK) you can get a service
hooked up so that a pulse is sent from the exchange to the phone, over
the regular POTS line, to tell the phone that a new billing unit has
been accrued to the bill.

This is mostly used in payphones -- whenever the payphone gets the
pulse, it demands more money from the user. But I have also heard of
it being used to keep track of the bill.

I must say that I don't think it'd work very well if there were a
choice of service providers, 'cos they'd all be likely to have
different unit values. Transmitting the information from the service
provider's exchange to the local exchange might also present a
problem.


Antoin O Lachtnain,   Trinity College, Dublin.  mail: [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Jonathan)
Subject: Re: "Cost of Call" Indication?
Date: 27 Sep 1994 00:32:12 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park


One possible solution to the toll-alerting controversy is to allow
each individual customer to decide whether or not he or she wants
toll-alerting.  When somebody orders new service, then the phone
company can ask, "Do you want us to require you to dial 1 plus the
area code before all non-local calls?"  On pay phones 1+ alerting is
probably not necessary because if calls are toll then a voice asking
for money comes on the line.  Also, the phone book can explain that
whether or not you dial 1 plus the area code before an intra-NPA
long-distance call depends on your request.

If this complicates things too much, then let me be on the record as
being in favor of requiring 1+ before toll calls, including 976 and
similar premium services.

Telephone companies probably won't bother with a cost-of-call display
because this may reduce their revenues.  With the advent of competition
such an idea is not so far-fetched, however.

There is one way to get indication of call-cost when you make the
call: dial 0 plus the area code and the number and ask the Operator
for "Rates and Charges."  Remain on the line after the call is over.
The operator will quote the cost of the call.  There is a substantial
extra charge for this.

A better way is to ask the phone company for the rate before calling,
and then to use a stopwatch and a calculator.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Ole Hellevik)
Subject: Re: "Cost of Call" Indication?
Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 15:28:44 GMT


Lee Ziegenhals ([e-mail]) wrote:

> I'm wondering whether there is any work being done on a real-time
> display of the cost of a call.

It has been available (for a quarterly fee) in Norway for as long as I
can remember, a little box next to the phone with two counters, on
resettable, one not, indicating number of 'periods' (One period always
has the same price whether the call is local or LD, but the length in
time would be different.)  This box would receive a pulse from the
local switch when you enter a period, and would in effect be parallell
with a similar counter in the local exchange.

This box is most common in places where people other than the
subscriber would use the phone, such as the lunch room in a small
company.  Before making a call, an employee would reset the counter,
and after the call place one krone (approx price per period) for each
period displayed, in a piggy bank next to the phone.


Ole C.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (David Newman)
Subject: Re: "Cost of Call" Indication?
Date: 27 Sep 1994 15:52:38 GMT
Organization: Dept of CS&E -- University of Nebraska-Lincoln


As one who has done some work on the billing/measurement part of a
local telco's end of long-distance call-handling, I can tell you that
at present this in *not* technically feasible.  When the entire world
is connected via SS7/AIN and everybody in the world agrees to share
their databases with each other and when speeds increase to the point
where the so-called "database dip" wouldn't slow connection time to a
crawl, then it may happen -- but don't hold your breath.

This is not meant as a flame.  The question is reasonable enough, but
the implementation of the solution is definitely not, considering that
quite a few local telcos are still using mechanical switching on the
local loop (my employer included).  Even in a more up-to-date
environment, the billing rates are generally applied to the time and
duration of the call, using the records generated by the particular
switch -- long after the call is history.


David M. Newman                      [e-mail]
Programmer/Analyst                   Perpetual Student
Consolidated Telephone Co.           University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Peter Knoppers)
Subject: Re: "Cost of Call" Indication?
Date: 27 Sep 1994 16:32:37 GMT
Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering


You've more or less described the telephone cost counter as it has
been available here in the Netherlands for at least 25 years. For a
fee of DFL 1 per month, the phone company sends a you signal when the
next cost unit (DFL 0.15) starts. The signal that can be detected and
counted by a simple counter. This counter can be bought or rented from
the phone company, or bought elsewhere. Some PBXs can detect and count
the signal.  Pay-phones also operate using this signal.

For the technically inclined:

The cost pulse is a short AC common mode signal, about 60 Volts, about
50 Hz. Duration of the pulse is about 0.5 seconds. Normal phones are
immune to common mode signals, therefore you should not be able to
hear it.


Greetings from Delft, the Netherlands

Peter Knoppers - [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 94 07:13:49 GMT
Subject: Re: "Cost of Call" Indication


        Depending on the circumstances, much of this information is
not available to the local telephone company at all.  Unless the IXC
is billing you on your LEC bill, the local telephone company will
never get any information on what the charge is.

        In fact, if competition in intraLATA toll is allowed in your
area, the other company may wish to prevent the LEC -- a
competitor -- from even knowing what rate they are charging you.

        Even your local telephone company ordinarily does not have
information about its own calls in real time.  Its information is in
the form of called and calling number, connect time, disconnect time.
After the information reaches the Accounting Department -- or whatever
it's called now -- these entries will be matched with each other, the
rate period determined, and the charge calculated.  Usually the local
telephone company is not allowed to charge different rates to
different customers, but other carriers are, and it may be in the
future the LEC will also have freedom to cut deals, in which case they
would tend to regard those rates, too, as proprietary information, and
certainly would hesitate to disclose them in real time without a
non-disclosure agreement.

       As far as 900 services go, they are usually billed by the
service provider at whatever rate they choose to set through an IXC,
so the local telephone company here is at least two companies away
from where the charge originates.

       Local measured service in most places is provided on the basis
there is no detail billing.  Where detail billing is available, it is
usually an extra cost option.


Wes Leatherock      [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 09:16:00 -0400
From: niall gallagher <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: "Cost of Call" Indication?


Call Metering (known as Periodic Pulse Metering, PPM, or Subscriber
Premises Metering, SPM) is used extensively outside North America.
Each meter pulse provides the user with an indication that one charge
unit has been consumed.

For analog lines the pulse can be sent using (a) 12 KHz tone, (b) 16
KHz tone, or (c) a 50Hz balanced tone. Each market tends to have
specific requirements for tone level and duration. For ISDN, there is
a service call Advice of Charge, which provides similar functionality.

The reason that North America never adopted PPM goes back to the
initial philosophy of call billing. In North America, it was the
standard practice for local calls to be unmeasured or flat-rate and
for all long distance calls to be charged. The customer was provided
with an itemised bill listing all the calls and the amount charge. Any
billing dispute could be discussed on the basis of the itemised bill.

In Europe and European-influenced markets, all calls were charged and
long distance was not itemised.  Before modern SPC switches, the meter
pulses were generated at a transit exchange and were counted be
mechanical counters at the local exchange. Each month, the PTT would
take a photograph of the subscribers' meter and send this as input to
the billing process. The subscriber got a bill saying that they had
used nnn units -- please pay xxx.

In order to assuage feelings that they were being overcharged, the
PTTs offered the metering pulses to the subscriber's premises --
real-time indication of call costs. Instant gratification; although as
Pat says, this indication of call costs did tend to reduce usage and
was not marketed hard by the PTTs.

Billing philosophies are changing now (new equipment, competition etc.)
and many PTTs (or PTOs as they now like to be known) provide itemised
bills. Some even offer this as a no-charge service!


Regards,

Niall Gallagher       [e-mail]
Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 10:04 EDT
From: [e-mail] (John R Levine)
Subject: Re: "Cost of Call" Indication?
Organization: I.E.C.C., Cambridge, Mass.


> I'm wondering whether there is any work being done on a real-time
> display of the cost of a call.

No.  Toll billing in North America has always been retrospective.
That is, at the time of the call they collect the raw data on times
and number called, but they don't actually compute the price until
they send you the bill.  Indeed, with various volume discount plans,
there's often no way to know what the price will be until the end of
the month anyway.  Furthermore, (as has been noted in a forum in the
Digital Dungheap That May Not Be Named Here) in many cases the IXCs
and LECs are now and will shortly be in competition, and the IXC
really does not want to give the LEC per-call pricing info.

Outside North America, real time pricing is trivial, because the
billing is done with impulses.  Each impulse costs the same (on the
order of a dime in European countries) but the time you get for one
ranges from 15 minutes for a local call at night to a second or two
for an international call during the day.  The impulse can be
superimposed on the subscriber's phone line, and mechanical impulse
counters have been available for decades.


Regards,

John Levine, [e-mail], [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Sam Spens Clason)
Subject: Re: "Cost of Call" Indication?
Date: 28 Sep 1994 12:52:35 GMT


In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Ole Hellevik) writes:

> Lee Ziegenhals ([e-mail]) wrote:

>> I'm wondering whether there is any work being done on a real-time
>> display of the cost of a call.

> It has been available (for a quarterly fee) in Norway for as long as I
> can remember, a little box next to the phone with two counters, on
> resettable, one not, indicating number of 'periods' (One period always
> has the same price whether the call is local or LD, but the length in
> time would be different.)  This box would receive a pulse from the
> local switch when you enter a period, and would in effect be parallell
> with a similar counter in the local exchange.

Same thing in neighbouring Sweden.  Until a couple of years ago all
calls were measured in 0,29 krona units, just as in Norway.  But
nowadays everything except local calls is either billed by the second
or has a fixed price-tag (calling a pager is 1,5 or 6 krona "flat
rate").  This applies to ~2/3 of the Swedish PSTN.  I don't know if
the old unit measurers understands this kind of billing.

Knowing the exact cost is nice, but knowing what kind of call (local,
long-distance, etc) is halfway there.  It would help avoiding surprises
and give a rough estimate of the cost.

In Australia (I was there three years ago) the exchange tells you what
kind of call you're placing.  Calling within an area codes doesn't
necessarily mean that you're placing a local (flat rate) call.  Having
dialed a long-distance call (STD?)  there is an "STD-tone" before the
call goes thru so the customer knows.

The ideal is of course is that the customer could switch this service
on and off at will.  Couldn't this be implemented quite easily?  Does
it still exist in Oz; does it exist anyhwere else?


Sam   <A HREF="http://www.nada.kth.se/~d92-sam/">Sam Spens Clason</A>

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From: [e-mail] (Brian Totty)
Subject: Re: Cellular Digital vs. Analog
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Mountain View, CA
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 08:54:31 GMT


In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Ron
S. van Zuylen) writes:

> I'm looking for some feedback on digital cellular service.  Cellular
> One in the San Franscisco Bay Area has recently lowered their digital
> service prices to an acceptable level; it is slightly lower than the
> analog service now.  They are also in the process of increasing their
> digital coverage.

I bought a Motorola 950 Digital two days ago.  I wanted a cellular
phone, and the dual-mode phone can do analog anyway, so it seemed like
a reasonable idea.  The Cellular One promotions made the decision for
me.  Their "digital flex plan" has lower monthly and per minute rates
than most analog plans, and the price is the same whether you connect
in digital or analog mode.

I haven't used the phone enough to have too many observations.  Both
analog and digital seem clear in the Palo Alto -> San Jose area.
However, I did do a test, calling my office phone in both analog and
digital modes.  I made a sound in one phone and listened in the other.
Analog mode delivered the sound nearly instantaneously while digital
mode had a noticable delay.  The delay's not as bad as satellite
latencies, but it is mildly irritating.  Perhaps a tenth of a second?

I actually wanted to wait until the Motorola Micro TAC deluxe digital
phones became available, with tactile ringer, etc. but these are
apparently behind schedule, and I wasn't sure how long the Cell One
promotion would last.


Brian Totty     Silicon Graphics, MS 580
2011 N. Shoreline Blvd   Mountain View, CA 94043-1389
email: [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 08:58:15 EST
From: Alex Cena <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Cellular Digital vs. Analog


[e-mail] (Ron S. van Zuylen) wrote:

> I'm looking for some feedback on digital cellular service.  Cellular
> One in the San Franscisco Bay Area has recently lowered their digital
> service prices to an acceptable level; it is slightly lower than the
> analog service now.  They are also in the process of increasing their
> digital coverage.

Do you know how much they are increasing their footprint and over what
time frame?  I thought the footprint was only the Bay Bridge and parts
of Hwy 101.  If they are willing to price it below analog, it tells
you a little bit about how much its worth relative to analog.  As the
old saying goes "If its not worth paying for, then..."

> Is it truely "improved cellular service" or is it more of a benfit to
> the service provider?  (Less frequency bandwidth, correct?)

Cellular One or Bay Area Cellular is owned 51% by McCaw and 49% by
AirTouch and is composed primarily of infrastructure from Ericsson,
which only has TDMA-based equipment.  CDMA-based equipment is
available from Motorola, AT&T and Northern Telecom.

The benefit for the carrier is increased call capacity of up to 3x per
voice channel in a TDMA environment and 10x-20x in a CDMA so they can
amortize the cost of the infrastructure over a broader base of
subscribers.  CDMA offers the additional benefit of requiring fewer
cell sites than an analog network, resulting in up to 60% savings in
site acquisition costs.

Based on a marketing study conducted by Ameritech using focus groups
comprised of their high usage customers, most users rated analog as
either worst than analog or as good as analog, while most CDMA rated
very good relative to analog.

The comment I hear most often even from TDMA proponents is that "the
voice quality is getting better and is almost as good as analog."  The
benefit to you however, is increased call privacy when you are using
the phone in a cell with the service.

So why is McCaw, Bell South, Southwestern Bell rolling out TDMA if
CDMA has the benefits of increase call capacity, cost savings and
improved call quality.  It was time to market and capacity
constraints.  The first CDMA service in the US will first become
available starting in the first half of 1995 from carriers such as US
West, AirTouch, Sprint, GTE and NYNEX.

Having said that, my "personal" opinion would be to buy a good analog
phone instead.  BUT, don't take my word for it.  Borrow a digital
phone from someone and drive around and make a decision for yourself.
Just be sure you are using it in a digital cell otherwise you may
think you are on a digital voice channel when you are really on an
analog.


Regards,

Alex M. Cena, Lehman Brothers, [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 02:54:00 +0100
From: ERU ERUDYG <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Cellular Digital vs. Analog


> Is it truely "improved cellular service" or is it more of a benfit to
> the service provider?  (Less frequency bandwidth, correct?)

I have been workig with TDMA digital systems throughout North America
for over two years, mostly with system optimization (from an RF and
performance standpoint). I would say that TDMA digital is truely
improved cellular service for the provider and the end user, here are
some reasons.

1) Security. It is MUCH more difficult for amateur scanner junkies to
listen to your phone call. There are very few devices available, and
those that are are quite expensive (QUITE EXPENSIVE). Not that the
coding and air-spec are secret, but with the need for the special RF
detectors, VoCoders, etc. I think the price is to expensive for the
average scanner hobyist.

2) Special Services: Look for special services in the near future for
subscribers with dual-mode (TDMA/AMPS) phones. The technology makes much
more available to subscribers with the right equipment. (Can't give any
specific comments at this time)

3) Battery Life: Your phone only transmits 1/3 the time in digital mode.
Although the battery life is not increased three-fold over analog, it is
extended notably (I think 1.5 to 2.5 times, depending on model of phone,
when your phone is operating in digital mode).

4) Robust communication in low signal areas: There are two things which
ruin voice quality on analog and digital from an RF standoint,
Interference, and Low signal strength.  Both Analog and Digital have about
the same (+- 3dB C/I) degredation when comes to interference. But when it
comes to low signal strength (for instance: in building), my experience is
that TDMA digital kicks ass. Obviously, there is no static, and with
limited interference, I have staved off the effects of a low quality
digital call at signal levels lower than -100dBm.

5 Whats good for the operator can also be good for you: Even you said the
price on digital service is a tad lower than analog service in San Fran. I
would expect this trend to continue.


Dan Goldberg

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Mark Solsman)
Subject: Re: Motorola Digital Cellular Phones
Date: 28 Sep 1994 00:41:05 GMT
Organization: Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC


In article <> [e-mail] (Brian Totty) writes:

> In the absence, would some kind soul be willing to post about what my
> choices are for digital phones (especially the Motorola phones), as
> well as any info on when lightweight "vibracall" phones might be
> available?  I would very much appreciate it!

Well, I will list all the digital handheld phones I know of.  I have
some limited information on each phone, so email me if you would like
to hear it.

DIGITAL PORTABLE PHONES:
Blaupunkt TC-242   11.2oz   ?
DiamondTel DT25X   10.8oz   $995
Ericsson DH-398    12.0oz   ?
Ericsson DH198     11.6oz   ?
GE DT-400          11.6oz   ?
Hughes P8100       11.6oz   $995
Motorola Mic Dig Lt 7.9oz   ?
Nokia 2120          8.3oz   $899
Qualcomm CD-7000   12.2oz   ?
Technophone TD815   8.3oz   $899

The prices are MSRP.

I got my Nokia 2120 for < $400 from Cellular World 800-TALK-NOW

I have no connection with any of the above.  I state where I got my
phone from, how much, and the telephone number only to prevent people
from emailing me with such questions.  I mention Cellular World
because if you call them, they will assist you.  They are not always
the least expensive.  (Hughes M6100 cell world=$350, cell one
washington dc = $275)


Mark Solsman                                 Building 1, Code 5160
United States Naval Research Laboratory      [e-mail]
Washington, DC                               [phone]

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 00:44:10 PDT
From: Steve Edwards <newline![e-mail]>
Reply-To: Steve Edwards <newline![e-mail]>
Subject: Distance Between Two Points


One of my current projects involves calculating the distance between
two points on the Earth (or at least within the continental United
States).

My initial thought was to use the V & H data from the telco. I
discussed this with a friend who knows more than I. He says that the V
& H tapes give the coordinates of "rate centers" which would not give
me the resolution that I need.

I need to tell the distance between a subscriber and the local doctors
and hospitals. Thus, I need accuracy down to a very small number (like
one mile).

I've got the TIGER database from the US Post Office. This tells me the
longitude and latitude of a single ZIP+4 delivery point. Thus, I
should be able to tell the distance between you and your neighbor
(assuming I have ZIP+4 for both of you).

My problem is that I need the algorithm to calculate the distance between
two points given the longitude and latitude of the points.

I've exhausted my library and that of the local bookstores. I think it
involves something called "great circle navigation" and can be
simplified by converting the longitude and latitude into radians. Any
clues would be greatly appreciated. Email would be preferred since it
cuts a day off your reply.


Thanks in advance,

Steve Edwards       Internet: [e-mail]      Voice: [phone]
Newline               CompuServe: 73677,3561           Fax: [phone]

------------------------------

Subject: Telrad Key-BX
From: drharry![e-mail] (Alan Boritz)
Reply-To: uunet!drharry![e-mail] (Alan Boritz)
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 07:08:13 EDT
Organization: Harry's Place - Mahwah NJ - [phone]


Would anyone be familiar with this dinosaur?  Would anyone be familiar
with what kind of maintenance port it has and how to program it? Better
yet, would anyone have programming documentation and/or instruments
with which they might want to part?


[e-mail]  or  uunet!drharry!aboritz
Harry's Place (drharry.UUCP) - Mahwah NJ USA - [phone]

------------------------------

Date: 28 Sep 1994 07:42:07 EDT
From: McRae, Stuart <[e-mail]>
Subject: Fax DID Technologies - What is E&M


I am researching technologies to allow DID use with the Fax Modems we
currently use for inbound fax routing. One solution I have founded
uses an interface called "E&M" which is available on some PABXs. It
appears to be some sort of variation of the DID protocol used for
telco lines.

Can someone explain what the E&M interface is, who defines it, where I
can get the definition, and how it works?

Also, our fax modems can support "DTMF" routing. Ascom in the UK
recently announced a FaxRouter which uses a basic rate ISDN connection
to the telco and an analog connection to two fax modems using DTMF.
This allows us to use our current fax modems for inbound routing (or
any other modems that support DTMF).

Are there any other products which will do this? Do any PABXs have the
capability to generate DTMF in this way? Are there any vendors offering
other DID solutions (anywhere worldwide, PABX based or stand alone)
which will connect to a fax modem supporting DTMF?


Thanks,

Stuart McRae   Lotus Development

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Walt Lillyman)
Subject: Ameritech to Offer SLIP, PPP; What's Their Correct WWW?
Date: 28 Sep 1994 14:05:22 GMT
Organization: University of Missouri-St. Louis, Continuing Ed., Microcomputers


Iparaphrase from {PC Week}, 9/26/94, page 59:

Ameritech of Chicago (one of Illinois' telephone providers) is
offering Internet access sevices including SLIP, PPP and ISDN to
corporate customers.  They'll eventually offer these to individual
customers.  Individual SLIP/PPP access "will cost $20 to $30".  The
article gives Ameritech's WWW server address:

http://www.qads.net

I can't connect to this site.  DNS can't resolve the address.
Does anyone know the correct WWW server address for Ameritech?


Thanks,

Walt Lillyman, [e-mail]
University of Missouri, St. Louis
College of Arts & Sciences, Continuing Education-Extension: Microcomputers

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 18:12:02 EDT
From: Bob Keller <[e-mail]>
Subject: FCC Reort on LD Carrier Code Assignments


FCC RELEASES REPORT ON LONG DISTANCE CARRIERS AND THEIR CODE
ASSIGNMENTS

     The FCC has released the latest available data on the number of
long distance carriers offering equal access to the public and the
geographic areas they serve.  Also included in this report is
information on Carrier Identification Codes, 900 service, and 800
service.

     In addition, the report contains data on the number of Carrier
Identification Codes assigned, a list of companies with codes, and
their respective code assignments.  The report shows the number of 900
codes assigned by Bell Communications Research and the carrier holding
each code as of June 30, 1994.  Similar information is shown for 800
service as of April 30, 1993, just before 800 portability.

     The report is available for reference in the Industry Analysis
Division Reference Room, Common Carrier Bureau, 1250 23rd Street N.W.,
Plaza Level.  Copies may be purchased by calling International
Transcription Services, Inc. (ITS, Inc.)  at [phone].  The
report can also be downloaded from the FCC- State Link computer
bulletin board at [phone].

For further information, contact Katie Rangos [phone].


Robert J. Keller, P.C. (Federal Telecommunications Law)
<[e-mail]> Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]
4200 Wisconsin Ave NW #106-261 Washington DC 20016-2146
finger me for info on F.C.C. Daily Digests and Releases

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Wolf)
Subject: ATM OC Specifications
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 19:21:47 EDT
Reply-To: [e-mail]


Could you or any of your readers point me to or give me information
about the OC-XX data transfer rates for ATM?  I'm looking for the
technical specification of how OC-XX is accomplished on a particular
line.


Christopher Wolf, consumer of time, occupier of space.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (StevenF624)
Subject: New 800 Services
Date: 27 Sep 1994 21:09:01 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)


Arch Telecom adds new "Dealer Locater" and "Fax-on-Demand" service to
it's feature rich 800 service. Call their demo FOD line @ 1.800.882.1826
and reqest documents:

Dealer Locater  Doc# 6064
Fax-on-Demand  Doc# 6061
All features  Doc# 6065


Steve Friedlander 1.800.ARCHTEL


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Yes indeed, Arch is another good one where
enhanced 800 service is concerned. Unlike years ago when all you could get
in the way of 800 service was a dedicated line terminated at your premises
with an 800 number (and that still seems to be all the big three carriers
offer for service), now all kinds of variations are available, including
having your 800 number forwarded to you wherever you are at, and other
services such as Steve describes in this message. If you don't yet have
an 800 number, or are using one of the old, plain types from AT&T, Sprint
or MCI, I strongly recommend you check out Arch or one of the other newer
and smaller players. Their rates are quite competitive.    PAT]

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Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    DirectlineMCI (Stephen Goodman)
    Re: Cellular Digital vs. Analog (Mark Solsman)
    Re: FBI Wiretap Bill -- WTF? (Paul Callahan)
    Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice ([e-mail])
    Recommendation V.34 is Now in Force (Fernando Lagrana)
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    Re: "Cost of Call" Indication? (Henry Wertz)
    Re: NYNEX Eliminated Roam Charges (David Sheafer)
    Re: Okay, So I Want to Start My Own Local Telco ... How? (Paul Robinson)

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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 94 15:18 EST
From: Stephen Goodman <[e-mail]>
Subject: DirectlineMCI


IMMEDIATE RELEASE                       Contact: David Sutton
                                        MCI Business Markets
                                        [phone]

           MCI TO PROVIDE NATIONWIDE 'FIND ME/FOLLOW ME'
               COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE FOR BUSINESS

               'directlineMCI' Integrates Phone, Fax,
                   Cellular, Voicemail and Paging
                    for the Mobile Professional

        ATLANTA, GA, September 27, 1994 -- MCI today announced plans
to launch an innovative voice communications service that will give
business people the ability to manage multiple communications and
messaging services through a single telephone number. MCI's new
offering, directlineMCI, will provide the most comprehensive
integrated communications service available for the mobile
professional.

        The new product, directlineMCI, works by linking all messaging
services -- standard telephone, cellular service, fax, voice mail and
paging needs -- to a single 800 number. With directlineMCI, business
people can manage time efficiently, while remaining accessible to
customers, coworkers and family.  Its "find me/follow me" service is
unique in that it can be accessed anywhere, for domestic or
international calls, and at any time through MCI's ubiquitous network.

        Said John Donoghue, vice president of marketing,
"directlineMCI is the all-in-one business card number of the future.
No longer will a realtor, doctor, sales executive, home-based
entrepreneur or other business person have to list as many as three or
four 10-digit numbers on their business card. This product offers
business customers a competitive differentiator for staying in touch
with their most valued customers, prospects and colleagues."

                                How it Works

        Each subscriber to directlineMCI is provided a unique 800
number. The subscriber establishes the desired routing plan for
incoming calls and can, at any time, change the call routing sequence
to accommodate special situations.  A subscriber can program up to
three different telephone numbers that directlineMCI would try in
order to connect the caller.

        For example, a busy manager may program the system to first
try their own office number. If there is no answer, the system could
then try the subscriber's cellular phone and then the home phone if
necessary, and in any sequence the subscriber prefers.  If the system
is unable to locate the subscriber after trying the final number in
the sequence, the call can be routed to a prompt that allows them to
select either voice mail or paging options.

        A typical example may have calls entering the directlineMCI
platform answered by an initial greeting before any attempts are made
to locate the subscriber.  This lets the caller know that they have
dialed the correct number and informs them how the call is being
handled.  Subsequent attempts in the call sequence are also announced
to the caller to let them know the system is still trying to locate
the subscriber.

         Unique Service Features Include Fax and Voice Mail

        As an added advantage, directlineMCI eliminates the
frustrations of missed fax messages and the inability to receive faxed
information in a timely manner or at a remote location. The service
allows subscribers to receive faxed messages at any time and to
retrieve the messages when it is convenient.

        Callers are able to send faxes to a subscriber's directlineMCI
number without any caller interaction. The system immediately
recognizes fax tones and routes the call to a fax mailbox where the
fax is stored for later retrieval. Fax messages can be sent from
regular fax machines, PCs equipped with fax capable modems or from
e-mail systems. Faxes can then be retrieved later and can be routed to
both a regular fax machine or to a PC equipped with a fax modem.
Callers can also attach a voice message to the fax to note or detail
pertinent information.

        Also, directlineMCI also incorporates a voice mail capability
to store caller messages when the subscriber is unable to answer their
calls personally. This feature provides the ability to define a
"community of interest" that allows users to share voice mail
messages, therefore utilizing directlineMCI as a network-based voice
mail system. Subscribers can forward voice mail messages to other
individuals or they can broadcast them to a number of individuals
within their group.

        Other key features of directlineMCI include alternate routing
functions, call screening, music-on-hold and call queuing.

             directlineMCI Targets Home-Based Businesses
                     and Mobile Professionals

        MCI said directlineMCI has been designed to address the needs
of today's highly mobile and communications-intensive business
environment. The home office market alone is growing dramatically,
with the number of home office and telecommuting households expected
to increase from 8.5 million in 1993 to 13.5 million in 1996. Because
this group tends to move back and forth between the office and home,
they own a higher proportion of laptop computers, modems, beepers and
fax machines.* The potential benefits to these and other businesses
that use directlineMCI are many.

        Companies that have a requirement for real-time access to
their most mobile employees will benefit from directlineMCI.  Home
office workers, travelling executives, regional salespeople, realtors,
service technicians, telecommuters, physicians, health care workers
and others will enhance the ability to provide professional,
personalized service to their most important callers.

        And, callers benefit by eliminating "phone tag" when
attempting to complete their most urgent calls. Also, the convenience
of fax store and forward with voice message attachment simplifies and
reduces notification and follow up regarding faxes. Plus, callers have
only one number to record and remember when attempting to communicate
with the subscriber.

        Added Donoghue, "directlineMCI's real-time, 'find me/follow
me' features mean that business people will never again miss an
important call. The service is as easy to use as your television
remote control. By pressing a series of simple key strokes on a
pushbutton phone, you take control of your communications."

        MCI said directlineMCI is scheduled for availability to U.S.
businesses in December. For more information on directlineMCI, call
1-800-570-7870.

        With 1993 revenue of nearly $12 billion, MCI Communications
Corporation is the one of the world's largest communications
companies. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., MCI has more than 65
offices in 58 countries and places.  The company's Atlanta-based MCI
Business Markets provides a wide range of communications and
information services to America's businesses, including networkMCI
BUSINESS, long distance voice, data and video services and consulting
and outsourcing services.


* Source: the Yankee Group

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Mark Solsman)
Subject: Re: Cellular Digital vs. Analog
Date: 28 Sep 1994 00:25:39 GMT
Organization: Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC


Well, I would advise you to be very careful with digital service.

I am a subscriber to digital phone service from Cellular One of
Washington DC.  I recommend that digital service is not meant for
handhelds.  Sure, it is great at extending battery life (almost 2x in
digital mode), but it is near impossible to hold a conversation.

With analog service, when you get lousy reception, you get static.
Digital service offers a no-static solution.  When there is lousy
reception, there is nothing, not even voice.  Your called party should
be told that you are using the new digital service and there are times
in which they will not hear you at all.  The digital phones even go
into half-duplex mode whenever you are not camping under a tower.

There is also the risk that you will become the victim of a network
weenie.  In Washington DC Cell One tests their digital service by
switching it on and off again and again.  One day my Nokia switched
from analog to digital and back six times before I was finally dropped.
I was within 1/2 mile from the tower.

I don't think that it is a telephone problem, since this is the third
phone I have had.  All act the same way.  Cell One says it is the
phone, and Nokia says that I must live in a fringe area.  (I'll invite
them to DC sometime.)

But don't let me slam the digital system too much.  There are alot of
advantages of digital service.  Some are caller id, selective call
accept / reject, encryption, message wait light, ability to program
and control call forwarding and call waiting from the handheld.  Of
course, don't think of asking for these features.  They arn't real in
my network.  Cellular One customer service needs education on these
services, and their network engineers need a deadline.

It is also neat to hear your voice get digitally distorted when your
signal gets lousy.  And how can I forget -- sometimes, if you are
lucky, you can hear your own echo up to 1.5 seconds later!  Try and
keep focused on what you are saying when you can hear yourself echo a
second later.

All in all, I recommend to wait for the technology to mature a little
bit.  Of course, if my network would offer a $300 offer I may just do
it now, but with a three watt phone.  In my opinion, today's cellular
network is built on a three watt model.  Every time you hear static on
your handheld, that is where you wouldn't hear what your calling party
is saying.

Of course you could always do what I have learned to do -- switch your
dual-mode phone into analog mode.

And if you plan on purchasing a phone, shop around.  The prices quoted
in this thread's origional article were extremely high.  You may want
to try to call Cellular World @ 800-TALK-NOW.  There is also Unplugged,
located in CA.  They offer nationwide activation prices.  I have no
connection with either company, except being a happy customer.  If you
call Cell World, ask for Sean; he is good.

And if anyone wants to purchase a Nokia 2120 used, drop me a line.  I
wan't to switch back to my old 3 watt OKI.  (I also hate my Mitsu 4000).

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:

> In my search, I have found very few digital phones.  A Motorola Flip
> (similar to the DPC-550), a AT&T 6650, and a Technophone (which seems
> to be the AT&T unit in a different case).  These units are all around
> 10 ounces.  There is also a top-of-the-line (~$1250) Motorola Elite
> with everything the Ultra Lite has and more (and even weighs less); I
> haven't seen this unit.

The Motorola Flip is huge.  A technophone isn't an AT&T, but a Nokia.
A Nokia 2120 weighs around 8oz, and is less that $400 activated.


Mark Solsman                                 Building 1, Code 5160
United States Naval Research Laboratory      [e-mail]
Washington, DC                               [phone]

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 27 Sep 94 16:05:22 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Paul Callahan)
Subject: Re: FBI Wiretap Bill -- WTF?


A scattering of thoughts here:

1.  Why does everyone think the FBI is the prime, *and* only mover
here?  As I recall, there are other feds who don't need no stinkin
warrant, and they *do* want to have a neat, national, way to intercept
calls.

Sure Rockwell is building a several million sq feet building in DC,
it's got their name on it?  Right?

2.  I'm sure many nasties understand the difficulties of following a
cellular call, and use it.  The FBI is not going to say, the present
investigation of Joe Mafia is hurtting 'cause we can't follow all his
calls.  They can only talk about past cases.  And, do they ever want
to say who they have tapped, and failed, or just not gotten any info ...

3.  POTS is still easy to get to, the many ways listed, but what of
business?  My wife's small business talks T1, all lines.  That's the
way GTE (or any name here) wants it, less copper, perhaps no copper.
I work at a much larger company, and none of our regular lines are
analog outside our buildings.  We talk dirrect to a switch, and it's
fairly common.

Even avoiding the nasty point regarding the un-blemished record of
only legal, criminal, investigations the FBI has done -- they would
have a bit of a problem hooking up to one of our ISDN phones.  They
COULD, but with complex equipment (well, I'd say T1 is a bit down from
SONET, but outsiders would be a bit perplexed).  So, how complex does
our police equipment need to be (can they understand *how* to use it)
and how should they tap a digital business line?


Paul Callahan

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Jonathan)
Subject: Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice
Date: 27 Sep 1994 17:04:54 -0400
Organization: Rutgers University LCSR


opel!vk2bea![e-mail] (Michael G. Katzmann) writes:

> In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Nick
> Sayer) writes:

>> The result is a beautiful, broadcast-quality stereo sound.

> I don't know about the choir (maybe that's due to the mystical
> experience), but "True Voice" does up the average level and equalizes
> the LF. (See many previous articles in comp.dcom.telecom) So comparing
> the two passages, one does get the idea of what T.V. does.  As far as
> the control room stuff goes, that's Madison Avenue for you.

One thing that you have to realize (and since it isn't mentioned in
either post above, one can presume you may not be aware of it) is that
many (but not all!) television stations muck around with the audio
they broadcast -- they compress the audio track down so that the volume
between, say, background noise and an explosion, is not that different.

One could suspect that they enhanced the audio of the call to work
around this quirk.  The time-based spectrum 'analysis' of the signal
in the commercial might be more demonstraative of what they were
trying to accomplish.  Didn't they up the volume range as well as
perform bass boost?

By the way, the  True Voice Demo (1-800-932-2000) has a new voice,
and isn't Tom Selleck anymore.


Jon

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 08:46:22 CET
From: [e-mail] (Fernando Lagrana)
Subject: Recommendation V.34 is Now in Force
Organization: International Telecommunication Union


I am glad to inform the telecommunication community that ITU Members
have formally approved the four Recommendations submitted to their vote
in TSB Circular 82. Thus, Recommendations V.8, V.18, V.34, V.58 are
now in force.

My service (editing) is currently fine tuning the manuscript for
publication (taking into account the last comments of our Members;
aligning the three versions - English, French and Spanish; finalizing the
layout according to our publication rules, etc.). I plan to have those
four Recommendations published before the end of October.


Regards from Geneva,

Fernando Lagra
International Telecommunication Union
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau

Editor, Catalogue of Recommmendations
Coordinator, Electronic Document Handling

Internet: [e-mail]
Voice:    + 41 22 730 58 94
Fax:      + 41 22 730 58 53
X.400:    SURNAME=lagrana, PRIVATE_DOMAIN=itu, ADMIN_DOMAIN=arcom,
COUNTRY=ch

------------------------------

Subject: Wanted: FAX Software For UNIX Recommendations
From: System Operator <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 10:19:15 EDT
Organization: American Cryptogram Association


Hello,

I'm looking for recommendations on FAX software for HP-UX 9 (UNIX) on
9000/800 series machines.  I'm familiar with Devcom's FaxFX, and am
not happy with the support.  I'm looking for solid, quality software
that is supported very well.  One of our major clients receives 350 to
400 faxes per day, each of which is multiple pages of technical
drawing specifications.  It is critical for this customer to receive
clear faxes all day, every day.

If you have had good experience with a solid Fax package that would
run and is supported on a Hewlett-Packard 9000/800 series machine
under HP-UX, please e-mail at [e-mail].

Thanks for your time.


Dan   [e-mail] (System Operator)
Cryptography, Security, Privacy BBS  [phone]   Data/FAX

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 11:37:00 -0400
From: andrew lavigne <[e-mail]>
Subject: OSI OM-Related Tools


I've been looking for information on the availability of OSI Object
Model Management-related toolkits and compilers (ASN.1/GDMO compilers,
object class inheritance display tools, browsers, etc).

Does anyone know of such tools and/or where I can get more information
on them?

Thanks in advance for any information.


Andrew Lavigne    [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 27 Sep 94 11:57 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Kenneth G. Rehor)
Subject: List of CO Types Wanted


Pat,

I recall hearing that Bellcore sells a list of all Central Office
switch types on a diskette. Do you know how I can get this?


Thanks,

Ken Rehor    [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Bob Allison)
Subject: Re: The Industry of the Future?
Date: 27 Sep 1994 12:57:28 -0500
Organization: WorldWide Access - Chicago Area Internet Services 312-282-8605


> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well Sid, there is absolutely no doubt
> in my mind that the changes in the telephone industry over the past
> decade have never been seen before and will never be seen again. Even
> with the massive reductions in work force over the past decade, telco
> still remains the largest employer anywhere. Trying to simply grasp the
> numbers involved is difficult. Where do you think it will go from here?
> Will there still be further cutbacks, or 'downsizing'?  Will it finally
> get to the point all the telcos in the world eventually employ only
> a dozen or so people among them with the computers doing all the rest
> of the work?   PAT]

I would imagine that if they can, they will find a way to have the
entire phone compnay be made up of computers, plus a few marketers,
accountants, and lawyers, with an outside advertising agency, and
'temporary' repair workers, who can be fired when their pay reaches a
certain point.  When they get voice recognition down, the directory
assistance operators will get kicked out.


ASCII ART FTP: ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow - InterNet group: rec.arts.ascii
Email and requests: [e-mail] - ASCII ART FAQ finger: [e-mail]
WWW: <a href=http://gagme.wwa.com/~boba>-- Bob Allison's Home Page --</a>

------------------------------

From: Henry Wertz <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: "Cost of Call" Indication?
Date: 28 Sep 1994 03:48:23 GMT
Organization: U of Iowa Panda System
Reply-To: [e-mail]


In note <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Lee
Ziegenhals) writes:

> The "NYNEX Makes You Dial '1' For Same Area-Code Calls" thread got me
> to thinking about how to tell whether a call is costing you LD charges
> or not.  With my telephone company, a LD toll call is always preceded
> by a '1'.  I've gotten rather used to it, and I'd miss it if I moved
> somewhere where it wasn't done that way.

> On the other hand, it seems the idea of a toll call is rather vague
> these days.  A call might be "local" but still be metered in some way,
> either due to a special prefix or just metered local service.

> I'm wondering whether there is any work being done on a real-time
> display of the cost of a call.  I'm thinking of something like a display
> on your telephone that shows the cost of a call in progress.  It would
> be updated continuously (except for fixed-cost calls) until you hang up.
> I'd like to see this for all types of metered calls, whether local
> metered, long distance, 900 numbers, etc.

     I don't think it is actually too likely. The phone companies
have lots of switches, and there are lots of phones, and the phone
company really wouldn't want to have to change all this stuff.  I have
seen lots of modem programs that kept logs of time, and some also
calculate the cost by well ... multiplying the time by rate 8-).

     I would figure it would be *much* easier for the phone
manufacturers and phone company to make phones with a little processor
that listens in on the tones, and runs it through a number parsing
program ... "that is a 555 ... that's $.15/minute.  That's local, no
charge.  That is operator, $2.00 flat charge."  etc.. Either make it
easy enough so you can set in in, or have the local phone cos do it on
request. Now this wouldn't work for 900's, but for most things it
would work fine.  You could set a microprocessor to detect LD even on
the seven digit LD places

> Implementation at the local loop shouldn't be too difficult.  ISDN
> would be relatively easy since the rate information could be passed
> over the D channel.  For POTS lines, the rate information would have
> to be transmitted somehow at the beginning of the call, perhaps using
> a technology similar to what's used for CID.

     Well, here, if the other person is quick with the phone, you can
have an answer without a ring ... there isn't necessarily time for the
phone company to transmit that type of information.

> Is such a thing feasible?  I know absolutely nothing about how billing
> systems are implemented within the telephone network.  Is this
> information even available in real time to the local telephone
> company?  For that matter, am I the only one who would find this
> useful? :-)

     I'd find it useful too ... not as big a problem here with 1 + ten
digits for all LD, even within area code but would still be good to
have to know the exact rates.

------------------------------

From: David Sheafer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: NYNEX Eliminated Roam Charges
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 07:41:46 -0500
Organization: Delphi ([e-mail] email, 800-695-4005 voice)


In regards to the NYNEX eliminating the daily roaming fees, they have
also established a total of three rates that will be charged to NYNEX
Mobile customers:

Roaming charges via Nynex; in NY State and New England $.59/minute

                     in Southern NJ through Philadelphia to Washington
                     DC                          $ .79/minute

                     The rest of North America   $ .99/minute

With NYNEX's automatic Call Delivery in just about all of New England
and I believe it now extends to BAMS plus their follow me roamiing
capability in 99% of the B carriers that are not on Call Delivery yet,
I think this is a great service, and now will not have to worry where
I will and will not get charged that $3.00 daily fee as it doesn't
exist, have any other carries done anything similar?


David Sheafer   [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 05:57:33 EST
From: Paul Robinson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  Okay, So I Want to Start My Own Local Telco ... How?
Organization: Tansin A. Darcos & Company, Silver Spring, MD USA


Peter Rukavina <[e-mail]> wants to know how to set
up a cooperative telephone company for a small group within a rural
area.

I can give him some ideas but if he's looking for something not very
expensive he's going to have a problem.

Average rule of thumb for a company deciding to put in its own PBX is
US $1000 per line plus about US $4 a month per line to cover damage to
equipment.

Since he's talking about an area of about 12 people, he could probably
get one of those inexpensive office PBX systems that sell for about US
$2000 to handle 16 stations.  He would then have to have the other
telephone company supply him with enough trunk lines based on average
usage, say two or three incoming and outgoing, plus phone numbers.
Either they would provide a connection like they would to a foreign
telephone company or they would provide a DID connection (I'm not
exactly certain of the technical background, for all I know a
connection to another telephone company's trunks is the same as a DID
connection).

If most of the calls in the area are to the people in that group, then
the internal PBX will provide better service; if the problem has been
insufficient lines for the people in that area to call the outside
world, this isn't going to help much.

The next step is to write or purchase a set of tariff schedules, which
even for a small company will require at least a 2 1/2" three-ring
binder, covering such matters as liability, service charges, etc.
Then you have to file these tariffs with the state (and pay filing
fees) unless your service is considered so small that it doesn't have
to file (with less than 50 subscribers it probably doesn't, but don't
depend on that).

Then you have to figure how some of the usual services are going to be
provided.  When someone dials "0" is it going to come into an
operator's console in your living room or do you get the other
telephone company to provide operator services?  Who is liable if
someone runs up $8,000 in long distance calls to Zanzibar?  Is it a
cooperative where the telephone subscribers are the owners or is it a
non profit organization or is it a for profit corporate entity?

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (yes, Agriculture) handles certain
controls over rural electric and telephone companies and they may be
worth contacting for information as to how things are done here.
(Mainly because rural utilities are entitled to certain subsidies and
special loans.)

You might want to see if there's a Canadian organization handling
rural utilities and cooperatives, if any such thing exists.


Paul Robinson - [e-mail]
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Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    T1<->23 or 24 BRI Equipment? (Bob Ames)
    Switch to Sprint Check/ *Must* Keep Them 160 Days (D. Castillo)
    EDI Billing (Rajiv Gupta)
    What Is # Called? (Wes Leatherock)
    MF Digit Grabber Wanted (Paul Cook)
    RI Installs Speed-Bumps For the Information Superhighway (Michael Deignan)
    UDI vs RDI in ISDN ([e-mail])
    Internet en Mexico (Robert L. McMillin)
    Revenue Sharing Between Operators in a Network (Sharad Ketan)
    Help CCITT 16kb/s LD-CELP G728 (Ya-di Lin)
    UC Berkeley Short Courses on Broadband Communications (Harvey Stern)
    Call For Papers: Malaysian Communications Conference (Mazlan Abbas)
    Need Amp to Boost DTMF Strength ([e-mail])
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From: [e-mail] (Bob Ames)
Subject: T1<->23 or 24 BRI Equipment?
Date: 30 Sep 1994 10:37:39 -0700
Organization: Creative Computer Solutions


What is available to connect two remote offices via T1?

Ideally, I'd like to use a T1 on each end and provide:

*) Intercom service,
*) TCP/IP traffic (Ethernet),
*) (One/Several?) ISDN S/T or U lines.  I'd like to be able to use
   ISDN phones on one end and on the other end connect to the
   Intercom system or to the LD Company via POTS or ISDN.  Or to
   use, say, a Waverunner on one side and get thru the T1 to the
   main office, and then routed into the Ethernet on the other side.
*) Anything else ISDN provides, like FAX.

Do I need a PBX for all of this?  Certainly some kind of switch-like
routing seems necessary.

Perhaps just a device which converts T1 into 24 ISDN B channels,
and looks like an ISDN switch and provides, say, some S/T jacks.

How much traffic can fit on an S/T?  For example, can I put all 24 B
channels on the S/T bus concurrently without degradation or failure?
(I doubt it)


Bob Ames
UNIX & Telecom Administrator
Creative Computer Solutions
[e-mail] <<address change<< -or- [soon] [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (D. Castillo)
Subject: Switch to Sprint Check/ *Must* Keep Them 160 Days
Date: 30 Sep 1994 11:42:23 -0600
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque


I just got one of those $50 "cash this and Sprint will be your LD
company." checks.  I had gotten one from ATT about one month before,
and cashed that one, planning to switch back to MCI as soon as I was
switched to ATT. I carefully read all the small print on the ATT
check, and it was just standard stuff.

Now this Sprint check has in fine print under the endorsement line "I
agree to remain with Spring for a minimum of 180 days".  Is this
legal? I was under the impression that no long distance company could
force you to keep them as your carrier.  I want to cash this check as
reimbursement for having to watch Candice Bergen over and over again,
and then switch back to MCI.  Is there any (legal) way they can go
after me if I cash it and switch to MCI anyway? Once the check is
cashed, they can't take their $50 back, so what are they going to do?
Sue me?  (what's the number for the FCC folks?)

Any input/experiences would be appreciated!


David     [e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: They are not forcing you to use them
as a carrier or keep them any certain period of time. They are saying
if you AGREE to remain that period of time then you can have the money
in exchange for your AGREEMENT.  Yes, there is a legal way they can
'go after you' if you switch carriers after accepting their money and
agreeing to their contract (as shown by your signature):  they can sue
you for violation of your contract with them. Easiest thing in the
world. Now, will they in fact sue you for fifty dollars?  No probably
not. Most deadbeats and con-artists don't get sued for that small an
amount; they just get put on a list of people to not deal with again.
Sprint can list you with credit reporting agencies as a person who does
not keep his word.  It is perfectly legal in business to require some
minimum period of time under which the parties are obligated as part
of the deal. Telcos are no exception to this. AT&T and MCI both have
customers getting special deals in exchange for their agreement to
some period of time the agreement will be in effect, etc.

Where, in the past, the 'agree to service, cash a check, immediatly
switch service' scam has been marginally legal has been in the absence
of a minimum period of service agreement as part of the deal. It looks
like Sprint has wised up.  In the past here, we have discussed also
the illegality of tampering with the endorsement on the back of the
check, i.e. scratching out any references to agreements to change,
putting down phalse telephone numbers in an effort to decieve the carrier,
etc. I would point out that if you erase or render illegible the
reference to the 160 day minimum period required then you have a few
more problems than that of dead-beating simple; now you've got a federal
rap to deal with also, that of mail fraud and bank fraud. You certainly
have the right to strike out that requirement and return the check *to
the party who sent it to you* asking that the terms be re-negotiated
in your favor, but you do not have the right to cash the check deliberatly
knowing that you have no intention of living up to the contract.

And what's this about the FCC?  You actually want their number so *you*
can complain about Sprint? You think the FCC is going to tell you its
okay to defraud a long distance carrier and commit mail fraud and bank
fraud in the process?  If I were you, under the circumstances, I would
want to keep my distance from the FCC. Should Sprint choose to file a
complaint about you and the others who pull this scam, the FCC might
make certain recommendations to the Justice Department, if you get my
drift ...

Sounds to me like the carriers have found a new way to combat this
form of petty larceny by requiring six month or longer contracts as part
of the deal. But congratulations David, yours was the funniest letter I
have recieved this week. Too bad you lose.     PAT]

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 29 Sep 94 23:25:27 PDT
From: qdov01::[e-mail]
Subject: EDI Billing


Hi,

I am looking for info on EDI Billing; what structure is followed etc.

Can anyone help me with inputs and if possible details of exsisting
service providersoffering distributed EDI services over multiple PRMDs.


Rajiv Gupta
Manager - Telecom
Digital Equipment (India) Limited
Tel  - ++91-11-3715324/5/6
FAX  - ++91-11-3322399
Email [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Wes Leatherock)
Date: 30 Sep 94 07:16:52 -0500
Subject: What Is # Called?
Organization: FidoNet Nameserver/Gateway


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Where were these people when we covered
this topic completely in the Digest about five years ago in a special
issue dealing with the 'Octothorpe'?     PAT]

 -=> Quoting Patrick Hoepfner [e-mail] <=-

 PH> In article <[e-mail]>,
 PH> [e-mail] wrote:

 > In article <[e-mail]>
 >            [e-mail] "Craig Williamson" writes:

 > > >Rattlesnake Stu ([e-mail]) wrote:
 > > >: -] >The airlines call it a "Cross of Lorraine".  I know not why.

 > > >What's wrong with octothorpe?

 > > Well that works except that many people would look at you and say
 > > "Huh?"  I would think that you could call it the number sign since it
 > > used for that also.

 PH> I agree.  But another problem is that takes to long to say.  When
 PH> calling out a Un*x regular expression how many times do you hear people
 PH> say "bang" rather than "Exclamation Point".  I think the same goes for
 PH> "octothorpe" or "Cross of Lorraine" versus something like "pound".  And
 PH> since Un*x permeates the net (for better or worse) it is in more common
 PH> usage that other "national" languages here.  And besides, "octothorpe"
 PH> doesn't even show up in my dictionary.  How many people are going to
 PH> know what it is?

 > I always call '#' Hash. Isn't that what it is?

        While those reading this newsgroup undoubtedly are very Unix
literate, etc., much of the world is not.  Every system I have ever called
with a voice response unit, such as those used to route calls to departments
or extensions, banks' systems that allow you to get your balance, lists
of transactions, etc., and various other functions, always call it the
pound sign.

        I am pretty well resigned to calling it the pound sign because,
after all, I rarely have occasion to use any word to describe it on the
computer (I simply hit the key or read the symbol), but I often have
occasion to use voice response units.

           ... [text deleted] ...

 PH> .... But
 PH> whenever I see the * symbol I think of the mark left by a bug on a
 PH> car's windshield!  Once it gets in your mind it is kind of hard to
 PH> forget it.

         That symbol is always called "star" in voice response units I
have listened to.

         As far as the exclamation point goes, it does not occur on
voice response units because there is no key for it on a touch tone
telephone, so the only time it has to be called anything is when you
are *talking* to another computer user.  So "bang" is as good as
anything there.  ("Bang" is not limited to Unix users; MS-DOS users
call it that, too.)

         (But if you're talking to a writer, editor, printer, typesetter,
etc., you'd better call it an exclamation point.  They don't understand
"bang".)


Wes Leatherock
------------------------------

Date: Fri, 30 Sep 94 12:25:00 EST
From: Proctor & Associates <[e-mail]>
Subject: MF Digit Grabber Wanted


I'm looking for a hand held MF Digit Grabber, a device that can
display MF (not DTMF) digits monitored on a trunk.

Can anyone point me to a manufacturer?


Paul Cook                          206-881-7000
Proctor & Associates          MCI Mail 399-1080
15050 NE 36th St.             fax: [phone]
Redmond, WA  98052-5378     [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Michael P. Deignan)
Subject: RI Installs Speed-Bumps For the Information Superhighway
Date: 30 Sep 1994 16:28:16 GMT
Organization: Population Studies & Training Center


Here's the latest from our fine RI legislators:

General Laws Pertaining to Telecommunication Licensing

RIGL 5-69 Withstanding the exceptions contained in section 5-69-7 of
the general laws of the state of RI -- only licensed telelcommunications
contractors, licensed telecommunications system technicians, and
licensed telecommunications system installers shall engage in, or
design, install, alter, service, or test telecommunication systems in
the state of RI.

Categories requiring licensure are as follows:

    Data communications
    Telephony
    Video Communications
    Sound

A "grandfather period" is in effect from July 12, 1994 until January
12, 1995, after that date all applicants for licensing must pass a
written examination.

I guess you have to be licensed to sell modems in computer stores now.


MD

The best way for Bill Clinton to keep his legal fees down is to keep
his pants zipped up.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 23:00:26 -0500
From: perpetual psycheness <[e-mail]>
Subject: UDI vs RDI in ISDN
Organization: Texas Metronet, Internet for the Individual  214-705-2901 (info)


In the world of ISDN, what exactly does UDI and RDI mean?  And when
would a person know which one to use?  (e.g. you try making a UDI call
and then realize that it doesn't work, so then you try RDI?  What kind
of indications does the network use to determine what to do?)

I think that UDI is supposed to be a 64kbps clear channel xmission
(and I think you can have an RDI call over a trunk conditioned for
UDI).  And I think that RDI means that the data is restricted in the
sense that you can't have some number of contiguous 0's, which
effectively reduces the maximum bit rate to 56kbps, right?  But then,
could you try sending data at 64kbps for an RDI call or is one of the
bits for each channel used to keep sync (I'm assuming this is over T1
type trunks for RDI; I guess E1 type trunks don't have this problem
and are 64kbps clear channel trunks by nature?).

But, 64kbps or 56kbps doesn't necessarily mean UDI and RDI, respectively,
does it?

And how does rate adaption come into the picture?  Is it possible to
have 9600bps data stream rate adapted up to 56kbps for RDI?  or up to
64kbps for UDI?  Is V.120 or V.110 common in the U.S.?  What is
commonly used overseas?  What are the advantages of V.120 over V.110
or are there not any?

A lot of questions...  ;)
Thanks for any information you can provide....

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 30 Sep 94 09:31 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Robert L. McMillin)
Subject: Internet en Mexico


Perhaps of some interest to the readers of this forum.  I've heard of
a few people wanting Internet access across the border.  Here's one
provider.

  ------- Start of forwarded message -------

  From: [e-mail] (Lic. Silvia V. Vargas Gutierrez)
  Newsgroups: la.forsale
  Subject: INTERNET EN MEXICO
  Date: 29 Sep 1994 15:13:32 PST
  Organization: CERFnet Dial n' CERF Customer


    Solo una breve nota para notificar a todo el mundo que Internet
ya esta en MEXICO.

    Si estas interesado pide informes a:

            [e-mail]

    o a los telefonos:

            (525) 211 22 82
            (525) 211 23 91

                          -------------------

Just a brief note to tell everybody that now you will be able to connect
to Internet in Mexico. If you are interested drop an email:

            [e-mail]

    or by phone:

            (525) 211 22 82
                        (525) 211 23 91

  ------- End of forwarded message -------

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (sharad ketan)
Subject: Revenue Sharing Between Operators in a Network
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 94 12:26:52 GMT


Hello Everybody,

    I am interested in knowing the process of revenue sharing
between telecom operators in a network which has two or more
operators. Actually this information is required for the Indian
network which till now had only one (Govt. controlled) operator. But
now private operators are also allowed in the network.

    For revenue sharing between different operators, some
additional data should be required to be stored at both the ends of
interworking telecom switches. I feel that the data should at least
include the total time duration, number of calls. Should it include
per call parameters like time of seizure, units charged, duration of
calls etc.? Or any other data?

    Thanks in advance for any info/pointers.


[Sharad Khetan]       [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Ya-di Lin)
Subject: Help CCITT 16kb/s LD-CELP G728
Date: 30 Sep 1994 13:04:00 -0400
Organization: Rutgers University


I am looking document and sample source code for CCITT 16kb/s LD-CELP
G728.

Any help is appreciated!


Eddie

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Subject: UC Berkeley Short Courses on Broadband Communications
Date: 30 Sep 1994 18:14:11 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley


U.C. Berkeley Continuing Education in Engineering Announces Two Short
Courses on Broadband Communications

SONET/ATM-BASED BROADBAND NETWORKS: Systems, Architectures and Designs
(October 19-21, 1994)

It is widely accepted that future broadband networks will be based on
the SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) standards and the ATM
(Asynchronous transfer Mode) technique.  This course is an in-depth
examination of the fundamental concepts and the implementation issues
for development of future high-speed networks.  Topics include:
Broadband ISDN Transfer Protocol, high speed computer/network
interface (HiPPI), ATM switch architectures, ATM network
congestion/flow control, VLSI designs in SONET/ATM networks.  This
course is intended for engineers who are currently active or
anticipate future involvement in this field.

Lecturer: H. Jonathan Chao, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Brooklyn
Polytechnic University.  Dr. Chao holds more than a dozen patents and
has authored over 40 technical publications in the areas of ATM
switches, high-speed computer communications, and congestion/flow
control in ATM networks.

GIGABIT/SEC DATA AND COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS: Internetworking,
Signaling and Network Management (October 17-18, 1994)

This short course aims to provide a general understanding of the key
issues needed to design and implement gigabit local and wide area
networks.  The topics are designed to compliment those covered in the
SONET/ATM-Based Broadband Networks course (above).

Topics include: technology drivers, data protocols, signaling, network
management, internetworking and applications.  Specific issues
addressed include TCP/IP on ATM networks, design of high performance
network interfaces, internetworking ATM networks with other network
types, and techniques for transporting video over gigabit networks.
This course is intended for engineers who are currently active or
anticipate future involvement in this field.

Lecturer: William E. Stephens, Ph.D., Director, High-Speed Switching
and Storage Technology Group, Applied Research, Bellcore.  Dr.
Stephens has over 40 publications and one patent in the field of
optical communications.  He has served on several technical program
committees, including IEEE GLOBECOM and the IEEE Electronic Components
Technology Conference, and has served as Guest Editor for the IEEE
Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.


For more information (complete course descriptions, outlines,
instructor bios, etc.) contact:

Harvey Stern
U.C. Berkeley Extension/Southbay
800 El Camino Real Ste. 150
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 30 Sep 94 16:15:54 PDT
From: [e-mail] (mazlan)
Subject: Call For Papers: Malaysia Communications Conference


              Welcome to Langkawi Island, Malaysia
                        Call for  Papers
                            MICC'95
2nd IEEE Malaysia International Conference on Communications 1995
                  Langkawi Island, Malaysia
                      November 20-23, 1995
            * Communications - Gateway to Global Village *


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

General Chairman:
    Borhanuddin Mohd Ali,
    Universiti Pertanian Malaysia ([e-mail])
Vice Chairman:
    Nor Haminuddin Abdul Manaf,
    Jabatan Telekom Malaysia
Technical Program:
    Mazlan Abbasv,
    Universiti Teknologi Malaysia ([e-mail])
Secretary and Finance:
    Nor Kamariah Noordin,
    Universiti Pertanian Malaysia ([e-mail])
Publicity and Publication:
    Mohd Zarar Mohd Jenu,
    Universiti Teknologi Malaysia ([e-mail])
Public Relations and Local Arrangement:
    Kamaruzzaman Seman,
    Universiti Teknologi Malaysia ([e-mail])
Tutorial Session Chairman:
    Ahmad Hairi Abu Bakar,
    Institut Teknologi Mara
Committee Members:
    Ahmad Fadhil Hani, Universiti Sains Malaysia
    Dzaharuddin Mansor, Celcom
    Malay R. Mukherjee, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia
    Tham Weng Hoa, Binariang
    Zainal Aripin Zakariah, Telekom Malaysia Berhad
    Zulkifli Hassan, Celcom

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
    H. Akimaru, Asahi University, Japan
    S. Duranni, Computer Science Corporation, USA
    A. L. Garcia, University of Toronto, Canada
    F.  Halsall, University College of Wales, Swansea, UK
    I. Ismail, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
    A. Jhunjhunwala, IIT Madras, India.
    B. Kapilevich, , Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
    A. Lazar, Columbia University, USA
    B. Mukerjee, UC Davies, USA
    Z. Niu, Tsinghua University, People's Republic of China
    D.E. Pearson, University of Essex, UK
    R. Prasad, Delft Technical University, Netherland
    T.A. Rahman, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
    H. Saito, NTT, Japan
    J. M. Senior, Manchester Metropoliton University, UK
    R.  Steele, University of Southampton, UK
    T. Suda, UC Irvine, USA

YOU ARE INVITED to submit original extended abstract addressing topics
of interest for presentation at the conference and for publication in
the conference proceedings. Submissions should be in-depth, technical
papers describing communications research an d development results.

TOPICS may include, but are not limited to:

* Switching, Transmission, and Signalling
* Lightwave   Systems and Networks
* Optical Devices
* Network Protocols and Architectures
* Personal Communications Networks and Systems
* Wireless Data Communications
* Radio Propagation and Channel  Modeling
* Antennas and Arrays
* Satellite and Mobile Communications
* Network Management and Testing
* Video and Audio Compression and Coding
* Signal Processing for Communications
* VLSI for Communications
* ATM Systems , Services and Networks
* Testbeds and Trials of Networks and Services
* Routing and Control of Congestion, Admission and Flow
* Intelligent Networks and Operations

Presenters for tutorial sessions on Optical Communications, Mobile
Radio Communications and Broadband ISDN are very much welcome.

INSTRUCTIONS

The title page of submission must include:

(a)     the name, complete return address, telephone and fax numbers
of the author to whom all correspondence will be sent and email (if
possible)
(b)     an extended abstract (1000 words)
(c)     the designation of the Technical Subject Area (see listing
above) to which the paper is mostly closely related. Send two (2)
copies of the manuscript, in English to:

    Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mazlan Abbas
    MICC'95 Technical Program Chairman
    Faculty of Electrical Engineering
    Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
    Jalan Semarak, 54100 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
    Phone:[phone] , Fax:[phone]
    Email: [e-mail]

SCHEDULE
  Presenters  for  tutorial sessions:    November 15, 1994
  Extended Abstract:        March 1, 1995
  Notification of Acceptance Mailed: May 31, 1995
  Camera-Ready Copies Due:    September 1, 1995

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (htc)
Subject: Need Amp to Boost DTMF Strength
Date: 29 Sep 1994 20:31:50 -0700
Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access [phone]


I need an inexpensive in-line amplifier circuit capable of boosting dB
level of DTMF generated from newer ("non-network") telephone sets
(mfg'd by Panasonic, Sony,...)  Telephone sets connect to a PBX board
(in IBM PC) that causes a slight loss of signal strength.  Usually
only column 2 (i.e. 2,5,8,0) is too weak.  Any suggestions/help or
schematics would be greatly appreciated.  fax: [phone]


TIA,

CHRIS ([e-mail])
[e-mail]  Public Access User --- Not affiliated with Teleport
Public Access UNIX and Internet at [phone] (2400-14400, N81)

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Ed Martini)
Subject: Zmodem For Sparc, no XWindows
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 23:50:59 GMT


I'm looking for a simple program to use to upload and download binary
files over a modem connected to a serial port of a sparcstation.  I
tried pcomm, but I had a lot of problems compiling, and even more
trying to connect.  If someone has a working sparc binary of pcomm,
I'd be interested.


Ed Martini   Senior Software Engineer
Digital Video Systems  Sunnyvale, CA

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Florence M. Hurley)
Subject: Help Needed With Meredian 9216
Date: 30 Sep 1994 14:28:27 GMT
Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland


Can anyone tell me of any hidden menus or a diagnostics mode on this
phone?  I know there is such a mode but can't find it anywhere ...


Florence F. Hurley    [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 09:57:42 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Mass Telecom Conference


TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS R & D IN MASSACHUSETTS

Conference Date: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25,1994
Conference Time: 7:30AM-5:30PM
Held at:         UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL
                 ONE UNIVERSITY AVE. LOWELL, MA
Contact:   Katherine Raphaelson, Executive Director
           Massachusetts Telecommunications Council
           [phone]


THE CHALLENGE: Technology Convergence. Massachusetts is recognized as
a leading international center for innovation in telecommunications
research and development.  How do our industry and university research
laboratories stack up against the competition to design, build,
navigate, and lead the way down the future Information Superhighway?

PURPOSE: The Massachusetts Telecommunications Research and Development
Conference will focus on innovative research and technical
developments in telecommunications.  The purpose is to provide a forum
for universities, industry and government to disseminate information
on the results of ground-breaking work impacting future applications.

FORMAT: There will be three components to the conference: addresses,
technical presentations and panel discussions focused on key areas in
telecommunications research.

INVITED SPEAKERS: William F. Weld, Governor, Commonwealth of
Massachusetts will open the conference by discussing "The Future of
Telecommunications and the Massachusetts Economy"; Dr. Robert Kahn,
President of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives and a
nationally known expert on telecommunications, will give the keynote
address titled "Enabling the National Information Infrastructure" and
Edward M. Kennedy, United States Senator, Massachusetts, will speak to
the attendees on "Creating the Communications Future in Massachusetts".

TECHNICAL SESSIONS: A series of technical sessions will cover seven
important areas and will feature research scientists from Massachusetts'
leading universities and industrial labs discussing their current work
in a panel format. Proceedings including submitted papers and abstracts
will be distributed to the registrants.

SCHEDULE:

|------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 7:30A|                                                             |
|------|                       REGISTRATION                          |
| 8:00A|                                                             |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 8:30A|                                                             |
|------|                        BREAKFAST                            |
| 9:00A|                  Governor William Weld                      |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 9:30A|                                                             |
|------|                      Dr. Robert Kahn                        |
|10:00A|                                                             |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|10:30A|                           BREAK                             |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|11:00A|               |               |             |               |
|------|  Audio/Spch I | Scrty/Prvcy I | Wireless I  | Multimedia I  |
|11:30A|               |               |             |               |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|12:00N|                                                             |
|------|                                                             |
|12:30P|                           LUNCH                             |
|------|                     Senator Edward Kennedy                  |
| 1:00P|                                                             |
|------|                                                             |
| 1:30P|                                                             |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2:00P|               |               |              |              |
|------| Audio/Spch II | Scrty/Prvcy II|              | Multimedia II|
| 2:30P|               |               |    Appls I   |              |
|------|-------------------------------|              |--------------|
| 3:00P|             BREAK             |              |     BREAK    |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 3:30P|               |               |    BREAK     |              |
|------|               |               |--------------|              |
| 4:00P|               |               |              |              |
|------|  Wireless II  |  Broadband I  |              | Protocols I  |
| 4:30P|               |               |   Appls II   |              |
|------|               |               |              |              |
| 5:00P|               |               |              |              |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 5:30P|                                                             |
|------|                        RECEPTION                            |
| 6:00P|                                                             |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------|

AUDIENCE: Conference attendees will include corporate executives, research
scientists, industry analysts, technology students, entrepreneurs, and
investors.

TECHNICAL TRACKS:

TRACK 1.  Applications Layer Support, Chairs: Laszlo A. (Les) Belady,
Mitsubishi Electric Res. Laboratory and Ron Ribitzky, UMASS Medical
Center/Worcester

Topics includes: PAX agent system:  ATM support for telemedicine; ATM/SONET
access technology; business intelligence software; collaborative design; home
health care; medical information infrastructure; quality of service models;
multimedia and telecomputing in the factory; discrete event simulation;
transactional data inference; models for high variability in data traffic.

Speakers include:  F. Vitallano (VMX Technologies); J. R. Nicol, et al (GTE
Laboratories); J. Babish, et al (Raytheon); P. Puzzanghera, et al (Legacy
Technologies); R. Lechner (UMASS/Lowell); R. Chiang (Merimack College);
R. Ribitzdy, et al (UMASS/Worcester); I. Goldstein (Open Software Foundation);
B. Lock (Hewlett Packard); R. Greenes (Harvard Medical School/Brigham &
Women's Hospital); C. E. Wills (WPI); H. Liu (UMASS/Dartmouth); P. Kolak
(UMASS/Lowell); P. Varhol (Rivier College); S. Mulpur, et al (UMASS/Lowell);
K. Chandra (AT&T Bell Laboratories); L. Jones (UMASS/Lowell); P. E. Wirth
(AT&T Bell Laboratories).

TRACK 2.  Audio and Speech Processing, Chairs: Charles Thompson, UMASS/Lowell
and Mark Randolph, AT&T Bell Laboratories

Topics include:  speech recognition; production and coding; analysis of
teleconferencing environments; acoustic devices for teleconferencing; audio
and video teleconferencing; teleconferencing applications.

Speakers include: J. West (AT&T Bell Labs); C. Thompson, et al (UMASS/Lowell);
M. Randolph (AT&T Bell Labs); R. McGowan (Haskins Laboratories); T. Horrall
(Acentech); R. Malvar (Picture Tel); B. Allen (Multilink); D. Baker (Dragon
Systems).

TRACK 3.  Wireless Information Networks, Chairs: Kaveh Paahlavan, Worcester
Polytechnic Institute and David R. Oran, Digital Equipment Corporation

Topics include:  discrete multitone modulation; over the horizon
communication; mobile and personal communications; advanced vessel tracking
systems; stochastic models for space and time dynamics; composite
spread-spectrum modulation; wide area communication architectures;
spread-spectrum and waveform coding; VHF, UHF and troposcatter transmission;
Mobile IP systems; enabling technologies.

Speakers include: K. Pahlavan (WPI); S. D. Sandberg, et al (Aware, Inc.);
J. M. Zagamie, et al (Signatron Technology Corporation); P. E. Wirth (AT&T
Bell Laboratories); M. J. Moroney, et al (Volpe National Transportation
Systems Ctr.); W. A. Massey (AT&T Bell Laboratories); D. M. Haines
(UMASS/Lowell);J. Wietzen, et al (UMASS/Lowell); H. T. Kung, et al (Harvard
University); K. J. H. Hodges (Telco Systems); M. Krishna, et al
(UMass/Amherst).

TRACK 4.  Visual Multimedia, Chairs: Behzad Shahraray, AT&T Bell Laboratories
and John Buford - UMASS/Lowell

Topics include: bi-directional video distribution systems; user interfaces;
structured multimedia information; document architectures; interactive
multimedia; intelligent video processing; multimedia video servers;
multimedia delivery;

Speakers include: J. Harward et al (MIT); R. Sacilotto (Avid Technology);
T. D. C. Little (Boston University); R. Price (IBM France); C. Gopal
(UMASS/Lowell); E. O. Tunmann (T. E. Consulting, Inc.); R. Platt (InteCom);
C. J. Lindblad, et al (MIT).

TRACK 5.  Network Protocols, Signalling, Control, Management & Performance,
Chairs: Steve Willis, Wellfleet Communications and Don Towsley, UMASS/Amherst

Topics include:  traffic control in ATM networks; reliable multicast;
credit-based flow control; ST2 network management; ATM PNNI routing.

Speakers include: B. G. Kim (UMASS/Lowell); H. T. Kung (Harvard University);
B. Hawe (DEC); R. Upton (TASC); P. Goransson (Meetinghouse Data
Communications); S. Pingali (WPI); D. Towsley, et al (UMASS/Amherst);
R. Callon (Wellfleet Communications); S. Kheradpir (GTE Laboratories).

TRACK 6.  Broadband Networks and Switching Technologies, Chairs: Ira Richer,
MITRE and Peter O'Reilly, GTE Laboratories

Topics include:  optical switching; broadband trials to the home; desk area
networking; ATM switch architectures; Switch design, buffer
design and management; Flow control;

Speakers include: A. Bonde, et al (GTE Government Systems); H. C. Lauer,
et al (Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs); H. T. Kung (Harvard University);
M. Cooperman, et al (GTE Labs); I. Richer (MITRE); S. Dixit (NYNEX Science\
& Technology); H. H. Houh, et al (MIT).

TRACK 7.  Security/Privacy, Chairs: Stephen Kent, BBN and Susan Landau,
UMASS/Amherst

Topics include:  security and privacy issues in electronic communications;
internet security standards; commercial uses of security; legal standards for
public-key certification; ethical issues.

Speakers include: M. Baum (Independent Monitoring); R. Juenenman (GTE Labs);
S. Kent (BBN); R. Rivest (MIT); J. Schiller (MIT); V. White (UMASS/Amherst).


GENERAL CHAIRS
Sidney Topol, Chairman, Massachusetts Telecommunications Council
Michael K. Hooker, President, University of Massachusetts

CONFERENCE STEERING COMMITTEE
CO-CHAIRS
W. Richards Adrion, UMASS, Amherst
Howard Salwen, Telco Systems
COMMITTEE
Michael R. Brown, Mitre Corporation
Thomas M. Costello, UMASS/Lowell
C. Eric Ellingson, GTE Govt. Systems
Michael G. Hluchyj, Summa Four
H. T. Kung, Harvard University
James F. Kurose, UMASS/Amherst
Tom D.C. Little, Boston University
Paul J. Tanzi, Raytheon
David Tennenhouse, MIT
COORDINATOR AND LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS
Charles Thompson, UMASS/Lowell


REGISTRATION FORM

CORPORATE                       $195
ACADEMIC                        $150
MASS TELECOM COUNCIL MEMBER     $100
*STUDENT                        $ 25

No refunds after October 19, 1994

PLEASE COMPLETE AND MAIL/FAX TO:
                Massachusetts Telecommunications Council
One Financial Center, 17th Floor
                Boston, MA 02111
                FAX: [phone]

I am enclosing a check for $ _________for ________ people from my organization
to attend the conference.

I am most interested in technical sessions  (please circle):

                        1  2  3  4  5  6  7

Name:_____________________________Title:___________________________

Company name: ____________________________________

Address:__________________________________________

        __________________________________________

Telephone: _____________________FAX:____________________________

Additional Registrants:

Name:_____________________________Title:___________________________

                        Sessions of interest:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7

Name:_____________________________Title:___________________________

                        Sessions of interest:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7

Name:_____________________________Title:___________________________

                        Sessions of interest:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7

* There may be a limited number of scholarships for students, please contact:
                 Katherine Raphaelson, Executive Director
                 Massachusetts Telecommunications Council
                 [phone]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Terry Sterkel)
Subject: Special Multi-Industry Wireless Workshop
Date: 3 Oct 1994 02:47:52 -0400
Organization: Road Warrior
Subject:  Special Multi-Industry Wireless Workshop


>>The First Annual User PCS Workshop<<
>User PCS: Time out for Dialogue<
>"The Nuts and Bolts of How to Use the Spectrum"<
>October 17 -- 19, 1994<>Harvey Hotel, Dallas, TX<

We are starting to fill up.  Sign up with the Program Director quickly
to get the discount, and ensure space!

Program Director:
Nancy A. Bukar
Tel: [phone]  Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]


1.  Current Line-up and Special Features

*    Keynote Speakers from US. FCC, and Canada's Industry Canada
Spectrum Engineering Director
*    Speakers from US NSA, and all relevant North American
Standards Committees dealing with User PCS:
*    ANSI/IEEE C63 SC7, IEEE 802.11, TIA TR41.6, ETSI RES3, ETSI
RES10.
*    Special Tutorial of the new Spectrum rules by the authors of
those rules.
*    Participation by UTAM, Inc.
*    Participation by FCC technical experts
*    Special Demonstrations for US Equipment Certification by
Hewlett Packard

2.  Current Agenda

Monday  17 October 1994

1:00PM  Tutorial (by WINForum WINTech Committee)
T. Sterkel, WINTech Chair

1:15PM  Power/Spectrum Measurements
K. Teo/NTI and D. Johnson/AT&T GIS

1:45PM  Isochronous Spectrum Access
T. Ohlsson/Spectralink

2:15PM  Asynchronous Spectrum Access
J. McKnown/Motorola

2:45PM  UTAM's Role in Certification
J. Leonard/Motorola

3:00PM  Open Questions and Answers
T. Sterkel, moderator

4:00PM  Special Equipment Certification Demonstration
J. Nutting/Hewlett Packard


Tuesday  18 October 1994

7:00AM  Breakfast

8:30AM  WINForum Welcome
J. Leonard, President

8:40AM  WINForum Workshop Welcome
T. Sterkel, Workshop Chair

8:45AM  Workshop Administrative/Logistics
N. Bukar, Program Director

9:00AM  Key Note Speech
J. Knapp, FCC Director

9:30AM  Work Shop 1 on Equipment Test, Measurement and
Certification (by ANSI/IEEE C63 SC7 Committee)
A. H. Light,  ANSI/IEEE C63 SC7 Chair

P. Inglis/FCC
A. Tsaliovich/AT&T-NS
K. Teo/NTI
D. Steer/NTI
D. Johnson/AT&T-GIS

11:00AM  Open Question/Answer Session
A. H. Light, moderator

12:00PM  Special Equipment Certification Demo
H. Nutting/Hewlett Packard

12:00PM  Lunch

1:30PM  Work Shop 2 on Asyncronous Devices (by IEEE 802.11
Committee)
V. Hayes, Chair of IEEE 802.11

1:45PM  IEEE 802.11
Jerry Loraine/Symbionics Ltd

2:00PM  ETSI Hiperlan
V. Hayes/AT&T-GIS

2:15PM  Wireless ATM
C. Rypinski/Lace

2:30PM  Network Security
Leon Scaldeferri/US NSA

2:45PM  Open Question/Answer Session
V. Hayes, moderator

5:00PM  Equipment Certification Demo (continued)
H. Nutting/Hewlett Packard

6:30PM  No Host Reception
7:00PM  Dinner
        Dinner Speaker, Dr. V. Rawat, Industry Canada


Wednesday 19 October 1994

7:00AM Breakfast

8:30AM Workshop Logistics
N. Bukar

8:45AM Work Shop 3 on Isochronous Equipment
P. Bligh, Chair of TIA TR41.6

9:00AM WCPE
T. Sterkel/AT&T-GBCS

9:15AM CPI
D. Murashige/NTI

9:30AM   WACS-WUPE
R. Ziegler/Bellcore

9:45AM   PACS-WUPE
B. Scales/Hitachi

10:00AM  Open Question/Answer Session
P.Bligh, moderator

12:00PM  Lunch

1:30PM   Work Shop 4 on Interim Technical Issues
S. Abramson, President UTAM
J. Leonard/Motorola

2:00PM  Open Question/Answer Session
S. Abramson moderator

3:30PM  Wrap up and Summary
Terry Sterkel

4:00PM  Workshop Ends

Why is WINForum presenting this workshop?

A lot has happened this past year.  Much has been made about the new
telecommunications era with Personal Communications Services and the
Infobahn.  There are conferences nearly every week on these topics.
Unfortunately, the conferences concentrate on either highly
theoretical future thoughts or are forums to review once again what is
not working.

This workshop, for the first time, offers a dialogue-oriented
practical review of what has been done by the authors of the Spectrum
Etiquette and rule makers and what is being done to deliver User PCS
to North America.  Unique among these conferences, we are bringing
together the decision makers from ANSI, IEEE, TIA, UTAM, the Canadian
and United States Governments.  The cross discussions between these
practitioners will be unprecedented and there will be ample time for
participants to share in workshop settings.

Who Should Attend?

*  Product Managers seeking to bring wireless product to the
market.
*  Technical Experts seeking to understand the latest
developments.
*  Anyone wishing a cost effective update of the North American
regulatory, and standards efforts.

What will be presented?

Day 1:  Tutorial
WINForum presentation on the Spectrum Sharing Etiquette
Day 2:  Keynote speech by FCC

Day 2:  Workshop 1/Wireless Equipment Certification
ANSI/IEEE C63 SC7, FCC and UTAM equipment certification

Day 2:  Workshop 2/IEEE 802.11 Standards and Industry
perspectives on Asynchronous PCS (Data PCS)
IEEE, ETSI, and independent evaluations

Day 2:  Special Dinner Speech by Industry Canada

Day 3:  Workshop 3/TIA TR41.6 Standards and Industry
perspectives on Isochronous Standards for User PCS
TR41.6 Customer Premises Standards and independent evaluations.

Day 4:  Workshop 4/Interim Technical Dialogue
The UTAM, Inc. process and rules for non-nomadic deployments.

Day 4:  Summary of Events

SPECIAL RATES FOR PRE-REGISTRATION AND GROUPS
Prior to October 1, 1994!
$450.00 per attendee includes tutorial, workshops, and dinner.


>>Contact:

Nancy Bukar
Program Director
WINForum, The User PCS Industry Association
1200 19th Street, NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036-2401
Tel: [phone]  Fax: [phone]
E-mail: nbukar+asbadc3%sbadc\@mcimail.com

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Date: Mon, 03 Oct 1994 09:12:14 EST
Organization: Tansin A. Darcos & Company, Silver Spring, MD USA
From: Paul Robinson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Malaysia Telecom Employment


The following ad appeared in Sunday's {Washington Post} Professional
Opportunities for Oct 2, Pg H9

Join Us in Building the Future

Malaysia is a nation achieving order of magnitude advances in
industrial development.  What was an agrarian economy a generation ago
is now a prime example of the capacity of developing nations to
'leapfrog' technological hurdles towards full development.

Nowhere is this more dramatically displayed than in communications
technology.

TIME Telecommunications, part of a leading Malaysian infrastructural
and engineering group, is establishing this country's fibre-optic
communications network.  The infrastructure has been built to the
highest standards and is geared to meeting the needs of the global
information superhighway into the next millenium.

We need a corresponding level of expertise to help us develop, manage
and operate these state of the art systems.  We are scouring the globe
for the best talent we can find, specifically in:

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
To assume overall responsiblity for the company's operations, reporting
to the Chief Executive Officer.

STRATEGIC & CORPORATE PLANNING
To develop marketing and platform strategies; identify, assess and
develop market opportunities; develop and implement the company's
business strategy.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
To translate concepts into marketable products with tactical marketing,
product management and the activation of platform components such as
network, systems and organizations.

SERVICE ACTIVATION
To assign, configure and activate network elements, along with all
installations necessary for such activation.

SERVICE ASSURANCE
To maximize network reliability and minimize customer downtime by
proactive network management, fault-free customer services and rapid
response to network faults.

CHARGING & BILLING
To collate, rate and present product charges and telemanagement
information to customers, satisfying their accounting needs and
ensuring prompt payment of amounts due.  To monitor product and
customer revenue and manage customer receivables and payments.

CUSTOMER CARE
To provide our customers a single contact for their telecommunications
needs.  To enable customers to enhance or modify their services and
report faults.  To respond to enquiries with accurate customer, product
and network information.

CORPORATE SUPPORT
To provide efficient service support to the company's activities in
Accounting & Finance, Materials Management, Human Resources, Legal &
Regulatory, and Business Infrastructure.

The expertise we're looking for will have had on average ten years'
related experience, preferably in telecommunications and information
technology.  If you have what we need, we will offer you not only
attractive packages in remuneration and benefits, but the chance of a
lifetime:

To be part of a prosperous and dynamic young nation's drive to
the future.

Write To:

THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
TIME TELECOMMUNICATIONS SDN BHD
P O BOX 13400
50808 KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA

or fax us at
603-241-2600

TIME telekom
the light touch

                              --------------

This message posted here as a courtesy to TELECOM Digest subscribers;
please DO NOT RESPOND BY EMAIL.  Respond *only* as directed in the
text of the message.

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From: [e-mail] (Bardo Muller)
Subject: Minitel -> BTX Gateway
Date: 3 Oct 1994 08:20:29 GMT
Organization: Universite de Paris
Reply-To: [e-mail]


Hi,

I would like to inquire about the gateway between the French and
German teletext system, expecially the access of the German telefonbuch.


Thanks,

Bardo MULLER                           Phone  : [33] [1] 69 41 78 50
Institut d'Electronique Fondamentale   Fax    : [33] [1] 60 19 25 93
Bat. 220 Universite Paris Sud  p.029   e-mail : [e-mail]
91405 ORSAY CEDEX FRANCE

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Glen K Moore)
Subject: Can an Aussie Phone Work in US - Yes But No!
Date: 3 Oct 1994 23:14:59 +1000
Organization: University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia.


Recently I had the need to use (receive overseas calls) my cellular
phone while working in the USA.

Contary to some advice I received there is no technical difficulty in
doing this. There are, however, other difficulties.

Since there were two active and apparently cooperative networks in the
city where I was to work it seemed that it would be a formality to get
an account for my phone. However the problem for Australian visitors
to the USA (and I guess for any other nationality) is that regardless
of your position in your home country (my account is with a University
and payment is via a University Mastercard) I found that I could not
get an account without a US credit rating and thus without a large
deposit of the order of $500 to $1000 even for a stay of only for a
few weeks.

You could get a 'loan' phone but the deposit will not be any smaller
unless you have a US credit rating. I had an authorization from the
Finance Manager of my University but that was still not sufficient.

I am posting this advice since I wasted an enormous amount of time
seeking this info on the net and substantial $$ on phone and fax prior
to visiting the USA.  The two carriers I dealt with were extremely
pleasant but and apparently cooperative BUT no depost, no phone -- so
be warned.

No. I never got my phone hooked up. I gave up after two weeks and I
survived with the email -- it asked no questions and cost me a lot less
$$ and frustration.


Glen Moore   Director
Science Centre, Wollongong
[e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well it would seem to me that by using
your MasterCard as payment, the requirments for a credit history might
have been waived under the circumstances. You did offer to pay that
way I assume, and allow the carrier to place a hold on perhaps several
hundred dollars of that credit line during your stay here ...  Perhaps
I assume wrong.   Any ideas from other readers?    PAT]

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Date: Mon, 3 Oct 94 03:15:26 PDT
From: Jay Jaroslav <[e-mail]>
Subject: National Cultural Information Infrastructure


TO: ARTISTS, WRITERS, AND OTHERS CONCERNED WITH CULTURAL LIFE IN THE
21ST CENTURY.

Dear Colleague:

    On October 14-16, 1994, some of the smartest and most creative
people in America will come together to lay the groundwork for a
NATIONAL CULTURAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE. I urge you to attend the
conference and participate in the process.

            Sincerely,

            Jay Jaroslav,
            Convergence Conference Director


[For more information call Peter Schlessinger at the New Art Center
(617-964-3424) or myself at the number listed below.]


Jay Lee Jaroslav, Director <[e-mail]>
Center for Art Research Information Infrastructure Project
http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/jaroslav/jaroslav.html
MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
545 Technology Sqare, Room NE43-795
Cambridge, MA 02139-4301    617.253.5814


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Would you tell us please a little more
about your agenda and its direct relevance to the telecommunications
side of the 'superhighway' now under construction in the USA?  PAT]

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From: [e-mail] (htc)
Subject: Calling Booths For Hispanic Market
Date: 3 Oct 1994 06:25:47 -0700
Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access [phone]


Inquiries regarding Calling Booth hardware/software for use in the
Hispanic market should contact:

Chris Walworth at
HTC, Inc.
[e-mail]
[phone] - fax

HTC has developed HTC-PBX for use in this market.


[e-mail]  Public Access User --- Not affiliated with Teleport
Public Access UNIX and Internet at [phone] (2400-14400, N81)


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I guess this shows how dumb I am and
out of touch with the world, but what makes an Hispanic phone booth
any different than any other phone booth except for the signs posted
inside it and the language which is spoken by the caller and callee?
I thought phone booths were mostly things of the past. It seems around
here you never see them anymore. Now, its just a payphone hanging on
a wall, sometimes with a couple little wings sticking out on either
side of it for privacy, and sometimes not.  So what exactly is an
Hispanic phone booth?  I am eager to find out.   PAT]

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TELECOM Digest     Mon, 3 Oct 94 14:12:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 384

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Re: T1<->23 or 24 BRI Equipment? (Fred R. Goldstein)
    Re: RI Installs Speed-Bumps For the Information Superhighway (Paul Lee)
    Re: Switch to Sprint Check/ *Must* Keep Them 160 Days (Clarence Dold)
    Re: Switch to Sprint Check/ *Must* Keep Them 160 Days (Hugh A. Pritchard)
    Re: Switch to Sprint Check/ *Must* Keep Them 160 Days ([e-mail])
    Re: Switch to Sprint Check/ *Must* Keep Them 160 Days (Corky Sarvis)
    Re: V.34 From ITU-T (John LaCour)
    Re: Coming Soon: Son of 800 (John R. Levine)
    Re: Coming Soon: Son of 800 ([e-mail])
    Microsoft's TAPISDK (Keith Willett)
    High Tech Books For Sale (Tuan Thanh Ho)

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From: [e-mail]] (Fred R. Goldstein)
Subject: Re: T1<->23 or 24 BRI Equipment?
Date: 3 Oct 1994 15:54:48 GMT
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.


In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Bob Ames) wrote:

> What is available to connect two remote offices via T1?

Good question, actually, but one that opens up so many options!  (It
gives us consultants a good living.)

> Ideally, I'd like to use a T1 on each end and provide:

> *) Intercom service,

What do the two offices have for telephone service now?  If there are
PBXs, then tie lines via the T1 will do it.  Even without a PBX, there
are ways to derive voice channels from a T1, to mate different types
of telephone system.

> *) TCP/IP traffic (Ethernet),
> *) (One/Several?) ISDN S/T or U lines.  I'd like to be able to use
>    ISDN phones on one end and on the other end connect to the
>    Intercom system or to the LD Company via POTS or ISDN.  Or to
>    use, say, a Waverunner on one side and get thru the T1 to the
>    main office, and then routed into the Ethernet on the other side.
> *) Anything else ISDN provides, like FAX.

> Do I need a PBX for all of this?  Certainly some kind of switch-like
> routing seems necessary.

Several types of equipment terminate a T1.  A few examples:

* A PBX.  These typically handle 64 kbps data calls (period) too.
* A Data Service Unit.  This takes all of the bandwidth and makes
  it into one fat data channel.  Fractional-T1 DSUs operate on a
  subset of the 24 channels, as you specify.
* A channel bank.  This is a static (configure by plugging in cards)
  multiplexor.  Option cards of all sorts are available.  Each of
  the 24 channels is picked up by one card or another.
* A nodal processor.  This is like a fancy channel bank with software
  configurability, multi-T1 networking, etc.  Overkill for two sites
  but worth it for larger networks.
* A drop-and-insert mux.  This generally lets you pick off a couple of
  data channels (n*64k) while feeding the remaining channels into a PBX,
  Fractional-compatible Data Service Unit or whatever.

> How much traffic can fit on an S/T?  For example, can I put all 24 B
> channels on the S/T bus concurrently without degradation or failure?
> (I doubt it)

The ISDN Basic Rate S/T bus handles exactly two B channels (one BRI).
T1 is a different animal.

One common way to go: Get a T1 to your long-distance company.
Designate some channels for access to their network ("WATS"-style
services.)  Run others into a Fractional T1 for your site-to-site
needs (data, maybe some voice, etc.).  They can deliver ISDN Primary
Rate using one D channel and however many B channels you designate
(the rest used for "FT1" or individual-channel services).

If you have an ISDN system at one end and want for some odd reason to
remote a Basic Rate channel, you can use a channel bank equipped with
Adtran's BR1TE cards.  These take 3 channels and map 2B+D onto them.
They fit into standard D4-family banks so you can mix and match, or
use 8 to fill a T1.  That's a common way to deliver "virtual ISDN".


Fred R. Goldstein    k1io   [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 12:20:34 -0400
Subject:  RI Installs Speed-Bumps For the Information Superhighway
From: Paul A. Lee </DD.ID=JES2CAOF.UEDCM09/@SMX.sprint.com>
Organization: Woolworth Corporation


In TELECOM Digest Volume 14 Issue 382, Michael P. Deignan wrote (in part):

> Here's the latest from our fine RI legislators:

> ... only licensed telelcommunications contractors, licensed
> telecommunications system technicians, and licensed telecommunications
> system installers shall engage in, or design, install, alter, service, or
> test telecommunication systems in the state of RI.

> I guess you have to be licensed to sell modems in computer stores now.

Sounds like one of the following must have happened in Rhode Island:

     1) The state government let a telecommunications equipment contract go
         to the lowest bidder, who botched the job
     2) A legislator had some phone installation work done, and the installer
         butchered some trim in the fine old house
     3) An interconnect company that has the attention of an influential
         legislator has been getting a lot of competition lately
     4) The state sees explosive growth ahead in telecommunications and wants
         to control the direction and gain some revenue from licensing

I would be interested in whether Rhode Island is promulgating a
practice code or a set of standards for licensees, and whether state
or commercial review or inspection will be required for designs and
installations. Licensing only provides some indication of basic
competence -- it does not provide a means of review and
accountability.

Based on my experience with other licensees who are not subject to
review and inspection -- and even some who were -- licensing is no
assurance whatsoever that the work will be done correctly or even
competently. Government license programs that do not include practice
standards and review or inspection mechanisms are nothing more than
venting of wrath, establishment of "old boys" clubs, or revenue grabs.
And, unless the standards, the review process, and the inspection
process are themselves subjected to outside review and revision, then
the government-sanctioned process will almost inevitably deteriorate
into meaninglessness and corruption.


Paul A. Lee                           Voice  414 357-1409
Telecommunications Analyst              FAX  [phone]
Woolworth Corporation            CompuServe  70353,566
INTERNET  </DD.ID=JES2CAOF.UEDCM09/@SMX.sprint.com>  <=PREFERRED ADDRESS*

------------------------------

From: Clarence Dold <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Switch to Sprint Check/ *Must* Keep Them 160 Days
Organization: a2i network
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 1994 22:38:32 GMT


D. Castillo ([e-mail]) wrote:

> I just got one of those $50 "cash this and Sprint will be your LD
> company." checks.  I had gotten one from ATT about one month before,
> and cashed that one, planning to switch back to MCI as soon as I was
> switched to ATT. I carefully read all the small print on the ATT
> check, and it was just standard stuff.

I got one of these checks as well.  It was addressed to my new home,
but has the phone number of my last residence.  I could switch, and
continue to 10xxx the carrier of my choice, especially if they let me
"switch" my disconnected number ...

But.  Although it looks like a check, it does specifically mention a
term, and "credit" applied to your bill when the term expires.  By
signing a contract for a term plan, you are liable to uphold your end
of the term.  My current carrier gives me an 8.x% discount, equal to
one month free, on average, every time I renew for a year.  If I
switch, I am liable to pay back the discounts that have been applied
so far, or at least it says so in the very clearly worded contract I
signed.

The other "but" is that I don't really want to scam anybody. Silly
me.

Clarence A Dold - [e-mail]
                - Pope Valley & Napa CA.

------------------------------

From: Hugh A. Pritchard <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Switch to Sprint Check/ *Must* Keep Them 160 Days
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 10:00:44 EDT
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Organization: Smoke N' Mirrors, Herndon, Virginia, [phone]


> From: [e-mail] (D. Castillo)

> Now this Sprint check has in fine print under the endorsement line "I
> agree to remain with Spring for a minimum of 180 days".

I have LD service with Sprint.  I've been sending in those "checks"
from MCI and AT&T for credit against my Sprint bill.  Recently,
though, Sprint Customer Service told me that they would only give me
credit for ONE "check" from a competitor each six months.


Hugh Pritchard, Smoke N' Mirrors, 703/318-1440, [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Switch to Sprint Check/ *Must* Keep Them 160 Days
Date: 3 Oct 94 10:06:13 MDT
Organization: Utah State University


In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (D.
Castillo) writes:

> Now this Sprint check has in fine print under the endorsement line "I
> agree to remain with Spring for a minimum of 180 days".  Is this
> legal? I was under the impression that no long distance company could
> force you to keep them as your carrier.  I want to cash this check as
> reimbursement for having to watch Candice Bergen over and over again,
> and then switch back to MCI.  Is there any (legal) way they can go
> after me if I cash it and switch to MCI anyway? Once the check is
> cashed, they can't take their $50 back, so what are they going to do?
> Sue me?  (what's the number for the FCC folks?)

   Sure seems like a lot of hassle for $50.  You don't mind having to
deal with three different companies for your long distance?

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 11:57:26 CDT
From: Corky Sarvis <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Switch to Sprint Check/ *Must* Keep Them 160 Days


I couldn't help but get a bit of a chuckle concerning your letter on LD
carriers.

First, I am a devout MCI user and won't change no matter what.  I've
got cell phones and home phones and fax phones all on MCI on one bill.
I've got LD Cards for the wife and I, separate account codes.  The
good news is that it all comes in on one bill, once a month, all
separated out for easy bookkeeping [wife and I have a business we run
out of our home].

Every time I get one of these "sign-here-and-change-checks" in the
mail, I call MCI and ask them how they want me to handle it.  Usually,
they send me a savings certificate for 90-180 days in an amount equal
to the amount of the check amount.  I send MCI the check I received
and they in turn send me the savings certificate.  I remain an MCI
customer.  AT&T and those other low-life carriers stay out of my face
AND we get a bit of cash 90-180 days "down range" so to speak.  I have
three of these savings certificates working at present.  (I have had
as many as five working at one time!)  When they come in, wife and I
usually save the $25-$30 or whatever until we have $75-$100 and then
go out to a really nice restaurant and laugh about how AT&T is buying
our dinner.  Of course, they really aren't.  However, it makes us feel
great!


Robert J. "Corky" Sarvis, MBA             E-MAIL: [e-mail]
Our Lady of the Lake University           -----------------------------------
San Antonio, Texas, USA                   Weekend College & Special Programs

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (John LaCour)
Subject: Re: V.34 From ITU-T
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 10:34:31
Organization: U.S. Robotics, Inc.


In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Tannil
Lam) writes:

> Please advice the newest status of V.34 from ITU-T. I hope to know
> whether V.34 has been official approved for modem manufacturers to
> produce their V.34 products or not.

V.34 has been ratified.  There are several vendors already selling
V.34 modems including USRobotics, Multitech, and Motorola Codex.  Many
more will be delivering product in the near future.


Regards,

John LaCour            [phone]
USRobotics, Inc.        [phone] FAX
Systems Product Support        [e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: A bit off the subject, but US Robotics
related none the less -- USR's offices and plant are located right
here in our village, Skokie Illinois. In fact they are down the street
about a mile from my house on McCormick Boulevard. It was to my dismay I
read about a week ago in our local newspaper {The Skokie Life} that
US Robotics had a fire in their building recently. In addition, an
officer of the company wrote to the newspaper expressing appreciation to
the Skokie Fire Department for its efforts in saving the plant and
minimizing the damage. I hope everything is back to normal there, and
am sure the Digest readers join me in wishing the company well.  PAT]

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 3 Oct 94 00:49:00 EDT
From: [e-mail] (John R Levine)
Subject: Re: Coming Soon: Son of 800
Organization: I.E.C.C., Cambridge, Mass.


> Why isn't the capacity ten million? Since no-one has local calls from
> 800 numbers, why can't every possible number be used?

It turns out that there are a lot of places in North America where
calls of the form XXX-1XX-XXXX and XXX-0XX-XXXX are trapped and sent
to a recording.  At the tiny telco in Vermont owned by my cousins,
AT&T insisted that they trap such calls and not send them to AT&T.
(They weren't thrilled, since this made their routing tables a lot
bigger.)

So even though there's no ambiguity problem with 800-1XX and 800-0XX,
there are probably a lot of places that trap such calls, and it'd be a
major effort to find and fix all of them.  Since it'd probably only
defer 800 exhaustion by a year or so, it hardly seems worth the
effort.


Regards,

John Levine, [e-mail], [e-mail]
Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies"

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Coming Soon: Son of 800
Date: 3 Oct 94 09:59:22 MDT
Organization: Utah State University


In article <[e-mail]>, Clarence Dold <[e-mail]>
writes:

> The SMS, keepers of the 800-database, sent out a notice recently,
> using these same numbers, requesting that "unused" 800 numbers be
> returned to the pool, while they figure out what to do.

> Seems that one of the newly available 8xx NPA would be the most
> sensible.  888 sounds like a good one to me.

    How about we keep 800 as the really TOLL-FREE NPA, and let the
scammers who charge for "information" have the 888?  Then we'll all
know exactly where we stand ...


Travis

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Keith Willett)
Subject: Microsoft's TAPISDK
Date: 3 Oct 1994 13:29:26 -0400
Organization: Wye Technologies


Has anyone downloaded Microsoft's telephony application software
development kit?  I've downloaded both the TAPISDK and the VMAIL
software.  I've installed the TAPISDK without a problem and have
configured it to place outbound calls via modem.  I'm attempting to
install and use the VMAIL system and am having trouble with activating
the mciatv.drv driver.  Any clues are greatly appreciated.


Thanks.

FYI:    The sofware I'm speaking of is available from
    ftp.microsoft.com:/pub/developr/tapi.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Tuan Thanh Ho)
Subject: High Tech Books For Sale
Date: 3 Oct 1994 12:14:59 -0600
Organization: University of Colorado at Denver


I have the following books for sale:

Please note the book condition:

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- C. E. Rohrs, J. L. Melsa, and D. G. Schultz, Linear Control Systems,
  McGraw Hill, 1993, $40 (****).

- M. L. Skolnik, Introduction to Radar Systems, 2nd ed., McGraw Hill,
  1980, $29 (****).

- W. G. Chambers, Basics of Communications and Coding, Oxford Science
  Publications, 1985, $35 (****).

- E. C. Jordan and K. G. Balmain, Electromagnetic Waves and Radiating
  Systems, 2nd ed., Prentice Hall, 1968, $39 (****).

- G. M. Jenkins and D. G. Watts, Spectral Analysis and its applications,
  Holden-Day, 1968, $25 (***).

- C. L. Phillips and H. T. Nagle, Digital Control System, 2nd ed.,
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- C. L. Phillips and R. D. Harbor, Feedback Control Systems, Prentice Hall,
  1988, $28 (****).

- F. Halsall, Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open Systems, 3rd
  ed., Addison Wesley, 1992, $28 (****).

- B.C. Kuo, Automatic Control Systems, 4th ed., Prentice Hall, 1982, $28
  (****).

- P. M. Derusso, R. J. Roy, and C. M. Close, State Variables for Engineers,
  John Wiley & Sons, 1965, $19 (**).

- W. Kaplan, Operational Methods for Linear Systems, Addison Wesley, 1962,
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- C. W. Merriam III, Optimization Theory and the Design of Feedback Control
  Systems, McGraw Hill, 1964, $19 (**).

- D. Middleton, An Introduction to Statistical Communication Theory, McGraw
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- C. E. Shannon and W. Weaver, The Mathematical Theory of Communication,
  The University of Illinois Press, 1959, $19 (**).

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  1980, $25 (***).

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  $20 (****).

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- R. C. Dixon, ed., Spread Spectrum Techniques, IEEE Press, 1976, $20 (***).

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- R. Saucedo and E. E. Schiring, Introduction to Continuous and Digital
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  Noise in Electrical Communication, 2nd ed., McGraw Hill, 1975, $20 (**).

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TELECOM Digest     Tue, 4 Oct 94 13:49:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 385

Inside This Issue:                          Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud (Patrick Townson)
    CFP: Journal of Network and Systems Management (Jane Fraser)
    SNET/CT Announces New Regional Roaming Rates (Douglas Reuben)
    WindoWatch Preview Issue (Lois Laulicht)
    Bill Insert: Final Reminder For Dialing Changes in 508 Area Code (J. Welch)
    British Telecom Caller ID (Julian Thornhill)
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    Script to Download Unix Mail (Robert Shain)

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Date: Tue, 4 Oct 94 12:47:54 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Patrick Townson)
Subject: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud


Felony charges of access device fraud involving over one hundred
thousand telephone calling cards -- mostly those of MCI customers but
including cards of local telcos and in a few instances AT&T and Sprint
have been filed against Ivy James Lay of Charlotte, NC.

Lay, employed as a switch engineer by MCI in its Charlotte switching
center until his arrest and indictment at the end of last week, is
also known by his phreak name 'Knightshadow'. He was fired late last
week when MCI concluded its investigation into his activities.

According to Secret Service Special Agent Steven Sepulveda, Lay had
installed special software in MCI switching equipment which trapped
the calling card numbers and personal identification codes of callers.
He then sold these stolen calling card numbers to other phreaks all
over the USA and Europe.

MCI claims that about one hundred thousand of its customers' calling
cards have been compromised as a result. In addition, several thousand
calling cards issued by AT&T, Sprint and/or local telephone companies
have been compromised as a result of traffic from those carriers being
routed for whatever reason through the MCI center in Charlotte. The
dollar value of the fraud is estimated to be fifty million dollars
by the Secret Service and MCI. Some of the fraud traffic occurred as
recently as the last two weeks and has not yet been billed to customers.

According to MCI and the federal indictment, Ivy James Lay is the
leader of an international fraud ring operating in Los Angeles and
several other US cities as well as Spain, Germany and the UK. The
indictment claims he supplied stolen calling card numbers to phreaks
all over the USA and other parts of the world.

A spokesperson for the Secret Service called the case unprecedented
in its sophisticated use of computers and the manner in which the
fraud ring coordinated its activities on a global scale. MCI spokesperson
Leslie Aun characterized the case as the largest of its kind in terms
of known losses, both in dollar amount and number of customers who
were victimized. Ms. Aun added that Ivy James Lay was immediatly fired
once the joint investigation by MCI and the Secret Service was finished
late last week.

In raids conducted simultaneously at the homes of Mr. Lay and other
co-conspirators last week, agents seized many items including six
computers with pirated commercial copyrighted software and many boxes
full of computer disks with thousands of calling card numbers on each.
Telephone toll records of Mr. Lay and other phreaks involved in the
scam have also been obtained showing examples of fraudulent traffic.

Spokespersons for Sprint, AT&T and MCI are encouraging customers who
believe their calling cards were compromised in the scam to contact
the appropriate customer service department immediatly so their cards
can be cancelled and re-issued. Customers should bear in mind that
the vast majority of the fraud was against MCI customers whose traffic
went through the Charlotte center.

If convicted, 'Knightshadow' as he known to other phreaks and his
co-conspirators face ten years in a federal penitentiary. It must be
remembered that in the United States, our constitution requires a
presumption of innocence on the part of Ivy James Lay and the other
phreaks involved until their guilt is proven by the government in
a court of law.

                    -------------------

In certain other prominent e-journals on the Internet, we have read
in recent days that computer crime is not nearly the serious matter
the government claims it to be. It sounds to me like the sneak-thievery
of a hundred thousand plus calling card numbers and fifty million
dollars in phreak phone calls is serious enough. We have long known
about telco employees who themselves are as corrupt as the day is
long; who think nothing of taking bribes for providing confidential
information about their employer and its customers. But most of it
to-date has been petty ante stuff; a few dollars under the table for
a non-pub phone number, or maybe a hackerphreak who gets a job with
telco then uses information and technology at his (legitimate) disposal
to cover his own tracks where obscene/harassing calls are concerned.
But a hundred thousand calling cards and fifty million dollars in
traffic????  At what point are certain publishers/editors on the
Internet going to wake up? Computer crime is growing expotentially.
I think it is time to have another massive crackdown, similar to
Operation Sun Devil a few years ago.  Let's start getting really
tough on hackers and phreaks.


Patrick Townson

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Date: Tue, 04 Oct 1994 10:55:56 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: CFP: Journal of Network and Systems Management


                         CALL FOR PAPERS
              JOURNAL OF NETWORK AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
                        Special Issue on
                  Routing in Broadband Networks

During the past decade, major efforts have been focused on developing
transmission and switching technologies in order to satisfy the
growing demand for broadband services.  While the service providing
capability of broadband networks has been significantly improved
through these technologies, it is far short of allocating unlimited
bandwidth on request.  Efficient management mechanisms that control
the use of bandwidth to best match the traffic patterns of the service
requests are needed to support the transmission and switching
technologies.

Routing is one of the key functions in the management of communication
bandwidth, whose nature becomes considerably more complicated in
broadband networks.  Broadband networks carry multi-grade, multi-media,
and multi-rate traffic whose combined characteristics are not
adequately understood, especially in the presence of multi-point
connections.

This special issue is intended to bring about a wide range of topics
and perspectives in examining the specific challenges posed by routing
in broadband networks and their relationship to network and systems
management.  The special issue will be a mix of invited papers,
wherein selected authorities will be requested to articulate their
viewpoints, and papers solicited from researchers through this call.
The scope of the special issue includes, but is not limited to, the
following topics:

        - Multicast and multi-path routing
        - Integration of routing with congestion and flow control
        - Impact of routing on QOS requirements of heterogeneous services
        - Stability of network traffic patterns
        - Multi-rate and bursty nature of traffic
        - Fault tolerance and recovery
        - Topological design with routing considerations
        - Implementation issues

Instructions to Authors -----------------------

Authors are requested to send four copies of their manuscripts, not
exceeding 20 double-spaced type-written pages, with figures used
sparingly, to:

          Professor Paul S. Min
          Department of Electrical Engineering
          Campus Box 1127
          Washington University
          St. Louis, MO 63130
          email: [e-mail],  tel: [phone]

Schedule:

Manuscript due:  January 15, 1995
Notification of acceptance:  May 15, 1995
Publication date:  3rd quarter 1995

Guest Editors:

Manju Hegde, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge.
Kazem Sohraby, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel.
Paul S. Min, Washington Univ., St. Louis.

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From: [e-mail] (Cid Technologies)
Subject: SNET/CT Announces New Regional Roaming Rates
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 02:22:19 PDT


In a further move to lower the costs associated with roaming
throughout New England and the Mid-Atlantic area, SNET recently
reduced roaming rates from Maine to Washington, DC.

Previously, customers who were not on their "Roam USA" $.75/minute-no
daily surcharge plan paid from $.75 to $.99 per minute in most
seacoast New England and Mid-Atlantic systems. As a result of SNET's
new plan, roaming rates in these areas are a flat $.60 per minute,
with no daily charge. Not all SNET customers get this -- if you are on
their security/budget plan ("Linx Lite") you pay $.99 and $3 daily,
but you can purchase the Roam USA plan for $9.95 per month, giving you
60 cents as above, but also 75 cent/no daily roaming everywhere else.

SNET is thus very competitive with Bell Atlantic (Metro Mobile) on the
A side, offering virtually the same rates for roaming in NY, $.15/min
less for Boston, and significantly lower rates for Maine, southern NJ,
DE, PA, and DC -- namely, 60 cents per minute for SNET customers
compared to $3 day/ $.99 min for Metro Mobile customers. If you also
include the Roam USA plan, SNET customers also do better just about
everywhere else, too!

Note that SNET is also the only carrier in CT to cover the *whole*
state, while Metro Mobile and McCaw's Litchfield, CT system haven't
introduced any sort of call-delivery or for that matter reasonable
roaming rates between the two! :( (Although, the service offered by
both carriers in Litchfield is so pathetic I wonder if someone will
soon contest the current carriers' licenses!)

SNET also has automatic call delivery from Maine to Albany to NYC to
Allentown, PA to Philly to Delaware and all of the Baltimore/DC
system.  Metro Mobile has call delivery from Boston to Delaware, but
NOT to Albany nor Allentown, and NOT to many of the smaller cellular
outfits in New Jersey.

The bad news with SNET is that their call delivery is 500% *SLOWER*
than Metro Mobile's, which is a hassle. I'm comparing systems now and
will soon post my results as to "A" vs "B" call-delivery in the
Northeast, but already it's obvious that the "B" side is tremendously
slower, and for no apparent reason at all. (Both CT carriers are bound
by DOJ rules, yet the "A" side has a MUCH more "seamless" automatic
call delivery system than does the "B".)

Further bad news with SNET: They are one of the few carriers in the
Northeast which still charge airtime for voicemail DEPOSITS! Thus,
people calling you and hanging up will bill you airtime! :( Not a very
fair system, and I have no idea why SNET still does this. All I can
say is that they are losing $150 per month on me alone since I use
Metro Mobile mainly due to their voicemail being free for deposits,
and in all likelihood a lot of other potential customers are deterred
by these unfair voicemail pricing practices.

But if you can manage w/o voicemail, SNET's new roaming rates are
vastly superior to anything which Bell Atlantic/Metro Mobile offers.


Doug      [e-mail] / CID Technologies / (203) 499 - 5221

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Subject: WindoWatch Preview Issue
From: [e-mail] (Lois Laulicht)
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 94 10:28:00 -0400
Organization: Channel 1(R) 617-864-0100 Info


The Preview Edition of WindoWatch online magazine is out dated October 1.

The Windows Format is being published using the new authoring tool
Envoy by WordPerfect. I think a much nicer product than the normal
*hlp engine. Interested in feedback from readers.Also available in the
ReadRoom (*TOC) format for DOS. Call Channel 1 at 617-354-3250.
Non-members can get their co[pies by J Free! WWPRVWIN.ZIP (Windows)
WWPRVDOS.ZIP (DOS)

Inside you'll find:

        Gregg Hommel with a Procomm for Windows review
        Angela Lillystine revewing CrossTies one of the new PIM's
        Jerry Laulicht with Education Tools for Kids.
        Houmor by Peter (Alice) Neuendorffer and Derek Buchler
        and a few bits and bytes on the Internet.

NEXT!
       *The Premiere Issue Herb Chong discussing Windows Bloat
        and            Paul Williamson "Is there a DOS in Your Future?"


Internet:[e-mail] | at the CH1 anonymous ftp site
  [e-mail]        |     ftp.channel1.com

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Date: Tue, 04 Oct 1994 07:32:57 -0500
From: Jonathan_Welch <[e-mail]>
Subject: Bill Insert: Final Reminder For Dialing Changes in 508 Area Code


    FINAL REMINDER ABOUT DIALING CHANGES FOR MASSACHUSETTS
                 CUSTOMERS IN AREA CODE 508

                 EFFECTIVE OCTOVER 15, 1994

Beginning October 15, 1994 there will be a permanent change in the way
NYNEX telephone customers in Massachusetts will dial calls within the
508 area code that are beyond their local calling area (toll calls).
The new, permanent dialing method for these calls is: "1" plus the 508
area code and the 7-digit number ("1" + 508 + 7-digits).

This new method of dialing has been available since July 15, 1994 and
will replaee the "1" + 7 digits method of dialing toll calls.

Following is information on how you will dial all calls -- both local
and toll -- within the 508 area code.

             DIRECTLY DIALED CALLS TO ANOTHER
                NUMBER IN THE 508 AREA CODE

Within your local calling area, dial the 7-digit number only. This is
the same way you dial these calls today.

Beyond your local calling area (toll calls), dial "1"+ 508 + the
7-digit number.

         ALL DIRECTLY DIALED OPERATOR-ASSISTED AND
                     CALLING-CARD CALLS

To any number (including local calls) within the 508 area code, dial
"0" + 508 + the 7-digit number.

Dialing methods for calls to numbers outside the 508 area code will
not change. All directly dialed calls to numbers outside the 508 area
code will continue to be dialed "1" + the area code + the 7-digit
number. All operator-assisted and Calling-Card calls to numbers
outside the 508 area eode wil1 eontinue to be dialed "0" + the area
code + the 7-digit number.

Although the way you dial toll calls within the 508 area code will
change, rates, local calling areas, and the rates you pay for calls
included in Optional Calling Plans such as, Circle Calling and Bay
State East will not change because of the introduction of this new
dialing method.  A local call still will be a local call, a toll call
still will be a toll call, and if you have an Optional Calling Plan,
you can call the same areas as before. You can find information about
your local calling area in the introductory White Pages of your NYNEX
telephone directory.

Until October 15, 1994, you can dial calls using either the new or old
dialing methods. Beginning October 15, 1994, you must dial all toll
calls within the 508 area code "1"+508+7-digits. If you dial toll
calls using the old " 1 " + 7-digit method they will not be completed.
These calls will go to a recorded announcement that will remind you to
redial.

At the same time, if you dial an operator-assisted or Calling-Card
call using the old "0" + 7-digit method, that call also will go to a
recorded announcement that will remind you to redial.

Why This Change Is Necessary:

A change in the way you dial toll calls is necessary because North
America has run out of area codes, such as 617 and 508. As a result,
new area codes introduced in North America after January 1, 1995 will
not look like traditional area codes. These new area codes, which will
be introduced as the telephone number capacity of existing area codes
is exhausted, will have any number -- not just "0" or "1" -- as their
middle digit. Before these new area codes are introduced, NYNEX and
all other local telephone companies must introduce new methods of
dialing some calls.

To meet this requirement for new dialing methods and to create a
toll-call indicator, the Massachusetts department of Public Utilities
(DPU) has directed that toll caUs within the 508 area code must be
dialed using the "1"+ the 508 area code + 7-digit method.

NYNEX implemented these same new dialing methods in western
Massachusetts earlier this year.

Some Steps You May Need to Take:

Before these new dialing methods become permanent in the 508 area code
beginning October 15, 1994, please check all automatic dialing devices
and/or services you may have, such as Speed Calling or Call
Forwarding, to determine if reprogramming is required to accommodate
the new dialing methods. Remember, any needed reprogramming must be
completed before October 15, 1994 or your calls will not be properly
completed. And don't forget to check alarm or medical dialers, fax
machines and computer modems to see if they need reprogramming, as
well.

Emergency Calling Reminder:

If you currently dial "1" + the 7-digit number to reach police, fire
or other emergency service providers, please remember that beginning
October 15, 1994 you will have to dial these calls "1" plus the 508
area code + the 7-digit number.

A Word to Business Customers:

If you own your telephone switching equipment, you should make sure it
can process calls to points within the 508 area code that are dialed
using the "1" + 508+ 7-digit method.

You should check to ensure that your switching equipment can
accommodate calls dialed to one of the new area codes that will be
introduced next year.  Existing area codes will remain the same, while
new area codes will not have a "0" or a "1" as their middle digit. For
example, 579 could be assigned as an area code in the future.

You may need to reprogram services such as Speed Calling and Call
Forwarding and devices such as automatic dialers, security dialers,
and fax machines and modems with autodialers.

Customers of NYNEX INFOPATH(r) Packet Switching Service also may need
to reprogram their equipment to accommodate these new dialing
patterns.

If you're a NYNEX Centrex service customer, any necessary changes vill
be made for you at our central office.

We suggest that you review your telecommunications system and services
 -- especially those involving automatic dialers, PBXs and other
premises-based switching equipment -- with the appropriate
equipment vendors that serve your business.

Please use the time before these dialing changes become mandatory
beginning October 15, 1994 to test your equipment and determine if any
modifications are needed.

In Summary:

Type of Call      Old Dialing Method  New Dialing Method

Local within
your area code    7-Digits7-Digits    (no change)

Toll within your
area code         "1"+7-Digits        "1"+508+7-Digits

Operator-Assisted
& Calling Card
within your
area code         "0"+7-Digits        "0"+508+7-Digits

Questions?

Residence customers with questions about these dialing changes should
call us at 1 800 555-5000. TTYusers can call us at 1800 974-6006
(V/TTY).

Business customers vith questions about these dialing changes should
call us toll-free at the telephone number listed for questions about
service at the top of page one of the "Itemization of Account" section
of your monthly telephone bill.

We want to make this transition as easy as possible for you.


NYNEX

MA (508) 8/94

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Date: Tue, 4 Oct 94 08:51:54 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Julian Thornhill)
Subject: British Telecom Caller ID


Does anyone know how the caller ID system that British Telecom is
going to introduce in November works? More specifically, how is the
information delivered to the phone? I am told that it differs to the
US system.


Regards,

Julian Thornhill        Email to [e-mail]
Physics Department      Tel [phone]    FAX [phone]
Leicester University    [phone] (international)
University Road         Leicester LE1 7RH

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From: [e-mail] (Andy Ulrich)
Subject: AT Modem Commands to Connect Without Dialing
Date: 4 Oct 1994 11:23:29 GMT
Organization: Vnet Internet Access, Inc. - Charlotte, NC. [phone]


I know this can be done, but I can't seem to remember or find how to do it.

I'm trying to get a computer to connect, via modem, to another
computer.  I had trouble getting the modem to dial the number (using
tones and pulses).  So I wanted to pick up my phone, dial the number,
and then enter a command to let my computer take over after that so
that it would respond to the other computer's modem tone.

But nothing I tried works.  If I just go off-hook (ATh1) the modem
stays in command mode.  If I type ATDT without a number, the modem
says "no dialtone".  Anyone have any idea?

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Eric de Fontenay)
Subject: Info on Interconnection and State Regulation
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 94 12:18:15 MET


I am looking for information on the economic aspects of
interconnection between networks as well as descriptions of cases in
various countries.  I am also looking to compile a list of regulatory,
legislative and judicial decisions on tariff regulation and
competitive entry.  If anyone could point out where on Internet I can
find the information, I would really appreciate it (I cannot use
gopher or www for now but can ftp.)


Eric Bourdeau de Fontenay
[e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 4 Oct 94 8:58:03 EDT
From: Carl Moore <[e-mail]>
Subject: 910 and 919 Both Useable


I made calls to Greensboro, NC on the Orange Card, one in area 919 and
one in 910.  This was done on Sept. 15; according to my notes, the
full cutover to 910 was seven months ago.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (David Esan)
Subject: Pager For Kids
Date: 4 Oct 94 12:36:56 GMT
Organization: Moscom Corporation, Pittsford NY


My children are now of the age that they are beginning to disappear
into the various backyards of their friends in suburbia.  This does
make it difficult to find them if they are needed, or it makes me
sound like some hillbilly hootin' and hollerin' until I can find them
rascals.  I thought that a short range pager, nothing fancy, just a
beep, must be an easier way to summon them home.

Can a person set up a paging system like this (say a one mile range) or
would I have to contact a real company and pay big $$?

Thanks for any help.


David Esan      [e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Radio Shack has just what you are looking
for. They sell a complete paging system with both a base unit and receiver.
You can buy additional receivers as desired, and the recievers can be
individually addressed. They operate on seven watts of power and Radio
Shack says the range can be up to two miles under average conditions.
If you put an antenna on your roof (CB antenna will work fine) then the
range can be even better. I think you can get up to a hundred receivers
on the system since each has a unique two digit code which is punched in
at the base to send a signal.  These are nothing fancy at all, just tone-
only beepers.     PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Robert Shain)
Subject: Script to Download Unix Mail
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 14:36:47 GMT


I am looking for a script for Procomm that will download UNIX mail
from the Internet.  I think the new version of Wincomm has this
built in.


Bob

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TELECOM Digest     Tue, 4 Oct 94 16:07:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 386

Inside This Issue:                          Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Information Superhighway - GAO Report (Keith Bonney)
    Usenet Newsgroups on TV Cable - Why Not? ([e-mail])
    Meridian and NANP (Paul Samuelson)
    AT&T Easylink Information Wanted (Merryl Hastie)
    Mega-Comm 1-800 ANI (Tod Bjorkman)
    Cellular From a Small Plane (Linc Madison)
    Freestanding Fax Modem/Printerless Fax Machine (Anthony E. Siegman)
    Northern Telecom Phone Number Wanted (Marco M. Panzanella)
    Questions on Using GPS Time Codes For Network Timing (Mike Foltz)
    Answering Machine With Modem Recognition (Jan Mandel)
    Roaming Report - SF Bay Area to New Zealand via GTE (Laurence Chiu)
    Summary of Replies: Cell One is Becoming ... (Stan Schwartz)
    Does Anyone Know Where to Find ... (Pawel Dobrowolski)
    Internet From Argentina (James Madsen)
    Re: Telecommuting Law (John E. Lundgren)
    Re: PBXs and NANP (Richard Newman)

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Usenet Newsgroups on TV Cable - Why Not?
Date: 4 Oct 1994 10:55:54 -0700
Organization: The Questor Project, Vancouver, BC - voxfon: [phone]


With all the talk about the "Information Superhighway", this may sound
like a simple solution to cutting down on the net bandwidth, but:

Why not make all the Usenet newsgroups available on a sub-carrier on
local tv-cable systems?

It seems to me that the entire newsfeed could easily be made available
as a constant serial bitstream, say at 14.4kbps (or even at v.34  28.8kbps).

All anyone would need to receive the data would be a cheap FM receiver
module tuned to the carrier frequency, and a cheap RS-232 interface.
Appropriate software would grab only the wanted newsgroups for writing
to disk and reading at one's leisure.

The cost could be almost free, and a receiver could be made available as a
kit for less than $50.

Going a bit further, premium newsgroups like "Clarinet" could be
encrypted and also supplied, as well as FidoNet, et alia.

The phone lines could then be used to only *input* news articles and
replies, and to exchange e-mail.

This is already being done on a commercial basis via some cable
companies, to supply commercial (i.e. UPI) newsfeeds, under the name
"Xpress News Service".

It is also being done via satellite, so why not on local cable?


Steve Pershing <[e-mail]>
FREE ACCESS TO E-MAIL & NEWS - INFO on Environment, Science, Medicine,
   AIDS, Native (Indigenous) Issues and more.   We sellZyXEL  and
       other products world-wide to support this Free service.
          :::::> Info from:  [e-mail] <:::::


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: One mistake in your letter deals with
equating Clarinet and Fidonet. They are as different as night and day.
The former is a subscription news service which travels around the
internet using the same transport mechanisms as Usenet. It consists
of many various news groups also.  On the other hand, Fidonet is a
cooperative network consisting of many small, mostly independent BBS
operators for the exchange of email between BBS' and their own news
groups which they call 'echomail'. There are gateways between the
Internet and Fidonet. All these names with 'net' as the suffix in them
get confusing at times, don't they?  <grin> ... for example, I try to
tell people there is both the (uppercase 'I') Internet and something
different called the (lowercase 'i') internet, but it seems to be a
hard concept for many people to grasp. The Internet is one of several
networks cooperating on the internet. The internet is all of us no
matter what site or network (i.e. Fidonet, Bitnet, UUCP -- is it still
around; for that matter is Bitnet still around? -- MCI Mail, etc.
Internet is a specific group of networks known as .edu, .com, .mil,
and others. The various 'domains' of .edu .com and others use the
Internet as their gateway or exchange to each other. In turn, Internet
uses the internet to pass its collected (from .edu .com etc) traffic
to various other networks such as Fidonet, Bitnet, MCI Mail, etc.
Lots of things happen on these various networks, and naming conventions
in recent years have become so blurred that it gets hard at times to
understand all the differences. For example, the '.us domain' of
Internet is really not a domain at all ... its a short-cut or alias
addressing scheme which really refers to a lot of sites which used to
be UUCP connected. UUCP of course means 'unix to unix copy protocol'.
Then we have Usenet, which is simply a collection of newsgroups that
propogate around the various networks but is not a network at all.

I think what's wrong with the suggestion made is that the cable television
operators would want too much money and control over the whole thing.
But who knows?  It might work out quite well.   Other comments?   PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (PSS)
Subject: Meridian and NANP
Date: 3 Oct 1994 23:12:06 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)


I have a Meridian SL-1, Option 21E, Release 19 and need to program it
for the dialing plan changes. Specifically, here in ND we now need to
dial the 701 NPA for all non-local calls.

What I have done so far, which seems to work, is remove the 1701 HNPA
and add a 1701 NPA. That allows me to use digit manipulation and
routing in my own NPA. Is that the correct way? Is there a better way?


Thanks in advance,

Paul Samuelson

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Merryl Hastie)
Subject: AT&T Easylink Information Wanted
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 14:00:44
Organization: CSIR


Does anyone know what exactly AT&T Easylink is and what services it
offers.  Apparently it is some kind of commercial service available in
Kenya.  Is it something like the Internet?


Thanks in advance,

Merryl


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: AT&T Easylink is one of the older email
services here in the USA, having started in the early 1980's. Originally
it was Western Union Easylink, and was a 'paperless' telex network
WUTCO devised to try and re-capture some of the business it was rapidly
losing to computers and modems fifteen years ago. Instead of having to
install an old-fashioned Telex or TWX machine at your place of business
you could get just a terminal and modem. You could add a printer if
you wanted. Users could send and receive messages from any Telex or
TWX machine in the world, just like the much older telegraph machines.
It also had a news service called FYI (For Your Information) and other
premium services. AT&T bought it from WUTCO a decade ago and ran it
for awhile parallel to its own AT&T Mail service. (By the way, AT&T
Mail originally -- twenty years ago -- was strictly an internal email
network for the old Bell System.)  I think Easylink was eventually
merged into AT&T Mail, and honestly, your letter today was the first
time I had heard of the system in at least a couple years. Is AT&T
still operating Easylink as a stand-alone product in some parts of
the world?  I guess there are countries where Telex is still the
primary way of doing email.  PAT]

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 04 Oct 1994 18:37:57 +0800
From: [e-mail] (Tod Bjorkman)
Subject: Mega-Comm 1-800 ANI


Hi,

I'm looking for information on hardware that is compatable with AT&Ts
"Mega Com" service.

 From what I hear, this service gives the subscriber access to the ANI
of an incoming 1-800 call.

Any information would be appreciated.


Tod Bjorkman    Lan Admin. US WEST
Tel [phone]   [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 00:54:57 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Linc Madison)
Subject: Cellular From a Small Plane


As I was driving through San Francisco the other day, I saw a dealer
of cellular phones with a sign painted in the window with a biplane
trailing a banner announcing that you could use their cellular phones
from any small plane.  Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to make a
note of the dealer's name, nor whether the carrier was Cellular One
(Pacific Bell) or GTE Mobilnet.

I was under the impression that using a cellphone from any sort of an
airplane was a bad idea, if not outright illegal.  Certainly a little
Cessna isn't likely to be up at 39,000 feet, but there are "small
planes" that can go well above 10,000 feet, from which altitude they
could easily reach a good many cells in a populated area like San
Francisco.  Even from an altitude of just 3,000 feet, you're clear of
all the hills and buildings in most of the Bay Area.


Linc Madison   *   Oakland, California   *   [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 4 Oct 94 8:47:42 PDT
From: Anthony E. Siegman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Freestanding Fax Modem/Printerless Fax Machine


   Is there such a thing as a "free standing" fax modem with a modest
amount of memory, or a small fax machine with no scanning or printing
engine, that can receive (small) faxes and store them until one turns
on a computer and pulls off the received data?

   I have a TelePort Gold fax modem on my Mac at home which works fine
for sending and receiving very occasional faxes; but I don't like to
have to leave the Mac powered up and the HDs spinning all the time...


[e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Marco M. Panzanella)
Subject: Northern Telecom Phone Number Wanted
Organization: UB
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 16:59:14 GMT


I am looking for the telephone and/or address for NORTHEN TELECOM
which is located in Canada.  Specifically, I need to obtain their
protocal information for Type-3 Switched 56 PSDS.  Any info is very
appreciated.  Thanks!


Marco  [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Mike Foltz)
Subject: Questions on Using GPS Time Codes For Network Timing
Date: 4 Oct 1994 18:18:21 GMT
Organization: Southgate Internet Host


I have a couple of questions regarding GPS and IRIG time code signals.
I also don't have any indepth knowledge of GPS.  We are looking at the
use of GPS as a network timming reference.

Is GPS and IRIG considered separate time code signals?  What is the
difference between them?  Is one better than the other?

What makes GPS so special for being a timming reference?

Any experiences with using GPS or Loran as timming references?

Is there any literature available that I can be directed to in order
to understand more about GPS and its usage as a timming reference?


Thank you,

Mike Foltz     703-803-8361   [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Jan Mandel)
Subject: Answering Machine With Modem Recognition
Date: 04 Oct 1994 21:50:00 -0600
Organization: University of Colorado at Denver


Anyone can recommend answering machine that would pick up only voice
calls and pass modem calls to a modem?


TIA,

Jan Mandel, Center for Computational Math, University of Colorado at Denver
[e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Laurence Chiu)
Subject: Roaming report - SF Bay Area to New Zealand via GTE
Date: 4 Oct 1994 13:39:44 GMT
Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access  [phone]  [login: guest]


I recently made a trip to New Zealand and wanted to use my phone there
(I am a GTE Mobilnet subscriber). Though this part took some time
since I never managed to reach the right person at GTE, eventually GTE
arranged with Telecom NZ so that I could roam and gave me a new phone
number to be used in NZ only. My phone did not need to be programmed.

Upon arriving in NZ I noticed my Roam light was on and I could make
and receive calls locally. Quite impressive.

Cost was $3/day roaming charge and $1.50/minute for outgoing calls
(NZ$ ) I think the exchange rate is about NZ$1= US$0.6). A bonus was
no charge for incoming calls and since I used it more for receiving
then making calls it was a worthwhile exercise.

Just my experiences.


Laurence Chiu                 |   [e-mail]
Walnut Creek, California      |   Tel (work) [phone]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: An interesting new form of cellular
fraud came to my attention recently. It seems that many/most cellular
companies handle roamers by assigning them a temporary phone number
to use while in their territory. If you subscribe to a service such
as 'follow me' or Fast Track as Ameritech calls it, then when you
activate that feature in another city, the carrier in that city
assigns you a number and tells your home carrier what number is
to be used for call-forwarding purposes. Well ... it seems like some
carriers use the same old numbers over and over again for roamers
in their territory, and on those numbers for the sake of administrative
convenience, the ESN is not checked or verified like it would be for
their own customers with calls to/from their own numbers. So some
people have found that if you learn the block of numbers used by,
let's say, Cellular One Chicago over and over for roamers here,
all you need to do is program your own phone to one of those numbers
and make/receive calls with impunity at no charge.

The same gag used to work with Radio Shack's cellular demo line. All
RS stores had a cellular phone number they could use to demo their
products. Any phone in their stock would work for the simple reason
the carrier did not verify the ESN ... how could they if the dealer
had dozens of phones in stock to be displayed, demoed and hopefully
sold?  Of course since any phone in their stock could make calls when
programmed to that phone number, so could *anyone else's phone* when
programmed to that number. Also there are phones laying around all over
the place in the carrier's customer service office and technical
office.  A bunch of phone numbers are available, but the ESN is not
checked as a matter of administrative convenience.  A tech going out
to a job wants to grab a phone and go. To have to program the ESN to a
given phone number each time around is too much of a hassle.

So phreaks began learning the phone numbers (a) used by the carriers
for day-to-day temporary assignment to roamers, (b) used for administrative
and testing purposes by the carrier itself, and (c) used by very large
dealers like Radio Shack for demonstrations.  Needless to say, a good
time was had by all. There were limitations on the numbers which could
be dialed -- not technical limits, but certainly pragmatic considerations.
Radio station request lines, hotel switchboards, pay stations, etc; those
were all okay but *never* a call to a private residence or your home.
After all, when 'they' got a bellyfull of it, and got hit with loads
of long-distance and international calls, 'they' started auditing the
bills a little closer. Would you want 'them' to call your mother and
ask her who she spoke to in Kansas City on a cellular phone a month
ago?  "... Just an error in our bookkeeping ma'm, we are trying to
straighten out the billing and get the bill to the right person ..."
and mom replies, "Oh!  You must mean my son!  .... such a good boy!
and so smart with computers and telephones .... " ... "Thank you
madam, that's all we need to know ...".  None the less, I think the
scam is still going on where the roamer temporary numbers and the
carrier admin numbers are concerned.     PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Stan Schwartz)
Subject: Summary: Cell One is Becoming ...
Date: 4 Oct 1994 00:37:06 -0400
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC


I received a number of responses to my CellOne NY/NJ problems and
I have condensed them here.  Sorry about the delayed response.

 From: [e-mail]

> Well, you have a couple of options with your problem.  The easiest is
> to just leave the phone at home and get a pager.  Really.  What possible
> consequence would stem from not being able to talk to somebody for the
> five minutes that it would require to find a pay phone?  That way would
> be cheaper as well ...

Actually, in the NY area, I only give out my pager number.  That way,
I have option of paying to speak with someone.  Out of area, it
doesn't pay for me to pay for national paging - that's why I depend on
the cell.

 From: [e-mail] (Cid Technologies)

> Saturday night in Toronto, I tried to make a call and I alternately
> got a re-order or a CanTel operator.  When trying to call in from a
> pay phone, I got my voice mail.

> Ok ... if you tried to dial OUT and got a re-order/fast busy or
> operator, then I would say that they just didn't remove the Fraud
> Protection Feature. But you SHOULD have been able to RECEIVE calls and
> use the Do Not Disturb commands of *350/*35. They DO work in Canada,
> and all over the NACN, for that matter. (And also in CT and Western
> Mass for CO/NY customers roaming on Bell Atlantic/Metro Mobile).

They DID remove the FPF - I haven't yet had them put it back on.

> Did you have Do Not Disturb set to not allow calls while roaming, ie,
> *35? This would explain why your calls went to voicemail. Yet you
> SHOULD be able to hit *350 EVEN IF you have the Fraud Protection
> Feature engaged, and thus bring calls into the Cantel/Toronto system.

No, I was receiving calls while I was still in Buffalo.

>> I went down to a pay phone (Bell Canada, with the neat two-line display),
>> and I called 1-800-242-7327 (CellOne NY customer service).  I got the
>> menu choices and was holding for a rep for about 30 seconds when a
>> recording came on to tell me that the number I dialed could not be
>> reached from my calling area.  BUT I HAD!!!

> Unless the Millenium (?) Bell Canada phone was defective, I can't
> understand why you got that. I've called CO/NY a number of times from
> Quebec and Ontario, and always got through. Can someone verify that it
> still works? If not, I'll call them and ask them when they removed it
> when they are obviously having so many problems in Canada.

I also tried the number from my hotel room, with the same results.

> I would suggest that you tell CO/NY to once and for all REMOVE the
> fraud protection feature from your account PERMANENTLY, or at least
> until they get their system fixed. I did this, and they totally
> understood why I was asking to do it and agreed that since I did roam
> a lot it made sense to do it.

I have, and they did.

                           -----------

Once again, Cell One's reps have read the Digest and contacted me
directly.  The representative that Doug and I have both spoke with is
quite helpful, and wants to make every attempt to work things out.
Sometimes it seems that we are beta testers for their service.

I would like to add that I recently travelled to Colorado, and I
received SEAMLESS NACN call delivery (to the same phone that Canada
wouldn't talk to).  Kudos for that one!

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Pawel Dobrowolski)
Subject: Does Anyone Know Where to Find ...
Date: 4 Oct 1994 00:46:30 GMT
Organization: Harvard University Science Center


Hi folx!

Does any kind soul out there know where to find:

(1) Data regarding the fixed costs for the local loop of a wireline
network and the fixed costs of the local loop of a stationary wireless
network;

(2) The coordinates of the US office of Deutsche Telekom (I tried
directory assistance for NYC and Washington, DC but that didn't work).


Many Thanx,

Pawel

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 11:25:44 -0700
From: [e-mail] (James Madsen)
Subject: Internet From Argentina


Can anyone recommend how one can connect to the Internet from
Argentina?  Preference would be from Cordoba (the country's second
largest city), but any info would be appreciated.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (John E. Lundgren)
Subject: Re: Telecommuting Law
Date: 04 Oct 1994 13:56:14 -0700
Organization: California Technology Project of The Calif State Univ


[e-mail] (Steve Cogorno) writes:

> I haven't heard of a federal law to this effect, but California will
> be implementing a program that requires employers to pay the state (or
> county agency that serves as the state's designee) for each car that
> is parked at its facility.  This is to promote carpooling and telecommuting.

> I guess you could call it an "indirect" telecommuting requirement.

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: That sounds a lot like the infamous 'head
> tax' the Democratic politicians put in place here in Chicago many years
> ago which is still in existence. All employers in Chicago have to pay a
> certain tax per person/month for each employee who *lives outside Chicago*
> but commutes to work. The theory is if the person actually lived here,
> the politicians would be able able to tax them directly everytime the
> person took a breath. Since people from outside the city don't get the
> 'privilege' of paying taxes that are as high as those who do live in the
> city, the politicians wanted to make it up to them somehow. :) As large
> employers began to flee the area several years ago the response by our
> city fathers was 'what ingratitude!' ...  you see, its a privilege to
> be able to come to Chicago to work everyday. I guess the same is true
> of New York and Los Angeles. If telecommuting really catches on, watch
> the local yokels figure out a way to put the squeeze on both the home
> workers and the companies they work for.   PAT]

Somehow I detect some sarcasm in Pat's message.  I've not read any of
the political goings-on in Chicago, so I can't tell if the statements
are serious or what.  Like "privelege .. come to Chicago.." statement.
I remember some required reading in a cass, I believe it was called
"The Jungle", and it was about turn of the century Chicago, and the
bad life that people had there.  It's not that bad today, and probably
will never go back to being that bad.  But then look at Bosnia and
Haiti ...

I recently read that smog credits are being bought and sold in the
L.A.  basin.  Like I'll sell you some of my excess pollution credits
or something like that.  What else will they think of ...

But the AQMD is serious here, and if you don't get your smog stuff
together they will fine you.  ANd if they don't do their job, it affects
us all with smoggy days and health problems.

There were stories recently in the press about the fast food places were
going to be required to get catalytic converters for their grills.
The amount of smog put out by these businesses is evidently substantial.

There is also the attempt at reducing the use of charcoal lighter fluid
because it causes smog.

I'm not sure if I like all these regulations that seem to curtail the
simple freedoms others take for granted.  But it has definitely made a
difference in the amount of pollution in the air.

I hope telecommuting will have the same or greater effect on the smog.


John Lundgren $$$$$$ [e-mail] $$ [e-mail] $$
[e-mail] $$$$$$ Standard Disclaimers apply.  $$
Rancho Santiago College - 17th St. at Bristol - Santa Ana, CA 92706

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: PBXs and NANP
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 03:10:11 GMT


Dear Stephen,

    The issue here is how the PBX was initialy setup to restrict
long distance and what 'class of services' were requested by the
customer.

    Example: A business may have initialy requested that some
telephones be able to make calls within the lata only and other phones
be able to make calls to North America but not international calls. So
this would probably require 3 class of services.

    The first class of service would be 1. It would allow any
calls at all. Local, Intralata, Intralata and international. This
class of service would probably drop the pbx's dtmf reciever as soon
at the trunk group access code was dialed because no control is
needed. This class of service will not be changed or affected by the
95 numbering plan change.

    The second class of service would be intralata calls only.
This would allow local and intra lata calls (probably dialed 1+7 or
1+home area code+7). This class would be affected to the point where
service to these phones would be reduced to local only (if +7 dialing
was set up) because most operating companies will require that the
home area code now be dialed for intra lata calls and since the pbx is
using the number of digits to decide if the call should be allowed or
not it would not allow these intra lata calls even though it should.

    The last class of service would be North America only. This
class would allow 1+10 and 0+10 but not 011. This is a real gotcha.
The pbx is usualy programmed to look at the first and second digits of
the area code to make a decision. It is programmed to allow any digit
in the first area code digit to be 2 through 9 and also be sure that
the digit in the second area code digit be 0 or 1. Now here is another
gotcha. The new 95 numbering plan says that the first digit in an area
code can be a 1 and the second digit in the area code can be a 0 or a
1. The pbx's simple comparison method no longer works. This class of
service will not be affected until the customer actualy wants to dial
one of the new area codes at which time they would be denied by the
pbx.

    There are some simple solutions to the numbering plan change.
PBX's with sophisticated software (MITEL later revisions, most AT&T
including older Dimensions and Horizons and all 75/85 products,
Northern Telecom later revistions) can be reprogrammed by the
maintenance personell to allow the new numbering plan and still
enforse the customers restriction requirements. Older pbx's or key
systems without advanced and configurable software will require that
the internal toll restriction be disabled completely and the toll
control functions would have to be enforced by using an external
dialer that goes between the pbx and the co's. Individial class of
restriction will have to be done using Positive Account Code dialers
which can enforce selectable restriction on an account code dialed
after the number is dialed, if it is long distance or billable.

    This was a rather long winded explanation of a simple concept
but I hope that the background and example will help some to see where
the issues realy apply and where they will not when the numbering plan
becomes effective.

    If there are any additional questions or you with to discuss a
specific application or site I am available professionaly to advise
you.  Please EMAIL your request for consultation and I will return
voice telephone number by reply mail.


Best wishes and luck,

Richard Newman     [e-mail]

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Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    US Cellular/Poughkeepsie Added to NACN? (Douglas Reuben)
    Re: Cell Phones froom Airplanes (Steve Cogorno)
    Infobahn CD-ROM (Ronald Luitwieler)
    Frame Relay vs. ISDN vs. T1 vs. ???? (Stew Pelegan)
    Re: British Telecom Caller ID (Martin Cook)
    Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud (Greg Monti)
    Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud (Jason Hillyard)
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    Re: Usenet Newsgroups on TV Cable - Why Not? (Yves Blondeel)
    Paper Released on Costing Residential Broadband Networks (Steven Byrne)
    Re: Telecommuting Law (Eric Adamson)
    Re: Telecommuting Law (John E. Lundgren)

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From: [e-mail] (Cid Technologies)
Subject: US Cellular/Poughkeepsie Added to NACN?
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 20:44:07 PDT


After the recent additions of the Vanguard Cellular northeast (and
other?) properties to the NACN, I noted in passing that the
Poughkeepsie, NY system (00503) still did not have automatic call
delivery, even though it had Cell One/NY's "home rate" roaming (where
you pay only your home airtime package's rates, no surcharges or daily
charges, etc).

This weekend I was in the Poughkeepsie system, and noticed that the
standard NACN codes for Do Not Disturb and Call Forwarding *are*
working, and that there is indeed automatic call delivery!

All features like forwarding and call waiting work fine, and what I
welcome as an increasingly common feature with CO/NY's partner
systems, all unanswered calls have redirect (bounce back) to
voicemail. (CO/NY for some reason doesn't offer No Answer Transfer,
unfortunately, but if your NACN system does and Poughkeepsie IS indeed
on the NACN, then NAT should also work the same way.)

Call-delivery time is also excellent, with only a few extra seconds
required to send your call to Poughkeepsie after someone dials your
CO/NY number. In almost all cases, callers will not even be able to
tell that your call is being sent to another system -- it's quite
seamless to them. Compare this to the B side auto call delivery
system, where as a NYNEX customer it can take from *35 to 40 seconds*
from the time someone dials your local number to the time your phone
starts ringing! Many callers complain about the delay, and/or the
"Please hold on ... your party is being located" time-killer message,
and a lot of them just hang up. I really don't like using the B side
delivery system because it is so *unecessarily* slow (its not really a
DOJ issue which causes the delay, SWBell/DC, an A-side B-owned company
with the same switch that NYNEX, BAMS and SNET uses doesn't have this
delay, nor does GTE/SF, so WHY on earth do NYNEX,BAMS, and SNET want
to make callers wait so long just to get a hold of a roaming mobile?).

But anyhow, I'm not sure if USCell/Poughkeepsie is truly on the NACN
because I haven't gotten any NACN-type error messages from them yet.
CO/NY may have just set up call-delivery there to be competitive with
NYNEX (and to get me to stop whining! :) ). If anyone else from the
NACN ventures there, please let me know if your calls are delivered to
you too.

Presently, you need to be careful in downtown Poughkeepsie, as the
next system to the north, Vanguard/Kingston (01513), does not have a
"home rate" program with CO/NY. If you receive a call and you
accidentally register on the Kingston system, and you answer it, you
will pay a daily $3 charge and $.99 per minute.

As an aside, I noticed that the Kingston 01513 system is STILL giving
you error recordings when you enter valid NACN codes, like *350, *710,
etc.  These codes to work and do effectuate a change on your home
switch, yet Kingston is returning "KI-32" error recordings instead of
correctly returning confirmation tones.

I also noticed that McCaw's Cell One/Albany (00063) *still* is not
doing redirects for unanswered calls. If your phone goes unanswered or
for some reason you can not be paged but are still registered in
Albany, then callers gets 3 or 4 rings, and then a weird tone, and
then a standard "Not in Vehicle" NACN message. If the non-McCaw
systems in the Hudson Valley can do redirects, why can't the McCaw
system in Albany? I was under the impression that it's a matter of a
software upgrade. I'd think they'd want to get Albany set up for this
as quickly as possible!

Finally, on a totally non-Telecom related note (sort of), did anyone
else see the aurora over the mid-Hudson area of Sunday night? I saw it
from about 12:30 to 1AM (and then had to get moving). It was a bright
green color and spread all over the sky, from east to west, more or
less. I've only seen it once before in my life (February 1989 in
Greenwich, CT and Westchester County, NY), and each time it was a
truly impressive sight.  Hope a few others caught it!


Doug      [e-mail] / CID Technologies / (203) 499 - 5221

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From: [e-mail] (Steve Cogorno)
Subject: Re: Cell Phones From Airplanes
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 22:00:25 PDT


Linc Madson said:

> I was under the impression that using a cellphone from any sort of an
> airplane was a bad idea, if not outright illegal.  Certainly a little
> Cessna isn't likely to be up at 39,000 feet, but there are "small
> planes" that can go well above 10,000 feet, from which altitude they
> could easily reach a good many cells in a populated area like San
> Francisco.  Even from an altitude of just 3,000 feet, you're clear of
> all the hills and buildings in most of the Bay Area.

I have used a cell phone from a plane on occassion, and it wasn't very
pretty.  It worked OK, but the last time I was coming over the
Altimont Pass, where cell coverage is fairly light.  The cell handoffs
were brusk; I got cut off a couple of times.  The other party heared
me fine, and I had a bit of static with occasional bursts of noise.  I
assume that the cell phone would not affect the plane's instruments,
as the pilot gave me the phone to use :-)

BTW, it was a Cessna King Air 8 Passenger.  The main purpose of the
cell phone is to control runway access.  Our runway is FAA registered
(Wallom Field, CA) and to ensure safety, access must be restricted.
However, we needed to allow cross traffic, because there is a service
road that crosses the runway.  Believe it or not, when preparing for a
landing, someone uses the cell phone that is present in all of the
planes, and dials a special number.  The PBX bridges this line right
to the automatic gate, and we can control it remotely to close the
access road.  There are also warning lamps that go on at each
entrance.


Steve   [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 05 Oct 1994 11:45:59 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Ronald Luitwieler)
Subject: Infobahn CD-ROM
Organization: Faculteit Bedrijfskunde, Erasmus University Rotterdam


Dear reader, give me the opportunity to introduce myself. I am a
student at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and I am currently working
on a CD-ROM project. The goal of me and my group is to develop a
marketing strategy for a new CD-ROM product (which is briefly outlined
below). This CD-ROM offers the possibility to research the impacts of
the 'Infobahn' on the environment (businesses, changing markets etc.).
The CD will be on the US market early next year, and will be
available in Europe (in a modified version) some time later.

Our problem now is to get contacts throughout Europe who can help us
with this project -- because somehow we have to research the 'market'
(which we don't know at this point of time). So if you know people
working in this area or people who may be interested in the product,
PLEASE CONTACT ME!

Brief description of the product:

The NII Report is a CD-ROM project covering all aspects of US
developments in broadband communications. A CD-ROM published 3 times
annually, and accompanied by a book of articles with a overview/exec-
utive summary. The book of articles will be around 250 pages. The
CD-ROM will be structured around 4 levels of analysis:

     LEVEL 1: The overview - A summary of all the key
     developments, based on input from a number of commissioned
     expert studies. The overview will be around 50 pages of
     text.

     LEVEL 2: Commissioned reports - covering both analytic
     aspects of the NII and specific industrial sectors:

     (markets, regulation, government policy, technology,
     corporate strategy, costs/financing, telcos, cable TV,
     entertainment, nonprofit sector, satellites, drivers.)

     These commissioned reports will be provided by experts in
     each of these areas. Each report will be around 20 pages.

     LEVEL 3: Published articles - on the recommendation of the
     experts involved providing commissioned reports, there will
     be but reprint rights to the key articles in each of the
     twelve areas. In the beginning there will be a base of 100
     articles, more in each edition.

     LEVEL 4: Sources - the huge capacity of the CD-ROM means
     that large number of key sources can be included in the
     publication. Key sources will include:

     Government reports and statements - Congressional papers,
     including bills, legislative records, reports, testimony -
     Corporate publications and speeches - Nonprofit reports and
     documents

The report will include a paper publication to act as a portable
reference manual and guide. However, its power and usefulness will
come from its use as a CD-ROM product. This approach allows the
simultaneous development of a powerful menu-driven structure, which
allows even neophyte researchers easy access to any part of the
report; and massive searching capabilities, both within and across
issue areas. It also offers export capabilities: ties to the 'Write'
program, cutting to the clipboard, pasting into other applications, or
saving to file, or printing.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail], [Stew Pelegan]@csc.com
Subject: Frame Relay vs. ISDN vs. T1 vs. ????
Date: 5 Oct 1994 14:52:28 GMT
Organization: Computer Sciences Corporation - System Sciences DIvison
Reply-To: [e-mail]


We have a commercial customer who's asked us to setup a BBS system for
them.  They've asked us to recommend a telecom option for them to
use that best suits their needs.  They'd like to start out with 8
lines going into the BBS with the ability to move up to 16, 24, etc.
They'd like their customers to have one 800 number to call to reach
this BBS, no matter where they are in the US.  Their customers will
have off-the-shelf modems, ranging from 1200-14.4 baud.

My initial recommendation was for T1 if they expected heavy usage
(>$3K/month in long distance charges).  But I've seen enough articles
recently about ISDN and frame relay to be hesitant in putting my
recommendation in stone.

I know very little about telecommunications, only what I've picked up
during conversations with long distance carrier sales people.  My
brief education on ISDN tells me that if I wish to implement this
scenario, people who want to call into our customer's BBS will have to
have a special terminal and their local Ma Bell has to offer ISDN.
I'm even more cloudy on Frame Relay.  Can I have one 800 number with
Frame Relay?  Do you need a special terminal/modem to dial into a
frame relay network?  How does it compare to T1?  vs. T1 cost?  vs.
T1 reliability?  Please correct any assumptions that I've made T1,
ISDN, and Frame Relay.

Any help would be appreciated.


Thanks,

Stewart Pelegan    Environmental Services
Computer Sciences Corporation  [phone]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Martin Cook)
Subject: Re: British Telecom Caller ID
Date: 5 Oct 1994 12:20:13 GMT
Organization: BT Development & Procurement
Reply-To: [e-mail]


Julian Thornhill ([e-mail]) wrote:

> Does anyone know how the caller ID system that British Telecom is
> going to introduce in November works? More specifically, how is the
> information delivered to the phone? I am told that it differs to the
> US system.

The following is an extract from part 3 of the uk.telecom FAQ, which
is in turn based on an earlier posting to that group my myself:

Q: How does Caller Display work? {*}

[For a more detailed discussion see 'Caller Display and Call Return'
by William Dangerfield, Simon Garrett and Melv Bond in British
Telecommuncations Engineering; Volume 12 part 3 (October 1993).  Also
See Supplies Information Note (SIN) 227.]

The system described here is that developed by BT for use on the UK
PSTN. It is based on the Bellcore 'CLASS' standard. This has the
benefit of allowing CPE manuafacturers to base their UK models on
those developed for the North American Market.

Most of BT's customers are connected to System X, AXE 10 or TXE4
exchanges and these exchanges are digitally interlinked using CCITT C7
signalling. C7 provides a way of passing the number of the calling
number to the distant exchange (this information is used during call
tracing).

When a call is made to a customer with Caller Display the distant
exchange requests the number of the caller originating the call from
the exchange at the other end of the C7 link.

If the call is not routed totally over C7 links (e.g. the caller is on
an old analogue exchange), or the caller is on an interconnected
network for which no agreement for the exchange of additional call
information is in force, the number will not be complete. In this case
customer with Caller Display will get a 'Number Incomplete Message'

If on the other hand the caller has deliberately withheld the number,
by use of the 141 prefix the Caller Display Customer will get a
'Number Withheld' Message.

If the number is complete, and not withheld by the caller the number
is routed on to the Caller Display customer over the local access
network.  For this purpose a V.23 sender has to be installed at every
exchange concentrator.

When a line is about to receive a call the polarity of the line is
reversed prior to the ringing current being applied. If the customer
has Caller Display additional messages are interspersed between the
polarity reversal and the application of the ringing current.

First a tone alert signal is sent and then an alternating series of
'0's and '1's lasting 250ms is sent by the V.23 sender to assist the
CPE in detecting the imminent arrival of the Caller Display message.

The Caller Display message itself contains the following information:

- The number of the caller
- Reason for absence of number (e.g. number withheld)
- Time and Date (Can be used to auto-set CPE clocks)
- Caller/Name Text (Intially only used for designating calls from payphones)
- Reason for absence of caller name
- Call type

The Caller Display message takes roughly 0.75 seconds to send, after
which the normal ringing current is applied to the line.


Martin Cook, E-mail [e-mail] Tel [phone] Fax [phone]
Software Engineer, Test Management Applications, BT Development & Procurement.

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Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 18:43:41 EDT
From: Greg Monti <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud


On page C1 of the October 4, 1994, {Washington Post} is a story noting
that Ivy James Lay (aka "Knight Shadow") was arrested in connection
with the theft of 50,000 telephone calling card numbers.  The card
numbers were sold and were eventually used to make $50,000,000 worth
of free calls.  He's out on bail.

The Secret Service said that Lay had used software which he installed
at his workplace, a telephone switching facility in Cary, North
Carolina, to capture calling card numbers as they were dialed.
Numbers of Sprint, AT&T, and local company cards were stolen along
with MCI card numbers.  Some of the stolen numbers were ordinary
credit cards that allow calls to be charged to them.

The story says that other search warrants were served and that further
arrests (of 9 to 12 others) are expected.  The story implies that
AT&T, Sprint and MCI all noticed an increase in fraud charged to cards
that had been used in Spring, 1994, from phones in the Charlotte,
North Carolina, area.  The companies reported the fraud pattern to the
Secret Service in May.


Greg Monti, Tech Mgr, FISPO, Distribution Division
National Public Radio          Phone:    [phone]
635 Massachusetts Av NW        Fax:      [phone]
Washington, DC  20001-3753     Internet: [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Jason Hillyard)
Subject: Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud
Date: 5 Oct 1994 00:08:25 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara


> But a hundred thousand calling cards and fifty million dollars in
> traffic????  At what point are certain publishers/editors on the
> Internet going to wake up? Computer crime is growing expotentially.
> I think it is time to have another massive crackdown, similar to
> Operation Sun Devil a few years ago.  Let's start getting really
> tough on hackers and phreaks.

I wonder if the long distance companies will ever wake up.  This kind
of crime is only possible because of the utter lack of security
inherent in calling cards.  Why are the long distance companies so
cheap when it comes to implementing secure billing systems?

In your reference to Operation Sundevil, which part of the crackdown
would you like to see repeated?  The illegal Secret Service raids?
People having their equipment seized without any charges pressed?  The
insignificant number of convictions?


Jason

------------------------------

Date: Wed,  5 Oct 94 07:18:00 PDT
From: Tim Gorman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud


TELECOM Digest Editor wrote:

> traffic????  At what point are certain publishers/editors on the
> Internet going to wake up? Computer crime is growing expotentially.
> I think it is time to have another massive crackdown, similar to
> Operation Sun Devil a few years ago.  Let's start getting really
> tough on hackers and phreaks.

While I am very, very disappointed that a fellow telecommunications
employee would stoop to such crime, I must also point out that the
problem here is not the amount of crime but the amount of this
individual crime. Any response to this type of crime should be
tempered by this realization.


Tim Gorman   [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Paul J. J. Harrington)
Subject: Re: Usenet Newsgroups on TV Cable - Why Not?
Date: 5 Oct 1994 14:37:13 GMT
Organization: University Of St. Andrews


[e-mail] writes:

> Why not make all the Usenet newsgroups available on a sub-carrier on
> local tv-cable systems?

I don't know if it has been done yet, but cable may be a good place to
use multicast IP and there is a mechanism for getting Usenet via
multicast: Muse (archie for usenix-muse.ps).

for more details/objections c.f. endless past discussions on Usenet
over radio, teletext, satelite, CD ...

Pat wrote:

> different called the (lowercase 'i') internet, but it seems to be a
> hard concept for many people to grasp. The Internet is one of several
> networks cooperating on the internet. The internet is all of us no
> matter what site or network (i.e. Fidonet, Bitnet, UUCP -- is it still

To which I respectfully say 'Bzzt, wrong answer'.

An internet is a network of networks.  The Internet is an internet
which runs IP.

The 'internet' which which you mention is usually called 'The Matrix'
(or is that 'the matrix') -- a term coined by John S. Quarterman.


Paul Harrington, [e-mail]       [phone]
Division of Computer Science, St Andrews University, Scotland KY16 9SS

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Yves Blondeel)
Subject: Re: Usenet Newsgroups on TV Cable - Why Not?
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 14:27:51
Organization: FUNDP, Namur, Belgium


In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:

> Why not make all the Usenet newsgroups available on a sub-carrier on
> local tv-cable systems?

(** extract from responses I got to a related question a week ago **)

Continental Cablevision (Cambridge Massachussets) and PSI Cable
Internet (Performance Systems International) started providing
corporate IP connections via CATV in March 1994. Individual
connections to homes will start mid-October.

Boston College is working with them to provide the same throughout the
campus. The system is in test now and will come online as Project
Agora in September 1995.

CABLEVISION in New York (City) is working on providing a multimedia
front-end for their subscribers that includes Internet as well as
online service options such as Compuserve and America On Line, etc ...


Yves Blondeel    [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: Steven=[e-mail]
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 94 11:09:34 EST
Subject: Paper Released on Costing Residential Broadband Networks


Pat:

I thought TELECOM Digest readers may be interested to hear about the
release of some recent work of ours about costing the deployment of
residential broadband networks. I would be grateful if you could pass
this on to the readers of the Digest.


Thanks,

Steven Byrne
Principal Research Officer
Communications Futures Project

        ______________________________________________________

              Australian Communications Futures Project
        ______________________________________________________

The Communications Futures Project (CFP) has recently released another
in its series of Work-in-Progress papers.

The paper, reporting on work the CFP has undertaken to examine the
cost of deploying residential broadband services in Australia, is now
available free in either hard copy form or on-line for anonymous FTP
in a variety of formats (see below).

A summary of the paper follows:

COSTING NEW RESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
CFP Work in Progress Paper No. 5

This paper reports on one aspect of work being undertaken by the
Communications Futures Project on likely market and network
developments for information services in Australia over the decade
from 1995 to 2005 and beyond.

It presents the results of an examination of the costs of providing
residential information services using a range of delivery platforms.

It was foreshadowed in CFP paper DELIVERY TECHNOLOGIES IN THE NEW
COMMUNICATIONS WORLD that the CFP would undertake further analysis of
the relative costs of providing these services on a range of delivery
platforms.  This paper reports preliminary results of this analysis.
It presents broad estimates of the costs of rolling out various
delivery platforms, although much of the discussion in this paper
focuses on HFC networks.

METHODOLOGY AND SCOPE

The approach taken in this paper involves estimating the costs of the
various components of each of the platforms.  An estimated cost per
household was derived for 1994 for each of the platforms identified in
the earlier work.  That is:

wireless platforms
*  direct broadcasting to the home by satellite (DBS)
   using digital signals, and
*  microwave multipoint distribution systems (MDS)

cable-based systems
*  optic fibre systems, particularly hybrid optic
   fibre - coaxial cable (HFC) systems, and
*  the asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL)
   system using existing twisted pair telephone lines.

Estimates were made of the likely movements in component costs over
time and between different geographic areas.  Using a spreadsheet
based model cost estimates were then derived for all households in
different geographic areas and in Australia in total for each year
form 1995 to 2005.  This approach is part of a structured modelling
approach to costs to be revealed more fully in a subsequent paper.

For hard copies, either:

write to:

Research Manager
Communications Futures Project
Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics
GPO BOX 501   CANBERRA ACT 2601   AUSTRALIA

or fax [phone]
or telephone [phone].
or email Steven=[e-mail]

For on-line versions of the paper, look in the directory
'cfp_documents' on the following anonymous FTP site:

happy.dotc.gov.au

View the file !index!.txt to see what is available in the CFP
directory, and in what formats.


Steven Byrne. Communications Futures Project. Bureau of Transport
and Communications Economics. Canberra, Australia.
Internet: Steven=[e-mail]

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From: Eric <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Telecommuting Law
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 94 21:05:58 -0500
Organization: Delphi ([e-mail] email, 800-695-4005 voice)


I seriously doubt that even if a federal law mandating telecommuting
were to reach the floor, it would be poorly received by all parties,
and would readily be voted down.  The possibility of incentives
being offered would likely be welcome by most parties involved.

The social impact of telecommuting will be deep and has far-reaching
implications.  I have heard mostly environmental arguments for
telecommuting, and it seems quite reasonable that even with the
resulting increase in power con- sumption from computers & networks,
this would be much more efficiently used power.

The mammoth task will be to predict the impact on industries that are
supported by the business sector.  If telecommuting were accepted, and
taken to an extreme, which is highly unlikely at present, we could
expect to see revenues dropping for oil companies, garment
manufacturers, and food franchises.  While prices may favor the
consumer as demand falls, this would likely be short-lived, and would
be offset eventually by layoffs, and a resulting drop in the GNP.
This is, of course, a very narrow look at what could be expected, and
as I am only an armchair economist, I cannot account for all the
factors involved.

I DO, however, feel that the social impact would be positive.  People
do not need the workplace as a means of forcing them to socialize.
Given the extra time that telecommuting offers, they would readily
seek other, more beneficial forms of socializing.  The mere ability
for working parents to more easily accomodate the needs of their
children, is likely to have a more positive social benefit, by
allowing the family unit to function more naturally.  I seriously
doubt that the effect of removing adults, who are already developed
and in no need of further socialization, would outweigh the benefit of
having hildren who have received the proper amount of love and
attention from their parents, in their formative years.

Of course, telecommuting is not a valid alternative to a great
majority of occupations, and it is obvious that the benefits of
telecommuting would be enjoyed by only a relatively confined portion
of society, who, unfortunately, can already considered among the
advantaged.  So, it's not exactly a social panacea, but it is
definitely the direction of things to come.

(My apologies for not starting a new thread ... I didn't realize I
would have this much to write!  Perhaps those who reply would consider
starting one, as I have definitely strayed from the point of the
initial post.  My apologies, again.)


Eric Adamson

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (John E. Lundgren)
Subject: Re: Telecommuting Law
Date: 03 Oct 1994 18:33:02 -0700
Organization: California Technology Project of The Calif State Univ


[e-mail] (Travis Russell) writes:

> In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Ralph
> Warren) says:

> Failure to comply to this law will result in fines. I have heard fines
> up to $25,000 for non-compliance. Telecommuting is one of the options
> that a company in Los Angeles can provide, but is not a requirement.

Our college district is subject to a $25,000 fine *per day* for
non-compliance.  I've heard rumors that we have been fined, but I've
nothing on paper.

I personally think that telecommuting and higher bandwidths, either by
fiber or ADSL, will change the way we work.  Right now, we've had to
suffer through several years of commuting detours while the I-5, the
main thoroughfare thru L.A. and Orange Counties, gets widened and HOV
lanes added.  I think that I will live to see the same freeway lanes
turned into parking lots when people have taken advantage of the
telecommuting and other options.  (I'm not holding my breath, though.)


John Lundgren $$$$$$ [e-mail] $$ [e-mail] $$
[e-mail] $$$$$$ Standard Disclaimers apply.  $$
Rancho Santiago College - 17th St. at Bristol - Santa Ana, CA 92706

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    Communications In/After a Disaster (Kevin Jessup)
    Free E-Mag Covers Wireless, ATM, Frame Relay, SMDS, FDDI (David S. Lewis)
    Correction: 310 Overlay Details (Greg Monti)
    networkMCI Wants to do Local Dial Tone (Greg Monti)
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    TAPISDK/ATVSP.TSP Problem (Douglas H. Quebbeman)
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From: [e-mail] (Kevin Jessup)
Subject: Communications In/After a Disaster
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 11:24:13 GMT
Organization: marquette electronics, inc


I'm interested in your experiences and opinions regarding emergency
telecommunications employed in the event of a disaster.  Disasters
such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, tornados, even riots.  I'd
like any info/opinions you have regarding the survivability of the
commercial telecommunications infrastructure after such events and any
experience you have on how fast service was restored after the event.

I'm aware of the importance of amateur radio when all access to
commercial telecomm fails.  I won't discount the occaissional ;-)
usefullness of Citizens Band either.  What I am looking for is your
experiences using cell phones or even internet services such as
Internet Relay Chat after a disaster hits.

I have both cellular phones and VHF/UHF amateur radio for my use.
Having lived in Wisconsin all my life, I have only experienced a
"small" tornado.  I'm looking for opinions from those who have had to
deal with a more wide-spread event.

How robust is the cell phone infrastructure?  In a very localized
disaster (tornado) you can still probably hit more than one cell site
(with your cell phone) even if one or two towers (receive sites) are
wiped out.  Also, assume here that local land-line communication is
dead or overloaded.  In that case, does having a cell phone make any
difference (the cell sites eventually access the land-lines anyway)?
I also understand that cell phones are auto- matically given
alternating priority (via the Access Overload Class value burned into
every cell phone) in the event of system overload.  Did you experience
this priority switching?  Were you able to access during certain hours
but but others?

How important and responsive were local government emergency services
to your IMMEDIATE emergency COMMUNICATIONS needs?  If you utilized an
amateur radio operator's help (perhaps via an Amateur Radio Emergency
Services station), do you feel it served your purpose (provided help
or relayed the message) in a timely fashion?  Had you NOT used it or
used an alternative method, would/did help have arrived (or would the
message have been delivered) any faster (or at all)?

What about evolving commercial telecomm?  Cell sites will shrink in
size and power requirements as technology advances.  The Steinbrecher
mini-cell fits in a large trunk and costs 1/10th a conventional sell
site.  This make battery/generator back-up more feasible.  Will
commercial telecomm do that?  The mini-cell also encourages more
densely packed cells resulting in better coverage and redundancy.

Looking into the future, are there any opinions on the ambitious (some
much more so than others) LEOS (Low Earth Orbitting Satellite)
projects and their promise of hand-held coverage immune to local
disasters?  How dependent will the various LEOS be on ground stations?
How many ground stations are actually required?

Finally, amateur radio usually (only?) provides text (files and
keyboard-to- keyboard) and voice (even if via Morse code)
communication.  If multimedia services were available via amateur
radio (high-speed file transfer, fax) would you have used them?  Note
that "business related" traffic is NOT legal via amateur radio.  Only
personal ("Hi honey.  We're just fine.") and emergency ("She's trapped
and has a broken leg!"  or "The dam is about to burst!") traffic is
allowed.

I've found no shortage of articles on the importance of amateur radio
in an emergency situation in the amateur radio related publications
(QST, 73, Amateur Radio, etc).  I agree with them.  However they are
seldom self- critical.  On the other hand, consumer publications such
as Mobile Office now regularly carry stories on how cell-phones and
cell-phone-based fax and data modems did the job after disasters.
Just how much of this is hype and how much is true?  All serious
commentary is welcome.  I also would enjoy reading your speculations
on the future.

Thanks.  This really isn't a survey.  Just looking for opinions and
hoping to stimulate a little discussion. :-) No flame-wars please.


[e-mail]     Marquette Electronics, Inc.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA     N9SQB, ARRL, Amateur Radio

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (David Scott Lewis)
Subject: Free E-Mag Covers Wireless, ATM, Frame Relay, SMDS, FDDI
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 11:39:10 GMT


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* SPECIAL: A FULL-TEXT TUTORIAL ON GENETIC & EVOLUTIONARY PROGRAMMING     *
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  VIRTUAL REALITY

  IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications: Special Issue on VR
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  [1]  Virtual reality (introduction to the special issue)
  [2]  What are virtual environments?
  [3]  Human factors in the design of an immersive display
  [4]  Teaching your system to share (PC-based VR)
  [5]  Resource file: Other contacts from the CG&A special issue

  [6]  Visualization and analysis using virtual reality
  [7]  Virtual reality as it really is
  [8]  Inching closer to reality (emerging markets profile)
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  MOBILE & WIRELESS COMPUTING

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*   OF PHILIPS SEMICONDUCTORS                                             *
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  [10] No computer is an island (data transfer for road warriors)
  [11] A special report from The (London) Financial Times on PDAs
  [12] The wireless office
  [13] The cost of wireless data
  [14] Computing out of bounds (tools for the fully-armed road warrior)
  [15] Better batteries

  INTERACTIVE TV

  [16] The interactive TV crusade
  [17] Real-time OS, services drive TV decoders

  NEURAL NETWORKS & SEVENTH GENERATION COMPUTING
                    ^^^^^^^
  [18] IBM writes plan for neural networks (handwriting recognition app)
  [19] Neural networks tackle manufacturing
  [20] Heaven in a chip (computing, circa 2020)

  INFOBAHN
  (hmmm, in Part 1 this section was titled "Information Superhighway")

  [21] Curtain's rising on a third generation of on-line services
  [22] A protest song -- '90s style (music on the 'Net)

  SPEECH RECOGNITION

  [23] Conversations with my PC
  [24] Say the word! (home automation apps)

  NANOTECHNOLOGY & MICROELECTROMECHANCIAL SYSTEMS (MEMS)

  IEEE Engrng in Medicine & Biology: Special Issue on Molecular Electronics
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  [25] Molecular electronics: Science and technology for the future
  [26] Resource file: Other contacts from the EMB special issue

  [27] Mirror, mirror (microscopic mirrors & MEMS for HDTV)

  COMPANY PROFILE

  [28] A juicy new Apple?

  SPECIAL FULL-TEXT REPORTS

  [X]  Text of speech presented at Mobile '94 by the President & CEO of
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Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 10:35:08 EDT
From: Greg Monti <[e-mail]>
Subject: Correction: 310 Overlay Details


After a piece I wrote appeared in the Digest saying that the 562 area
code overlay would be restricted to existing California area 310
appeared, I received a very helpful message and fax from Marc O'Krent
<[e-mail]> or <[e-mail]> of Marina Del Rey, CA.

A 13-page fax from Pacific Bell to Marc tells a complicated tale.  The
new 562 code was once intended to be for wireless services only, which
would migrate from the existing 310, 213 and 818 area codes.  The
change now is that 562 will also be used to relieve number exhaustion
for *landline* phones in the 310 area and may be used to relieve
landline NXX exhaustion elsewhere.

The 310 landline overflow to 562 is *in addition to*, not instead of,
wireless users from 213 and 818.  Any kind of user from 213 and 818,
not just wireless ones, may also end up in 562 someday.

Phase I of the change, beginning 2 Sept 1995, has 562 being used to
implement new NXX codes of *tandem* users that would otherwise have
been in 310.  I assume a "tandem" user is one who connects to the
landline telephone network via trunk-side, rather than line-side
interconnection.  I suspect that cellular, beeper, PCS and large
corporations are typical tandem users.  In Phase I, no existing
numbers would be changed.

Phase II will include all services from both tandem and end-office
switches in the 310 land area.  During phase II, there may be a
*third* step: enlarging the overlay to include "all services" in the
818 and 213 areas.  Thus 562 could be used to relieve up to three
other area codes, which should hold the LA basin until 2000.

A note in the Pacific Bell copy also notes that 619 will likely split
within five years.


Greg Monti, Tech Mgr, FISPO, Distribution Division
National Public Radio          Phone:    [phone]
635 Massachusetts Av NW        Fax:      [phone]
Washington, DC  20001-3753     Internet: [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 18:32:33 EDT
From: Greg Monti <[e-mail]>
Subject: networkMCI Wants to do Local Dial Tone


According to a story on page C1 of the October 4, 1994, {Washington
Post}, and in other media, MCI's local service division, networkMCI,
has applied for franchises to provide local dial tone service in
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Washington state, Michigan and Illinois.
networkMCI intends to serve mainly businesses, although they applied
for the residential market in Michigan as well.

MCI would provide dial tone, directory assistance, call waiting, call
forwarding and 911 emergency, among others.  MCI already has such
authority in two states, New York and Massachusetts.

An MCI spokesman said that the company is applying for regulatory
authority state by state since the telecom bill did not pass in
Congress this year.

MCI has requested that all involved states require the Bell Operating
Companies serving them to provide number portability so customrs can
change local phone companies and keep their numbers.  The article
notes that the biggest issue still unresolved is how much MCI and the
other local company will charge each other to transport (local) calls
between companies.


Greg Monti, Tech Mgr, FISPO, Distribution Division
National Public Radio          Phone:    [phone]
635 Massachusetts Av NW        Fax:      [phone]
Washington, DC  20001-3753     Internet: [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Laurence Chiu)
Subject: Re: Card Call Ripoffs; Calling China Cheap
Date: 4 Oct 1994 19:20:53 -0700
Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access  [phone]  [login: guest]


In article <[e-mail]>, Wm. Randolph Franklin
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> What is the best way to call China, particularly using a calling card?
> I've spent well over an hour talking to ATT, MCI, and Sprint.  Their
> rates are so close to each other, yet so byzantine, that they appear

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: There is no such thing as a cheap call
> to China. The rates are quite high, anytime day or night where calling
> cards are concerned, as well as with call-back schemes. I don't know
> why this is, other than perhaps the telecom administration in China and
> the carriers here have some difficulty in reaching mutually acceptable

I guess it depends upon what you mean cheap. At the moment via MCI and
using their International Friends and Family scheme I get a rate of
$0.73/minute during week days and $0.49/min during weekends. This is
to one number only but I could designate two others. One is enough for
me at the moment. This rate is good until Nov 6 when it changes to
$0.98 8pm-2pm and weekends and $1.35 otherwise to that number. At that
time I will switch back to AT&T who had pretty decent rates also.

Of course using a calling card might raise those rates somewhat.


Laurence Chiu               [e-mail]
Walnut Creek, California    Tel (work) [phone]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Douglas H. Quebbeman)
Subject: TAPISDK/ATVSP.TSP Problem
Organization: IgLou Internet Services
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 15:58:15 GMT


I have problems getting the MCI Voice driver going, as well as the
ATVSP.TSP driver. Comparing the source code of the version resource
for the TAPI Dialer driver (VERSION.RC) with the source for the
version resource for the Voice driver (SHIPVER.RC) shows some
differences that may be implicated. The version resource must be in an
acceptable format for the control panel thingie to load it.

Anybody licked this problem yet?


Douglas H. Quebbeman ([e-mail])

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Al Varney)
Subject: Re: Recommendations For Answering Machines?
Organization: AT&T Network Systems
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 04:36:02 GMT


In article <[e-mail]>, Michael Rosen <mrosen@nyx10.
cs.du.edu> wrote:

> I'm considering buying an answering machine as opposed to paying a
> monthly fee to Bell Atlantic for their Answer Call voice mail system.

> I was looking at AT&T's digital answering machines today.  The only
> thing they don't have that I kind of like is the ability to skip the
> OGM.  I like that someone's machine has that when I'm calling so I can
> hit * and abort the message if I don't feel like waiting.  I'd like to
> extend that courtesy to people calling me (that is if they know it
> exists which not all do).

   But the AT&T digital machines DO HAVE the ability to skip the
OGM!!!!  The documentation is crummy, but the machine is NICE.  (I
have the combined phone/answering machine called the "1545".  The
machine-only digital version should have the same features....)

   Anyway, on the pages where the "Examples of Mailbox Use" are
described, you can do it TWO ways:

  1) Have the caller press "1" during the OGM.  It will abort the OGM
and give the caller a BEEP.  Record message normally.  (I tested this
ONE TIME, based on the use of 2, 3 and 4 for other mailboxes.  Test it
before you buy -- cause there's no reason to believe later versions
won't change the un-documented behavior.  And any such "1" should be
more than just a brief tap of the button -- hold it down for a 1/2
second or so.)

  2) Record an OGM for Mailbox 1, but none for boxes 2, 3 or 4.  Tell
your frequent callers to punch "2", "3" or "4" to interrupt your OGM
-- normally this would switch them to the OGM for mailbox 2, 3 or 4,
but since there isn't an OGM for those boxes, they just get a BEEP.
And you get a display that shows the number of messages in EACH
mailbox -- handy if you tell "4" to only one individual, for example.

> I do want a machine that has a time stamp and remote access.  The AT&T
> model I was looking at has voice prompting for the remote access.

> Is it worth the extra cost to go digital versus tape?

   IMHO, yes.  Very clean sound, no wear.  After 1 year, I've had to
RESET the system once after my kids briefly interrupted power (no
announcements or messages were lost due to power outage -- but it
happened when they were playing with the machine and the "new messages
waiting" indicator ended up stuck in an always-on state.
Messages/announcements are safeguarded with battery-backup, but the
state of the indicator must not be ...).  Other than that, it works
GREAT -- but I do need to get a longer handset cord.


Al Varney

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Al Varney)
Subject: Re: Okay, So I Want to Start My Own Local Telco ... How?
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 16:07:53 GMT


In article <[e-mail]>, Paul Robinson <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> Peter Rukavina <[e-mail]> wants to know how to set
> up a cooperative telephone company for a small group within a rural
> area.

> I can give him some ideas but if he's looking for something not very
> expensive he's going to have a problem.

> Average rule of thumb for a company deciding to put in its own PBX is
> US $1000 per line plus about US $4 a month per line to cover damage to
> equipment.

   IMHO, a PBX COULD BE a mistake, unless it is designed to support
real outside plant analog/digital loops.  One major difference between
a typical PBX and a typical CO switch is in the expectation of high
voltage/current spikes on lines.  Even "campus-wide" PBX applications
have to look at loop protection.  But rural areas really need it.

   REA has lots of information regarding this area, and "lists"
several CO switches it is willing to support with loan programs.  You
also need to think seriously about administrative/maintenance systems,
which might cost more than the switch -- billing, tracking outside
plant, repair orders, complaints, payroll, taxes, records, records,
records ...


Al Varney

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Wes Leatherock)
Date: 03 Oct 94 10:08:01 -0500
Subject: Re: NYNEX to Stop Charging For Touch-Tone!
Organization: FidoNet Nameserver/Gateway


Quoting [e-mail] (Roy Smith):

> There is an article in today's NYTimes saying that as one part of a
> complex NYNEX-PSC agreement, starting January 1st, 1995, NYNEX will no
> longer charge for touch-tone service.  I can't believe it, after only
> 27 years, they have finally come to the conclusion that touch-tone is
> not a premium service anymore.  Amazing.

        Rate design is a complex subject and Public Service Commissions,
being at least partly political bodies, try to set rates in the way
most palatable to customers, the great majority of whom are not big
customers but modest residential users.

> Am I the only person in the world who still doesn't have touch-tone,
> because I don't want to pay the extra $0.50/month, or whatever it is?

        According to which figures you want to use, between 20 and 25
per cent of all telephones in the United States are still rotary dial.


Wes Leatherock
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Garry Gruenke)
Subject: Re: Fax DID Technologies - What is E&M
Date: 4 Oct 1994 15:12:16 -0600
Organization: DeepCove BBS


McRae, Stuart <[e-mail]> writes:

> I am researching technologies to allow DID use with the Fax Modems we
> currently use for inbound fax routing. One solution I have founded
> uses an interface called "E&M" which is available on some PABXs. It
> appears to be some sort of variation of the DID protocol used for
> telco lines.

> Can someone explain what the E&M interface is, who defines it, where I
> can get the definition, and how it works?

> Also, our fax modems can support "DTMF" routing. Ascom in the UK
> recently announced a FaxRouter which uses a basic rate ISDN connection
> to the telco and an analog connection to two fax modems using DTMF.
> This allows us to use our current fax modems for inbound routing (or
> any other modems that support DTMF).

> Are there any other products which will do this? Do any PABXs have the
> capability to generate DTMF in this way? Are there any vendors offering
> other DID solutions (anywhere worldwide, PABX based or stand alone)
> which will connect to a fax modem supporting DTMF?

The E&M interface uses some extra wires for signalling E (ear) M
(mouth).  There are several types of E&M interfaces, 2-wire and 4-wire
refer to the number of wires needed for the voice portion, with a
2-wire interface you would have 2 wires for transmit and recieve and 2
or 4 more wires for the E&M leads. With the 4-wire interface you would
have 2 wires for transmit and 2 wires for recieve and 2 or 4 more
wires for E&M leads. Type I E&M uses 1 wire for an E-lead and 1 wire
for an M-lead. Type II E&M uses 2 wires for E-leads and 2 wires for
M-leads. An incoming seizure is signalled by a ground on the E-lead
(Type I) or a short on the E-lead pair (Type II). An outbound seizure
is signalled by battery on the M-lead (Type I) or a short on the
M-lead pair ((Type II). There is more but this is the real meat of the
interface.


[e-mail]

------------------------------

From: Henry Wertz <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: True Voice ... True Difference?
Date: 4 Oct 1994 18:06:56 GMT
Organization: U of Iowa Panda System
Reply-To: [e-mail]


In note <[e-mail]>, [e-mail].
edu (Paul R. Paradiso) writes:

> Hello.  Actually, at this point I would like to believe that there IS
> a difference.  The difference will probably be noticed in data
> communications such as Modems, Fax, etc. It is amazing at how fast
> the CPS rates can go up when the lines get clearer and clearer.  I
> have tested my modem on a line and when it picked up the line thru an
> "ATA" command, all I heard was static, but was perfectly fine for
> Voice.  Since modems and fax, etc. send their tones at such a higher
> speed today, they need as little blockage as possible.  Hopefully this
> will help, if not, I'm not surprised ...

     I doubt it ... the low frequencies have always been iffy, so most
equipment leaves that 300hz down alone. I don't think it'll make a
difference. In fact, it might cause a problem, since emphasizing one
particularchunk of frequencies is not what a modem counts on 8-).

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Ken Krechmer)
Subject: Re: True Voice ... True Difference?
Date: 4 Oct 1994 22:09:56 GMT
Organization: Netcom


In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Rakesh Bharania)
writes:

> Several months ago, I called the True-Voice demo line when it first
> went up (I forgot where I got the number from), and I couldn't tell
> one whit of difference between the normal voice and the "enhanced"
> one.  Several days ago, I saw the Whitney Houston commercial and
> decided to try again (hey, the line was new .. maybe it wasn't fully
> working, right?)  Again, I couldn't tell the difference.  I even got
> my dad to call this up, and HE couldn't tell the difference.

> So is "True Voice" an actual technology or just a marketing move?

The specification released by AT&T is Technical Reference 50150 Issue
2.0 March 1994. It shows the base boost around 300 Hz and also a full
band gain boost of 4dB when level is below -17dBm0 for 1 second. If it
sounds better or not I leave to others to decide.


Ken Krechmer   Technical Editor
Communications Standards Review
e-mail: [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: Ed Ellers <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: British Telecom Caller ID
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 94 12:10:12 -0500
Organization: Delphi ([e-mail] email, 800-695-4005 voice)


Martin Cook <[e-mail]> writes:

> When a line is about to receive a call the polarity of the line is
> reversed prior to the ringing current being applied. If the customer
> has Caller Display additional messages are interspersed between the
> polarity reversal and the application of the ringing current.

Now that's definitely different from North American practice -- here
the CNID data burst is sent between the first and second rings.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: And typically, immediatly following the
first ring, with some dead space following the end of the transmission
and the start of the second ring.   PAT]

------------------------------

From: Ed Ellers <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Questions on Using GPS Time Codes For Network Timing
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 94 12:16:32 -0500
Organization: Delphi ([e-mail] email, 800-695-4005 voice)


Mike Foltz <[e-mail]> writes:

> What makes GPS so special for being a timing reference?

Probably that it's the only time signal source at present that is
available nationwide (and worldwide) over a line-of-sight signal path;
other sources in various countries are either shortwave (like WWV, CHU
or JJY), long wave (like WWVB or WWVL, or the BBC's Radio 4 UK) or
even local medium wave AM stations (such as Cuba's Radio Reloj
network), and none provides 100% reliable 24-hour nationwide coverage.

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Inside This Issue:                          Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    GTE Airphone Begins Ground-to-Air Service (For Free!) (Doug Reuben)
    FCC Celebrates Communications Act's 60th Birthday (Bob Keller)
    Announcement: New WWW Telecom Info Page (David Moon)
    Book Review: !%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing" (Rob Slade)
    Splits Pending (Clive D.W. Feather)
    ISDN-BRI Central Office Emulator (comp.newprod via Monty Solomon)
    Rockwell's RIFP Software for Multi-Function Peripherals (Monty Solomon)
    Using a Modem in Israel (John Inkman)
    FTP Site for lssgr/iatf? ([e-mail])
    Is There Still a Usenet? (Not as Facetious as it Sounds) (T. M.P. Lee)
    Possible to Install Jack Incorrectly? (Dennis Gehris)
    Looking For Dialing Board For PC (Pete Kruckenberg)
    Telecom Regulatory Environment  (Michael Honeth)

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Date: 7 Oct 1994 05:07:58 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: GTE Airphone Begins Ground-to-Air Service (For Free!)


Just got some mail from GTE Airphone.

It appears that starting October 15th, callers anywhere who can reach
Airphone's 800 number (1-800-AIRPHONE) can reach *you* at your seat
while flying aboard Aeromexico, Delta, Mexicana, Reno Air, TWU,
United, and the USAir Shuttle (but not American ! :( ).

GTE assigns you a code in the format XXX-XXX-XXXX+YYYY, and it is
printed on a card which GTE mails to you. This card can NOT be used to
pay for calls, it only serves to identify you in their system.  The
XXX ... part is printed on your card, while the YYYY is your four-digit
PIN, and is not printed on your card. (Basically like a calling card
 -- maybe GTE has future plans for this card, e.g., no need for credit
card billing, use on the ground as a regular calling card, etc.)

When you sit down at your seat, you either enter the code + PIN
manually into the digital phone unit (it won't work on the older
analog ones, it seems), or you can slide your card in and enter your
four digit PIN afterwards. This tells the system that you want to be
able to receive calls.

You will be billed a $2 "registration fee" for this (waived until Jan 1st,
1995). You will thus need to enter your credit card (slide it through  the
side of the digital phone) so you can be billed the $2 (apparently even during
THIS year when you won't be charged -- the system probably needs the "swipe"
to activate even though you aren't currently charged.)

Callers dial 1-800-AIR-PHON(E), wait for a voice menu, choose "Call
Customer in Flight", and enter your Aircall code number. You will get a
flashing message on your digital phone's screen saying: "Incoming Call
for Seat 12F". When you see this, you can either (A) RE-enter your PIN
number (so someone else can't answer the call while you are away from
your seat) to accept the call, or (B) reject it and have the caller's
number stored. If you don't do anything, after a minute or so, the
caller's number is automatically stored. So if you are away from your
seat when a call comes in, you can see who called you and try to call
him/her back. (I'll bet they will add voicemail soon, too ...)

If you chose to answer the call, you first get a chance to see who is
calling you, ie GTE transmit's the ANI from the 800 number to your
seat. You then can answer the call and start paying $2.50 a minute
(plus $2.50 set-up charge, unless you use a pre-paid $15 GTE Airphone
card, where you never pay a set-up charge). However, ALL FEES ARE
WAIVED FROM OCT 15TH TO NOV 3OTH, so you can receive as many calls as
you like totally for free!

If you see the call is from someone who you don't want to talk to, you
can chose to reject the call, and pay nothing. According to GTE, you
will NEVER pay for screening the call, ie, seeing the number of your
caller. Thus, you can pay $2 up front to "register" (waived till Jan
1st, 1995), have your friends call you, and return the calls when you
get to the ground; sort of like a (very cumbersome) in-flight paging
system.

Overall, sounds interesting, and worth a try when it's free. However,
I don't like the idea of an 800-only number -- what if international
callers wish to reach me? (Maybe they can come in through Airphone's
Illinois number?  No ANI, though ...). I am also wondering if they can
have an option where the caller on the ground pays for the call,
although this opens up a lot of possibilities for fraud -- at least
when YOU pay for it in the plane they have you swipe your actual card
through, which is a lot safer. And what about people who just stroll
onto the plane and DON'T have an Aircall Card number and PIN? Can the
system generate one for them, or are they out of luck and need to
order one and wait for it to come in the mail?

I also don't like the idea of paying $2 "up front" just for the
privilege of being registered on their system. It's not much, but this
charge discourages my using it on short flights and/or when I don't
really expect anyone to call me. I'd only use it if I absolutely
needed to have someone call me, such as if I paged someone and had to
have them call me back. If there were no charge, I'd just slide my
card through, and scan inbound calls. I'm sure I'd answer at least
one, so GTE would make money off of me. The $2 charge is like a daily
$3 roam charge -- it discourages me *initially* from using the service
so GTE makes nothing from me at all, whereas if they were willing to
risk that for the slight incremental cost of registering me for free
they MAY get some of money from my answering an anbound call, ( ie,
GTE would do better in the long run). And from the utter non-use I've
seen of most on GTE Airphone's system (I rarely see people use it that
much these days, probably because it costs too much and service is
usually awful), I'd think they'd WANT to encourage people to receive
calls and try out their new digital service on a permanent basis.

Moreover, when I fly, I tell people to call my pager, and I usually
get the pages reliably (I have nationwide coverage and regional east
coast coverage on my two pagers).  So why would I really want to have
to have them go through the burden of calling Airphone's Aircall
system, enter some NEW code number (like the EasyReach 700 nonsense
wasn't enough for them already! :( ), and then wait for me to answer,
when they can just page me a few times and in all likelihood I'll get
back to them? I can't even forward my 700 number or other numbers to
GTE's service (caller's generally won't know what to do and/or what my
code number is), so it's not like most people will even KNOW how to
reach me on Airphone, and will just call my pager(s) instead. With
this in mind, I probably wouldn't use the inbound system unless they
eliminated the $2 charge after Jan 1st, 1995.

I'm sure to most travelers this is a petty point, so I won't dwell
upon it any longer. Overall, a welcome enhancement to their system.
I'm anxious to try it!

BTW, GTE also noted in their letter that they will soon be introducing
FAX service and that on some United and Air Canada flights callers can
access their Satellite system when they are away from North America.
No mention of costs, but hopefully they will make things nice and
simple and charge the same rate that they currently do when placing
calls over North America.

GTE Airphone also has a program where you can give them two credit
cards and two phone numbers and you pay a lower set-up charge ($1.83
or something?)  and the same lower rate per minute for US/Canada
calls. You must use either of the two cards, and call only those two
numbers, though. I signed up and never used it, but I'd be more likely
to use it if I can get on a flight with digital service, as the
current analog (non-Aircall) system is really pathetic -- it always
sounds like there's a bunch of ducks quacking on the other end!


Doug     [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 11:31:26 EDT
From: Bob Keller <[e-mail]>
Subject: FCC Celebrates Communications Act's 60th Birthday


FCC CELEBRATES 60TH ANNIVERSARY

At a standing room only Commission meeting room October 6, Chairman
Hundt and Commissioners Quello, Barrett, Ness and Chong cut a huge
chocolate birthday cake to celebrate the FCC's 60th Birthday.

As part of the festivities, Commissioner Rachelle Chong read
the following poem:

              A Poem to the Communications Act
  By Henry Gibson (actually Jane Mago, Senior Poem Advisor)

             How old is the Communications Act?
                   60 years, to be exact.
               It has provisions old and new,
                 2(b), 4(i) to name but two.
                   Now OGC, they love 4(i)
            For it grants discretion on the fly.
             The Act has served these many years
         to fill some dreams and strike some fears.
                It's been amended quite a lot
             To fix some jiggles and some jots.
              In Title II, it deals with phones
            it strives for service to every home.
                  In Title III, on radios,
            it tells you where your station goes.
                In Title IV, the Admin. Part
              has many rules to take to heart.
                From Title V -- on penalties
            we get the power to make you freeze.
              In Title VI, we deal with cable.
           Congress asked us to keep rates stable.
               With Susan, Jim, Andy and Reed
              We fill your every lobbying need.
               No, my job is to read the Act,
              apply the law based on the facts.
               So, I promise I will do my best
                to serve the public interest.

                          - FCC -


 FCC documents ported from ftp.fcc.gov by:

 Robert J. Keller, P.C. (Federal Telecommunications Law)
 <[e-mail]> Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]
 4200 Wisconsin Ave NW #106-261 Washington DC 20016-2146


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Happy birthday to the FCC!   PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (David Moon)
Subject: Announcement: New WWW Telecom Info Page
Date: 6 Oct 1994 14:48:17 GMT
Organization: General DataComm, Inc.


A new WWW page "Telecom Information Resources on the Internet" is now
available. The URL is:

http://www.ipps.lsa.umich.edu/telecom-info.html

This page is a high-level list of pointers to other resources,
including technical, policy, and economic aspects of telecom.  It also
includes pointers to companies, organizations, and academic sites.

This page was compiled by me with much help from subcribers to the
"telecom-reg" mailing list. The page is being hosted by Prof. Jeff
MacKie-Mason (Dept. of Economics and Institute of Public Policy
Studies, University of Michigan), who will be taking over its
maintenance and further evolution.

We hope that the page will also be mirrored at the Computer Board of
Singapore -- details are still being worked out.

Check it out -- we look forward to your comments and suggestions.


David Moon                      [e-mail]
General Datacomm, Inc.          ATTMail:  !dmoon
Middlebury, CT 06762

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 06 Oct 1994 13:31:09 EST
From: Rob Slade <[e-mail]>
Subject: Book Review: "!%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing"


BKDEMAN.RVW   940731

O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
103 Morris Street, Suite A
Sebastopol, CA   95472
800-998-9938   707-829-0515
fax: [phone]   [e-mail]
"!%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing and Networks", Frey/Adams,
1-56592-046-5, U$9.95
[e-mail]

Prince-like, this book insists on an unpronounceable title. In the
interests of usable referents, might we dispense with the suggested
"that darned book" and possibly come up with "Bang-Through-At-For"?

This book is a reference work.  It details the various computer
networks with mail links or gateways to the "true" Internet.  It is
common to cite such works as "indispensable": in fact, most users, and
even site managers, muddle along quite happily without it.  Quick
reference "electronic" versions exist of very similar documents, which
provide the addressing schemes for the more common network and
commercial service gateways.  Also, once you know one CompuServe
Internet address, you know 'em all.  Frey and Adams have, however, put
together a very complete and interesting reference, and I do suggest
it to anyone managing, or using, extensive email correspondence.

The bulk of the book is a set of listings very similar to Part Two of
"The Matrix" (cf BKMATRIX.RVW). The number of listings is substantially
greater, while the major emphasis in each listing is the email addressing
scheme.  Most of the rest of the book is supporting material, such as
the indices to networks by country, name and notation.  More than two
hundred and fifty pages are devoted to listings of US and international
domains for companies, organizations and institutions.  Of the sites
that I personally know, only one was not listed (although one Canadian
company was mysteriously transferred south of the border).

Chapter one is an essay devoted to Internet email addressing, and the
various "perversions" of "To:" lines.  Internet aficionados have
probably figured out most of the topics covered but it makes an
excellent introduction for newcomers.

As a user of electronic mail, or the manager of a small Internet node
or UUCP site, it would be hard to say that you "need" this book.  If,
however, you are at all interested in the topic of email, you will
find this fascinating and useful.  For those trying to "push the
envelope" of email access, this book will be very useful indeed:
perhaps indispensable is not too strong.  Even those not directly
concerned with the technical management of email will find useful
material here.  The expanded sub-domain listings alone should make
salespeople salivate.  At the new reduced price (which seems to become
something of a standard for O'Reilly re-issues) this has become
something to recommend that *all* Internet users get as a resource.

The book seems to go through corrections or a new edition about once a
year.  I wonder if you can get on a mailing list for it?  Hmmm.  Must
drop a line to gnn.com or ora.com (page 533) ...


copyright Robert M. Slade, 1993, 1994   BKDEMAN.RVW   940731. Distribution
permitted in TELECOM Digest and associated mailing lists/newsgroups.


Vancouver      [e-mail]   | You realize, of
Institute for  [e-mail]      | course, that these
Research into  [e-mail]         | new facts do not
User           [e-mail]         | coincide with my
Security       Canada V7K 2G6           | preconceived ideas

------------------------------

Subject: Splits Pending
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 13:23:57 BST
From: Clive D.W. Feather <[e-mail]>


I have the following information on pending NANP area code splits. Can
anyone let me know any further information (I am only interested in
the *first* day of parallel running):

  1995 Jan 15  206 splits into 360
  1995 Mar ??  602 splits into 520
  1995 Apr 02  303 splits into 970
  1995 May 28  813 splits into 941
  1995 Jul 15  703 splits into 540
  1995 Sep 01  615 splits into 423
  1995 Sep 02  213, 310, and 818 are overlaid by 562
  1995 ??? ??  205 splits into 334
  1995 ??? ??  708 splits into 630
  1995 ??? ??  713 splits into 281

In addition, are the details of the last split (713/281) known yet ?


Clive D.W. Feather     | Santa Cruz Operation
[e-mail]          | Croxley Centre
Phone: [phone] | Hatters Lane, Watford
Fax:   [phone] | WD1 8YN, United Kingdom

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 04:30:01 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <[e-mail]>
Subject: ISDN-BRI Central Office Emulator


Forwarded to the Digest FYI:

 From: [e-mail]
 Newsgroups: comp.newprod
 Subject: ISDN-BRI Central Office Emulator
 Date: 3 Oct 1994 13:27:46 -0400
 Organization: UUNET Communications

The ISDN 2000A Central Office Emulator offers a convenient and
inexpensive way to simulate the operations of an ISDN Basic Rate
Interface (BRI) Local Exchange Carrier (LEC). The emulator may be used
to develop, test, and demonstrate ISDN-BRI communications devices
without connecting to a PBX or to outside lines.

An ECN Product Design award winner, the emulator incorporates the
actual circuits and specifications used for public ISDN interfaces and
switch fabric in a portable, stand-alone package.

Features:

    o Two Line, End-To-End Operation
    o U and S/T Interfaces
    o Point and Multipoint Configurations
    o B Channel Circuit Mode Voice and Data
    o D Channel Packet Mode Data
    o Multiple Switch Protocols
    o Supplementary Services
    o Primary Power and In-Band Tones
    o Monitor and Trace Functions

The emulator provides timing, power, and tones on either the U
interface (2B1Q) or the S/T interface (ASI Bipolar) for up to four
terminating equipment. Physical layer synchronization, status, and
loopback conditions may be monitored on the 4 by 20 inch display.

Terminal Endpoint Indentifier (TEI) management and other data link
layer (layer 2) functions are performed in real time and captured in a
wrapping trace buffer for review. Service Access Point Identifiers
(SAPI) 0, 16, and 63 are supported.

Call control operation at layer 3 may be selected from one of several
protocols, including National ISDN-1, AT&T 5Exx, and Northern Telecom
DMS-100. Network management functions for Service Profile ID (SPID)
initialization are performed, as well as basic supplementary services,
such as Hold, Drop, Call Appearance Call Handling (CACH), Display
Text, Caller ID, and Additional Call Offering (ACO). Call control
messages may also be stored in a wrapping trace buffer and printed
using the optional built-in printer.

Prices (U.S.)

    ISDN 2000A Emulator: $2,995.00
    Optional Printer:    $  480.00
    Carrying Case:       $   99.00


Available: Now

MERGE Technologies Group, Inc.
211 Gateway Road West, Suite 201
Napa, CA 94558-6274
800.824.7763
707.252.6687 FAX

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 04:30:33 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <[e-mail]>
Subject: Rockwell's RIFP Software for Multi-Function Peripherals


Forwarded to the Digest FYI

 From: [e-mail] (Stephen [kiwin] PALM)
 Newsgroups: comp.newprod
 Subject: Rockwell's RIFP Software for Multi-Function Peripherals
 Date: 3 Oct 1994 13:23:57 -0400
 Organization: Rockwell

Rockwell Telecommunications today introduced the Rockwell Integrated
Fax Protocol (RIFP), a new software development tool that allows OEMs
to create multi-function peripheral products (MFPs) by adding
send/receive facsimile functionality to printers or copiers, while
reducing development time and costs.

RIFP provides OEMs with sample hardware and a software Application
Program Interface (API).  The API is written in C software, so it can
be ported to a variety of host environments, and provides T.30 and T.4
communications protocols and a Class 1 interface.  The API also
includes modem control code to interface with the Rockwell R96DFXL and
R144EFXL facsimile modems, which satisfy ITU (formerly the CCITT) V.29
(9600 bps) and V.17 (14400 bps) standards.

RIFP source code includes advanced features such as Error Correction
Mode and binary file transmission during a fax call.  The software
also provides resolution conversion between common printer resolutions
(up to 600 dots per inch) and facsimile resolutions (200 dots per
inch).

For more information or technical documentation, please call (800)
436-9988, fax [phone] or email: [e-mail].

Inquiries to:
    Digital Communications Division
    4311 Jamboree Rd., M/S 501-300
    Newport Beach, CA  92658-8902

Editorial contacts:
  Julie Seymour
    [phone]
    Internet: [e-mail]
  Eileen Algaze
    [phone]
    Internet: [e-mail]


Stephen [kiwin] Palm                        TEL (Voice mail): [phone]
Rockwell - Digital Communications Division                   COMNET: 930-1564
Japan Engineering Design Center                          FAX: [phone]
  [e-mail]   [e-mail]   [e-mail]   NIHON::PALM

------------------------------

From: interaccess![e-mail] (John Inkman)
Subject: Using a Modem in Israel
Date: 6 Oct 1994 19:15:09 GMT
Organization: IAC
Reply-To: [e-mail]


I want to send my old 2400b modem to sister in Israel. Will it work?
Do they use same phone line type over there?

If replying, please send email to me; I am not yet familiar with Usenet.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Subject: FTP Site For lssgr/iatf?
Date: 6 Oct 1994 20:37:46 -0400
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC


Is there an FTP site for lssgr and/or iatf specs?

Please reply by e-mail.


Thanks.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (T. M.P. Lee)
Subject: Is There Still a Usenet? (Not as Facetious as it Sounds)
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 1994 09:06:57 -0600
Organization: Minnesota Regional Network


Seeing as there has been some frequent chatter here recently about the
demise of old familiar ways of doing things, a not quite entirely idle
question came to mind.  Other than as the way the news protocol keeps
track of the provenence of traffic, is there still any significant use
of usenet ("bang") addresses anywhere?  Are there still any significant
number of systems that still actually dial each other up and exchange
mail with UUCP?


Ted Lee                    Consultant in Computer Security
PO Box 1718                [e-mail]
Minnetonka, MN 55345       612-934-4532

------------------------------

From: Dennis Gehris <[e-mail]>
Subject: Possible to Install Jack Incorrectly?
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 11:21:15 EDT
Organization: Bloomsburg University


I purchased a Voltage Spike Protector because for my phone line that I
use for my modem on my computer.  (I had experienced voltage surges
that destroyed my modem.)

The devise has a test button.  The instructions state that if a red
light appears that the jack's red and green wires are reversed.

Is it possible to have these wires reversed and still have all phones
operating properly?  Would this cause surges to occur?

Please respond to me at the email address below....


Thanks!

Dennis O. Gehris, Ed.D.    INTERNET:  [e-mail]
Associate Professor    or  [e-mail]
College of Business     Bloomsburg University
OFFICE:  717-389-4771   Bloomsburg, PA 17815      FAX:  [phone]

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From: [e-mail] (Pete Kruckenberg)
Subject: Looking For Dialing Board For PC
Date: 6 Oct 1994 20:57:00 GMT
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept


Hi. I need to find out if there is a product that will do the
following functions on a PC:

  Receive in-coming call and notify PC
  Play some tones (like auto-credit-card-operators)
  Decode touch-tone input and send to PC
  Make touch-tone when instructed to do so by PC
  Do a "Flash"
  Do on/off hook
  Optionally, plan some messages (greeting, errors, etc). These
    may be stored on-board, or played from the PC directly

If there isn't one available commercially (either pre-constructed or
in kit form), could you recommend some pieces (integrated circuits,
etc) that could be put together to do this?

Basically, this will be used in an in-bound/out-bound dialer that must
work with three-way calling.

Thanks for your help.


Pete Kruckenberg        School: [e-mail]
University of Utah      Work  : [e-mail]
Computer Engineering    For even more addresses, "finger [e-mail]"

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 12:48:56 +0500
From: [e-mail] (Michael Honeth)
Subject: Telecom Regulatory Environment


Help!

I am preparing a management briefing on the regulatory environment in
telecomm in Canada.  I would appreciate any discussions anyone could
pass on regarding recent developments across North America.


Thank you!

mhoneth

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    Re: UDI vs RDI in ISDN (Al Varney)
    Modem Saver Devices (Dan Ts'o)
    Re: Frame Relay vs. ISDN vs. T1 vs. ???? (Michael Gray)
    Re: Cellular From a Small Plane (Bob Keller)
    Re: Cellular From a Small Plane (John Gersh)
    Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud (Aaron Woolfson)
    Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud ([e-mail])
    Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud (Carl Moore)
    $50 Million in Quarters? (A. Padgett Peterson)
    "$50 Million" Fraud (Will Martin)

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From: [e-mail] (Al Varney)
Subject: Re: UDI vs RDI in ISDN
Organization: AT&T
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 12:11:44 GMT


In article <[e-mail]>, perpetual psycheness
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> In the world of ISDN, what exactly does UDI and RDI mean?  And when
> would a person know which one to use?  (e.g. you try making a UDI call
> and then realize that it doesn't work, so then you try RDI?  What kind
> of indications does the network use to determine what to do?)

   UDI = unrestricted digital information -- also called 64U or "64 clear"
         or 64C
   RDI = restricted digital information -- also called "64 restricted"
         or 64R or sometimes 64I

   An ISDN user does not make a UDI or RDI call.  UDI/RDI is one part
of the Bearer Capability information passed to/from the network.
Specifically, the "information transfer capability" can be set to
either UDI or RDI.  The "information transfer rate" for a data call
would then be set to "64 kbps".  Together, the two parts are used to
request 64K IDSN data calls, commonly abbreviated as 64U or 64R calls.
Sometimes the 64U calls are calls "64 clear" or 64C; the "clear"
signifies that the channel is "clearly" or transparently carrying all
data values.  The 64R calls can be used to allow calls over facilities
(or trunks or circuits) that are not capable of transporting all data
values -- specifically the 8-bit value "0" (or "11111111" if you are
inverting data before transmission) cannot be carried.  The requester
of an RDI call is responsible for ensuring no "0" values are
transmitted -- if they occur, the network will alter at least one bit
to enforce the restriction.

   The "network" attempts to complete calls using the information in
the Bearer Capability you provide and information provided by the
operator of the network.  If you request UDI, the call will route (or
attempt to route) over facilities that have been designated by the
operator as supporting UDI.  If the facilities don't, in fact, support
UDI -- you get some of your bits mangled.  But this is no different TO
THE NETWORK than routing you over a bad facility -- the facility is
not working as the switches have been told it does.

> I think that UDI is supposed to be a 64kbps clear channel xmission
> (and I think you can have an RDI call over a trunk conditioned for UDI).

   If you request RDI, then the network (switches) will route over
facilities designated to support RDI, and will use UDI routes if no
RDI facilities are available.  Regardless of what that switch selects,
the switch at the other end of the selected facility will receive the
same Bearer Capability you originally requested, so that it can
attempt to select a trunk from all the original possibilities.

   The above "rules" apply to SS7-connected switches which are
carrying the selected UDI/RDI request via SS7 signaling.  I understand
RDI can be a problem when calling out of or into the USA, since many
countries use E1 (vs. T1) facilities that do not have a data value
restriction.

>   And I think that RDI means that the data is restricted in the
> sense that you can't have some number of contiguous 0's, which
> effectively reduces the maximum bit rate to 56kbps, right?  But then,
                                                      ^^^^^
                                                       NO!

> could you try sending data at 64kbps for an RDI call or is one of the
> bits for each channel used to keep sync (I'm assuming this is over T1
> type trunks for RDI; I guess E1 type trunks don't have this problem
> and are 64kbps clear channel trunks by nature?).

   The 56 kbps bit rate vs. RDI is confusing.  I can't assure you that
I can un-confuse the issues.  RDI is a restriction on 8-bit data
values; the value "00000000" is prohibited.  But there is no rate
adaption or change to the data rate implied by RDI.  You send at 64
kbps, period.  The reason for RDI is due to T1 facilities that don't
use B8ZS or other schemes to remove the original T1 restriction that
no more than 15 "0"s could be sent over the facility -- more "0"s
meant loss of sync.  (Some pre-B8ZS schemes used non-adjacent channels
for data or borrowed bits from a control channel to remove the RDI
restriction.)

   The use of 56 kbps in the USA/Canada and a few other T1 countries
came about because one bit of the channel was sometimes used as a
signaling bit (on-hook,off-hook indicator).  In standard T1, this
happens in every sixth frame.  Because the sixth frame on one circuit
isn't the sixth frame on another, the 1-out-of-6 position cannot be
predicted end-to-end.  This effectively removes the ability to use 8
bits -- 7 bits at the 8000 frames/second T1 rate yields 56 kbps.

   When SS7 signaling is used, switches don't need the signaling bit
in the T1 channel.  For some switches, this permits 64 kbps over RDI
as soon as SS7 is implemented between 2 switches.  Others require
hardware upgrades to remove the "hard-coded" signaling bit.  But even
when the signaling bit is removed, the T1 transport facility still
can't handle unrestricted data -- that requires a change to the
facility (sometimes a hardware upgrade, sometimes just changing data
in the facility).

    From an ISDN end-point, 56 kbps is a V.120 rate adaption scheme.
The network knows which bit to ignore (and force to a "1").  The far
end end-point will get 64 kbps data, and will ignore the eighth bit.

> But, 64kbps or 56kbps doesn't necessarily mean UDI and RDI, respectively,
> does it?

   Correct.  You can, in theory, use UDI or RDI with 64 kbps calls.
Or you can use UDI or RDI with 64 kbps calls rate adapted to 56 kbps.
To confuse the issue, Bellcore requirements for ISDN don't recognize
RDI, so they only talk about 64 kbps via UDI and 56 kbps rate adaption
over 64 kbps via UDI.  Unfortunately, there are some vendors who
adopted the rule that 56 kbps calls would use an "information transfer
capability" of RDI.  When connecting to networks/equipment that only
recognizes an "information transfer capability" of UDI, the call will
be refused.

   Also, some carriers (LEC and IXC) may still have some 56Kbps
facilities (trunks and "switched 56" customers).  If such trunks are
in the path of the call (which could start out 56 kbps with UDI or
with RDI, the switches/customer beyond the 56Kbps facility receive
only the called number -- and must assume a value of UDI or RDI for
your 56Kbps call.  The value assumed depends on the network, the
switch and lots of other semi-random information.

> And how does rate adaption come into the picture?  Is it possible to
> have 9600bps data stream rate adapted up to 56kbps for RDI?  or up to
> 64kbps for UDI?  Is V.120 or V.110 common in the U.S.?  What is
> commonly used overseas?  What are the advantages of V.120 over V.110
> or are there not any?

   V.120 common in USA.  V.110 common in Europe.  V.120 is more
flexible, but has some added overhead.  V.110 has less overhead if you
can keep its fixed sub-channels full of data.  9600 bps is supported
by both.  Since 56 kbps is itself a rate adaption, it's hard to say
9600 bps is supported by 56 kbps -- I believe you could indicate 56K
in the Bearer Capability rate adaption and would use LLC to indicate
the actual partitioning of one or more 9600 bps over the 64 kbps
B-channel.  (Keep in mind that the ISDN end-points never actually
transmit at anything other than 64 kbps.)  If I remember correctly,
V.120 rate adaption for 9600 bps forces 1 out of the 8 bits to a "1",
so the same bit pattern would work over both 56 kbps or 64 kbps calls,
whether UDI or RDI.

   Asking a more specific question on comp.dcom.isdn might get you a
more correct (and shorter) answer ...


Al Varney - just my opinion

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From: [e-mail] (Dan Ts'o)
Subject: Modem Saver Devices
Date: 7 Oct 1994 07:03:59 GMT
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston,Tx


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: The original message on this did not
appear in the Digest. It was ported here from some other news group
where it appeared under the title "Digital Phone Lines Spell D-A-N-G-E-R".
Thanks to Dan for passing it along.   PAT]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Sandy
Santra) writes:

> Digital phone systems run current through their phone lines.
> This current is capable of *frying* modems, including PCMCIA
> modems--as in: PLUG THIS IN AND YOU CAN KISS YOUR MODEM GOODBYE.
> One alternative is to buy a Modem Saver, a product which you can
> use to test a phone line before connecting it to your laptop's
> modem.  IBM makes the Modem Saver, and you can order it by
> calling 1-800-388-7080.  Ask for part #73G5395.  It's $25.

> The Modem Saver will tell you whether the phone line you have
> connected it to is a (1) normal line, (2) a reversed polarity
> line, or (3) a digital line (with a current of more than 90
> milliamps).  If it registers as a digital line, you should NOT
> plug your modem into the line.  It will destroy it.  If the
> voltage is below 90 milliamps, it apparently may register as a
> "normal" line, but at least you know that plugging the line into
> your modem won't damage it.

    Radio Shack sells a similar device without the high current
function.  It detects one or two lines on an RJ-11 and tells you its
polarity. It costs $6. The schematic is:

    --------+----------+
        \          |
    Line 1    /          V  red/green LED
        \680ohms   |
        / .5W      |
    --------+----------+


    The circuit for Line 2 is identical. Note that each red/green
LED comes standard as reverse wired (red LED "forward", green LED
"reversed).

    Based on the above, I think an appropriate modification to
include a high current indicator would be: (I've tested it)

         20ohm
    --+-\/\/\/--+-----------+----------+
      |         |        \          |
      +--->|----+        /          V  red/green LED
       red/green        \680ohms   |
         LED        / .5W      |
    ------------------------+----------+

    You can adjust the 20ohm resistor value to set what is
considered "high current". 20ohms lights the LED at around 90ma.

    Total parts costs <$4, or if you use Radio Shack's $6 line
tester and add the above resistor and LED, then <$7. (I'm not faulting
IBM for charging $30).

    This whole issue really bothers me, because it means that I
can't bring a PCMCIA modem with me on trips and count on it working at
any given hotel. That means I should carry around my pocket modem just
in case. So then what's the point of having the PCMCIA modem!


Cheers,

Dan Ts'o
Div. Neuroscience       713-798-3331
Baylor College of Medicine
1 Baylor Plaza S553    [e-mail]
Houston, TX  77030      [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Michael Gray)
Subject: Re: Frame Relay vs. ISDN vs. T1 vs. ????
Date: 7 Oct 1994 10:50:13 -0400
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC


[e-mail] wrote:

> We have a commercial customer who's asked us to setup a BBS system for
> them.  They've asked us to recommend a telecom option for them to
> use that best suits their needs.  They'd like to start out with 8
> lines going into the BBS with the ability to move up to 16, 24, etc.
> They'd like their customers to have one 800 number to call to reach
> this BBS, no matter where they are in the US.  Their customers will
> have off-the-shelf modems, ranging from 1200-14.4 baud.

> My initial recommendation was for T1 if they expected heavy usage
> (>$3K/month in long distance charges).  But I've seen enough articles
> recently about ISDN and frame relay to be hesitant in putting my
> recommendation in stone.

> I know very little about telecommunications, only what I've picked up
> during conversations with long distance carrier sales people.  My
> brief education on ISDN tells me that if I wish to implement this
> scenario, people who want to call into our customer's BBS will have to
> have a special terminal and their local Ma Bell has to offer ISDN.
> I'm even more cloudy on Frame Relay.  Can I have one 800 number with
> Frame Relay?  Do you need a special terminal/modem to dial into a
> frame relay network?  How does it compare to T1?  vs. T1 cost?  vs.
> T1 reliability?  Please correct any assumptions that I've made T1,
> ISDN, and Frame Relay.

I am no expert in this field, but my guess is that for long distance
costs, the T1 would offer the most savings.  There is a lot of
compitition for long distance traffic in the T1 market. T1s can be had
directly from long distance carriers with 800 services at better
prices than can be had on POTS lines.  I don't know if there exists
modem hardware that connects directly to T1 lines.  You would probobly
need some expensive switching equipment to switch calls from a rack
mounted array of modems to the T1.  I would recommend purchasing only
V.34 28.8Kbs modems, since they WILL be the new standard and if you
are purchasing them in bulk, the costs will not be as great as you may
think.  You will also pay less in long distance time by sending data
faster.

ISDN connections would allow you to connect to BOTH customers with
POTS (Plain Old Telephone Services) services and with ISDN services,
however you need separate ISDN modems and 28Kbs modems, special
equipment to hook the 28.8Kbs modems to the ISDN lines.  Also the
equipment costs may be higher. This would allow you to recieve calls
from people with dial-up modems and people who have ISDN service.  The
ISDN customers could connect at speeds of 64Kbs.  If you don't need
this high bandwith, then don't go with ISDN.

I am not sure what Frame Relay is.  I think they are talking about
X.25 service.  I don't know the specs on this.  I think that it is a
low bandwidth connection.  It sends data across shared packet switch
networks so the cost of such services is low, usually lower than
standard long distance POTS services.  It does require special
hardware and connectivity at the customers end, but is generally cost
efficient for low bandwidth dedicated lines.  If I am wrong, maybe
someone in Netland will correct me.

Hope this helps some.


Mike

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 22:03:19 EDT
From: Bob Keller <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: Bob Keller <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Cellular From a Small Plane


On Tue, 4 Oct 1994, in TELECOM Digest (Vol 14 Iss 386) Linc Madison
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> I was under the impression that using a cellphone from any sort of an
> airplane was a bad idea, if not outright illegal.

It _is_ outright illegal.  FCC regulation prohibits the use of any
cellular unit once an aircraft (large or small, jet or prop, hot air
balloon or glider) is airborne.  The FCC has further clarified that
"airborne" means off the ground, so it matters little whether the
plane flies at 30,000 feet or at 500 feed for purposes of this
regulation.

The FAA and the commercial airlines have their own ideas and their own
separate requirements (hence the admonition on most commercial flights
that you can't use your cellular phone -- although I notice they are
now calling them wireless telephones -- at _any_ time on the aircraft,
airborne or on the ground), but as far as the FCC is concerned it is
prohibited only in the air for precisely the technical reasons expressed
in Linc's post.


Robert J. Keller, P.C. (Federal Telecommunications Law)
<[e-mail]> Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]
4200 Wisconsin Ave NW #106-261 Washington DC 20016-2146
finger me for info on F.C.C. Daily Digests and Releases

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From: [e-mail] (John Gersh)
Subject: Re: Cellular From a Small Plane
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 1994 11:47:02 -0400
Organization: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab


In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Linc
Madison) wrote:

> As I was driving through San Francisco the other day, I saw a dealer
> of cellular phones with a sign painted in the window with a biplane
> trailing a banner announcing that you could use their cellular phones
> from any small plane...

> I was under the impression that using a cellphone from any sort of an
> airplane was a bad idea, if not outright illegal...

It is illegal, or at least contrary to FCC regs, to use a cell phone from
an aircraft *while airborne* 47 CFR 22.911(a)(1) says:

   (1) Cellular telephones shall not be operated in airplanes,
   balloons or any other aircraft capable of airborne operation
   while airborne. Once the aircraft is airborne, all cellular
   telephones on board such vehicles must be turned off. The term
   airborne means the aircraft is not touching the ground. Cellular
   telephones may be installed in aircraft. A cellular telephone
   which is installed in an aircraft must contain a posted notice
   which reads: "The use of cellular telephones while this aircraft
   is airborne is prohibited by FCC rules, and the violation of
   this rule could result in suspension of service and/or a fine.
   The use of cellular telephones while this aircraft is on the
   ground is subject to FAA regulations."

[Parsing that first sentence was fun, wasn't it?] To be as charitable
as possible toward the dealer (perhaps more charitable than warranted),
the sign is technically correct in that "you could use their cellular
phones from any small plane," as long as the plane is still on the
ground. It would be interesting to see if the dealer actually spells
out the regulation to purchasers and offers them placards of the
official notice with the phones.


John R. Gersh             [e-mail]
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Laurel, MD 20723                        [phone]

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From: [e-mail] (Aaron Woolfson)
Subject: Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud
Date: 6 Oct 1994 18:58:31 -0700
Organization: University of the Pacific


Well ... I sit here looking over an inter-exchange carrier switching
system at our carrier and am thinking to myself:

WAS that really $50,000,000 lost or was it just $50,000,000. not
collected?  It somehow just doesn't seem the same as someone getting
on to some scheme to actually steal money.

Does anyone know that the telephone network is ALWAYS transmitting to
it's maximum capacity, regardless of the information placed over it?
T1's are hooked up between locations and all the data is placed over
those facilities in the form of 0's or 1's.  If there are 1's and the
A&B bits over the T1 show that there is traffic there, then a circuit
gets billed.  That's how simple it really is.

I know that I will probably get a lot of heat from people within the
telephone industry and especially the companies who we build fraud
detection devices for just for saying this.  But I just do not see how
it can possibly really be hurting MCI.

1)    MCI has FIXED costs for leasing the T1's between the POPs.

2)    If a circuit logs 10 or 10,000 minutes of billable time,
    MCI is paying the same amount anyway.

3)    Perhaps if the calls were being terminated to locations where
    MCI is using WilTel's or AT&T's facilities, there may be some
    nominal termination charges.

Although I am not suggesting that it is not a big deal what happened,
I just don't see how MCI can be running around and crying that they
are losing all this money, when THEY REALLY AREN'T!  They are just
not collecting nearly as much revenue as before.


Aaron Woolfson   [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 7 Oct 94 02:11:15 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud


[e-mail] (Jason Hillyard) writes:

> I wonder if the long distance companies will ever wake up.  This kind
> of crime is only possible because of the utter lack of security
> inherent in calling cards.  [...]

It's worrying, that kind of argument. In most cases of calling card
fraud the fraudsters seem to have made some effort. Making it harder
to break the law doesn't make it more wrong to do so, does it? Saying
it's "only possible because of the utter lack of security" is a pretty
one-sided view.  (Not that it's anything wrong with improving security.)


Haakon Styri    [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 7 Oct 94 13:30:24 GMT
From: Carl Moore <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud


Cary, NC?  That's in the Raleigh-Durham area, quite far from
Charlotte.  Earlier article from you said he was employed in the
Charlotte switching center.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: The version I got referred to Charlotte.
My source was the {Los Angeles Times} and a couple other places where
raids took place last week. Now I believe the {Chicago Tribune} account
which was used in the Computer Underground Digest placed it in Cary,
as did the report in the papers in New York.   PAT]

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 7 Oct 94 09:20:35 -0400
From: [e-mail] (A. Padgett Peterson)
Subject: $50 Million in Quarters?


> I wonder if the long distance companies will ever wake up.  This kind
> of crime is only possible because of the utter lack of security
> inherent in calling cards.  Why are the long distance companies so
> cheap when it comes to implementing secure billing systems?

Unfortunately the answer is simple -- the courts have repeatedly agreed with
the service providers that *their customers* are responsible for the charges.
Thus there is no financial incentive (and some disincentives) for the
providers to do anything.

We are just fortunate that some telco's do provide some management as
a part good customer relations. What I would like to know is "if the
telco/gov knew early in the year that numbers had been compromised,
was anything done to notify the people whose numbers were involved
*then* ?"


Warmly,

Padgett


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Padgett, what I do not understand and
believe to be wrong about the court rulings you cite is the apparent
conflict with federal regulations pertaining to fraud and misuse of
credit cards generally. To the extent that telephone calling cards are
credit cards -- and they are intended to allow you to pay 'later' --
how can the user be held responsible for more than some minimal
amount -- usually fifty dollars -- in damages?  Federal regulations
pertaining to credit cards are quite clear that the card holder will
not suffer as a result of fraud when the cardholder had nothing to
do with it.    PAT]

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 7 Oct 94 8:38:33 GMT
From: Will Martin <[e-mail]>
Subject: "$50 Million" Fraud


While I make no defense of this thievery, and I think this particular
method of stealing LD service is particularly wicked, because the
charging of such phraud calls to legitimate customers' calling card
numbers causes all those thousands of innocent people untold annoyance
and bother to get the call-billing reversed if they notice it, and
their own money if they don't, I always have a problem with the telco
or the prosecutors throwing around these large numbers and claiming
that these are the actual amount of the theft.

The "$50 million" cited is what the billing for all these calls would
have been if they had been made legitimately. That is NOT what was
actually stolen.

What was stolen was the cost to the company of providing these calls,
not what they would have charged a customer for them. The amount of
theft should be judged at the wholesale level, not the retail level. I
venture to say that the actual amount stolen for a call billed at $10
is actually only a few mills' worth of electricity that MCI paid on
its various utility bills at the sites through which the call traveled.
The amount that MCI charges a regular customer for this exact same
call is a largely fictitious number, created with little (if any)
relationship to MCI's actual costs for completing that call.

One could claim that some overhead factor should be applied that
amortizes a share of the costs of all the physical plant, the labor
expenses for all MCI employees, the cost of depreciation of the
switches and other equipment, etc.  But this is merely an accounting
exercise -- those costs would all have been incurred whether or not
these stolen calls were made.

One could state that these stolen calls increased the calling level to
a point where new additional switches needed to be bought or lines
strung.  If this can be proven to have happened -- that these specific
stolen extra calls increased a service-usage level to that degree in
some specific area(s) -- then I would accept those costs as being
applicable to this theft.  But I doubt that this will be asserted or
proven.  I predict that these stolen calls are subsumed in the sea of
legitimate calls, and did not, in and of themselves, necessitate any
such increased support costs.

There ARE other costs that should be charged, though -- all the
expenses incurred by the billing department in answering customer
inquiries about these phraud calls that appeared on their bills, and
the costs involved in reviewing the claims and processing the
reverses.  Each customer so inconvenienced has a claim on the thieves,
too.  A class-action civil suit following the criminal case's
conclusion seems called for, if the defendants, after being found
guilty, have any assets that could be seized.

The other factor to consider, if MCI claims that the amount stolen was
the retail price of these calls, is whether or not the calls would
have been made if they had NOT been stolen and thus free to the
caller. If the call really would have been made regardless, and the
caller simply opted to steal it by using a phraudulent calling-card
number, then I accept that the value of the theft is the amount the
caller avoided paying. But I doubt that many of these calls fall into
that category.  I will venture to say that the vast majority of phraud
calls that are made are made simply BECAUSE they are phraud and
therefore free. People call the weather numbers in Australia; they
call international phone-sex lines all over; they make data calls to
some obscure BBS across the country; they make harassing calls to
celebrities or political organizations; etc. -- all of which they do
ONLY because these are "free" calls to them. They would not have made
the call otherwise. MCI would NOT have gotten the income from these
calls made legitimately because the calls would never have been made.

This doesn't excuse the theft. The callers are not in any way exonerated
by this fact. But it does belie the telco claim of "lost revenue" in
such phraud cases. They would not have had the revenue in any case.

So in short, these phreaks and crackers deserve severe penalties. In
today's legal climate, it is doubtful that they'll get it. But let us
all be objectively realistic in evaluating exactly what was stolen and
not encourage the "sound bite" mentality of prosecutors and law
enforcement who love to throw around large numbers to indicate the
severity of a case or to help justify their expenditures at the next
budget hearing of their legislative overseers.


Will Martin

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    281 Overlay of NPA 713 (Was: Splits Pending) (A. Alan Toscano)
    Book Review: "Driving the Infohighway" by Neufeld (Rob Slade)
    Re: Pager For Kids (William H. Sohl)
    New Country Code: 995 Georgia (Greg Monti)
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From: [e-mail] (A Alan Toscano)
Subject: 281 Overlay of NPA 713 (Was: Splits Pending)
Date: 7 Oct 1994 13:14:55 -0500
Organization: NeoSoft Internet Services   [phone]


In article <[e-mail]>, Clive D.W. Feather
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> I have the following information on pending NANP area code splits. Can
> anyone let me know any further information (I am only interested in
> the *first* day of parallel running):

>  [...other splits deleted...]
>  1995 ??? ??  713 splits into 281

> In addition, are the details of the last split (713/281) known yet ?

Area Code 281 will enter service on 3/1/95 as an overlay of Number
Plan Area 713. For its first year, it will serve only wireless
services, such as pager and cellular. Houstonians with 713 numbers
will still dial seven digits to reach local 713 numbers but ten to
reach local 281 numbers. (I have not learned what 281 cellular
customers will dial to reach either 713 or 281 numbers, but my guess
would be that they will dial ten digits for all local calls. I've made
that guess based upon a provision of the NEXT paragraph.)

Beginning 3/1/96, 281 will be opened up to non-wireless services as
well as wireless. AT THAT TIME, HOUSTON CUSTOMERS WILL DIAL *TEN*
DIGITS TO REACH ANY OTHER LOCAL NUMBER, REGARDLESS OF THE AREA CODES
OF CALLING AND CALLED NUMBER.  Needless to say, that part of the plan
was not well recieved by the public.  Just the same, I personally
think it is the right way to go, and suspect that within ten years or
so, will become the dominant method of local dialing throughout the
NANP.


A Alan Toscano -- P O Box 741982 -- Houston, TX 77274 -- 713 415-9262
<[e-mail]> or <[e-mail]>

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Date: Fri, 07 Oct 1994 16:29:21 EST
From: Rob Slade <[e-mail]>
Subject: Book Review: "Driving the Infohighway" by Neufeld


BKDRVINF.RVW  940812

New Fields Publishing
Box 14, R.R. 3
Brandon MB  R7A 5Y3
[phone]
"Driving the Infohighway", Neufeld, 1994, 0-920436-54-4, C$24.95
[e-mail]

Neufeld's book is an institution-specific (in this case, Brandon
University) guide to the Internet.  As such, it is not, strictly
speaking, suitable as a general Internet guide.  There are, however,
some compelling reasons for those outside of Brandon to be interested
in it.  For one thing, it is excellent, and Neufeld is willing to take
on projects for other institutions.  For another, it demonstrates what
can be done in a non-UNIX and non-workstation environment (VAX/VMS).
Finally, even having to weed out the Internet stuff from the Brandon
material, it does make for a very decent Internet guide.

After an initial introduction to the Internet, three chapters deal
with access topics specific to Brandon University, while the fifth
gives new users some orientation to the VAX.  Chapter six starts the
Internet "how to" with email.  One aspect of the book is the seamless
integration of the site-specific information to the Internet content.
Thus, this, the subsequent chapters on Usenet, archie, ftp, file
transfer, file archiving, telnet, chat (using PHONE, talk and IRC),
advanced email, mailing lists, finding email addresses, gopher, WAIS,
and World Wide Web might be difficult for a non-Brandon user to
disentangle, but must provide a terrific introduction for BU users.
Chapter twenty closes with a look at the growth and future of the
Internet.  Appendices give a glossary and some (mostly gopher)
resources, plus more details on VAX topics.

While there are occasional problems (I noticed one file specification
which actually points to a directory, in one important resource), the
material is generally of superior quality and arrangement.  I have
reviewed a number of more costly and supposedly more generic books
which give far less than this value and content.  If you want a
site-specific manual, get Neufeld to do it for you.


copyright Robert M. Slade, 1994   BKDRVINF.RVW  940812. Distribution
permitted in TELECOM Digest and associated mailing lists/newsgroups.


DECUS Canada Communications, Desktop, Education and Security group newsletters
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Author "Robert Slade's Guide to Computer Viruses" (Oct. '94) Springer-Verlag

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From: [e-mail] (sohl,william h)
Subject: Re: Pager For Kids
Date: 7 Oct 1994 15:17:45 -0400
Organization: Bell Communications Research (Bellcore)


In article <[e-mail]>, David Esan <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> My children are now of the age that they are beginning to disappear
> into the various backyards of their friends in suburbia.
> Can a person set up a paging system like this (say a one mile range) or
> would I have to contact a real company and pay big $$?

Actually, many pagers aren't all that expensive on a monthly basis,
you might want to check some of the company's offerings.

One note of caution, at least one state (New Jersey) has made it
illegal for minors to have pagers.  The alleged reason is to prevent
drug dealers from using minors as drug runners because minors draw
lower jail sentances if caught.  Nothing like NJ punishing the many
for the ill deeds of the few.

Just to be sure there's no doubt as to where I stand, I live in NJ, I
detest drugs, drug dealers and drug users.  I also detest stupid
legislation that outlaws the legitamate use of technology just to keep
it out of the hands of criminals ... and we all know the criminals don't
care anyway.


Bill Sohl (K2UNK) BELLCORE (Bell Communications Research, Inc.)
Morristown, NJ             email via UUCP      bcr!cc!whs70
201-829-2879 Weekdays      email via Internet  [e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well, you could always live in Chicago
where stupidity reigns supreme where our city council is concerned. Talk
about dumb laws ... they got dumb laws in Chicago with pay phones.  PAT]

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 14:34:59 EDT
From: Greg Monti <[e-mail]>
Subject: New Country Code:  995 Georgia


Sprint has announced direct dial service to the (former Soviet)
Republic of Georgia.  Georgia now has a country code separate from the
Commonwealth of Independent States.  Georgia's is 995.


Greg Monti, Tech Mgr, FISPO, Distribution Division
National Public Radio          Phone:    [phone]
635 Massachusetts Av NW        Fax:      [phone]
Washington, DC  20001-3753     Internet: [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (LeRusse)
Subject: BigMouth - Good or Bad?
Date: 7 Oct 1994 15:28:01 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)


Hi! I just found some information on telemarketing system called
BigMouth from Talking Tech. in CA. , at $295 plus $90 for "targeted"
outbound-call telemarketing extension.  If you are familiar with that
system (or have used another exeptionally good/bad system), I would
very much appreciate your comments/impressions/thoughts/suggestions.

Eugene Bylinin

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Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 05:00:53 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <[e-mail]>
Subject: WilTel Opens New Office In Cyberspace


Forwarded FYI to the Digest:

 From: [e-mail] (David Cordeiro)
 Subject: WilTel Opens New Office In Cyberspace
 Date: 30 Sep 1994 14:35:32 GMT
 Organization: WilTel


For Immediate Release

WilTel Opens New Office in Cyberspace

WilTel, the pioneer in commercial data telecommunications, has become
the first company in Oklahoma to put a commercial WWW server on the
Internet.

This is a natural move for WilTel, says Russ McGuire, the initiator of
WilTel's Internet server.  Our server puts us one step closer to our
Internet-using customers and opens WilTel up to a huge potential
client base.

WilTel's server offers information on the company as well as detailed
information about all of its telecommunications products.  In keeping
with WilTel's corporate values, other services are also planned to add
value to the Internet community and WilTel's home city of Tulsa, OK.

Gordon Martin, WilTel's director of product marketing, believes this
project puts WilTel on the leading edge of high-tech marketing.

This is exactly where we need to be.  Our leading-edge products and
services are perfectly matched to this leading- edge media, he says.

As future Internet technologies develop, WilTel is committed to
remaining on the cutting edge of this exciting frontier.

WilTel's server can be reached by Internet users at the Universal
Resource Locator (URL) -- http://www.wiltel.com/


Contact:  David Cordeiro
[e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Mark Gabriele)
Subject: Re: Can an Aussie Phone Work in US - Yes But No!
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 1994 17:15:17 -0800
Organization: The RAND Corporation


In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Glen K
Moore) wrote:

<snip>

> No. I never got my phone hooked up. I gave up after two weeks and I
> survived with the email -- it asked no questions and cost me a lot less
> $$ and frustration.

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well it would seem to me that by using
> your MasterCard as payment, the requirments for a credit history might
> have been waived under the circumstances. You did offer to pay that
> way I assume, and allow the carrier to place a hold on perhaps several
> hundred dollars of that credit line during your stay here ...  Perhaps
> I assume wrong.   Any ideas from other readers?    PAT]

I can give a true-life experience ... when I got my cellphone hooked
up, I declined to provide a Social Security number so that they could
do a credit check.  They stated that there would be a deposit required
 -- $1000 (this was AirTouch cellular in LA, formerly PacTel Cellular).
When I pointed out that there was also a space on the application form
for a passport number and offered to provide that to them, the rep
(who seemed to know his business) assured me that it would be
acceptable, as long as I also gave them a $1000 deposit.  There is
apparently no exception -- if you want cellular service (at least in
LA) and don't a credit check, they want a deposit to hold for one year
until you have established credit with them.

This makes some sense, really.  Since cellphones are inherently
mobile, what is to prevent an unscrupulous person from providing a
false address and charging up a storm, then calling up their credit
card company amd disputing the charges?  I sympathize about the
failure of a letter from the university finance officer, but such a
thing could, of course, be trivially faked, and the fact that it comes
from a university on the other side of the planet makes it non-trivial
to check up on.


Mark   ([e-mail])

------------------------------

Subject: Re: Cordless Phone Security
From: [e-mail]
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 94 13:22:56 PDT
Organization: BC Systems Corporation


In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail]
writes:

> I seem to have read somewhere about the risk of having someone dialing
> up on your phone line (and charging long distance calls on your phone
> account) when the handset is not sitting at the base-station cradle of
> your cordless phone.  Can those experts on cordless phones provide me
> with an update on this issue?

I received responses from my above posting. They all expressed the
awareness of such security exposure but none offered any concrete case
of expoesure or any technical explanation.  Last week, I saw a new 900
mhz cordless phone (Sanyo ?) which claimed the feature of 1 million
security codes to prevent un-authorized use. My own cordless phone
(Cobra) features an 8-bit security code (= 256 combinations). I take
this to mean that these cordless phone will check the matching codes
between the handset and base machine before transmitting the data
between them. Since my phone has only 256 combinations, it is relative
easy to use a gadget to crack the security code of my phone and obtain
a dialup on it. Is my observation correct ?

Anyway, I also found a partial solution for this potential security
problem: Radio Shack sells a device called Phone-lock which will
prevent dialout when locked. It will still allow receiving of
phone-call. You have to turn the key to unlock the phone if you want
to dial out, this is not necessarily a problem because we can use
other corded phones to dial out.


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From: [e-mail] (Jon C Russo)
Subject: Re: AT&T Lying, TV a Fake & Other Slander
Date: 7 Oct 1994 13:07:09 GMT
Organization: GE Aerospace, Advanced Technology Labs


> For a real comparison, the TrueVoice demo line can be reached by
> dialing 1-800-932-2000.  Calls to this number are processed by the
> same piece of equipment that provides TrueVoice in the network, so
> what a caller hears IS the real TrueVoice.  (The voice on the demo is
> that of James Naughton.)

I was just wondering what this "piece of equipment" was the provides
the TrueVoice effect.  I have obtained similar harmonic modification
using a few resistors and capacitors.  Pickup was done at the
earpiece.  Perhaps AT&T's True Voice is some 256-tap digital filter.
Perhaps it's some kind of new-fangled adaptive filter.  Each of these
has an NRE of about $100 to prototype, if you use an experienced
engineer.  Disribute this cost across millions of subsribers, and the
added value is somewhere around $(1e-4) per person. Whatever the
approach that AT&T used, one thing is for sure--a low cost graphic
equalizer would produce a similar effect.

On the side of AT&T:

Marketing's job is to make impressive presentations.  I surmise that,
in marketting "True Voice", AT&T did not target net-hangers,
scientists, and engineers.  The were targetting (certain, but not all)
politicians, lawyers, and artists.  (This is a joke, so don't come
after me.  In fact, I disclaim this whole message.)

What would be really cool is a phone with a built in graphic
equalizer.  Hell, I want do talk to my girlfriend in full Dolby (TM)
surround sound!  It's time to bring out phone for audiofiles!  Give me
a T1 and a phased array handpiece!


Jon C. Russo                       e-mail:   [e-mail]
Martin Marietta Corporation        phone:       [phone]
Advanced Technology Laboratories   dial comm:       8*777-6546
Building 145-2                     FAX:         [phone]
Moorestown, NJ 08057

------------------------------

From: Henry Wertz <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Now AT&T is _Lying_ About True-Voice
Date: 7 Oct 1994 17:53:15 GMT
Organization: U of Iowa Panda System
Reply-To: [e-mail]


In note <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (David Adams)
writes:

> Nick Sayer ([e-mail]) wrote:

>> AT&T's latest "True Fraud^H^H^H^H^HVoice" ad has reached a new low in
>> deceptive practices. The add features a rediculous sort of "control
>> room" full of CRTs showing silly waterfall displays of a lady singing
>> their "True Voice" song, though the audio of her singing is quite low
>> in level and has the bass attenuated slightly. This is supposed to be
>> characteristic of a telephone call.

      Of course, they also sit there cheering as though they "discovered"
something new and great, even though it was developed by for (or was
it by?)  Bellcore in the 1950's, and just not implemented for 40 years.

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 13:57:56 -0400
From: H. Shrikumar <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Help CCITT 16kb/s LD-CELP G728
Organization: UMass, Amherst MA + Temporal Systems Bombay India


In article <[e-mail]> is written:

> I am looking document and sample source code for CCITT 16kb/s LD-CELP
> G728.

There is an implementation of the GSM 13kbps standard. Here is a pointer

     ftp://tub.cs.tu-berlin.de:/pub/tubmik/gsm-1.0.tar.Z

European GSM 06.10 provisional standard for full-rate speech transcoding,
prI-ETS 300 036, which uses RPE/LTP (residual pulse excitation/long
term prediction) coding at 13 kbit/s. This implementation however pads
frames to octet boundaries, a small overhead, so it clocks 1650 Bytes/sec.

I have not been able to access that site, but archie did show up other
sites that had it.

I tried it out, works quite ok. Very intelligible, speaker recognizable.
And if you are careful, you can notice the very slight "sloshed" feel
any vocoder/CELP type compressor gives to plosives in the voice.

It works better than real-time on my better MIPS DECstation, but just
a bit less than real time on a lesser endowed DECstation.

I would like to carry voice over 14.4 (aka an ubiqutous Internet drop,
from you friendly neighbourhood ISP :-), and would like to use 286
class machines to do the codec. The only solution I have right now is
a CVSS style ADPCM that I threw together one evening, starting from
first principles. It works OK, sounds like a scratchy shortwave SSB
channel, (without the donald-duck effect of course, so I would be more
precise if I said HF-AM ... but you know what I mean.) but hey it works
at 14.4 kbps even on my hp100lx, uses hardware consisting of some 8
resistors and a couple of opamps ... so I wont complain :-)

Does someone have an old Mitel handbook around ? I know Mitel had a
CVSS chip. If I could get a table of coefficients that I could use to
improve my ADPCM quantiser, I would be much obliged !

If someone has pointers to a better one, (perhaps the G.726 16kbps 2bit
ADPCM, which I suspect should run both Coder and Decoder in real-time on
a 12 MHz 286), please do drop a pointer !  There is the G.721-G.723 ITU-T
reference implementation from Sun, but that does only 32 and 24 kbps.
The 16kbps seems sufficiently different from its higher speed cousins,
from my readings of the G.726 standards, I think it would take more than
one evening to hack the Sun implementation to do the 16kbps.

(Note of course, I am talking about the 16kbps G.726 ADPCM, and not
the 16kbps LD/CELP ... that one is a bigger cookie in itself! )


Thanks,

shrikumar ( [e-mail], [e-mail],
X.400 G=Shrikumar S=Hariharasubrahmanian P=itu A=arcom C=CH (yea right :)

------------------------------

From: Henry Wertz <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Cordless Phone Security
Date: 7 Oct 1994 18:41:10 GMT
Organization: U of Iowa Panda System
Reply-To: [e-mail]


In note <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] writes:

> I seem to have read somewhere about the risk of having someone dialing
> up on your phone line (and charging long distance calls on your phone
> account) when the handset is not sitting at the base-station cradle of
> your cordless phone.  Can those experts on cordless phones provide me
> with an update on this issue?

     All the portable phones I have seen have at an at least 8-bit,
and sometimes up to 16-bit code or more.  (That is a minimum of 256
possibilites, and up to 4096+..)  One older one I used had it on
DIP-switches on back, and lots you just hang it up, and press a button
for a second or two and it sets it.  I really don't thing people
getting on your line and dialing out is a problem anymore.

     The big problem is people listening in.  Before my mom was just
about to order something on the phone.  It's like broadcasting a for
1/5th of a mile, and she's sitting there saying "my credit card number
is ..."  Great.  I'm glad we don't have anything here but three year olds
and 80 year-olds, or that could have caused a problem 8-).

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TELECOM Digest     Fri, 7 Oct 94 15:40:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 391

Inside This Issue:                          Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Chicago Taking Out Payphones (USA Today via Will Martin)
    IBX System (Zanna Martin)
    Question About AMI Modulation ([e-mail])
    Re: "Sprint Check/160 Days" ([e-mail])
    Re: Area Code Info Needed (Wes Leatherock)
    Re: OSI OM-Related Tools (Herb Calhoun)
    Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud (G. Youngblood)
    Re: Roaming Report - SF Bay Area to New Zealand via GTE (Greg Youngblood)

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 94 13:55:24 GMT
From: Will Martin <[e-mail]>
Subject: Chicago Taking Out Payphones


An article on the front page of the Wednesday, Oct 5 94 issue of {USA
Today}:

CHICAGO READY TO HANG UP ON CORNER DRUG DEALERS

by Debbie Howlett

The City Council, in an effort to pull the plug on street corner drug
dealers, today votes on a sweeping ban on pay phones.

The measure, proposed by Mayor Richard Daley and widely supported on
the council, would disconnect as many as 15,000 of the 60,000 pay
phones, mainly on the poorer South and West sides.

"People are outraged. They see drug dealers using those phones 24 hours
a day, seven days a week in front of their homes," Daley says.

A South Side alderman and Ameritech, largest of 67 companies operating
pay phones in the city, say the idea is superficial and disproportionately
affects poor people.

While 88% of city residents have phone service, barely one in five
residents in some of the targeted areas do.

In those areas, pay phones are lifelines, says Alderman Dorothy Tillman.

Daley defends the ban as the solution for residents who are fed up with
dealers; one group of neighbors counted 72 phones in a ten-block area.

"You can get rid of every damn pay phone in the city," Tillman says. "It
won't stop drug dealing."

*******

That issue of {USA Today} also has a supplemental story on page 3A; here
are excerpts:

BUSY SIGNAL: PHONES AS CRIME CENTERS

The pay phone hanging on the wall of the building near Nancy Glover's
home on the West Side seemed oddly out of place.

It faced a dark alley and wasn't very well lighted. She couldn't
imagine who would use it. Within a week, she says, eight boys in gang
colors were hanging out for hours, using the pay phone to return pages
from their beepers.

"It was a real problem," Glover says.

 .... [Deleted paragraphs that essentially repeated the first story.]

Other measures aimed at the pay phone problem haven't been successful.
Restrictions on incoming calls, tougher rules for phone companies,
phones that don't take coins at night -- nothing curbed the crowds
that gathered.

Some of the dealers' favorite spots even seem tailored to their purpose:
a bank of seven or eight phones set up over a vacant lot that offers an
unobstructed view of police patrols.

Daley's "ban" won't affect 75% of the city's 60,000 pay phones --
those inside an office, store, or other building. It will, however,
allow the city to regulate phones on or overhanging public property.

But the pay phone ban has several opponents -- including phone companies.

Ameritech, the largest phone company in Illinois, stands to lose 3,000
phones and 80% of its pay phone revenues.

[Concluding paragraphs cover statements from the alderman quoted in
the first story and from the Ameritech spokesman to the effect that
this action won't affect crime.]

                             *******

[Editorial comment: Will this become known as the "Cellular Phone
Windfall Act of 1994" in the future? Surely drug dealers can afford
cellphones and they'll just switch over to those if they need phone
communications ... I've never quite figured out why drug dealers need
to make phone calls in the first place. It never struck me as a business
conducted by phone-order ... :-) I always thought you needed to go in
person with cash money. Can you call up and order by phone with your
Visa or MC now? And how do drug dealers use beepers? Do they make house
calls to deliver drugs like the pizza man? :-)

Pat, please add a follow-up that tells what the result of the vote was,
since this is local to you there ...]


Regards,

Will


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: The final result was a hodge-podge; a
stupid compromise which will help no one and hurt lots of people. The
Chicago City Council has always been known for its corruption and
stupid members, so this latest thing is not a big surprise. Now they
have decided to ban public phones which are *outside, but on private
property*, such as convenience store parking lots, etc. As the article
points out, only about one in five residences on the west side of
Chicago have private phone service. Too bad for them, eh?

Question:  How do you tell when a formerly great city is rapidly on
the way to its death?  Easy ... that's the time when the politicians
and lawyer-judges become even more oppressive toward the few stable
and tax-paying citizens still remaining. No industries want to set
up factories and offices in your town?  Then respond by taxing the
hell out of the ones who do remain and putting all kinds of oppresive
regulations in place against them. No large chain of stores wants to
operate on the south and west sides of Chicago because of the high
rate of very violent crime?  That's cool ... just take the Korean
merchants who are willing to operate there and oppress them severely
instead; drive them out of business by government fiat and all kinds
of cock-eyed regulations even the lawyers don't understand. Not that
many parents left who want their kids to go to a public school if there
is any possible way to avoid it?  Don't worry, just take the few bright
and intelligent children who are still in public schools and force them
to be bussed ten miles each way through city traffic to a penitentiary
masquerading as a public school on the other side of town. The longer
the bus ride each day the less time there will be to spend in class
and the more opportunity for the bus driver to sell them drugs and
sexually molest them. Their parents will learn soon enough.

It appears voter registration this time around is at an all-time low.
Apparently only a few fools here are bothering to vote any longer. For
the past couple months the newspapers and politicians have been exhorting
people to register to vote, but it appears less than half the eligible
voters have done so this time. Watching the political scene in Chicago
is such a gas ... its only a matter of time until the city collapses.
*GOD*, I am so glad I moved away a year ago.  I would never move back to
Chicago for any reason, even if I am only 20 miles or so north. I have
to have a decent and safe place for our five-year old to live, and
Chicago just won't do.

So the payphone situation?  What else is old?  Just the dumbest (many
have little formal education) and most criminal (a dozen members convicted
and sent to prison in the past decade) bunch anywhere -- the Chicago
City Council -- doing its thing. Not to worry though; there will still
be outside payphones at the Chicago Housing Authority slums and the
Transit Authority stations. Even though technically 'private property',
the lawyers for the Housing Atrocity and the Transit Atrocity did a
better job of sucking up to the Council than the lawyers for the
Korean Merchants Association or the Chicagoland Association of Black
McDonald's Restaurant Owners. Some outside payphones on private
property will still remain if you say pretty-please and you allow them
to have one hand in your pocket while the middle finger on their other
hand is inserted somewhere else at the same time.  PAT]

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From: zanna@problem_with_inews_domain_file.et.tudelft.nl (Zanna Martin)
Subject: IBX System
Date: 7 Oct 1994 18:13:50 GMT
Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering


Anyone have any info on an IBX system by Intecom Inc?  I am attempting
to interface a modem this system and understand that an interface is
available for $$$, however I want to do it myself ... any technical
specs or schematic diagrams would be appreciated.


Thanks,

Tom

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Question About AMI Modulation
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 13:50:42 GMT
Organization: HookUp Communication Corporation, Oakville, Ontario, CANADA


Does anyone have any information on AMI type modulation used on
digital lines?

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 07 Oct 1994 11:39:01 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: "Sprint Check/160 Days"


As a copywriter assigned to a major L.D. account, I'm all too familiar
with checks and their role in acqauiring new customers.

Basically, no one can prevent a customer from switching to another
lond distance copany -- on matter how scary the LOA language on the
back of the check sounds.  While these devices may sound is (as) if
drafetred (drafted) my (by) a legal SWAT team, they are merely
marketing attempts to keep churn levels douwn.  Since AT&T fired the
first check salvo two years ago, the check wars continue to breed a
climate of switchers and money-seeking treasure hunters.  And who can
blame them?  You get a check from one company, cash it, and two kweeks
later you receive another check from the competition.  You cash that,
and the process starts anew.

The result has been an eroding base of loyal customers -- and an
unwillingness of customers to stay with one company and see how much
they can save on savings programs., lower rates, etc.  For marketers
like myself, checks have served to frustrate long-term strategies and
prevent other messages from entering the prospect's decision-making
process.  And while customers may think cahsing the check is a smart
morve, the irony is that everyone (including them) ends up paying for
it through more promo dollars being thrown against more and more check
mailings.

So what's the bottom line?  It's time to stop using cash as the
ultimate carrot-on-stick marketing tool -- and time to destroy the
climate of switchers costing l.d. companies millins in misspent promo
dollars and switching fees.  In a better world, customers would choose
a l.d. company based on benefits and savings -- then leave if those
benefits were not begin provided or of (if) another companyu promises
even o(more.)  But that cannot happen until customers are refocused to
look for comparitive strength and not the largest dollar amount on the
"ay Pay to the order of" line.  Ang again, no one can stop you from
switching again -- but can you blame Sprint from trying to keep you
around for a few months in the desparate hope that they can recover
some of the expenses incurred in getting you through their door?



[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: You are correct that they cannot
prevent you from switching carriers. What they can do, if it seems
cost-effective and not counter-productive is sue you for breaking
your promise to remain with them for some set period of time.   PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Wes Leatherock)
Date: 06 Oct 94 21:11:21 -0500
Subject: Re: Area Code Information Needed
Organization: FidoNet Nameserver/Gateway


 Quoting Joseph Singer ([e-mail]):

         ... [text deleted] ...

 > battery central offices.  Also even the places that had DDD had
 > different procedures to access it.  In many places such as New York
 > and New Jersey you would just dial the telephone number or an area
 > code plus phone number whereas most people dialed "1" plus a number
 > within an area code or 1 plus area code and phone number.  Other
 > places had you dial 112 before the area codes while yet other
 > companies (mostly independents) made you dial extra digits.

        When Sherman, Texas, (served by GTE) originally went to DDD,
you dialed 70 (seven zero) plus number or area code and number.

Quoting Robert Casey:

> Talking about area code history, I think NJ was all 201 a long time
> ago. 201 is the lowest area code number, probably due to the fact that
> there many Bell Labs sites in NJ, and probably the place where the area
> code concept was developed was one of those.

         The area codes were originally assigned on the basis of the
largest cities getting the lowest area codes.  This was in the days of
rotary dial, so a zero is actually ten, and 201 was not a low number.

         The lowest numbered area code (takes the fewest dial pulses)
is 212 (211 was, of course, reserved for calling the long distance
operator).  New York City's area code was and is 212, of course.

         The next lowest numbers are 312 (which is Chicago) and 213
(which is Los Angeles).

Quoting Bill Garfield ([e-mail]):

> Same here, except is was as late as 1966.  I was working in
> Scottsbluff, NE and carrying on a "LONG DISTANCE" relationship with a
> young lady in Hoopeston, IL.  It only took a few times calling before I
> too was able to give the "route" to the LD operator... "2-1-7 <pause>
> 2-8-3, <pause> 2-1-7 Plus 0-2-8 and the same for operators".  Life
> certainly seemed simpler back then. :-)

         The usual way this was given, I think, was (for example)
"2-1-7 Plus 0-2-8 and the same for operators (pause) MARK 2-1-7 <pause>
2-8-3."

         The originating operator actually dialed 217+028 and this
sent the call to the Hoopeston operator, who would manually plug into
the jack for the desired number or the desired operator (such as
Directory Assistance).

         217-283 was the assigned prefix for Hoopeston, and the
operator marked the toll ticket (done by hand) with a conductive
pencil in the bubbles for those numbers so it would be machine
readable.  Even though the prefix was assigned, Hoopeston was,
obviously, not dialable as a manual office.

         If there was not a prefix assigned (either theoretical or
future, the instruction would be "Mark 'Other Place'."  (There was a
bubble so named, and that would kick the ticket out to be rated and
billed manually in the Telco accounting office.)

         There were places that the operator could dial but not the
customer, for any one of a number of reasons, most commonly that there
were not enough incoming trunks to meet the DDD standard for all-trunks-
busy during the busy hour.  In this case the instruction would be
simply "2-1-7 Plus 283 PLUS."

         And there were various other combinations possible, including
even the operator office being in another state (and with a different
area code).


Wes Leatherock
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Herb Calhoun)
Subject: Re: OSI OM-Related Tools
Organization: Motorola
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 18:23:07 GMT


In article <[e-mail]>, andrew lavigne <alavigne@bnr.
ca> wrote:

> I've been looking for information on the availability of OSI Object
> Model Management-related toolkits and compilers (ASN.1/GDMO compilers,
> object class inheritance display tools, browsers, etc).

> Does anyone know of such tools and/or where I can get more information
> on them?

DSET provides a GDMO/ASN.1 raw compiler, as does RETIX.

------------------------------

Subject: Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud
From: [e-mail] (Gregory Youngblood)
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 94 09:46:07 PDT
Organization: The Complete Solution


TELECOM Digest Editor noted:

> In certain other prominent e-journals on the Internet, we have read
> in recent days that computer crime is not nearly the serious matter
> the government claims it to be. It sounds to me like the sneak-thievery
> of a hundred thousand plus calling card numbers and fifty million
> dollars in phreak phone calls is serious enough. We have long known
> about telco employees who themselves are as corrupt as the day is
> long; who think nothing of taking bribes for providing confidential
> information about their employer and its customers. But most of it
> to-date has been petty ante stuff; a few dollars under the table for
> a non-pub phone number, or maybe a hackerphreak who gets a job with
> telco then uses information and technology at his (legitimate) disposal
> to cover his own tracks where obscene/harassing calls are concerned.
> But a hundred thousand calling cards and fifty million dollars in
> traffic????  At what point are certain publishers/editors on the
> Internet going to wake up? Computer crime is growing expotentially.
> I think it is time to have another massive crackdown, similar to
> Operation Sun Devil a few years ago.  Let's start getting really
> tough on hackers and phreaks.

In this avenue I have to say that while I agree with the idea
expressed here, lets not get carried away.  Operation Sun Devil did
it's good in that it caught and shut down a lot of hackers and
phreaks ... but not without its mistakes.

I notice you say similar to Operation Sun Devil.  In what manner?

If your going after phreaks (and some hackers who go along with the
phreaking), then why not seed their files with bogus calling card
numbers that various carriers agree to allow for this type of usage
with the intent of letting the phreaks distribute that number.  Then
after a perioud of time, arrange a large scale bust arresting all
those utilizing those seeded calling card numbers.

In fact, why not take some of the known calling card numbers that have
already been stolen, keep them in operation (though not for that
customer but for this very purpose) so that way it adds another
element to the sting ... actual live card numbers switched over from a
customer as a sting rather than cutting the number off.

It would seem that doing this would add even more risk to the phreaks
since they would never know at what point the calling card was switched
over etc.

Perhaps I am just showing my own ignorance in the whole scene ... but
large scale busts like Sun Devil will also pull in innocent people
likely.  I dont recall if Sun Devil was the operation that started the
whole Jackson Games ordeal or if it was something else, but in any
large scale operation like your proposing, the net will also fall
around innocent people.  Especially if the officers involved are not
trained properly and dont really know what they are going after, which
in high-tech crimes seems to be the case some of the time.  That was
particularly the problem with the Jackson Games mess ... (btw, how did
that end?  I saw a report or two from the trial, but I don't recall
getting the final verdict and such ...)

The large-scale computer crimes like this one are the ones the medias
get a hold of and glamorize and exagerate the risks and potentials to
mass audiences ... no wonder a lot of people are still afraid of
computers. In this case, 100,000s of calling cards.  Even from the
glamorized reports of other capers, none seem to be as large-scale as
this operation was.  These large scale operations seem to be somewhat
rare.  But at least this one is shut down now.

While I will agree computer crime is getting to be more of a problem
and is growing, I also urge caution in how things are done to resolve
it, especially in the spotlight of the media, and the public.  Not to
hide anything, but to prevent politicians from trying to protect us
from ourselves in such a way that will hinder networks such as the
Internet and others.  With the information superhighway the buzzword
in DC and with high press coverage of the exception rather than the
norm, it can easily create more hassles and problems for (what I hope
is) the majority of honest ones on the net, limiting or cutting off
access entirely resources currently available.

In short, I'm just urging caution in finding a solution to the problem
of growing computer crime.

------------------------------

Subject: Re: Roaming Report - SF Bay Area to New Zealand via GTE
From: [e-mail] (Gregory Youngblood)
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 94 10:04:21 PDT
Organization: The Complete Solution


> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: An interesting new form of cellular
> fraud came to my attention recently. It seems that many/most cellular
> companies handle roamers by assigning them a temporary phone number
> to use while in their territory. If you subscribe to a service such
> as 'follow me' or Fast Track as Ameritech calls it, then when you
> activate that feature in another city, the carrier in that city
> assigns you a number and tells your home carrier what number is
> to be used for call-forwarding purposes. Well ... it seems like some
> carriers use the same old numbers over and over again for roamers
> in their territory, and on those numbers for the sake of administrative
> convenience, the ESN is not checked or verified like it would be for
> their own customers with calls to/from their own numbers. So some
> people have found that if you learn the block of numbers used by,
> let's say, Cellular One Chicago over and over for roamers here,
> all you need to do is program your own phone to one of those numbers
> and make/receive calls with impunity at no charge.
>
> The same gag used to work with Radio Shack's cellular demo line. All
> RS stores had a cellular phone number they could use to demo their
> products. Any phone in their stock would work for the simple reason
> the carrier did not verify the ESN ... how could they if the dealer
> had dozens of phones in stock to be displayed, demoed and hopefully
> sold?  Of course since any phone in their stock could make calls when

[Portion of R.S. summary deleted]

> So phreaks began learning the phone numbers (a) used by the carriers
> for day-to-day temporary assignment to roamers, (b) used for administrative
> and testing purposes by the carrier itself, and (c) used by very large
> dealers like Radio Shack for demonstrations.  Needless to say, a good
> time was had by all. There were limitations on the numbers which could
> be dialed -- not technical limits, but certainly pragmatic considerations.
> Radio station request lines, hotel switchboards, pay stations, etc; those
> were all okay but *never* a call to a private residence or your home.
> After all, when 'they' got a bellyfull of it, and got hit with loads
> of long-distance and international calls, 'they' started auditing the
> bills a little closer. Would you want 'them' to call your mother and
> ask her who she spoke to in Kansas City on a cellular phone a month
> ago?  "... Just an error in our bookkeeping ma'm, we are trying to
> straighten out the billing and get the bill to the right person ..."
> and mom replies, "Oh!  You must mean my son!  .... such a good boy!
> and so smart with computers and telephones .... " ... "Thank you
> madam, that's all we need to know ...".  None the less, I think the
> scam is still going on where the roamer temporary numbers and the
> carrier admin numbers are concerned.     PAT]

I have to jump in here ... it isn't often that I feel a need to jump
in and clarify certain points.

While I am not well versed on software and switches beyond a couple, I
can tell you about the systems I've worked on and worked with.

Your first part refers to the Temporary Directory Number that a
roamers MIN (Mobile Identification Number) is assigned to in certain
types of automated roaming, such as Follow Me Roaming or NationLink
etc.  I won't go into some details in case the problem is more severe
than I personally realize, but suffice it to say, when the TDN is
assigned for a MIN by the automated roaming system, and ESN is usually
assigned as well.  In essence in the market where the phone is being
used, that MIN is activated like a regular home subscriber, except
that the direct dial phone number (or the TDN) is not the same as the
cellular's MIN.  If you were able to get your TDN you could just as
easily give people in the market your roaming in your TDN and receive
calls just as a home sub in that market without having to pay the long
distance charges to your home carrier for forwarding your calls as
well.

In the switches I work with, the ESN is also included so that, just
like a regular home sub, the ESN is checked with that MIN.  Also, when
a new number is activated the new MIN's ESN is included in the
activation.  [Just to be on the safe side I will be checking my
switches to verify that this is indeed happening ...]

And, in my opinion if the carriers are not utilizing the ESN when
assigning TDN's, they are asking for a whole can of worms, and I'm
surprized it didn't get caught sooner ...

The next item you mentioned was Radio Shack..

In '90 or '91 Radio Shack implemented the rule- ONLY ONE DEMO NUMBER PER
STORE. Seems managers were getting free portables and free service.
The stores where I knew the managers told me about the switch over and
how they couldn't sell the one phone they had on display because that
was their only demo number.  I also know that in the markets I've been
around, the carrier would not activate a "zeroed" out ESN no matter
what the agent/dealer wanted. Perhaps if the agent/dealer agreed ot
assume all liability created by opening up the number they might ... but
still I think you see the security risks here.  I've since moved away
and have really not kept in touch with these people, so it is possible
that in some markets or with Tandy's influence, some carriers opened
up the ESN ... I would sure hope not.

Lastly, I don't know how many carriers still allow zeroed ESN for
their administrative calls.  I know that I don't know of any personally.

For a while this was the case, but that was four to six years ago and
since then those were the first security holes closed when fraud started
to become a larger problem for the carrier.

Perhaps I misunderstood ... I thought the initial message was started
out as what is being done right now by the cellular phreaks out there.
If not, then I just wasted some bandwidth.

The TDN problem is a new one to me, and I will go and double-check my
systems to verify it operates the way it is supposed to, but beyond
that, the zeroed (sp?) ESN activated in a switch is virtually
nonexistant (unless a tech or switch person went against a company's
policy??)


Greg


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: It was three or four years ago that
Cellular One here in Chicago started cleaning up that mess. They had
a whole bunch of numbers with zeroed out ESNs in the 312-659 range
for several years. I guess they got eaten alive like many other
carriers and found out the hard way. Of course, 312-659 was the very
first cellular prefix used here, and that was/is where Cell One had/has
all their own admin, testing and customer service numbers. In our
local Radio Shack District here (Chicago North) they tightened up
on the scam a few years ago, but I don't know about other Radio Shack
Districts. Cellular carriers still leaving that back door open for
their own convenience should at least review it and make sure the
fraud level is tolerable.    PAT]

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TELECOM Digest     Sun, 9 Oct 94 11:45:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 393

Inside This Issue:                          Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Re: $50 Million in Quarters? (Ed Ellers)
    Did MCI Really Lose $50M? (Mike King)
    Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud (Haakon Styri)
    Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud (Barry Pryde)
    Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud (J.F. Shumway)
    Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud (Bob Goudreau)
    Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud (Dave O'Shea)
    Electronic White-Pages (EWP/DA) Directory Assistance Software (htcink)
    New Abyss Bankruptcy Plan (For Those With a Morbid Interest) (James Haynes)

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From: Ed Ellers <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: $50 Million in Quarters?
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 94 13:41:27 -0500
Organization: Delphi ([e-mail] email, 800-695-4005 voice)


TELECOM Digest Editor noted in response to A. Padgett Peterson <padgett@
tccslr.dnet.mmc.com>:

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Padgett, what I do not understand and
> believe to be wrong about the court rulings you cite is the apparent
> conflict with federal regulations pertaining to fraud and misuse of
> credit cards generally. To the extent that telephone calling cards are
> credit cards -- and they are intended to allow you to pay 'later' --
> how can the user be held responsible for more than some minimal
> amount -- usually fifty dollars -- in damages?  Federal regulations
> pertaining to credit cards are quite clear that the card holder will
> not suffer as a result of fraud when the cardholder had nothing to
> do with it.    PAT]

My understanding is that the FTC has *already* ruled that these
calling cards are "credit cards" under Federal law, meaning (among
other things) that carriers can't just send out cards to customers
without an actual request for them.

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From: [e-mail] (Mike King)
Subject: Did MCI Really Lose $50M?
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 22:43:28 PDT


In TELECOM Digest V14 #390, there was discussion as to how much money
MCI might have lost as a result of the Calling Card Fraud perpetuated
by one of its employees.  Discussions about this amount included:

[e-mail] (Aaron Woolfson) wrote:

> Does anyone know that the telephone network is ALWAYS transmitting to
> it's maximum capacity, regardless of the information placed over it?
  [...]
> 3)    Perhaps if the calls were being terminated to locations where
>     MCI is using WilTel's or AT&T's facilities, there may be some
>     nominal termination charges.

> Although I am not suggesting that it is not a big deal what happened,
> I just don't see how MCI can be running around and crying that they
> are losing all this money, when THEY REALLY AREN'T!  They are just
> not collecting nearly as much revenue as before.

Will Martin <[e-mail]> wrote:

> I venture to say that the actual amount stolen for a call billed at $10
> is actually only a few mills' worth of electricity that MCI paid on
> its various utility bills at the sites through which the call traveled.

There IS one factor that hasn't been mentioned yet: transport fees to
the LECs.  For each minute of connection, there's a meter running at
*both* ends of the connection.  This is real money that MCI must pay
to the LECs, whether the calls were phraudulent or not.

I'm not up-to-date on the costs for interconnection, but I remember
seeing figures of 3-4 cents a minute.  Double that, and multiply by
the total number of minutes of connection, and there's a real cost to
MCI.


Mike King    [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Sat, 8 Oct 94 03:50:39 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud


In Telecom-Digest: Volume 14, Issue 390, [e-mail] (Aaron
Woolfson) writes:

> 2)    If a circuit logs 10 or 10,000 minutes of billable time,
>     MCI is paying the same amount anyway.

> 3)    Perhaps if the calls were being terminated to locations where
>     MCI is using WilTel's or AT&T's facilities, there may be some
>     nominal termination charges.

If the amount of "free" calls increase to the extent that the operator
must add a new circuit I'm afraid your statement is wrong.

The news reports say that card numbers have been distributed in
Europe, naming at least Germany and Spain. At present it's very likely
that any US operator will have to pay for this kind of calls that
originates in Europe. For calls terminating outside the US the same
situation will occur. (Or, to make my comment really short: There are
a few other operators out there.)

I'm afraid that the "we're just using surplus capacity anyway" argument
isn't any good.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe I read something about one or
two US operators increasing the price of calling card calls due to an
increased level of fraud earlier this year.  (I think it was in
Telecom Digest, but I may be wrong about that.) To me that sounds like
somebody's losing real money.  It may of course be the world-wide
telco conspiracy.


Haakon Styri    <[e-mail]>

------------------------------

Subject: Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud
From: [e-mail] (BARRY PRYDE)
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 94 08:13:00 -0400
Organization: London Telecom BBS - Hamilton, Ontario 905-570-8956
Reply-To: [e-mail] (BARRY PRYDE)


> MCI has FIXED costs for leasing the T1's between the POPs.  If a
> circuit logs 10 or 10,000 minutes of billable time, MCI is paying the
> same amount anyway.

You are right it is a fixed cost but the problem is when T1's become
full then you're customers get mad. This forces you to install more
facilities. If you could get rid of all the fraud from the existing
facilities then you would have more connections available for your
paying customers. So i guess we can call INDIRECT cost of fraud. I
would think they are thinking FACILITIES and not MINUTES.


Barry Pryde  MIS:    London Telecom Network
SYSOP:  London Telecom BBS   E-Mail: [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (J.F. Shumway)
Subject: Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Organization: AT&T
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 04:50:33 GMT


In article <[e-mail]>, Aaron Woolfson <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> WAS that really $50,000,000 lost or was it just $50,000,000. not
> collected?  It somehow just doesn't seem the same as someone getting
> on to some scheme to actually steal money.

>1)    MCI has FIXED costs for leasing the T1's between the POPs.

>2)    If a circuit logs 10 or 10,000 minutes of billable time,
>    MCI is paying the same amount anyway.

>3)    Perhaps if the calls were being terminated to locations where
>    MCI is using WilTel's or AT&T's facilities, there may be some
>    nominal termination charges.

> Although I am not suggesting that it is not a big deal what happened,
> I just don't see how MCI can be running around and crying that they
> are losing all this money, when THEY REALLY AREN'T!  They are just
> not collecting nearly as much revenue as before.

The IECs like MCI pay very significant sums as access charges to LECs
like Southern Bell for terminating calls through their local network.
Presumably some portion of the calls fraudulently billed to these
cards did terminate in a LECs network.  I seem to recall from AT&T's
annual report that something like 1/3 of the revenue collected from
long distance consumer billings was returned to the LECs as access
charges.  This is big bucks that leaves the books of the defrauded
carrier and not just an operating inefficiency due to underutilizing
fixed cost timeslots.

But don't get me wrong I wouldn't be the least bit suprised if MCI and
the SS estimated these revenue loses very liberally to fan the flames
of public outrage and encourage the notion that nothing short of
public executions (and increased funding for law enforcement) will
temper the wicked designs of the wily hacker.

It would be interesting to know just how this loss figure was
estimated. It certainly wasn't from contested billings as the IECs are
only now contacting effected customers.


Jesse Fred Shumway

post:    AT&T, 2600 Warrenville Rd., Lisle, IL, 60532
voice:   [phone]    fax:   [phone]
email:   [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 18:34:22 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Bob Goudreau)
Subject: Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud


Carl Moore <[e-mail]> asks:

> Cary, NC?  That's in the Raleigh-Durham area, quite far from
> Charlotte.  Earlier article from you said he was employed in the
> Charlotte switching center.

Our Moderator responds:

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: The version I got referred to Charlotte.
> My source was the {Los Angeles Times} and a couple other places where
> raids took place last week. Now I believe the {Chicago Tribune} account
> which was used in the Computer Underground Digest placed it in Cary,
> as did the report in the papers in New York.   PAT]

As a Cary resident, I'll add my two cents as well:

 From the reports I've read, the employee is alleged to have started
his fraud scheme while working in Charlotte (which is indeed a good
couple of hundred miles west of Cary).  Later, he transferred to MCI's
new operations center in Cary, which was built and opened only
recently.  The accused himself is currently a resident of Haw River,
an unincorporated community near Burlington (east of Greensboro).


Bob Goudreau            Data General Corporation
[e-mail]        62 Alexander Drive
[phone]            Research Triangle Park, NC  27709, USA

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Dave O'Shea)
Subject: Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud
Date: 8 Oct 1994 22:37:55 GMT
Organization: WilTel
Reply-To: [e-mail]


Aaron Woolfson ([e-mail]) wrote:

> Well ... I sit here looking over an inter-exchange carrier switching
> system at our carrier and am thinking to myself:

> WAS that really $50,000,000 lost or was it just $50,000,000. not
> collected?  It somehow just doesn't seem the same as someone getting
> on to some scheme to actually steal money.

Depends how you count it. But you can be pretty certain it added to
the company's costs without increasing their revenues.

> Does anyone know that the telephone network is ALWAYS transmitting to
> it's maximum capacity, regardless of the information placed over it?

No, I didn't know that. And while I don't work for WilTel's long
distance unit, I suspect they don't know that, either.

> T1's are hooked up between locations and all the data is placed over
> those facilities in the form of 0's or 1's.  If there are 1's and the
> A&B bits over the T1 show that there is traffic there, then a circuit
> gets billed.  That's how simple it really is.

You're leaving out a number of things here:

1. IXC's (Long distance carriers) have to pay for the usage of local
loops -- by the minute. These charges make up a significant part of
what they bill back for long distance usage. The fact that a call was
made fraudulently doesn't mean that NYNEX or whoever isn't still going
to be looking for usage charges.

2. All those T1s and such cost money. T1 channels occupied by
non-revenue calls mean that they aren't available for paying
customers. Ditto for expensive switch ports and monitoring equipment.

3. The equipment used by thieves still has to be maintained and
upgraded.  The costs are absorbed by stockholders, employees, and
paying customers in the form of lower profits, more work, and higher
LD costs.

> I know that I will probably get a lot of heat from people within the
> telephone industry and especially the companies who we build fraud
> detection devices for just for saying this.  But I just do not see how
> it can possibly really be hurting MCI.

If you have long distance service, it's hurting *you*. YOU are paying
for all that local loop time. YOU are paying for extra capacity. YOU
are paying for the call-fraud systems.

> 1)    MCI has FIXED costs for leasing the T1's between the POPs.

Even if this is true, it does not take into account switched
facilities and the cost, again, of adding T1s just for use by thieves.
If 5% of a transmission network is used fraudulently, that capacity is
not available to the legitimate users. Busy signals or higher costs
are your options.

> 2)    If a circuit logs 10 or 10,000 minutes of billable time,
>     MCI is paying the same amount anyway.

Again, you're thinking just of feeding data into a DS0 on a channel
bank and pulling it out at the other end. You're not taking into
account any of the other costs.

You probably only use your car for, say, an hour a day. Would you have
any objection to other people borrowing it -- without your permission --
for the other 23 hours?

"But," you say, "Who's going to pay for the gas? And what if they
crash and my insurance rates go up? And suppose *I* need the car while
they're using it!" Well, you'll just have to buy a spare car.

How about your house? Just mail me a copy of the keys, and I'll even
promise to clean up after myself in the kitchen. I like steaks, so
make sure there are plenty in the freezer, eh? And if I'm watching
"Cops" when you want to watch "L.A. Law", you'll just have to wait.

And while you're at it, could you create a "guest" account on your
computer and give it an unlimited disk and CPU quota?

> 3)    Perhaps if the calls were being terminated to locations where
>     MCI is using WilTel's or AT&T's facilities, there may be some
>     nominal termination charges.

Unless you're willing to cough up those "nominal" charges out of the
goodness of your heart, you really don't have any say in how MCI
spends it's money.

> Although I am not suggesting that it is not a big deal what happened,
> I just don't see how MCI can be running around and crying that they
> are losing all this money, when THEY REALLY AREN'T!  They are just
> not collecting nearly as much revenue as before.

Well, great! I'm going to be taking 5% of your paychecks in the
future, okay? It won't be like I'm really _stealing_ money from you,
you simply won't get as much as you did before.


Dave O'Shea                         [e-mail]
Sr. Network Engineer                201.236.3730
WilTel Data Network Services        Did I *say* I'm a WilTel spokesman?


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Yours is probably the best rebuttal I
have received to date to the original commentary by Aaron. A lot of
folks who accept the sort of fraud that the accused is said to have
pulled on MCI do so in a very casual, uncaring, or disinterested third-
person sort of way. It is hard for many people to feel much sympathy
when the victim of a crime is a huge monolithic entity like AT&T or
MCI. There has to be some actual person they can point to before they
are willing to accept the seriousness of the crime. Now, when you put
it to them as you did, i.e. 'suppose I borrow your car without your
permission for 23 hours per day since you are not using it anyway', or
'suppose I open an account on your personal computer without your
knowledge or approval' ... then listen to them squeal like a bunch of
pigs on their way to market. Does anyone remember the cartoon which
appeared in {Playboy Magazine} a few years ago showing the little kid
sitting in front of his computer -- screen totally blank -- with a
very mystified and angry look on his face?  His mother and father
are standing there and one says to the other, "during the night a
huge corporation broke in and erased all his files and reformatted
his disk."  Turn-about, you see, is not fair play where hackerphreaks
are concerned.  Their supporters and bosum-buddies at the EFF and
similar organizations will give you the bull jive about how we are
simply dealing with 'excess capacity not being used'; but they neglect
to point out *whose* excess capacity they are stealing, and what gives
them the right to be there in the first place.  In summary Dave, very
good response.  Thanks for writing.    PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (htc)
Date: 8 Oct 1994 14:50:30 -0700
Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access [phone]
Subject: Electronic White-Pages (EWP/DA) Directory Assistance Software


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------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (James H. Haynes)
Subject: New Abyss Bankruptcy Plan (For Those With a Morbid Interest)
Date: 8 Oct 1994 07:30:12 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz


I received a thick packet in the mail today from New Valley Corp.
concerning the proposed bankruptcy settlement and sale of Western
Union Financial Services to First Financial.  There's a two-page
letter from New Valley Corp. announcing and supporting the plan.
There's a two-page letter from the "statutory committee of unsecured
creditors" also supporting the plan.  This committee consists of seven
members representing the creditors.  There's a one-page letter from
the "statutory committee of senior secured noteholders" also
supporting the plan.  And there's a 5-page letter from the "official
committee of equity holders" recommending rejection of the plan.

Their points are: (1) the company is worth more than has been offered,
by at least $150 million. (2) The plan unfairly favors creditors,
paying some disputed claims, paying interest on interest, and leaving
the part not sold to First Financial under the control of Bennett
LeBow. (3) The plan leaves New Valley without enough income to pay its
expenses. (4) The plan penalizes holders of certain shares who vote
against it.  (5) Approval of the joint plan may result in the
termination of pension plans. (6) The joint plan eliminates a lawsuit
against LeBow and other insiders. (7) The committee thinks it has a
better plan.  "The holders of common stock and certain other
securities will receive no distribution ... and are therefore deemed
to have rejected the Joint Plan wihtout the need for a solicitation of
their votes."

Some other things:

"New Valley was organized under the laws of the State of New York in 1851"
[Of course that wasn't its name then.]  ..."conducts its operations through
its wholly owned subsidiary, FSI, which provides a variety of financial
and messaging services."  ...has approx. 18,000 agents in the U.S. and
another 6,000 in the rest of the world.  Agents operate under exclusive
contracts with FSI to provide Western Union services...  Approx. 1800
full-time employees of FSI receive 44 million incoming telephone calls
process 40 million money transfers, move $7.8 billion in 1993.  A new
division Western Union Information Services formed in December 1993 to
manage the service centers (in Bridgeton, MO, Reno, NV, and Dallas, TX)
and computer facilities.  Following asset acquisition [if the deal goes
through] the business of the reorganized company will consists of the
messaging services business, including Mailgram, Telgram, Priority Letter,
Hotline, Automated Voice Telegram, Commercial Telegram, Custom Letter,
Cablegram and Opiniongram.  It will license the Western Union name from
First Financial.  goes on to describe all the money transfer services
and then all the messaging services.  an excerpt: "Automated Voice
Telegram (AVT) is a service through which telephone operators verify
recipient names, addresses and telephone numbers and deliver high-impact
messages for credit-and-collection and direct-marketing applications."
So the next telemarketing call you get might be under the Western Union
banner.

Then there's a lot of history of the bankruptcy case.  Then a bunch of
details of the plan and its financial and tax consequences.  Then a
description of New Valley after the deal goes through.  As noted above
New Valley keeps the message part of the business, licenses the
Western Union name, and there are other details between the two
companies so that business keeps going.  First Financial may contract
to take over the marketing of services for the Message Company.  The
reorganized New Valley will have about 130 full time employees, which
will be reduced to 90 if First Financial takes over marketing.
Threatens that if the plan is not approved the company may be
liquidated under Chapter 7.  In any case the revenues from messaging
services are expected to continue declining.  Then a bunch of
financialese and legalese, and finally ballots for the owners of
preferred stock to vote to accept or reject the plan.  The hearing on
confirmation of the plan will take place Nov. 1.

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From: [e-mail] (Summit '94)
Subject: Summit '94: Technical Sessions
Date: 12 Oct 1994 05:14:54 GMT
Organization: Netcom


(T9) Managing High Speed Networks

Abstract: Broadband networking services are arriving rapidly.
Managing intelligent, flexible, high-speed networks demands new
management approaches. This half-day tutorial offers a unique
combination of a tutorial and a panel with leading vendors to
give you their perspective on their management offerings. Areas
covered include

* High-speed networks:SMDS, Frame Relay, BISDN, ATM
* Management Challenges, Problems, and Solutions
     Switched connections vs. datagrams
     Connection management systems
     Emerging virtualization
     Application management
* Customer Network Management:Rationale, Architecture, Functions,
  ATM, Frame Relay,SMDS, BISDN
* Panel Discussion: How to Deploy a Manageable High Speed Network

Instructor:
John McConnell, McConnell Consulting, Inc.


(S4) Expanding Your WAN: Strategies for Cost-Effective WAN
Expansion

Abstract: Wide area networks with inherent growth demands,
whether consistent or in spurts,present unique challenges to the
network designer. When adding new locations to a network, the
network designer must add them somewhat in their order of
arrival. However, if the new locations can be grouped, the
designer can achieve certain network efficiencies because of
greater optimization opportunities. This session shows you the
costs of different approaches.

Presenter:
Gary Schilling, Quintessential Solutions


(S7) Integrating the Workgroup and the Enterprise

Abstract: This session illustrates ways to provide enterprise
management capabilities for large centralized mainframe
environments, WAN/LAN management, and emerging workgroup, branch
office, home, and mobile computing environments. Topics covered
include:  Enterprise Management Consoles,  Infrastructure
Management Frameworks, Network and Systems Management Platforms,
LAN Management Platforms, Network Utilities, Network and System
Management Services.

Presenter:
Chris Thomas, Intel Corporation


(S9) Defining Response Time Service Levels on Inter-Networked
LANs and WANs

Abstract: In the "old" environments (single architectures and
protocols) you could monitor the  performance of network devices
as well as the response time "service levels" that your users
were receiving. However, performance management tools in "new"
multiprotocol, multi-vendor internetworks are limited to simply
managing devices not service levels. This lack of service level
data can cause peculiar and embarrassing problems for the IS
manager. This session shows how to develop a rich database of
users' response time data that will provide strategic information
for network designers.

Presenter:
Warren Sullivan, Network Telemetrics


(S17) Panel: Building and Managing Virtual Networks

Abstract: In an increasingly mobile world, managing change has become
one of the biggest administration headaches in a network.  The
evolution of switched LANs, TCP/IP, and management tools have opened
up the opportunity to integrate these technologies to build a network
that will dynamically adapt to network, applications and end-user
changes and demands. This session explores how to: unleash a new level
of power and flexibility through virtual networking; design and manage
virtual networks; dramatically reduce the cost of moves/adds/changes;
and reconfigure LANs through software control.

Moderator: Frank Hiatt, Chipcom Corporation
Panelists: David Fowler, FTP Software; Asheem Chandna, Synoptics


(S24) What the Heck Is a Protocol Analyzer Good for Anyway?

Abstract: As corporate networks continue to expand, distributed
analyzers will play a key role in monitoring network utilization,
traffic flow, and security across multiple subnets. This session
shows how network analyzers can isolate low level problems such
as errors due to faulty cable plant, packet congestion, jabbering
repeaters, malformed packets, as well as higher level problems
such as peer-to-peer or client/server networking software, host
configuration errors, traffic latency and timeout settings, and
routing errors.

Presenter:
Jeanne Abmayr, FTP Software

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 02:02:42 -0400
From: [e-mail] (jwm)
Subject: 25 Years of Call Waiting
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst


Here's the text of a little card that I got in the mail from NYNEX:

[front]

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reason you should order yours today ...

[cartoon of an airplane carrying a banner stating: FREE INSTALLATION
UNTIL OCTOBER 31, 1994]

[back]

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than 25 years.

A long-distance friend, an important business associate or a family
member during an emergency ... you wouldn't want any of these people to
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helped millions of people find the solution: Call Waiting.

Conversations with our customers have shown that most people don't
mind being put on hold.  In fact, they see an advantage in being able
to get through to you when you're already on the phone with someone
else.  Call Waiting costs just $2.58 a month.  And until October 31st
we're offering FREE installation.  (You'll save $7.60!)  So, don't let
anyone you care about ever feel stranded again.  Call and order today!
1-800-499-5200, Ext. 345, Mon. through Fri., 7 am - 9 pm; Saturday,
9 am - 3 pm.

NYNEX
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[end of card]

1)  I wasn't aware that NYNEX did much of anything before 1984.  (O.K.
So I'm nitpicking.)

2)  I have an ad around here someplace from a 1967 National
Geographic, in which the Bell System promises a bold new future that
includes all of the custom calling features (call waiting, 3-way
calling, speed calling, and call forwarding).  Were these features
really deployed as early as 1969?  What switches at the time supported
them?  Did anyone out there have Call Waiting from New England
Telephone and Telegraph Co. in 1969?

3)  Nice spin on the people-love-to-hold thing.  Most people I know
*hate* to be on hold, but they figure that the benefit of getting
through outweighs the evil of holding.

4)  I have three lines.  Two of them have call waiting.  This was sent
to the billing address of one of those two lines.  Using recycled
paper is lovely, but if it serves no useful purpose it's still a
waste.  Perhaps they should cross-reference their marketing databases
with their billing databases to save a recycled tree.

5)  I always feel silly when I call a company, and they ask for an
"extension."  We all know that there is no need to transfer the call,
but I've run into cases where the rep was frozen in his/her tracks
when I couldn't come up with a pseudo-extension number for the record.
If they must track their advertising, why not use multiple 800
numbers, as the LD companies do in their TV ads?


Jeffrey W. McKeough     [e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: The earliest electronic switching system
installations were in 1968-69. It was installed somewhere in New Jersey
but the one I specifically recall was the initial test site in my part
of the country, in Morris, Illinois. The near north side neighborhood
in Chicago has ESS/Custom Calling features available in 1972, and the
downtown Chicago area had them available in 1973. At the time, my office
downtown was served by a very old panel office, or maybe it was a stepping
switch dating from the 1920's on the WEbster-9 exchange. I knew a couple
of people who had custom calling features in 1972 but can't think of anyone
before that. I had the features put on my phone once they became available
in 1973 (maybe 1974?).     PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Stuart Whitmore)
Subject: Class Use of Telephone
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 05:20:59 GMT
Organization: UniNova Sup't BBS [phone]


I had an interesting experience the other day in one of my classes
here at Central Washington University, and I figured others might also
find it noteworthy.  One of my professors brought into class one of
those conference telephones like you find in the Hello Direct catalog
(in fact, that might be where he got it, I don't know), and the whole
class made a call to a retired person who could speak as an authority
on the class topic.

I've never had a telephone used in a class like that before, but now I
think it's a great idea.  Students were able to get the benefit of
having a guest speaker without having him travel several hours just to
get to the CWU campus.  We generated some questions before calling, so
we didn't waste any long distance time, and it was a good experience.

I don't know how many teachers read the TELECOM Digest, but I recommend
this kind of experience for students.  It sure beats the old overhead
projector!  My prof mentioned that we'd be making more calls later in
the quarter, so he's apparently integrated it into his teaching beyond
just testing it out.

Anyway, I just figured it was an unusual use of telephones that was
worth sharing here.


Stuart Whitmore    ([e-mail])


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: It certainly sounds like a great idea
for a presentation to a class; having authorities meet with the class
via speakerphone.    PAT]

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From: [e-mail] (Scott Barker)
Subject: UNC-CH Faculty Position Available
Date: 12 Oct 1994 14:31:39 GMT
Organization: Univ. of North Carolina, Information/Library Science


The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announces a tenure-track
position (assistant/associate professor) in the School of Information
and Library Science.  The School seeks applications from scholars
whose research and teaching interests address telecommunications and
networking, and/or multimedia/hypermedia systems.  Faculty members are
expected to engage in research and to report new insights through
publication and teaching.  Faculty members also advise masters and
doctoral students and serve on School and University committees.
Minimum qualifications include an earned doctorate by the starting
date, a research agenda, and evidence of teaching competence.  Minimum
salary is $40,000 for assistant; $45,000 for associate.  The review
process will begin Jan.  15, 1995; preliminary interviews are planned
for the following conferences: ASIS (Alexandria, VA, October 1994);
ALISE (Philadelphia, February 1995); and ACM Computer Science
Conference (Nashville, TN, February 1995).  Applications will be
accepted until the position is filled.  Preferred starting date is
August 1995.  Send letter of application, resume, and names of three
references to:

Barbara M. Wildemuth, Chair, Faculty Search Committee
School of Information and Library Science
CB # 3360, 100 Manning Hall
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360
Phone:  [phone]; Fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an affirmative
action, equal opportunity employer.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Chris Campbell)
Subject: 900 MHz Cordless Phone Evaluations
Date: 11 Oct 1994 01:08:58 -0400
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology


About a month ago I put out a call on the net for your comments and
experiences with 900 MHz cordless phones.  The following is what I
finally distilled out of those responses.  Note that these are actual
experiences, not rumor or manafacturer's claims (nor mine).  If your
phone does not exhibit the performance problem indicated here, well,
great.

Below is a table of some basic performance comments, followed by more
lengthy comments on each model.  I received over 2000 lines of comments,
and have edited _that_ down to 1200+ lines (~60K).  Since posting those
comments would be an ENORMOUS waste of bandwidth, I will e-mail a copy
of that file to whoever really wants it.

If you have comments about your experiences with your phone, e-mail me
and I will include it in the final draft of this.  I am of course
interested in data that is absent in the table below (e.g. Uniden duration).
Please don't e-mail just to "ditto" comments made here.  Thanks.


                                                      Talk    Handset
MODEL             #R  SS   Sound Quality  Range (ft) Duration   Size

AT&T   9100/9120   5  Yes   hissy, tinny    "Good"              Wide
BEL    900         1  No   crystal clear   "1 block"
Escort 9000/9020   4  Yes   good, crappy              2.0 hrs
Panas. 9000/9220   6  No     excellent     "few 100"  0.5 hrs   Flip
Sony   SPP-ER1     1  No                                         Big
Tropez 900 DL/DX  15  No* noisy, artifacts 300-1000   1.5 hrs Difficult
Uniden 9100/9200  13  Yes  good but echo      500               Good

#R : Number of responses I got about this phone
SS : Spread spectrum encoded - This means that you're not broadcasting
     your voice across the neighborhood, for all scanners to hear.
     While a few people might be able to decipher it now, and some
     scanners may do it in the future, you are at least secure from
     95% of the "snoopers" out there.  Me included.
     If it's not SS, then you _can_ pick it up with a simple scanner.


COMMENTS:

AT&T
- 9120 is a speakerphone
- AT&T phone is OEM'd from VTech, the company that makes the Tropez.
  The ergonomics are better, but the performance is about the same.

Escort
- The "good, crappy" comment in the table means I got conflicting
  responses.

Panasonic
- Flip-phone style
- Dual batteries; extra battery does NOT power base in power outage.

Tropez
Note:  while many people disliked the Tropez, some vehemently,
 I should say that I received a few responses defending it.
- 900 DX is a speakerphone
- Range is apparently very good, at 1000 feet or more.
- The Tropez models are NOT spread spectrum.  They use a single channel
  16 kHz PCM signal about 100 kHz wide.  While this means that Joe
  Scanner can't pick up an easy FM signal, it also means that it is not
  quite the level of security offered by spread spectrum.  The digitized
  audio is apparently coded to a random, shifting key (64K combinations),
  so interception is still unlikely.  On a plain scanner,  your voice is
  indeed unrecognizable (digital).
- It has been reported that clear audio (FM) leaks at around 430 MHz.

Uniden
- 9200 is two-line speakerphone with ability to charge extra battery.
  Extra battery WILL power base in power outage.
- Almost everyone liked their Uniden, except for the echo.
  The echo (and some said clipping and distortion) appears only in
  _your_ earpiece;  the other person can't hear it, although you may
  find it very irritating.


Miscellaneous

- Radio Shack and NorthWestern Bell models are possibly OEM'd, but I have
  conflicting information on that.  They are apparently not spread spectrum,
  but just broadcast your audio in the clear (FM).

- Motorola makes a 49 MHz cordless phone that reverses the audio into
  something unrecognizable on scanner.  There's one of these in my
  neighborhood; a plain scanner won't work on it, but it is pretty simple
  to build a circuit to un-reverse the audio (see rec.radio.scanner).
  The Motorola 49 Mhz apparently goes for around $400.

- From the  FAF - Frequently Asked Frequencies  file on oak.oakland.edu -

    Panasonic KX-T9000   base     902.100-903.870     { 60 channels
                         handset  926.100-927.870     { 30 kHz spacing

    VTech Tropez 900DX   base     905.600-907.500     { 20 channels
         (digital)       handset  925.500-927.400     {100 kHz spacing

    AT&T #9120             902.0-905.0  /  925.0-928.0   }
    OTRON CORP. #CP-1000   902.1-903.9  /  926.1-927.9   } unconfirmed
    SAMSUNG #SP-R912       903.0        /  927.0         }


Chris Campbell      [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 11 Oct 94 00:20:54 PDT
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Van Hefner)
From: [e-mail] (Van Hefner)
Subject: NANP Nightmare


Boston Business Misses Phone Calls Due to Bungled Exchange
By Alex Pham, {The Boston Globe}

 Oct. 8 -- Lori Moretti lives to hear the phone ring. But since she
recently moved her public relations firm to its new Boston locale near
Fort Point Channel, the lines have been unusually quiet.

The six-member crew of her firm, CM Communications, weren't used to
sitting through long stretches of silence. First they blamed the
weather, then the economy, then the time of year. Eventually they
found out why. Few businesses they dealt with were able to dial the
company's new exchange (the first three digits of their telephone
number).

 "We kept getting complaints that people couldn't reach us," Moretti said.
"They had to get an operator to reach us. So we called Nynex, and they told
us that it was because our phone number was a new exchange."

 Many of the high-tech phone systems at area companies, including some
that CM said were vital to its business such as the Boston Phoenix,
The Boston Globe and the Hynes Convention Center, simply didn't
recognize the new 946 exchange as a valid number.

"That was ridiculous," moaned Moretti. "Here we are, a public relations
firm, and two of the city's biggest newspapers couldn't call us."

She and her business partner, Michael Caglianone, gave Nynex an
earful. But the phone company insisted that the number was a "viable
exchange."

"Well, bottom line is it hasn't been a viable exchange for our
business," said Moretti, who estimates it would cost more than $5,000
to switch back to an established exchange when the cost of reprinting
stationary, business cards and adress notifications are included. "To
this day, I lie awake at night wondering what calls we've never
gotten. How many businesses are out there with that exchange? Are they
not getting calls, too?"

Nynex officials concede there have been some problems with the new exchange
but contend most businesses were not adversely affected. They said CM and
other companies with the new exchange really didn't miss that many calls and
the problems have been corrected.

The phone company said that 4,000 of its customers were recently issued the
new 946 exchange. Whenever a new exchange is created, residential customers
and businesses that use Nynex phone equipment are automatically programmed
to recognize the new numbers. But businesses that don't use Nynex
equipment must individually program their machines to accept the new
exchanges. Should human error cause an exchange to be missed, calls to
that exchange will not connect.

Oddly enough, technological progress may be the root of the problem.
Because of the explosion of pagers, FAX machines, cellular phones,
modems and online services, Nynex is being flooded with unprecedented
demand for new numbers.  There are 12.1 million phone numbers in use
in Massachusetts, a 2.5 percent increase in the last quarter alone,
said Susan Butta, a Nynex spokeswoman.  That means one to two new
exchanges must be added within the 617 and 508 area code each month to
handle the new numbers.

The demand for new numbers has also led Nynex to introduce an added
layer of complexity. Beginning next Saturday, callers making a toll
call within their area code must dial 1, the area code, then the
seven-digit phone number.  Thus, a caller in Boston must dial 617
first when they call Woburn, even though Woburn is still within the
617 area code. Now callers just dial 1 plus the phone number.

Confusing? "The irony in all this was that Nynex went out of its way
to give us a number that was easy to remember and easy to dial,"
Moretti said.


Van Hefner *** VANTEK COMMUNICATIONS  ***  Eureka, California  ***


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: NYNEX cannot really be blamed because
the proprietors of some private phone systems at large companies,
universities, etc are klutzes. People wanted a telephone network where
everyone did thier own thing, so that's what they got now over ten
years ago. I used to work for a large department store downtown on a
part time basis trying to straighten out the mess that predecessors
had made of the Rolm PBX there. It was a mess!  There were lots of
exchanges they could not dial. The fact that the situation described
in this newspaper account is quite common when new exchanges are cut
in is not the fault of telco. If you want to run a PBX or a large
private phone service, then you either know what you are doing or step
out of the way and let someone else do it. Oh, I suppose it is easier
to just ignore complaints and treat the users like ignoramuses and
crackpots.  Sometimes the telcos do not communicate with each other
as they should though ... a case about five years ago involved a new
exchange cut in by a telco in Wisconsin. Illinois Bell did not have
it in their tables for several months afterward, and no amount of
talking could get anyone at IBT to listen. Finally someone at AT&T
twisted their arm, and found someone at IBT who understood what was
wrong. So yes, it can be telco's fault where other telco's are
concerned. I would not be surprised if there are people in other
parts of the USA who are unable to get the 946 prefix discussed simply
because *their* telco was not up to date. But still, where local
service is concerned, the guys who run the private phone systems are
the ones who need to get their act together.   PAT]

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 00:41:38 EST
From: Rob Slade <[e-mail]>
Subject: Book Review: "The RS-232 Solution" by Campbell


BKRS2SOL.RVW  940811

Sybex Computer Books
2021 Challenger Drive
Alameda, CA   94501  USA
510-523-8233  800-227-2346
Fax: [phone]
or
Firefly Books
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Willowdale, Ontario M2H 2S4
416-499-8412  Fax: [phone]
"The RS-232 Solution", Campbell, 1989, 0-89588-488-7, U$24.95/C$32.95

Most computer users, even those dealing with communications and
modems, will not have to deal with the intricacies of the RS-232 (or
EIA-232E) interface standard for serial communications.  You buy a
cable, plug in the modem, and that's the end of it.  For those who do
want to know more, this book is fascinating -- as well as being
completely accessible for the non-technical reader.

Part one deals with the interface, reasons for an interface standard,
and the general concepts and tools needed to attack an interface
problem.  Part two is primarily a series of "case studies" and
specialized examples.  Interestingly, Campbell nowhere gives a full
listing of the RS-232 pin assignments, concentrating on the "Big
Eight" which do form the foundation of almost all serial communications.
The chapter on the Mac is most interesting -- the Mac does *not* have
an RS-232 port, relying instead on a subset of the EIA-422 standard.
Some notes are odd, however.  The juxtaposition of a marginal note
complaining about the IBM PC asynchronous (serial) port is placed,
without comment, next to a discussion of male and female connector
assignments.  Read carefully, it indicates that IBM was right, but it
may confuse some readers.

Those who want the full technical details of the interface
specification will have to get them elsewhere.  Few will want as much
detail on printers as is given here.  For those hobbyists truly
interested in the interface, this is an intriguing, and potentially
quite useful, source.

copyright Robert M. Slade, 1994   BKRS2SOL.RVW  940811. Distribution
permitted in TELECOM Digest and associated newsgroups/mailing lists.


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------------------------------

Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 10:49:00 +0100
From: adam ashby <[e-mail]>
Subject: Request: New UK Dialing Codes


The new UK dialing codes (prefixing all current codes with 1, plus a
couple of entirely new codes) are now in operation and have been since
August 1st.

I was wondering if anyone has yet updated the UK area codes and made
them available.  The archives have the old codes, but with reference
to the new codes.  I could easily edit the old file - just wondering
if anyone else had already done it.

As a related aside -- all NT DMS switches in the UK were ready for the
new codes before August 1st.

And another one - OfTel (the regulatory body) is currently discussing a new
(proposed) numbering plan for the UK :-

  00 - International (current)
  01 - PSTN (current)
  02 - possible netowrk expansion (new)
  03 - New mobile allocations (new)
  04 - New mobile allocations (new)
  05 - FreePhone numbers (new)
  06 - FreePhone numbers (new)
  07 - Personal numbers (new) - what are those???
  08 - Premium rate (new)
  09 - Premium rate (new)


Adam Ashby      | [e-mail]  | BNR Europe Ltd.
[phone] |      FAX        | Maidenhead,
ESN 590 4622    | [phone] | England, SL6 4AG

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Anto Daryanto)
Subject: GSM SIM Card: Different?
Date: 11 Oct 1994 20:37:11 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway


Hi,

I just talked to the Motorola GSM handphone provider in Jakarta (PT
Satelindo) about their new service offering, GSM network in Jakarta.
They said that to be able to use their handphone (Motorola 5200 and
7200) you have to use SIM card, OK, it's all right. But then they said
that their SIM card can not be used in other handphone, such as
Phillips, as they informed me.

Is this true? As I understand, with only one SIM card you can use any
GSM handphone in any country (of course as long as the countries have
roaming agreement).


Antonius Daryanto      |  Direktorat TEI
[e-mail] |  BPPT Teknologi
                |  Jakarta, INDONESIA

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From: [e-mail] (Lars Poulsen)
Subject: Re: Frame Relay vs. ISDN vs. T1 vs. ????
Date: 13 Oct 1994 10:35:37 -0700
Organization: Rockwell Network Systems


A couple of recent contributions indicate that there is some confusion
about contemporary data communications options.

[e-mail] wrote:

> We have a commercial customer who's asked us to setup a BBS system for
> them.  They've asked us to recommend a telecom option for them to
> use that best suits their needs.  They'd like to start out with 8
> lines going into the BBS with the ability to move up to 16, 24, etc.
> They'd like their customers to have one 800 number to call to reach
> this BBS, no matter where they are in the US.  Their customers will
> have off-the-shelf modems, ranging from 1200-14.4 baud.

The requirement here is for an economical way to accept POTS calls for
modem traffic. This means that X.25 service, Frame Relay, ISDN etc are
all outside of the scope of this query. That will not prevent me from
getting back to them at the end, though.

The simple, easy solution is to get 8 lines (in a hunt group) from
your local exchange carrier, and arrange for an 800-number from a
competitively priced long distance company which forwards to these
lines.

If you have really high volume, you may save a couple of cents per
minute bypassing the local carrier and installing a T1 line directly
to the long distance carrier's POP, but then you will need a channel
bank to split the lines back out to individual lines before they go
into your modems.

Any modems installed today should be 28800 bps models; either V.FC or
V.34. V.34 may still be hard to get at a reasonable price, though.

And now a word about ISDN:

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Michael
Gray) writes:

> ISDN connections would allow you to connect to BOTH customers with
> POTS (Plain Old Telephone Services) services and with ISDN services,
> however you need separate ISDN modems and 28Kbs modems, special
> equipment to hook the 28.8Kbs modems to the ISDN lines.

In Europe, it is not uncommon to find ISDN adapters that include a
V.32bis (14400 bps) modem, so that they will accept connections using
either V.32bis (from customers with ordinary phone lins and ordinary
modems) or V.110 asynchronous rate adaptation (from customers with
compatible ISDN adapters). In the US, these dual-mode adapters have
not been very popular. If they could be had, the cost would be nearly
USD 2000 per port. My conclusion is that it is not worth it yet, and
when you do gear up for ISDN, you will probably be better off with
separate ports / separate lines for ISDN access..

Sp> I'm even more cloudy on Frame Relay.  Can I have one 800 number with
Sp> Frame Relay?  Do you need a special terminal/modem to dial into a
Sp> frame relay network?  How does it compare to T1?  vs. T1 cost?  vs.
Sp> T1 reliability?  Please correct any assumptions that I've made T1,
Sp> ISDN, and Frame Relay.

Frame relay is sort of similar to X.25, sort of similar to leased 56
kbps lines. The physical jack is a leased 56 kbps (or 384 kbps) line
into the carrier's Frame Relay switch. This line is shared by
connections to multiple, presubscribed locations. So if you have 4
sites, you can have them all talk to each other by giving each of them
a leased line into the telephone company's FR switch, instead of
needing 6 lines to connect them all. The equipment at all locations
must understand the FR multiplexing protocol.

Finally:

You should give serious consideration to putting such a BBS on the
Internet.


Lars Poulsen            Internet E-mail: [e-mail]
Rockwell Network Systems    Phone:        [phone]
7402 Hollister Avenue         Telefax:      [phone]
Santa Barbara, CA 93105      Internets: designed and built while you wait

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Frame Relay vs. ISDN vs. T1 vs. ????
Date: 13 Oct 1994 01:10:26 -0400
Organization: InfoRamp, Toronto Ont. [phone]
Reply-To: [e-mail]


T1 service is getting cheaper by the month.I have seen prices here in
Toronto range from $750.00 to $1500.00 (Canadian) ISDN is offered by
Bell Canada very cheap.There Megalink service for example can be had
for $78.00/mo.This isfor basic services providing what is called
2B+D,2-64k channels and one 16k channel.

Frame Relay is a high speed packet switching network.Each packet of
data carries a much higher payload then X.25 packets.You usually pay a
monthly port charge and usage based on a committed information rate
(CIR).Access is 56k and the CIR is a portion or all of it.Frame relay
applications are generally used in a multipoint situation.  Other
options could be centrex data and dial-up X.25.A competant data
provider should have no problem costing out the various applications
mentioned.


Good Luck,

Lawrie

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Greg Ruml)
Subject: Re: Frame Relay vs. ISDN vs. T1 vs. ????
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 15:49:20 -0400
Organization: MTS


For your application you are suggesting 800 service. 800 service is a
voice service by definition where the subscriber pays the long
distance charges.

Frame relay is not your answer. I have heard that some of the carriers
will have dial access to frame relay, but I don't believe it is
available yet.  Frame relay is a dedicated data service at speeds of
56,000 bps or 64,000 bps (and multiples thereof).

Frame relay requires a device called a FRAD. This device packetizes
the data into frames, putting a header and trailer around a block of
data. The FRAD also checks the data when it is sent and then when it
arrives to ensure the data is without errors. These FRADs required
cost $1000 and up.

Your answer really depends on what equipment your client has today. If
they have a PBX with T1 ISDN PRI capability, it may make sense to put
these lines on ISDN. ISDN is a voice and data service that is a
digital signal and therefore you get a higher grade of service. ISDN,
because it is digital, is less susceptible to interference from
traditional noise sources (ie. motors, signal induction from other
cables, etc.).

If they just have an analog key system today it may make sense just to
keep adding standard dial-up lines.

Hope this helps.


Greg Ruml

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: SONET/ATM, Video Compression Short Courses -- UC Berkeley
Date: 12 Oct 1994 17:06:17 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley


U.C. Berkeley Continuing Education in Engineering Announces 3 Short
Courses on Broadband Communications, and Video Compression


SONET/ATM-BASED BROADBAND NETWORKS: Systems, Architectures and Designs
(October 19-21, 1994)

It is widely accepted that future broadband networks will be based on
the SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) standards and the ATM
(Asynchronous transfer Mode) technique.  This course is an in-depth
examination of the fundamental concepts and the implementation issues
for development of future high-speed networks.  Topics include:
Broadband ISDN Transfer Protocol, high speed computer/network
interface (HiPPI), ATM switch architectures, ATM network
congestion/flow control, VLSI designs in SONET/ATM networks.  This
course is intended for engineers who are currently active or
anticipate future involvement in this field.

Lecturer: H. Jonathan Chao, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Brooklyn
Polytechnic University.  Dr. Chao holds more than a dozen patents and
has authored over 40 technical publications in the areas of ATM
switches, high-speed computer communications, and congestion/flow
control in ATM networks.

GIGABIT/SEC DATA AND COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS: Internetworking,
Signaling and Network Management (October 17-18, 1994)

This short course aims to provide a general understanding of the
key issues needed to design and implement gigabit local and wide
area networks.  The topics are designed to compliment those
covered in the SONET/ATM-Based Broadband Networks course (above).

Topics include: technology drivers, data protocols, signaling, network
management, internetworking and applications.  Specific issues
addressed include TCP/IP on ATM networks, design of high performance
network interfaces, internetworking ATM networks with other network
types, and techniques for transporting video over gigabit networks.
This course is intended for engineers who are currently active or
anticipate future involvement in this field.

Lecturer: William E. Stephens, Ph.D., Director, High-Speed Switching
and Storage Technology Group, Applied Research, Bellcore.  Dr.
Stephens has over 40 publications and one patent in the field of
optical communications.  He has served on several technical program
committees, including IEEE GLOBECOM and the IEEE Electronic Components
Technology Conference, and has served as Guest Editor for the IEEE
Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.


VIDEO COMPRESSION AND VISUAL COMMUNICATION (October 13-14, 1994)

Video Compression and Visual Communication is a rapidly evolving
multidisciplinary field focussing on the development of technologies
and standards for efficient storage and transmission of video signals.
It covers areas of video compression algorithms, VLSI technology,
standards, and high-speed digital networks.  It is a critical enabling
technology for the emerging information superhighway for offering
various video services.  In this course, we will fully treat video
compression algorithms and standards, and discuss the issues related
to the transport of video over various networks.

Lecturers: Ming-Ting Sun, Ph.D, is director of Video Signal Processing
Research, Bellcore.  Dr. Sun has published numerous technical papers,
holds four patents, developed IEEE Std 1180- 1990, was awarded the
Best Paper Award for IEEE Transactions Video Technology in 1993 (with
Tzou), and an award for excellence in standards development from the
IEEE Standards Board in 1991.  He is currently the express letter
editor, IEEE Transaction on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
(CSVT), and associate editor, IEEE Transactions of CSVT.  He was
chairman and now serves as secretary of the IEEE CAS Technical
committee on Visual Signal Processing and Communications.

Kou-Hu Tzou, Ph.D., is manager of the Image Processing Department,
COMSAT Laboratories.  Dr Tzou won the Best Paper Award for IEEE
Transactions Video Technology in 1993 (with Sun).  He holds 6 patents,
has served as an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Circuits
and Systems, is currently associate editor for IEEE Transactions on
Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, and served as a guest
editor for Optical Engineering Journal special issues on Visual
Communications and Image Processing in 1989, 91, and 93.  He is the
committee chair of the Visual Signal Processing and Communication
Technical committee, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society.


For more information (complete course descriptions, outlines,
instructor bios, etc.) contact:

Harvey Stern
U.C. Berkeley Extension/Southbay
800 El Camino Real Ste. 150
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel: [phone]   Fax: [phone]

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From: [e-mail] (danny burstein)
Subject: Re: 25 Years of Call Waiting
Date: 13 Oct 1994 00:19:44 -0400
Organization: mostly unorganized


In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (jwm)
writes:

<snip> advert from Nynex about call waiting being in existence for
twenty-five years <snip>

> Discover why Call Waiting has been our most popular service for more
> than 25 years.

> really deployed as early as 1969?  What switches at the time supported
> them?  Did anyone out there have Call Waiting from New England
> Telephone and Telegraph Co. in 1969?

I was one of the first public customers for call waiting in NYC. In
fact, I picked up call waiting, call forwarding, and three way calling
as soon as I could in mid 1975.

Back in those days I used to call New York Telephone's semi-internal
Newswire which had all sorts of interesting, sometimes technical,
sometimes amusing, material in it. (It also had the AT&T stock market
price as well as the weather report, and it was a free call...)

Anyway, they mentioned in the report that their internal tests had just
been finished and it was being rolled out to the public. So the initial
NYC public offering was in 1973/early 1974.

I had to wait a bit until I left campus residential housing before
I could get my own phone, and when I did, I got the features installed.
(BTW this had the side effect of leaving me with one of the older
switches in NYC - i.e., since it was a 'new' one in 1974, it's not being
replaced anytime soon ...)

Back then they were called CSS for Custom (something) Sevices, and
trying to get it ordered for my phone line was one of my early
experiences in telco frustration. But I did get it.

Back in those days, by the way, the codes used for implementing
forwarding were different than the ones used today (I -think- it was
'1191' to start it and '1193' to end).

The call forwarding was the more interesting of the features. Back
then I would forward the number to the (last hunt line) of where I was
working.  So if a call came in on that line, we all knew it was
(probably) a private call for one of us and answered appropriately.
(After I had the service for a few weeks, the other people also got
call forwarding on their lines).

Keep in mind, by the way, that in 1975 telephone answering machines
were a lot clunkier and more expensive, and remote message retrieval
was not readily available. And a unit with remote message changing
cost me about six-hundred dollars a few years later. Yes, really, and
that's when $600 was real money ...

So it's -just- possible that it was available to a few select areas on
the early #1-ESS machines in 1969, but certainly not on a widespread
basis.

Oh, another point: In those days telco equipment was amortized over a
-looonnngggg- period, so a central office would not be replaced simply
becuase something newer and better was out there. In fact, it's only
in the few years that the last mechanical exchanges in the NYC area
were retired.

Oh, yet one more point: The first area of NYC to get fully computerized
equipment was the lower east side/Gramercy Park neighborhood. You see,
New York Tel had a bit of a fire at their 13th street and 2nd avenue
office which put Hinsdale to shame. In the space of a month they had
completely replaced all the equipment in teh building with what were
then brand-new ESS's.


danny burstein   [e-mail] (or [e-mail])


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I don't think the New York fire in the
early 1970's was as severe as Hinsdale, but I guess that's a matter of
each person's judgment. Hinsdale certainly handled a wider scope of
services and geographical territory than the office in Manhattan. You
are correct about the 1191 and 1193 codes. 11 (pronounced 'eleven' in
this application) was to be used by people with older touch tone pads
that did not include the * and # buttons. You may recall the original
touch tone pads only had ten buttons with the bottom row only having
the zero/operator key and nothing on either side of it. So you turned
on forwarding with 1191 or *91 and turned it off with 1193 or *93. I
was one of the first subscribers here in 1973 or 1974, I forget which.
The interesting thing about the original call forwarding here was that
chain forwarding would not work at all. A would forward to B and B would
forward to C for example ... but calls to A absolutely stopped at B
regardless of what B was doing with calls directly sent to him. The
idea was B is entitled to forward to C but B has no authority to assume
A is willing to have his calls go to C. Apparently the switch was able
to tell when a call hit B from whence it came, and respond accordingly.
If you were actually looking for B, you were sent on to C as instructed
but if you were looking for A and got sent to B in the process you stopped
there.

Also, the early version of call waiting had no provision to suspend the
service for those calls you did not want interuppted. If you had call
waiting on the line you were stuck with it. Of course modems were pretty
rare in the middle 1970's so it was not a big problem with data as it
would be today if suspend call waiting (usually *70 before the dialing
string) were not available.   PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Date: 13 Oct 94 03:24:30 EDT
Subject: Re: GSM SIM Card: Different?


>> Is this true? As I understand, with only one SIM card you can use any
>> GSM handphone in any country (of course as long as the countries have
>> roaming agreement).

Well, yes and no: The SIM card exists in two physical formats: large
(credit-card sized) and small (chip sized, 1cm x 1.5cm).  The Motorola
5200 & 7200 use the large card, while most other manufacturers use the
small one in most models to my knowledge.

The chip itself seems to be the same, as when I switched from a
Motorola 5200 to a Nokio 2110, I just cut the SIM card to the right
size and inserted it.

So to answer your question: you can use any SIM card in any GSM phone,
as long as it has the same form factor.


Regards,

Stephen Ermann    Switzerland

------------------------------

From: [e-mail]
Subject: BCH 3/5 Error Detection Modules
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 94 23:04:22 EDT
Organization: PSI Public Usenet Link


Can anyone provide the name/number of firms producing pre-programmed
off the shelf BCH 3/5 forward error correction modules for use in data
transmission systems?


Thanks in advance,

Allan Rypka   Focused Research

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (John E. Lundgren)
Subject: Re: V.34 From ITU-T
Date: 13 Oct 1994 07:50:50 -0700
Organization: California Technology Project of The Calif State Univ


[e-mail] (Tannil Lam) writes:

> Please advice the newest status of V.34 from ITU-T. I hope to know
> whether V.34 has been official approved for modem manufacturers to
> produce their V.34 products or not.

I read a post saying that a vote had been taken and it had been approved,
and it will be published in late October.


John Lundgren $$$$$$ [e-mail] $$ [e-mail]
[e-mail] $$$$$$ Standard Disclaimers apply.
Rancho Santiago College - 17th St. at Bristol - Santa Ana, CA 92706

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Ken Krechmer)
Subject: Re: V.34 From ITU-T
Date: 12 Oct 1994 22:20:03 GMT
Organization: Netcom


In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Tannil Lam) writes:

> Please advice the newest status of V.34 from ITU-T. I hope to know
> whether V.34 has been official approved for modem manufacturers to
> produce their V.34 products or not.

The V.34 and associated V.8 Recommendations are approved. The
ratification cycle ended about two weeks ago.


Ken Krechmer   Technical Editor
Communications Standards Review
e-mail: [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Dialstrings on DMS-100
Organization: AT&T Network Systems
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 14:23:50 GMT


How does Northern Telecom's Digital Multiplex Switch 100 (DMS-100)
treat fourth-column dialed digits?  The AT&T #5 Electronic Switching
System accepts them pretty much wherever it accepts Star and Box; it
calls them O, S, I, and P, apparently following AutoVON usage.
(Nowadays I think they are more commonly called A, B, C, and D.)

The DMS-100 can be programmed to accept "overdecadic" digits from A to
C, or from A to F.  Can anybody explain how (if at all) they correspond
to the fourth-column tones?


Col. G. L. Sicherman    [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Kevin Paul Herbert)
Subject: Re: UDI vs RDI in ISDN
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 07:46:26 -0700
Organization: Cisco Systems, Ashland, OR


RDI is a 64K channel on which you are expected to maintain a
particular ones density. This can be used to transmit HDLC data if you
invert the bits; HDLC has a different reason for avoiding 6 one bits
in a row; by inverting this, you can assure that there are never 6
zero bits in a row.

I'm not sure if RDI is actually supported anywhere.


Kevin

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Les Reeves)
Subject: Re: Need Amp to Boost DTMF Strength
Date: 13 Oct 1994 08:41:42 -0700
Organization: CR Labs


htc ([e-mail]) wrote:

> I need an inexpensive in-line amplifier circuit capable of boosting dB
> level of DTMF generated from newer ("non-network") telephone sets
> (mfg'd by Panasonic, Sony,...)  Telephone sets connect to a PBX board
> (in IBM PC) that causes a slight loss of signal strength.  Usually
> only column 2 (i.e. 2,5,8,0) is too weak.  Any suggestions/help or
> schematics would be greatly appreciated.  fax: [phone]

WATS resellers used the R-TEC (Reliance Comm/Tec) VFR5050 2-Wire to
2-Wire repeater for boosting signals.  The repeater is easy to set up,
and unconditionally stable.  It automatically disables itself when
data carriers of any sort are detected.

It is widely available on the secondary market for about $100.  I keep
one connected to my line all the time.  My IVR system is able to get
my DTMF signals under the worst conditions with the help of this
repeater.

The VFR 5050 requires a type 400 shelf for mounting.

R-TEC (AKA Lorain): [phone]


Les     [e-mail]       Atlanta,GA      404.874.7806

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Grover McCoury)
Subject: Re: OSI OM-Related Tools
Date: 13 Oct 1994 07:31:07 GMT
Organization: Fujitsu Network Switching


In article <[e-mail]>, andrew lavigne <alavigne@bnr.
ca> writes:

> I've been looking for information on the availability of OSI Object
> Model Management-related toolkits and compilers (ASN.1/GDMO compilers,
> object class inheritance display tools, browsers, etc).

> Does anyone know of such tools and/or where I can get more information
> on them?

DSET Corp. provides a set of tools to handle ASN.1 types in C++. The
toolkit is called "ASN.C++" and includes an ASN.1 compiler among other
tools.

DSET Corp.
1011 Rt. 22 West
Bridgewater NJ 08807
[phone]


Grover C. McCoury III
Fujitsu Network Switching Of America, Inc.
physical: 4403 Bland Road
   Raleigh,    NC   27609
audio: 919-790-3111
electronic: [e-mail]

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TELECOM Digest     Thu, 13 Oct 94 15:16:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 396

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Information Wanted About Indiana Bell (Christopher Vaz)
    Unity Phones and SL1 - What's Good? (Christopher Hudel)
    PTT Rates Repository (Emmanuel Disini)
    Followup on EasyLink (Jeffrey Race)
    Plessey Tellumat (Graham Ross)
    Calculating Cost of Cellular Call While Roaming (Sheldon W. Hoenig)
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    Wanted: Information on Nationwide Paging Services (Lance Ware)
    Looking For Ringer Light (Marcos H. Woehrmann)
    Telecom Billing Software for DOS PC - Cost Flat LD Files ([e-mail])
    Need Information on State Telecom Equipment Procurement (Ashok Mirchandani)
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From: Christopher Vaz <[e-mail]>
Subject: Information Wanted About Indiana Bell
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 05:12:13 EDT
Organization: City University of New York/University Computer Center


I am currently writing my dissertation on productivity in the
telephone industry. Does anyone have any references for Indiana Bell's
performance since the break-up of AT&T, short of actually contacting
the company directly?


Thanks,

Christopher Vaz     [e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: A great deal of northern Indiana was part
of Illinois Bell until about twenty years ago, then AT&T decided for
whatever reason to move the northwestern part of the state -- the heavy
industry area -- away from Illinois Bell and over to Indiana Bell. It
was just an accident of history that Hammond/Gary/Whiting/East Chicago
had been with Illinois Bell. In the late 19th century as the industry
in the area began to develop including Rockefeller's Whiting Refinery, the
US Steel Gary Works and George Hammond's meat processing operation,
all those guys had their corporate headquarters in Chicago, and it made
sense for them to get the new-fangled invention wired up between their
plants on the southern shore of Lake Michigan and their offices in
Chicago. Illinois Bell's predecessor company -- The Chicago Telephone
Company -- was more than happy to oblige, and so cables were extended
down there in the 1890's.

During the 1920's when AT&T was busily grabbing up all the telcos they
could get, Chicago Telephone Company was sold to AT&T, and the northern
Indiana area went along as part of the deal.  AT&T purchased a bunch
of small telcos operating throughout Indiana (or stole them if you
prefer, depends on which historian you talk to!)  during the first
twenty years or so of this century which they put under the umbrella
they called 'Indiana Bell'. For whatever reasons, it took them about
half a century to decide that Illinois Bell should 'sell' its northern
Indiana holdings to Indiana Bell.     PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Christopher Hudel)
Subject: Unity Phones and SL1 -- What's Good?
Date: 13 Oct 1994 14:42:09 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard (Panacom Division)


Howdy,

We have Unity business phones (Northern Telecom) hooked up to our
Meridian SL1 system.  The phone gurus seem very very tight-lipped
about what all the features are in these little babies and it took
quite a while before I managed even to find that Call Forward is "#1".

Does anyone have a list of standard SL1/Unity features and their
corresponding key-dials to active them?


Thanks,

Christopher Hudel   --   [e-mail]  --      [phone]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Disini SW, Emmanuel Disini,CST)
Subject: PTT Rates Repository
Date: 12 Oct 1994 08:28:19 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway


Greetings!

Does anyone know where there might be a repository of PTT rates
worldwide? Please cc responses to [e-mail]


Thanks,

Joel Disini

------------------------------

From: Jeffrey Race <[e-mail]>
Subject: Followup on EasyLink
Date: 13 Oct 1994 13:00:00 CDT


Some comments appeared in the Digest recently about EasyLink, a
service started by Western Union.

The story is briefly that EasyLink is secretly alive, well, and
extremely useful.  It would be even more useful to a lot of people
interested in Internet access except AT&T does not promote it.

Details follow:

(a) The original EasyLink system, as you wrote, was a 300 baud network
operat- ed by Western Union and then bought by AT&T.  Subscribers are
uniquely iden- tified by an 8-digit number beginning with 62 (like
mine!).  The system was subsequently upgraded to 2400 baud although
one can access down to 300 baud.  There is a single 800 number for
access thoughout the U.S.A.  The monthly subscription is $25.00.

(b) This system was adapted to support Telex subscribers (the old 50
baud system, which is still widely used around the world because it is
very reliable, though expensive).  The old Model 32 teleprinters
hard-wired to the telex exchanges were replaced by dedicated
computers/modems served with dial-up service.  Thus for the same
price one had his old telex number as well as a new EasyLink number.

(c) This system lets one send telex messages, fax messages, EasyLink
messages and all kinds of other things like postal mail, cables and
X.400 messages to systems throughout the world; one can also access
OAG and many other databases. There are two ways to configure one's
subscription: store-and-forward or real-time.  If one configures
real-time (known as "virtual telex"), one also has access to the
store-and-forward functionality.  For example, one can send more than
one message (in a batch mode).  AT&T sells software but I just use
Procomm which works fine.  (That is, I have a dedicated terminal in
Boston for incoming traffic, which I can also use for outgoing, but I
mostly transmit from my notebook computer using Procomm and calling
the 800 number.)

(d) AT&T also had its own system called ATTMAIL, which uses alphabetic
addresses and is only store-and-forward.  Subsequently this also
came to be called EasyLink and the two systems are now distinguished
as follows: The old WUTCO system (62 numbers) is called EasyLink IMS
and the ATTMAIL system is called EasyLink GMS.  I infer from many
conversations with ATT personnel that the IMS system is no longer
promoted.

(e) Why might this be interesting to Net enthusiasts?   Because:

   (1) everyone who has a 62 address has an Internet address (e.g. mine which
       is [e-mail]) and also an X.400 address;

   (2) one can configure the subscription to force-feed all incoming traffic.

This is what is so wonderful for me: all my incoming traffic
(regardless of whether X.400, telex, EasyLink, or Internet) is dumped
on my terminal as soon as received by AT&T!  I never have to call in
for anything.  And I can access this system anywhere in the world
using a packet switch.  At $25 per month it seems quite reasonable.

It is also possible to configure so incoming traffic goes to a mailbox
(for dial-in retrieval) or goes to a facsimile machine.

There is 24-hour technical control support facility as well.

3. Because AT&T does not promote very actively I had to spend quite a
lot of time researching the above but now that I have it set up, it
works very well for me.  Two AT&T people who are well informed about
it are:

    Mr. Fred Erman
    AT&T Easylink Services
    400 Interpace Parkway
    Parsippany NJ  07054

    Mr. Peter Lynch
    AT&T International Network Deployment
    ATTMAIL address: PLYNCH

4. By the way my posting for "Telecom Design Tricks" pulled about 500
enquiries from all over the world.  Thanks for your good work.

5. Another subject: I saw some traffic a while back about fax
switches.  The problem is that no fax switch in the market will
correctly route a manual fax call (unless you have something like
distinctive ringing).  I have developed a solution which lets me put
my EasyLink terminal and a fax machine on the same line and which
correctly routes manual fax calls (which 50 % of them are).  I expect
a lot of people would like to put their modem and fax on the same line
but can't because of the manual fax call problem.  I am toying with
the idea of commercializing this.  If you have any bright ideas, let
me know or pass on to someone who is interested.  If I don't hear, I
will understand you are swamped with work.


Kind Regards,

JEFFREY RACE


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Thanks for your followup. I used to
subscribe to WUTCO EasyLink about ten years ago; I don't know why
I let it expire, except that I was not using it that much. It is
exactly as you describe it and a very useful service for people who
want the essence of a telex machine on line at all times. Now with
its link through attmail.com it seems like 'virtual telex' would be
more useful than before since news and email would be sent through
as it arrives right to your terminal. You are right about being
swamped with work here; the Digest mailing list is larger than ever
and the mail is rolling in in excess of a couple hundred items per
day.  I don't get time to do much other than go out to work each
day, stop at the IHOP to eat on my way home, then work on the Digest
for a few hours.  I'm surviving, with the help of the folks at ITU
and other friends of the Digest.    PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Graham Ross)
Subject: Plessey Tellumat
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 19:46:48 GMT


Plessey Tellumat.

Anybody have any info regarding the above company?


Graham Ross  [e-mail]
Aberdeen   Scotland   UK

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 13:56:51 EDT
From: Sheldon W. Hoenig <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Subject: Calculating Cost of Cellular Call While Roaming


My daughter and my wife are going to travel to a number of colleges in
the midwest in a few weeks so that my daughter can be interviewed for
grad school.  When each interview is complete, my daughter wants to
call my wife on the cellular telephone so that my wife can pick her
up.  The cellular telephone has a 703 area-code telephone number.  If
the telephone is set for roaming in each city, what type of
call -- local or long distance -- will be charged to the cellular
telephone number and to my telephone credit card for the pay-phone
call that my daughter will make?

I assume that my daughter will dial the true cellular telephone number
which, of course, will be a long-distance telephone number.

I asked this question twice of my Cellular-1 supplier and I received two
vastly different answers.


Sheldon W. Hoenig                Internet:
Government Systems, INC (GSI)       [e-mail]
Suite 500                           [e-mail]
3040 Williams Drive              Telephone: [phone]
Fairfax, VA 22031-4612                      [phone] x420

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From: [e-mail] (Dave Levenson)
Subject: 800-CALL-INFO
Organization: Westmark, Inc.
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 14:15:16 GMT


This number has recently gotten a whole lot of prime-time radio and TV
advertisement.

This appears that the latest non-toll-free 800 trap.  Not only do they
charge the directory-assistance information charge of $0.75 to the
calling telephone number, they also offer to connect the caller with
the number requested, and to charge the calling number for that call.
The 0.75 charge is not mentioned at any time during a call for
directory assistance.

If your PBX or other toll-diversion equipment is not already
programmed to watch for this, I suggest that you block access to this
number.  If your equipment is not sophisticated enough to allow
blocking a specified 800+ number, then block access to all 800+
numbers.  If your equipment doesn't allow you to block access to the
800 area code, too bad.

If you bought yourself (or your business) a toll-free number to encourage
lots of prospective customers to give you a call, well, sorry about
that.  The industry seems to have substantially lowered the value of
such numbers by allowing others to make them non-toll-free, and thereby
making callers suspicious of them.

How about it MCI? AT&T? SPRINT? et al.  You can't have it both ways.
Either go back to the original design and guarantee the calling party
that calls to 800 numbers are toll-free, or don't charge your 800
customers a premium for using them.


Dave Levenson        Internet: [e-mail]
Westmark, Inc.        UUCP: uunet!westmark!dave
Stirling, NJ, USA    Voice: 908 647 0900  Fax: [phone]

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 08:46:10 PDT
From: Mike Borsetti <[e-mail]>
Subject: MCI's 1-800-CALL-INFO
Reply-To: [e-mail]


I've read in yesterday's {Wall Street Journal} that MCI has started a
new, nationwide directory assistance service with call completion.
Here is how it works:

1) Call 1-800-CALL-INFO.

2) No need to know the area code -- just tell where the person lives, and
   they'll give you the complete number with the area code.

3) The service costs 75c.

4) If you want, they'll *connect* you to that number and you pay "regular
   MCI rates".  You *do not* have to be an MCI subscriber in order to use
   the service.

This whole thing raises a few questions:

1. You are being billed 75c to call an 800 number.  I believe that
generally this practice is frawned upon.

2. How does the billing happen?  What if you are at a payphone?

3. The idea of not having to know the area code in order to get directory
assistance makes a lot of sense.  Bravo MCI!


[e-mail]
Cellular One / San Francisco


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Let's find out what happens if the number
is called from a payphone; or if you want to deal with two sources of
ill-will at the same time, try calling from your favorite COCOT.  Let's
see if the call completes and who has to pay for it. By all means, let's
ask them to complete the call for us 'at MCI rates'. I'd venture to say
they are checking the database on incoming calls to catch such things
and if they are, then the COCOTS who are listed as coin with the local
telco will probably be protected also ... the COCOTS using regular service
may not be protected.  I agree it is pretty awful that we can no longer
count on 800 service to be toll-free to the caller. It looks like the only
really workable fraud prevention devices these days are those that screen
full ten-digit numbers. None of the old areacode/prefix screening techniques
will work effeciently any longer.  PAT]

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 09:35:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Les Reeves <[e-mail]>
Subject: Testing 1-800-CALL-INFO


MCI has announced a new service, 1-800 CALL INFO. It is touted as a
nation-wide directory assistance service.  You are charged $0.75 per
call for two searches.

As a test, I called and asked for the number of a Patrick Townson in
Chicago, IL.  I figured this was a good test since Pat has moved in
the past year and I wasn't even sure he was still in Chicago proper.

After giving the operator Pat's name and city, and waiting about 45
seconds, I was told that there were two listings, one non-published
and one unlisted.  Hmmm.  I asked for another name and the operator
informed me that I had used up my two searches.

800 CALL INFO is eleven digits.  The extra O must be for overcharge!!


  Les     [e-mail]       Atlanta,GA      404.874.7806


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Yeah, well my non-published number is
for bill collectors trying to get ahold of me and my unlisted number
is for use when I call hot-chat lines.  <grin> ... Seriously, I am
curious how they get their information and how they have it organized.
If you asked for me in 'Chicago' (312) then I am not there, period
however there is a Patrick Townsend (no relation, no connection) who
by coincidence lived only a few blocks away from me when I was living
in Rogers Park (Chicago neighborhood) until about a year ago. I am
told he had to get his number non-pub out of self defense because so
many people were calling him looking for me!  If you asked for me
in 708 or "Chicago North Suburbs" then maybe the response would have
been different.  I wonder if MCI is using any sort of legitimate data-
base from the local telcos or if they have strung together some sort
of outdated cross-reference books where half the entries are out of
date and a couple years old.  Sounds like a ripoff to me; best limit
use of the service to coin phones (Genuine Bell or COCOT, I don't care)
and of course be prepared to deposit the 75 cents in coins when the
operator requests it ... but then, how were *you* to know a call to
an 800 number costs you money?   <grin> ... remember the astrologers
a couple years ago operating on an 800 number and how Digest readers
took a sudden interest in the subject?  PAT]

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 13 Oct 94 08:31:19 EST
From: Alex Cena <[e-mail]>
Subject: ISDN-Based Internet Service


Can someone recommend an Internet service provider with a good user
interface and ISDN access for the New York City/Newark area.
Preferably in the 908 area code.  I contacted one that wanted over
$200 just to sign up for the service, which I found somewhat expensive
given that they want another $40 minimm + usage each month.


Regards,

Alex

------------------------------

From: Mike McCrohan <[e-mail]>
Subject: ISDN - International From Calif/PacBell
Date: 13 Oct 1994 00:41:17 +0100
Organization: Tada, tuigeann tu?
Reply-To: [e-mail]


Has anyone experience in commissioning ISDN BRI from PACBELL territory
in southern California for international communications (to/from
Ireland)?

We have installed ISDN service here in Ireland and at a location in S
Calif, but cannot seem to be able to connect with the Calif end. I
have been told that sometimes service is not enabled for international
access, or whatever.  What are the things I need to look out for? What
questions do I need ask the Telco to ensure that the service is
configured appropriately to allow us do what we need to do?

Thanks in advance for any and all advice,


Mike McCrohan         [e-mail]
Cloon, Claregalway,   [e-mail]
Co. Galway, Ireland   [phone]

------------------------------

From: Lance Ellinghaus <[e-mail]>
Subject: T1 -> 24 x v.32 -> RS232
Organization: Mark V Systems Limited, Encino, Ca.
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 08:21:52 GMT


A company called Primary Access has a product that will take a T1 (24
VOICE channels) and interpret the DS0 channels as modem connections
(v.32, v.42bis, etc..) and output standard RS232 to hook to a system.

What other companies have something like this?  Comments on their
products?  Contacts to get more information?

PLEASE EMAIL me. I don't have Usenet at home right now; only email.


Thank you!

Lance Ellinghaus   [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Lance Ware)
Subject: Wanted: Information on Nationwide Paging Services
Organization: VOXEL
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 00:43:40 GMT


I am interested in getting pricing on nationwide paging services, for
both simple numerica paging, and also alpha-numerc/text. Any pointers
would be appreciated.


Lance Ware    IS Manager & VOXEL Guru

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Marcos H. Woehrmann)
Subject: Looking For Ringer Light
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 00:45:40 GMT


Hi,

I'm looking for a company that makes a device that turns on a light
when a phone rings.  I have found two things that are almost right,
one flashes a light (the light is only on when the ring voltage is
present) and the other flashes a strobe light (presumably using the
ring current to charge the circuit); but for my application the light
needs to stay on until the phone stops ringing (I relize I could
modify the flashing device by adding a timed relay to the output, but
I need a bunch of these and would rather buy them then make them).

I'm sure I've seen this sort of device listed in telphone equipment
catalogues in the past, but as usual, when looking for something I
can't find it.


Marcos H. Woehrmann    [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (htc)
Subject: Telecom Billing Software for DOS PC - Cost Flat LD Files
Date: 12 Oct 1994 18:02:14 -0700
Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access [phone]


Dear Telecom Provider,

My company has software available to cost flat files received from
various LD companies.  Software runs on your PC, and can be configured
as you require.  The program is written in the 'C' Language and costs
$2500.00 with modifications to meet your specific requirements extra.
The program also has an optional invoice-generation program to help
you re-bill your clients.

Please contact Chris at:


HTC, Inc.
19625 NW Melrose
Portland, OR  97229
[phone]
[phone] -fax
[e-mail]


[e-mail]  Public Access User --- Not affiliated with Teleport
Public Access UNIX and Internet at [phone] (2400-14400, N81)

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Ashok G Mirchandani)
Subject: Need Information on State Telecom Equipment Procurement
Date: 13 Oct 1994 15:42:36 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M Computer Science Department, College Station, TX


Hello,

I need information about how each individual State Government in the US
procures telecommunications services and equipment.

I also need information on the mechanism for representation of State
telecommunication positions and interests before the state utility
regulatory body in each state. Can someone please guide me to a proper
source?

Thank you in advance.  Please email your responses.


Ashok Mirchandani    Ph: [phone]
Internet: [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (John C.C. Duksta)
Subject: Looking For Info/API's/Code Samples For NASI/NACS/Int14 Redirection
Followup-To: [e-mail]
Date: 13 Oct 1994 11:09:18 -0400
Organization: Coherent Technologies, Inc.


To all of those in the know:

I'm looking for information, sample code, availability of API's for
Netware Async Services Interface (NASI) from the server point of view.
Any related information would also be helpful.  We're kind of under
pressure here (so what's new?), so expedient responses would really be
great.


TIA

John C.C. Duksta
Technical Support Analyst
Digital Communications Associates, Inc.

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Seeking Veteran RS-232 Experts
Date: 13 Oct 1994 14:34:45 -0400
Organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc., Ellicott City, MD USA


SEEKING Veteran RS-232 Experts -

I am searching for people who are very familiar with the EIA-RS-232
interface standard and its historical uses and applications during the
1960's and 1970's.  I am willing to pay money to folks who have this
knowledge and can assist me in locating information and/or companies
who utilized this interface creatively.  If you are interested in more
details of my proposition, please reply by E-Mail to [e-mail].

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TELECOM Digest     Fri, 14 Oct 94 12:41:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 397

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Re: Calculating Cost of Cellular Call While Roaming (Bob Beck)
    Re: Calculating Cost of Cellular Call While Roaming (Robert Virzi)
    Re: Calculating Cost of Cellular Call While Roaming (Bob Keller)
    Re: "Cost of Call" Indication? (Pawel Dobrowolski)
    Re: "Cost of Call" Indication? (Olaf Seibert)
    Re: "Cost of Call" Indication? (Kaita Seikku)
    Re: 1-800-CALL-INFO (Jody Kravitz)
    Re: 1-800-CALL-INFO (Daryl Gibson)
    Re: MCI's 1-800-CALL-INFO (Brian Brown)
    Re: NANP Nightmare (Daniel E. Ganek)
    Re: NANP Nightmare (Joe Haggerty)
    Re: NYNEX to Stop Charging For Touch-Tone! (Russell E. Sorber)

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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 08:45:12 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Bob Beck)
Subject: Re: Calculating Cost of Cellular Call While Roaming


Over the summer I took my family on a two week trip from the
Washington DC suburbs of Virginia to Denver and back.  Since we were
traveling with four kids, it was difficult to determine how far we
could drive each day and be certain that we would get to a hotel/motel
where reservations had been previously made.  Hence we decided not to
make reservations prior to departure and, instead, made reservations
on the road using our cell phone in the van (which has a 703 area
code) to locate overnight accomodations.  Our route to/from Denver was
primarily Interstate 70.

I just received the bill from my service provider, Nationwide
Cellular.  For each "service area" where we used our cell phone there
is a corresponding "service charge" of $3.  In addition to the service
charge, there are the local air time charges for that area, and
associated state and local taxes.

During the trip we received two calls.  Each time it was a commercial
announcement from the local service provider instructing "roamers" on
how to contact authorities and encouraging you to use their system.
After getting the bill, I see why.


Bob Beck     SSDS, Inc.
8150 Leesburg Pike, #1100
Vienna, VA 22182
703.827.0806 x152
703.827.0716 FAX

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Robert Virzi)
Subject: Re: Calculating Cost of Cellular Call While Roaming
Date: 14 Oct 1994 12:49:07 GMT
Organization: GTE Laboratories, Waltham, MA


In article <[e-mail]>, Sheldon W. Hoenig <hoenigs@
gsimail.ddn.mil> wrote:

> My daughter and my wife are going to travel to a number of colleges in
> the midwest in a few weeks so that my daughter can be interviewed for
> grad school.  When each interview is complete, my daughter wants to
> call my wife on the cellular telephone so that my wife can pick her
> up.  The cellular telephone has a 703 area-code telephone number.  If
> the telephone is set for roaming in each city, what type of
> call -- local or long distance -- will be charged to the cellular
> telephone number and to my telephone credit card for the pay-phone
> call that my daughter will make?

> I assume that my daughter will dial the true cellular telephone number
> which, of course, will be a long-distance telephone number.

My understanding of this is that it depends, on how you roam.  If you
are using Follow-me-roaming (or one of its equivalents like automatic
call delivery) two long distance charges will apply.  (1) is your
daughters call to 703.  The other is a LD charge by your cellular
company to forward your call from 703 to the area code your wife is
in.

A cheaper alternative is to use the roamer access port in the city
your family is in.  Your daughter would then make a local call to the
access number, then enter your cellular phone number.  You would not
be charged a long distance call on the cellular side because the call
isn't being fowarded from 703 to the traveling city.  For this to
work, you need to use the older variant of roaming, not FMR or ACD.
You may also want to check on differences in daily roamer surcharges.
In some circumstances (don't ask me to explain, its too obscure) it
may be cheaper to use ACD because the roamer charges are less/dropped.

Best thing to do is to call your cellular provider and ask about the
rates for the various kinds of roaming in the specific cities of
interest.  If regular roaming is cheapest, be sure to get the roamer
access numbers in those cities and give them to your daughter.  Find
out if you have to disable FMR/ACD when travelling to those cities.

Not bad for someone that doesn't even have cellular service, huh?


Bob Virzi    [e-mail]   [phone]

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 10:14:39 EDT
From: Bob Keller <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: Bob Keller <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Calculating Cost of Cellular Call While Roaming


In TELECOM Digest V14 #396 Sheldon W. Hoenig <[e-mail]>
inquired about roaming charges.

From the message I gather that these calls would be placed by your
daughter _from_ a landline phone in the midwest _to_ your wife on a
703 area code (VA) cellular unit roaming in the midwest.

If that understanding is correct, the charges will most likely be as
follows:

Long Distance:

If your daughter dials the 703 cellular number directly, she would
incur a toll charge for a call from the midwest to 703, which means
she will need a calling card, reversed charges, third party billing,
or a bucket of quarters.

In addition, since that call will be going into the cellular switch
back in 703, your wife's cellular account will most likely get charged
for a long distance call to route the call back from 703 to the
midwest.

One call, two LD charges ... such a deal!

The way to avoid this is to find out the local roamer port number for
the system where your wife will be at the time.  Then, your daughter
would call this number (which might even be a local number, depending
on where she will be vis-a-vis the cellular system your wife is
roaming on) and, when she hears the tone, dial in the 703 cellular
number (sort of like the early days of competitive long distance
carriers, or the current days of many calling card arrangements).  The
roam port number for most cellular carrier is AC + NXX + 7626, where
AC + NXX is the area code and exchange assigned to most of the local
cellular subs on the system, and 7626 is ROAM.  There are exceptions,
however, so you will have to check in advance.

2.  Roaming Charges:

No matter which calling method is used by your daughter, your wife
will still incur cellular roaming charges.  These range anywhere from
merely usurious all the way up to $3 per day plus 99 cents per minute.
(Depending on the arrangements, if any, between your wifes 703 carrier
and the midwest system(s) where she will be roaming, you might get
away for no daily surcharge and only 75 cents or 50 cents a minute,
but don't hold your breath.

Even if you decide to grin and bear it, you should still prepare
yourself for sticker shock when the bill arrives (which, BTW, will be
on the local 703 cellular bill, but will probably not show up until 1
or 2 billing cycles _after_ the trip due to the lag time involved in
the carriers clearing roaming data back and forth).  In addition to a
minute seeming a lot shorter when you are talking than it does when
your are looking at the bill <g>, you may be surprised to find
multiple $3 surcharges on a single day.  This will almost certainly be
true if they will be moving any considerable distance in a single day.
The daily surcharge applies to each system, and the cellular carrier's
use their own logic in deciding that the area covered in a nearby
county, even though it is otherwise integrated into the system serving
the neighboring big city, is still considered a separate system for
roaming purposes.

I use my cellular phone constantly, regardless of where I am on the
road, and it is darned convenient.  But it sure as hell ain't cheap!
I am fortunately in a line of work where the majority of my income is
computed on the basis of an hourly billing rate, thus making the
payment of even $3 per day and 99 cents per minute justifiable in most
cases.  But I honestly believe there is a HUGE number of potential
roamer usage minutes out there that the cellular industry is losing
even at no daily surcharge and 45 cents a minute.  But, then again, if
I knew only half as much about business as I thought I did, I guess I
would not still be working for a living <g>.


Robert J. Keller, P.C. (Federal Telecommunications Law)
<[e-mail]> Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]
4200 Wisconsin Ave NW #106-261 Washington DC 20016-2146
finger me for info on F.C.C. Daily Digests and Releases

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Pawel Dobrowolski)
Subject: Re: "Cost of Call" Indication?
Date: 14 Oct 1994 14:41:17 GMT
Organization: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA


> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Its the same kind of thinking where online
> commercial services are concerned: you never see a clock -- digital or
> otherwise -- displayed right on your screen in front of you all the time
> with the elapsed time and charges. You can ask for the detail of course

    Not entirely true.  When I log onto Compuserve I get a clock
that shows time since log in.  And I am sure that if enough people
threatened to leave Compuserve unless it started to show a number for
total charges incurred in a single sesion they would give it to us.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Olaf Seibert)
Subject: Re: "Cost of Call" Indication?
Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 01:00:09 GMT


In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Peter
Knoppers) writes:

> For the technically inclined:
> The cost pulse is a short AC common mode signal, about 60 Volts, about
> 50 Hz. Duration of the pulse is about 0.5 seconds. Normal phones are
> immune to common mode signals, therefore you should not be able to
> hear it.

To this I may add that this is going to be/has been changed. The new
system uses 15 kHz tones, as I read somewhere.

Personally I suspect this is being done to make old mechanical
counters useless. Oh, the joys of a state monopoly going commercial,
combining the worst of both worlds.


Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert    [e-mail]     Ooey-Gooey-Fluffy-Barfie

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Kaita Seikku)
Subject: Re: "Cost of Call" Indication?
Date: 14 Oct 1994 09:15:46 GMT
Organization: Tampere University of Technology, Computing Centre


Sam Spens Clason ([e-mail]) wrote:

> In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Ole Hellevik) writes:

>> Lee Ziegenhals ([e-mail]) wrote:

>>> I'm wondering whether there is any work being done on a real-time
>>> display of the cost of a call.

>> It has been available (for a quarterly fee) in Norway for as long as I
>> can remember, a little box next to the phone with two counters, on
>> resettable, one not, indicating number of 'periods' (One period always
>> has the same price whether the call is local or LD, but the length in
>> time would be different.)  This box would receive a pulse from the
>> local switch when you enter a period, and would in effect be parallell
>> with a similar counter in the local exchange.

> Same thing in neighbouring Sweden.  Until a couple of years ago all
> calls were measured in 0,29 krona units, just as in Norway.  But
> nowadays everything except local calls is either billed by the second
> or has a fixed price-tag (calling a pager is 1,5 or 6 krona "flat
> rate").  This applies to ~2/3 of the Swedish PSTN.  I don't know if
> the old unit measurers understands this kind of billing.

This seems to be a chorus of Nordic people telling the U.S. guys they
should get some REAL telecom equipment... ;-) -- Here in Finland the
service has been available for tens of years, too. Unfortunately only
if you order it.  Techincal implementations is that subscriber lines
are moved to a special register that repeats the charging events to
the subscriber line as short pulses of 16 kHz tone, which are detected
and counted by a small box at the subscribers end.


internet : [e-mail]        voice-mail ->pager : [phone]
real life: Seikku P. Kaita                 phone (or FAX) : [phone]
visit at : Saastajankuja 4b32 TAMPERE         On The Air  : OH3NYB
            ^^  ^ ^  ..these four a's should have double dots above them,
           since they are front vowels (as in word 'that'). Isn't it a pity
           that in English the word GHOTI can be pronounced like word FISH.

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 14 Oct 94 00:12:41 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Jody Kravitz)
Subject: Re: 1-800-CALL-INFO


I saw the first ad for 1-800-CALL-INFO last night on TV.  Just 75
cents/call, billed to the _CALLING_ number.

I called today and bugged both Pacfic Bell's "business services"
office and MCI's "business services" office complaining about the
erosion of 800 services into a "you can't count on it to be free so
Hotels, Pay Phones, business PBX's, etc will have to block ALL calls
to 800 numbers" and that I went on to complain that this would reduce
the value of the 800 number I had planned on getting for my business.

Neither gave me a particularly good answer, so this evening I tried
some experiments.  Calling from a COCOT near my house that has in the
past worked remarkably "correctly", it allowed the call to go through.
But the operator requested "how do you want this call billed ?" and
insisted on a 3rd number billing or credit card (don't remember if she
asked for a telco credit card or just credit card).  I asked why she
asked for a billing method and was told I was on a "restricted line".
I explained what I was up to, thanked her, and told her that I had to
find out how to restrict my business lines.  I then went home and
tried the same experiment from my unlisted business number.  Call went
through without a problem.  I was prepared with a couple of really
hard to look up numbers for them.  With these searches I've determined
that 1) they don't get numbers for 30-60 days after the telco's
directory assistance gets them (by admission when asked), and 2) they
don't deal very well with "slightly out-of-area" requests (I specified
"in-or-near LA" for a company with a unique name which was actually
located in Anaheim).

I'm unimpressed with the service.  I'm wondering how to "restrict" my
phones. I'm also wondering if there are any interested parties in
politically high places who might like an earful (or a long fax) about
what I think about the degraded value of 800 service as a way to reach
businesses.

Comments?


Jody


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I went out yesterday afternoon and tried it
also to see what payphones around here would do. I got through and got the
request to provide billing information in the form of a credit card number
or third party phone number. When I asked why there was a charge for a
call to an 800 number the answer I got was that the call itself is free;
what I would be paying for was the information provided as a result. This
is basically the answer all the information providers via 800 phrase their
answer: carriage itself is indeed 'free' or reverse charged. You pay for
the information we give you while chatting.   PAT]

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 17:55:23 MST
From: Daryl Gibson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: 1-800-CALL-INFO


TELECOM Digest Editor queried:

> I wonder if MCI is using any sort of legitimate data-base from the
> local telcos or if they have strung together some sort of outdated
> cross-reference books where half the entries are out of date and a
> couple years old.

{The Wall Street Journal} indicates they are getting their information
from the Post Office, direct marketers, and credit card companies ...


Daryl
[phone]      [phone]
[e-mail]    [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Brian Brown)
Subject: Re: MCI's 1-800-CALL-INFO
Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc.
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 15:58:08 GMT


FYI, a LD carrier can provide two "information" digits in addition to
ANI via digital lines -- although, for some mysterious, unexplainable
reason (someone comment please), they must do this via MF, not DTMF.
The two-digit code for payphones is "27".  In fact, MCI can look at
the two ANI description digits before deciding to go off hook, and
simply not answer the call.  I would be interested to know what
happens when you call from a payphone.

Incidentally, the two MF digits make the ANI-DNIS string look like:
*AABBBCCCDDDD*EEEFFFF*, a total of 22 digits outpulsed!!!  Is it
possible that MF can outpulse faster than DTMF?  It seems strange that
MF is necessary for this service, but it definitely is.  You may be
able to get some employee at a carrier to agree to give you this info
via DTMF, but they will soon learn that they can't and apologize to
you.

One more thing -- these desription digits can also tell you when the
ANI represents a hotel, hospital, prison, cellular, business or
residential site, and who knows what else.

By the way, phone sex companies have been charging on 800 #'s for
quite a while.  Just like with 900 numbers, though, it's actually
pretty easy to get your bills for 900 or 800 numbers cleared by
protesting them.  And the companies who provide the billing for such
operations will put you on their "bad ANI" list, which they distribute
to the service providers, who are informed that anyone on that list
will not be billed, so don't give them any "services".

Please don't ask how I know all this.


BB

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Daniel E. Ganek)
Subject: Re: NANP Nightmare
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 14:25:25 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Chelmsford, MA


In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail].
com (Van Hefner) writes:

> Boston Business Misses Phone Calls Due to Bungled Exchange
> Oct. 8 -- Lori Moretti lives to hear the phone ring. But since she
> recently moved her public relations firm to its new Boston locale near
> Fort Point Channel, the lines have been unusually quiet.

[ Story about a company losing business because of a new phobe exchange]

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: NYNEX cannot really be blamed because
> the proprietors of some private phone systems at large companies,
> universities, etc are klutzes. People wanted a telephone network where
> everyone did thier own thing, so that's what they got now over ten
> years ago. I used to work for a large department store downtown on a
> part time basis trying to straighten out the mess that predecessors
> had made of the Rolm PBX there. It was a mess!  There were lots of

[ etc. ]

Question: Why do private systems require such programming at all?
If I dial an unused exchange NYNEX tells me. Why don't private systems
just put the call thru and let the CO handle it??


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: They rarely 'require' such programming and
can in fact be configured to just let everything past unchecked. The reason
this is not often done is because the owner of the private system has no
convenient method of collecting the charges from his users, so rather than
lose large amounts of money from users who would otherwise get a free ride
on his phone system, all sorts of obstacles are programmed into the switch
to make 'unauthorized' calls difficult or impossible to complete. Where
the problem comes in is that telco can't (usually) be counted on to refuse
to complete calls with toll charges attached. Usually whatever protection
the PBX has against fraud and misuse has to come as a result of the owner
installing it. Deciding which outgoing calls are going to result in
simply reaching a telco intercept and which are going to result in big $$
billed to the owner is difficult; thus the owner has to take on the
burden of sorting it all out.   PAT]

------------------------------

From: Joe_Haggerty <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: NANP Nightmare
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 11:42:21 EDT
Organization: News & Observer Public Access


I agree that it's the businesses that are "slow" with the new NXXs, or
sometimes they wait and only add new ones upon complaint. I was
recently at the IBM office in Raleigh, NC and attempted to dial a
local cellular number 919-801-xxxx. The calls went to a recording. The
local switchboard operator couldn't help, and they were not allowed to
connect me to an "outside" operator. But, they gave me the number of
the techie that handles their PABXs. It was a local tie line number;
this guy was somewhere in Texas. After explaining the problem to
someone with the right knowledge, he had it fixed in time for the next
break.

Also, I worked for a telco in Virginia in the early '70s, and one
night discovered that they had never put NPA 809 in their switch. No
one could direct dial to 809, but nobody ever complained (or their
complainets never reached the right people?)


Joe Haggerty, Wake Forest, NC 27587-5900


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: There was a small town in Wisconsin which
cut in a new exchange a few years ago which never made it into the tables
at Illinois Bell for close to two years afterward. Placing the call as
1 + ten digits always sent me to a local telco intercept as did dialing the
call 10-anything + 1 + ten digits.  But get this:  dialing through any
carrier's 800 number then out of their switch -- in effect bypassing the
local Illinois Bell network -- allowed the call to complete.  Like many
or perhaps all local telcos, IBT squats right there in the middle, watching
every digit dialed and rejecting the call out of hand when *they* can't
deal with it without bothering to ask the long distance carrier what to
do.  Telling repair service anything is like trying to bail out the ocean
with a bucket. I finally got someone at AT&T who understood the problem,
and got a call back from an AT&T guy in Denver, I think, who said he would
deal with it. When I asked him his position with the company, he said his
job was 'fighting with local telcos about stuff like this'.   PAT]

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 14 Oct 94 10:01:27 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Russell E. Sorber)
Subject: Re: NYNEX to Stop Charging For Touch-Tone!
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group


In article Wes Leatherrock writes:

> Quoting [e-mail] (Roy Smith):

>> Am I the only person in the world who still doesn't have touch-tone,
>> because I don't want to pay the extra $0.50/month, or whatever it is?

> According to which figures you want to use, between 20 and 25
> per cent of all telephones in the United States are still rotary dial.

The numbers also vary greatly by region of the US.  According to a
{Wall Street Journal} article about two months ago, NYNEX was far and
away the winner in terms of percentage of customers using rotary dial
(The story broke down the percent of rotary users by Baby Bell region).
I think the number quoted in the WSJ was more than 30% of existing
NYNEX customers using rotary, with about 10% of new subscribers
refusing to pay for touch-tone service.

Ameritech and the Illinois Commerce Commission also just announced a
deal that, among other things, would eliminate Ameritech's monthly
touch-tone surcharge for Illinois customers.


Russ Sorber
Software Contractor  -    Opinions are mine, Not Motorolas!
Motorola, Cellular Division   Arlington Hts., IL  [phone]

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TELECOM Digest     Fri, 14 Oct 94 15:07:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 398

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    BCI, MCI Get Greater Share of Clear Communications (NZ) (Dave Leibold)
    Canadian Long Distance Contribution Controversy (Bell News via D. Leibold)
    CFP: Applied Informatics (Dennis Warwoda)
    Analog Dial-up Video Conference Packages? (Robyn Rudisill)
    Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop Technology (Thoo Chin Choy)
    Billable 800 Service (John Steele)
    How Can I Get a Good International Circuit (Julian Thornhill)
    Need Information on State Telecom Equipment Procurement (Bob Beck)
    Book to Help in Dealing With Phone Companies (Hon Wah Chin)
    TeleCon in Toronto (David McKellar)
    UNC-CH Faculty Job Opening (Scott Barker)
    A Question Concerning Fax Broadcasting (Keith George Long)
    Re: Frame Relay vs. ISDN vs. T1 vs. ???? (Pete Farmer)
    Re: Frame Relay vs. ISDN vs. T1 vs. ???? (James D. Wilson)
    Re: GTE Airphone Begins Ground-to-Air Service (For Free!) (Phil Gladstone)
    Re: GTE Airphone Begins Ground-to-Air Service (For Free!) (John R. Levine)

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From: [e-mail] (Dave Leibold)
Date: 13 Oct 94 23:24:10 -0500
Subject: BCI, MCI get greater share of Clear Communications (NZ)
Organization: FidoNet Nameserver/Gateway


[from Bell News, 10 Oct 94, content is Bell Canada's]

BCI improves stake in New Zealand's Clear

NZ Rail Ltd. sold its 15 per cent stake in Clear Communications Ltd.,
a major reseller, to four other shareholders, among them MCI
Communications Corp. of Washington and Bell Canada International.

Each of the four now owns 25 per cent of Clear.

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Dave Leibold)
Date: 13 Oct 94 23:24:02 -0500
Subject: Canadian Long Distance Contribution Controversy
Organization: FidoNet: The Super Continental - North York, Canada


[from Bell News, 10 Oct 94, content is Bell Canada's]

Sprint and Unitel appeal contribution aspect of landmark CRTC decision

Alternative long distance carriers - Unitel and Sprint - are appealing
portions of the CRTC's landmark decision (94-19) which changed the way
telecommunications in Canada will be regulated in the future.

As part of its decision, announced on September 16, the CRTC ordered
changes to the way in which contribution to support basic telephone
service is paid by long distance carriers, including the telephone
companies.

Unitel (on Friday, September 30) and Sprint (on Monday, October 3)
formally requested the CRTC review and stay portions of this decision.

In their application, they claim they cannot afford to subsidize
local service according to the Carrier Access Tariff (CAT) method set
out by the CRTC.

The CAT method is based on a fixed charged for each minute of long
distance traffic carried over the local network. CAT will apply to
all inter-exchange carriers *including* Bell.

Before the decision, alternate carriers paid a contribution based on
the number of trunks they leased or owned.

Under the per-trunk method, alternate carriers were able to offer
huge LD discounts (mainly to residential customers) to keep their
lines busy in the slower, non-business hours. Under the CAT method of
calculating contribution, the busier their lines, the greater their
contribution will be.

The appealing carriers claim they should pay no contribution on
off-peak minutes and the telephone companies should pay on all
minutes.

Bell was taken aback by the appeals, accusing Unitel and Sprint of
"sending mixed signals."

Said a Bell spokesperson: "On the one hand both of these companies
have been publicly touting their success in the long distance market
and their financial viability. On the other, they claim to the CRTC
their ability to serve customers is under threat."

And as to the issue of per-trunk versus per-minute contribution, it's
"not new, " claimed the spokesperson.

"It has been discussed in four regulatory proceedings in the last two
years.

"What the CRTC has done is to close a loophole that competitors were
using to their advantage to avoid paying a fair but reduced (compared
to the telephone companies) share of the local service subsidy."

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Dennis Warwoda B288-1195 H293-5227)
Subject: CFP: Applied Informatics
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 13:10:10 -0400
Organization: Calgary UNIX User's Group


                        CALL FOR PAPERS
              Twelfth IASTED International Conference
                      APPLIED INFORMATICS
                      February 20-23, 1995
                      Innsbruck, AUSTRIA

SPONSORS: The International Association of Science and Technology (IASTED)
              * Technical Committee on Modelling and Simulation
              * Technical Committee on Computers

LOCATION: Congress Innsbruck Igls, Postfach 533, Rennweg 3, A-6021 Innsbruck,
          Tirol, Austria

SCOPE: Main areas to be covered:
        * COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE                 * DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING
        * SOFTWARE                              * APPLICATIONS
        * ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE               * NETWORKS
        * SYSTEMS                               * SIMULATION

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L. Miller               USA
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S. Pulko                UK
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SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS:

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the abstracts should have a maximum of 250 words.

Three copies of the abstracts for both categories of papers should
reach the IASTED Secretariat in Zurich, Switzerland (Fax: (01)
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of five key words describing their work, and must include a statement
confirming that if their paper is accepted one of the authors will
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Notification to the authors will be mailed by NOVEMBER 18, 1994.
Authors of an accepted paper are requested to make an advance payment
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From: Robyn Rudisill <[e-mail]>
Subject: Analog Dial-up Video Conference Packages?
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 94 10:30:00 PDT


Has anyone out there ever used an analog video conference package?  If
so, which one did you use and what did you think of it. I am looking
for a low cost solution, but with decent speed.

Thanks in advance.


[e-mail]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (SE2 Thoo Chin Choy)
Subject: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop Technology
Date: 14 Oct 1994 17:53:36 GMT
Organization: Institute Of Systems Science, NUS


Hello everbody,

I am posting this on behalf of my friend who is writing a paper on
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop (ADSL) technology for one of his
graduate projects.

This new access technology is a series modem-type technologies which
can turn a stabdard copper telephone circuit into a high-speed digital
service. It operates at different frequencies to the normal telephony
and therefore both can coexist on the existing twisted pair telephone.

He needs information on the following areas regarding ADSL:

 1. What are some of the technical difficulties faced when exploiting
    ADSL?

 2. What are some of the techniques that may be employed to overcome the
    problems (identified in 1)?

 3. Any good reference on this subject (journals, books, etc)?


Any info regarding the subject is very much appreciated. Please email to
<[e-mail]>.


Thanks.

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 13:56:25 -0400
From: [e-mail] (John Steele)
Subject: Billable 800 Service


I have been following with interest the billable-800 service nonsense.
Most recently the appearance of 800-CALL-INFO to get a number.  I
recall recently seeing an interview with the Chairman of the FCC (as I
recall it was him, could have been another member).  In this interview
he took the position that the FCC could not take action to prevent the
800 billing matter without new legislation from Congress. This
attitude is typical of the bureaucracy.  When they want to do we're
not going to like they assert that "Congress told us to".  When they
don't want to get involved they say "Congress will have to authorize
it".

I would contend that the FCC has sufficient authority to prohibit this
practice based simply on precedent ... there are literally decades of
common practice for the 800 service being billed only to the subscriber/
owner. This has created a common perception and attitude among people
that they do not pay for 800 calls. In fact, I would assert that the
"toll free 800 call" has long since stopped being common carrier
provided service and has passed into the culture as a concept, much
like the "xerox" machine ... it is no longer identifiable as a specific
service or product.  Clearly, the common carriers have provided
merchants a mechanism to charge customers "whatever the traffic will
bear" when they created the 900 & 976 services.  Prohibiting the
subversion of the 800-system would not unduly restrain merchants from
having a way to conduct their "business" at the customer's expense.

There are reams and reams of case law based on common law, which is
nothing more than codified common practice. The FCC could simply
outlaw the practice ... the burden of change, either through the
courts of the legislature, would then fall on the scam artists who are
benefiting from this.


John Steele    information systems technology, inc.   miami


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: In fairness though to the companies
which are the subject of your complaint, is it not true that since the
beginning of 800 service -- and even with its predecessor service
'Enterprise' and 'Zenith' -- people have called those numbers wishing
to order merchandise or services and have paid with credit cards for
the merchandise or services rendered? For example, we call 800 numbers
*at no charge* to order books and magazines *for which we expect to
pay* usually via credit card. We call 800 numbers to order a variety
of goods and services; why not to order 'information' to be delivered
by phone?

The companies using this technique rightfully contend that the cost of
carriage -- the telephone call itself -- is 'free' to the caller, with
the costs borne by the recipient. I think you will find that even when
the astrologers, the sex purveyors and the others answer the phone even
for the purpose of saying they will not provide you with the information
requested because you are (a) calling from a payphone with no other
method of payment or (b) have previously refused to pay they are still
charged for the carriage. They still pay the 10-15 cents or whatever for
the minute of conversation required to tell you they will not service
you for whatever reason.

With that in mind, that the recipient of an 800 call does pay for the
call itself -- regardless of whether or not some transfer of merchandise
or 'information' takes place as a result -- the companies doing this are
not any different than the company which takes your order for airline
tickets by phone or the customer service representative at the book or
magazine order center.  They agree (using an 800 number) to pay for your
call as a way to encourage you to call them and purchase whatever it is
they have for sale.

The gripes and complaints seem to arise owing to the nature of what is
being sold (information by telephone) and the method of payment most
commonly used (charge to local telephone bill). There is a question in
my mind as to the propriety of charging *anything* via telephone bills
except for the cost of carriage (or connection) itself, and that includes
the use of 900/976 numbers. The precedent for 'charge to phone bill'
began about sixty years ago with Western Union and its close relationship
to the old Bell System. For that matter, when WUTCO changed to an 800
number and had all calls funnelled through its central message center in
St. Louis you could still charge the telegram to your phone bill, so even
having 800 as a factor in this is not all that new.

Ah, but you say naughty children do not call up Western Union in the
middle of the night -- if they even heard of the grand old company -- and
place telegrams charged to their parent's phone bill, nor do university
students suffering from post-midnight sleeplessness and certain other
psychological tensions best left unnamed use WUTCO services. They *do*
however enjoy using other services sold these days by telephone with the
hope that when it comes time to pay for the services rendered someone
else will get the bill. *That is the problem, in a nutshell*: The immense
popularity of 'certain kinds' of information and the propensity of the
people benefitting from that 'information' to not have to pay for it at
all if they can avoid it. Did you hear the one about the prostitute who
goes into the bank to get change for a hundred dollar bill?  The bank
teller looks carefully at the money and says, "this bill is counterfeit."
The prostitute becomes outraged and screams, "My God, I was raped!"

To avoid the legal raping most information providers were getting via
900/976 and telco's very liberal 'write it off, no questions asked'
policy (and they meant the IP can write it off, not us, heh! heh!)  --
peculiar only to 900/976 I might add -- and to avoid the detours in
the road leading to their electronic houses of ill-repute put in the
way by telecom administrators who had gotten a bellyfull of paying for
someone else's good times and Christian parents who were angry about
anyone having a good time at all, the information providers built a new
expressway leading right up to their front door and agreed to pay the
tolls to get there, factoring the tolls into their overall costs of
operation. You can take 'interstate 800' right to the ranch now.  "Now
let's see those university administrators and corporate PBX guys and
Christian parents put up a blockade in the way," they chortled ...
"what are you gonna do, block out access to all of 800 as well ..."?

The answer is quit allowing ANYTHING to be billed to telephone accounts
except for *telephone calls*, period. No telegrams, no flowers, no cable
television premium movie, no sex, nothing. Require information providers
to bill however they want otherwise, by credit card or open account or
prepayment. Then, everyone should be happy. Everyone, that is, as the
IPs are quick to point out, except the weather forecast, time-of-day, and
certain other 'quick recorded message' IPs -- the 'clean' side of the
industry -- for whom anything other than telco billing would be extremely
inconvenient and almost impossible.  But then, by comparison, no one calls
those guys anyway ... <grin> ...  so who cares?     PAT]

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 16:17:40 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Julian Thornhill)
Subject: How Can I Get a Good International Circuit


I want to regularly set up a modem link between UK and Finland using
28.8kbps modems. Obviously I am only going to get this speed if I get
a good circuit. Is there any way that the UK telco (BT or Mercury) can
set up a "good" circuit routing for me or is it in the lap of the
computers? If it is technically possible I'll get on to them but I
would like to be forearmed before I ask.

I have considered ISDN but the call costs are twice as much for only
just over twice the bandwidth and I'll have to buy some expensive bits
of hardware so I'd rather stick with my modems for the time being.


Regards,

Julian Thornhill
Ionospheric Physics Group  Leicester University
University Road  Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
Tel [phone] Fax [phone]

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 09:00:43 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Bob Beck)
Subject: Re: Need Information on State Telecom Equipment Procurement


Public Technology, Inc. (PTI) and MCI offer a service called PTS 2000,
a local government long distance telecommunications network.  Ten
state municipal leagues are using PTS 2000 currently:

        Arkansas        Indiana         Iowa
        Kansas          Louisana        Maine
        Mass.           Minnesota       Missouri
        South Carolina

PTI is a non-profit organization based in Washington, DC that develops
technologies to support local governments.  By pooling the buying
power of local governments across the country, PTS 2000 gives pricing
and service advantages to these local governments.


Bob Beck     SSDS, Inc.
8150 Leesburg Pike, #1100
Vienna, VA 22182
703.827.0806 x152
703.827.0716 FAX

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 10:10:18 -0700
From: Hon Wah Chin <[e-mail]>
Subject: Book to Help in Dealing With Phone Companies
Reply-To: [e-mail]


Does anyone have a suggestion for a reference or text book that would
help a fledging facilities person who got saddled with the
phone/telecom issues?  This is to help a novice to support a company
with a PABX with ~150 lines, voicemail, a T1 to the CO and a long
distance carrier.  (ie more than residential stuff but not a BIG
network) The main requirement is enough explanation and glossary to
help in talking to the installers, repair people and sales and
marketing types.


Hon Wah Chin   [e-mail]

------------------------------

From: dmntor!djm (David McKellar)
Subject: TeleCon in Toronto
Organization: Digital Media Networks, Toronto, Canada
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 22:05:29 -0400


I visited a show called TeleCon in Toronto today.  All the usual
suspects were there.  I'll just mention some things I found
interesting ...

I watched Howard Reingold (of Wired magazine) get interviewed and
interviewed. He was wearing a neato green suit and wow shoes.  What
did he say?  Well among other things, in response to a question from
the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp) he said "Canada was the most
exciting place to be now".  Aw shucks.

I went on a tour of a working Northern Telecom Central Office in a
transport trailer.  Without much coaxing the tour guide/operator
pulled out a trunk circuit board carrier about 800 calls and we
watched the redundant backup board kick in.  The fellow seemed to
really like the the switch and I liked that.

I talked to my colleague via frame relay and thru a fiber optic
test set.

Unitel (the number two long distance carrier here) had about ten booths
offering free calls in Canada.  ACC had something better -- free calls
to England but I don't know anyone there.

On the tired highway metaphore front: I counted four cars at booths.
Motorola had the most dramatic racing car.

Bell had this Info Highway room room complete with road-type signs.
But when I got there 30 minutes before the show closed this room was
closed.  What did I miss?

I wonder if anyone has any other comments about this show?


D a v e     M c K e l l a r     d j m @ d m n t o r . U U C P

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From: [e-mail] (Scott Barker)
Subject: UNC-CH Faculty Job Opening
Date: 13 Oct 1994 22:27:41 GMT
Organization: Univ. of North Carolina, Information/Library Science


The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announces a
tenure-track position (assistant/associate professor) in the School of
Information and Library Science.  The School seeks applications from
scholars whose research and teaching interests address telecommunications
and networking, and/or multimedia/hypermedia systems.  Faculty members
are expected to en- gage in research and to report new insights
through publication and teaching.  Faculty members also advise masters
and doctoral students and serve on School and University committees.
Minimum qualifications include an earned doctorate by the starting
date, a research agenda, and evidence of teaching competence.  Minimum
salary is $40,000 for assistant; $45,000 for associate.  The review
process will begin Jan.  15, 1995; preliminary interviews are planned
for the following conferences: ASIS (Alexandria, VA, October 1994);
ALISE (Philadelphia, February 1995); and ACM Computer Science
Conference (Nashville, TN, February 1995).  Applications will be
accepted until the position is filled.  Preferred starting date is
August 1995.  Send letter of application, resume, and names of three
references to:

Barbara M. Wildemuth, Chair, Faculty Search Committee
School of Information and Library Science
CB # 3360, 100 Manning Hall
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360
Phone:  [phone]; Fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an affirmative
action, equal opportunity employer.

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From: [e-mail] (Keith George Long)
Subject: A Question Concerning Fax Broadcasting
Date: 14 Oct 1994 00:32:57 GMT
Organization: University of Southern Mississippi


Hello,

   Would anyone out there happen to know the FCC rules/regulations
concerning unsolicited fax broadcasting?  Are these regulations
enforceable?  How?

   I recently read that if a recent FCC ruling were upheld, it could
mean a $500 (per fax) fine.  Any information/discussion on this issue
would be most welcome.


Sincerely,

Keith    [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Pete Farmer)
Subject: Re: Frame Relay vs. ISDN vs. T1 vs. ????
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 15:31:45 -0800
Organization: Tetherless Access Ltd.


In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Lars
Poulsen) wrote:

> [e-mail] wrote:

>> We have a commercial customer who's asked us to setup a BBS system for
>> them.  They've asked us to recommend a telecom option for them to
>> use that best suits their needs.  They'd like to start out with 8
>> lines going into the BBS with the ability to move up to 16, 24, etc.
>> They'd like their customers to have one 800 number to call to reach
>> this BBS, no matter where they are in the US.  Their customers will
>> have off-the-shelf modems, ranging from 1200-14.4 baud.

> The requirement here is for an economical way to accept POTS calls for
> modem traffic. This means that X.25 service, Frame Relay, ISDN etc are
> all outside of the scope of this query. That will not prevent me from
> getting back to them at the end, though.

Well, X.25 service is not necessarily out of the question.  If the
customer needs nationwide (or even international) access to the BBS
with a local telephone call, it might make sense to contract with the
CompuServe Packet Network, with MCI XStream (nee Tymnet), or with
SprintNet.  These outfits can provide local dial-up access to their
X.25 nets and drop the traffic to the customer's doorstep through a
single pipe.  This can be a lot more hassle-free than operating a
modem bank.

> Finally:

> You should give serious consideration to putting such a BBS on the
> Internet.

I agree -- *especially* when the BBS is to be accessed by people *outside*
of their company.


Peter J. Farmer            Internet: [e-mail]
VP - Marketing             Voice:    415-843-6880 ext. 16
Tetherless Access Ltd.     Fax:      [phone]
2468 Embarcadero Way       Palo Alto, CA   94303
Visit our WWW site!   URL=http://www.tetherless.com/

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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 18:36:09 HST
From: NetSurfer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Frame Relay vs. ISDN vs. T1 vs. ????


In Hawaii, you can get 56KB with an install of $95 and monthly
recurring of $200 per site and 1 PVC (permanent virtual circuit.)
HawTel does not specify prices per commited bandwidth, but would
generally suggest the next higher bandwidth rate above 80%.  Frame
relay support on routers tends to be a simple software option (if not
standard support.)  The big advantage of frame relay here is that it
is not distance based i.e. it costs the same to have a circuit between
Honolulu and Waikiki (all on Oahu) as between Honolulu and Hilo (190
miles apart and on the Big Island of Hawai'i) As a service point we
can have a standard monthly recurring with each additional site
carrying their own monthly recurring charges.  All we have to do is
ensure that we support a high enough bandwidth for peak tx times from
multiple sites.


James D. Wilson        |V.PGP 2.7:   512/E12FCD 1994/03/17
P. O. Box 15432        |     finger for full PGP key
Honolulu, HI  96830    |==================================
Serendipitous Solutions|    Also [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Philip Gladstone)
Subject: Re: GTE Airphone Begins Ground-to-Air Service (For Free!)
Date: 13 Oct 1994 10:08:32 -0400
Organization: Citicorp
Reply-To: [e-mail]


[e-mail] wrote:

> Just got some mail from GTE Airphone.

[Interesting stuff about free inbound calls to AIRPHONEs on certain
 flights deleted]

At the end of last month, on the USAIR Shuttle, AIRPHONE were running
a promotion for a free five minute call if you filled out one of their
comment cards. This was to try out their new digital service.

Personally, I thought that the quality was terrible -- certainly worse
than the old analog system. I guess that the voice was compressed down
to 4.8k. It sounded as though the other party was underwater, and you
could only just recognize the other speaker. The voice lag was very
noticeable -- this was probably satellite delay.

All in all, if I had paid for the call, I'd want my money back!


Philip Gladstone - Consultant
Citicorp Global Information Network

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 14 Oct 94 00:33 EDT
From: [e-mail] (John R Levine)
Subject: Re: GTE Airphone Begins Ground-to-Air Service (For Free!)
Organization: I.E.C.C., Cambridge, Mass.


> If you chose to answer the call, you first get a chance to see who is
> calling you, ie GTE transmit's the ANI from the 800 number to your
> seat. ...

Turns out that's not what happens.  For an incoming Airphone call, the
caller calls the 800 number, hits 1 to say make incoming call, dials
the ten-digit customer number (the one on the card the person in the
air has swiped through his reader), then dial your own number and
optionally an extension number.  Then it hangs up.

If the person in the air accepts the call, it calls you back.


Regards,

John Levine, [e-mail], [e-mail]
Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies"

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TELECOM Digest     Fri, 14 Oct 94 15:49:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 399

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Re: Testing 1-800-CALL-INFO (Mark Pulver)
    Re: MCI's 1-800-CALL-INFO (Carl Moore)
    Re: Calculating Cost of Cellular Call While Roaming (Andrew Laurence)
    Re: Calculating Cost of Cellular Call While Roaming (Paul Beker)
    Re: AT&T Easylink Information Wanted (Paul Robinson)
    Re: Class Use of Telephone (Alan Boritz)
    Re: Class Use of Telephone (Martin McCormick)
    Re: RI Installs Speed-Bumps For the Information Superhighway (Alan Boritz)
    Re: GSM SIM Card: Different? (Timo M. Ahomaki)
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    Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud (Tom Kunselman)
    Re: $50 Million in Quarters? (Stan Brown)

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From: [e-mail] (Mark Pulver)
Subject: Re: Testing 1-800-CALL-INFO
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 17:47:51 GMT


Les Reeves wrote:

> As a test, I called and asked for the number of a Patrick Townson in
> Chicago, IL.  I figured this was a good test since Pat has moved in
> the past year and I wasn't even sure he was still in Chicago proper.

> After giving the operator Pat's name and city, and waiting about 45
> seconds, I was told that there were two listings, one non-published
> and one unlisted.  Hmmm.  I asked for another name and the operator
> informed me that I had used up my two searches.

This is a bit on the side of the topic, but I offer this as an example
of other way to get this information, (since Pat had added to this
message a query of how MCI is able to do this in the first place ...).

Compuserve has the PHONE*FILE databases online.  These are commercially
available databases that have more info on you than you would generally
like the public to have.  To play, do GO MET-4 from a CIS menu ...
Anyway ...

I fed PHONE*FILE a state of "IL" and a surname of "TOWNSON".  What I got
back was:

   Last Name: TOWNSON

   MARION G                  708/824-xxxx
   DES PLAINES, IL 60016

   ALLEN                     708/244-xxxx
   GURNEE, IL 60031

   M J                       708/675-xxxx
   SKOKIE, IL 60076

   CAROLE S                  312/664-xxxx
   CHICAGO, IL 60614

   DARRYL W AND KERMIT       312/221-xxxx
   CHICAGO, IL 60617

   HELEN                     309/444-xxxx
   WASHINGTON, IL 61571

   FRED W                    309/698-xxxx
   EAST PEORIA, IL 61611


I've delete the street addresses and the last four digits of these
folks phone numbers, but trust me, they're all there.

While this information is garnered from public records like mortage
documents, phone book listings, etc, it's the power of the search
engine that scares me.  With only knowing someone's state and last
name, you can have their full address, phone number, length of
residence and spouses name, (that data was not directly in this search
result, but it's available if you start from knowing the phone
number).

Oh ... another side, (bringing this back to the MCI CALL-INFO
issue ...), This search took me less than five minutes to do (shelled out
of my reader, telnet'd to CIS, did the query and blew out), and had a
CIS service surcharge of 50 cents.

Wild stuff ...


[e-mail] -or-        analog  analog  analog  and um, analog
[e-mail]            Voyetra 8, Xpander, P5, MKS-70, other toys


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Some of those are very distant cousins of
mine I think. I know Carole is related distantly, with our common
ancestor being a g.g.g.grandparent in the early 1800's. I don't know
any of those people at all otherwise.  The last name spelled with /son/
is not that common; /send/ is a much more likely spelling. In my family
it was /send/ until the late 1800's, then the branch that came via my
g.g.grandfather went with /son/ for whatever reason. There is a person
named Patrick Townsend in Chicago presently -- in my old neighborhood
in fact -- I have no idea who he is other than seeing his name in the
phone book a few years ago. He was listed *once* in the phone book and
since then has been non-pub; I wonder why?  ... grin ... there is, or
was a few years ago, a Patrick Townson in Fruitland, Idaho. (?!?)  PAT]

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 14 Oct 94 18:34:03 GMT
From: Carl Moore <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: MCI's 1-800-CALL-INFO


OK, I tried it from a Bell Atlantic phone here in Maryland and got an
operator who said "1 800 CALL INFO, how would you like to bill your
call?".  So the phone I used was indeed noted as a pay phone.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: So was the one I tried here.   PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Andrew Laurence)
Subject: Re: Calculating Cost of Cellular Call While Roaming
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 17:57:39 GMT


Sheldon W. Hoenig <[e-mail]> writes:

> My daughter and my wife are going to travel to a number of colleges in
> the midwest in a few weeks so that my daughter can be interviewed for
> grad school.  When each interview is complete, my daughter wants to
> call my wife on the cellular telephone so that my wife can pick her
> up.  The cellular telephone has a 703 area-code telephone number.  If
> the telephone is set for roaming in each city, what type of
> call -- local or long distance -- will be charged to the cellular
> telephone number and to my telephone credit card for the pay-phone
> call that my daughter will make?

The land-line to cellular call that your daughter makes will be billed
by the long-distance carrier as a call from that phone to the home
location of the cellular phone (area code 703).

The cellular phone company will then charge you airtime plus roaming
fees plus long-distance charges from area code 703 to the physical
location of the cellular phone.

Roaming fees vary widely, and you should pick up a copy of The Cellular
Travel Guide (a very thick $20 book) which shows maps, roaming fees, and
which cellular companies have roaming agreements with which other cellular
companies.

Some areas have a daily roaming charge which is tacked onto the first call
of that calendar day.

> I asked this question twice of my Cellular-1 supplier and I received two
> vastly different answers.

Interesting. What were the two answers?


Andrew Laurence               Oakland, California USA
[e-mail]     Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7)

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From: [e-mail] (Paul Beker)
Subject: Re: Calculating Cost of Cellular Call While Roaming
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 20:01:13 GMT


Hmmm.  Well, there are two vastly different ways to do this.

Method #1 (and costs):

    o Turn on "Follow Me Roaming" or "Nationwide Call Delivery" or
          whatever it's called by your cellular provider.  This is,
          typically, done by dialing *18 or *350 on your cellular phone
          once you're in the market where you want to be reached.

        o Your daughter will call your "home" cellular number from a
          payphone using a calling card;  then the network will forward
          the call to your location, and your cellular phone will ring.

        o Costs:  (approximate)

               Calling card surcharge:    $0.85
               Call Card LD Loc -> 703:    actual LD minutes used
               Cellular LD 703 -> Loc:  actual LD minutes used
               Roaming airtime:         $0.65 - $1.09 / minute
               "Daily roamer charge":    $0 - $3 / day

Method #2 (and costs):

        o Get a copy of your cellular provider's Roaming Information
          Guide.  This book will list "Roamer Access Numbers" for every
          cellular system in North America, based on the Band your phone
          is homed in (A or B - you must know this info - your cellular
          provider should give you the info, where A="Wireline", and
          B="landline").  These roamer numbers are LOCAL calls from each
          market that they serve.  Also, calling a roamer access number
          directly will usually (not always) get you "home" airtime charges
          instead of "roamer" airtime charges.  This, of course, depends
          on the two cellular providers involved.

        o When your daughter needs to call you, she will use the payphone
          to dial the roamer access number (a local call - $0.25).

        o When the access number answers, she will hear either a second
          dial tone, or a series of beeps.  Either way, your daughter should
          then dial the full 10-digit "real" cellular number of your
          phone (703-XXX-XXXX).  Assuming your phone is on, the call should
          go through normally.

        o Costs:  (approximate)

               Local call - payphone:    $0.25
               Airtime (see above):     $0.18 - $1.09 / minute
               "Daily roamer charge":    $0 - $3 / day

Good luck!


Paul Beker   [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 22:34:34 EST
Organization: Tansin A. Darcos & Company, Silver Spring, MD USA
From: Paul Robinson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: AT&T Easylink Information Wanted


> Does anyone know what exactly AT&T Easylink is and what
> services it offers.  Apparently it is some kind of commercial
> service available in Kenya.  Is it something like the Internet?

TELECOM Digest Editor noted in reply:

> AT&T Easylink is one of the older email services here in the USA...
> Is AT&T still operating Easylink as a stand-alone product in some
> parts of the world?  I guess there are countries where Telex is
> still the primary way of doing email.

AT&T Easylink is still operational in the U.S.  If you want a standard
telex number of either seven digits or a 710 number, you use Easylink.
One reason for having it is the Western Union Datagram service where
you can allow people to call an 800 number in the U.S. and send a
collect telex to you.  It is useful for accepting written instructions.

Easylink isn't cheap either.  It's US $25 a month plus any transmissions.
Datagram Service is an additional $50 a month in minimum transmission
charges.

One thing it does provide which if you need it for large volumes is
cheaper than any other way is a means to have E-Mail delivered to a fax
machine.  AT&T Easylink will allow you to dial up their computer and
download your messages, or at no extra charge, will send messages to a
fax machine.

There can be additional reasons for continuing to keep telex service.  In
some places, outgoing international telephone calls are very expensive
while international telex service is relatively cheap; in the U.S. it's
the exact opposite.  So, what some people do is set up an incoming telex
number in the U.S. for that party to send messages to.  They then _fax_
responses back to them.  I helped one party test this by offering to let
their correspondent send me a telex and I would forward it to their
E-Mail address.  It worked, and it convinced them to obtain an account.

For persons in the U.S. who want the ability to receive telexes, a much
cheaper alternative is MCI Mail.  For a $30 a year subscription fee, the
user gets a mailbox that has both an Internet account, can send facsimiles
and can send and receive telexes.

For example, I have the additional Internet address [e-mail]
By changing the '000' to 650, this becomes my telex number: 6505066432
There is no charge to receive messages, and telex rates are about the
same with all carriers.  MCI will charge for messages forwarded to a fax
machine which makes it inappropriate if the account is heavy volume
traffic; for light traffic it may be considerably cheaper than AT&T.

------------------------------

Subject: Re: Class Use of Telephone
From: drharry![e-mail] (Alan Boritz)
Reply-To: uunet!drharry![e-mail] (Alan Boritz)
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 94 08:13:54 EST
Organization: Harry's Place - Mahwah NJ - [phone]


[e-mail] (Stuart Whitmore) writes:

> One of my professors brought into class one of
> those conference telephones like you find in the Hello Direct catalog
> (in fact, that might be where he got it, I don't know), and the whole
> class made a call to a retired person who could speak as an authority
> on the class topic.

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: It certainly sounds like a great idea
> for a presentation to a class; having authorities meet with the class
> via speakerphone.    PAT]

New York Telephone was pitching (though not very heavily) the enormous
speakerphone as a conference tool in the late sixties.  An FCC official
spoke, via a speakerphone device, at a conference, I attended about
ten years ago.  The speakerphone didn't seem to catch on until (it
seemed) the public had a greater awareness of ALL teleconference
possibilities.


[e-mail]  or  uunet!drharry!aboritz
Harry's Place (drharry.UUCP) - Mahwah NJ USA - [phone]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Martin McCormick)
Subject: Re: Class Use of Telephone
Organization: Oklahoma State University  Stillwater, OK
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 10:18:42 GMT


    In 1973 or 74, one of the Journalism and Broadcasting courses
I took at Oklahoma State University held a conference with a person in
Washington, D.C. who was able to discuss various issues concerning
mass communications laws and how they were changing.

    This is a very good way to use telecommunications and I seem
to recall that everything went nicely.  I was impressed with the
telephone which must have been fairly state of the art at the time.
It had two hand-held microphones which the instructors brought to
students when they wanted to ask a question and the system changed
cleanly from receive to transmit mode based on whether the audio was
coming from the microphones or the wire.  There was no feedback and
the transmit/receive function seemed to be an electronically-based
circuit rather than a relay.

    Today, O.S.U. is very involved in this sort of thing, but the
technology has evolved to video teleconferencing rather than just
audio.  We use various portions of a T1 line for educational
television instruction and most people say that they like it.

    While it is possible to set the CODECS to use anything from
64Kb/s to half of the T1 or about 750Kb/s, the best video comes from
the highest speeds.  The audio is delayed so that the sounds always
correspond to the picture.  The sound is fairly good, if a little
scratchy, and the picture is excellent as long as there is not a
tremendous amount of movement in it.


Martin McCormick WB5AGZ   Stillwater, OK
O.S.U. Computer Center Data Communications Group

------------------------------

Subject: Re: RI Installs Speed-Bumps For the Information Superhighway
From: drharry![e-mail] (Alan Boritz)
Reply-To: uunet!drharry![e-mail] (Alan Boritz)
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 94 22:01:47 EST
Organization: Harry's Place - Mahwah NJ - [phone]


Paul A. Lee </DD.ID=JES2CAOF.UEDCM09/@SMX.sprint.com> writes:

>> Here's the latest from our fine RI legislators:

>> ... only licensed telelcommunications contractors, licensed
>> telecommunications system technicians, and licensed telecommunications
>> system installers shall engage in, or design, install, alter, service, or
>> test telecommunication systems in the state of RI.

> I guess you have to be licensed to sell modems in computer stores now.

> Sounds like one of the following must have happened in Rhode Island:

>      1) The state government let a telecommunications equipment contract go
>          to the lowest bidder, who botched the job
>      2) A legislator had some phone installation work done, and the installer
>          butchered some trim in the fine old house
>      3) An interconnect company that has the attention of an influential
>          legislator has been getting a lot of competition lately
>      4) The state sees explosive growth ahead in telecommunications and wants
>          to control the direction and gain some revenue from licensing

Any one of your examples could have been a contributing factor, but
plain 'ole greed is probably the most contributory.  Here are the
*annual* license fees, from an application my boss handed to me today:

    Telecommunications System Contractor        $100*
    Telecommunications System Technician        $ 60
    Telecommunications System Limited Installer $ 30
    Telecommunications Apprentice               $ 20

The contractor's license is held by an officer of the contractor
corporation, however an additional "corporation" license is also
required (along with registration with the RI Secretary of the State,
and the Dept. of Finance).  Unfortunately, there is no information
available yet on exactly what it is or what the (inevitable) license
fee will be (they're sending me the law, so I'll have it shortly).

There is only one telecommunications license per category (contractor,
technician, etc.), but there are four sub-categories that may be held
concurrently: Data, Video, Telephony, and Sound.  Applicants must
submit proof that they've completed three projects of each
sub-category for which they're requesting a license.  In addition, a
Contractor or Apprentice must submit proof that they've *already* had
three years experience in those sub-categories, and an apprentice must
submit a notarized letter from a RI licensed telecom contractor
stating that they are employed by that contractor.

The application also states that the employer or customer references
may be sent forms to attest to the truthfulness of all statements on
the application, and those forms must be notarized and returned before
action will be taken on the application, if requested.  It should be
easy to think up some really foolish scenarios with that provision,
especially when the applicant moves into the state of Rhode Island to
start a new job, and he can't get his former employer, or his former
employer's customers, to go to the trouble of filling out and
notarizing all those forms.

Another interesting note is that a technician can not be licensed
until AFTER the technician's EMPLOYER is licensed.  There are no
"freelance" technicians in this program, since a technician who works
for himself is a CONTRACTOR (read: higher license fee, registration
with the State for tax purposes, etc.).

> I would be interested in whether Rhode Island is promulgating a
> practice code or a set of standards for licensees, and whether state
> or commercial review or inspection will be required for designs and
> installations. Licensing only provides some indication of basic
> competence -- it does not provide a means of review and
> accountability.

I wouldn't expect too much in the way of quality inspection with this
program.  The person with which I spoke today at the Rhode Island
Dept. of Labor said that they basically take the applicant's word for
his qualifications (no examination is necessary until 1/13/95).  And
while there's lots of specifications on how to register, and the fees
to be paid, there's no information available on what circumstances (if
any) such a license can be revoked, or the enforcement activities that
will monitor compliance.

This licensing push really looks like an attempt to do away with all
cottage-industry telecom contractors and collect taxes and license
fees that they couldn't collect before.


[e-mail]  or  uunet!drharry!aboritz
Harry's Place (drharry.UUCP) - Mahwah NJ USA - [phone]

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From: [e-mail] (Timo M. Ahomaki)
Subject: Re: GSM SIM Card: Different?
Date: 14 Oct 94 08:34:42 EET
Organization: Nokia Telecommunications.


In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] writes:

>> Is this true? As I understand, with only one SIM card you can use any
>> GSM handphone in any country (of course as long as the countries have
>> roaming agreement).

> Well, yes and no: The SIM card exists in two physical formats: large
> (credit-card sized) and small (chip sized, 1cm x 1.5cm).  The Motorola
[snip]

The SIM chip itself is (or at least should be, otherwise your phone
does not fullfill the spec.) the same. There exists an adapter to
allow one to use the small SIM in a phone requiring the large variety.
This is simply a piece of plastic with a hole for the SIM in the right
place. If I were buying a SIM now, I would definitely take the small
one and then buy this adapter.


Timo Ahomaki, System Engineer
Nokia Cellular Systems        * Tel:   [phone]
System Concept Development    * Fax:   [phone]
P.O.Box 44, FIN-02601, Espoo  * Email: [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 94 09:51:22 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Chip Sharp)
Subject: Re: UDI vs RDI in ISDN


> I'm not sure if RDI is actually supported anywhere.

The standards bodies (i.e., Committee T1 in the US) have been trying
to get rid of RDI as a choice for placing a call.  Instead, they will
require the user to use Unrestricted Digital Information rate adapted
to 56 kbit/s.


Hascall H. ("Chip") Sharp        Teleoscom Sr. Systems Engineer
2 Meridian Road                  Eatontown, NJ  07724  USA
voice:  [phone]          fax:    [phone]
email:   [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Oren Haber-Schaim)
Subject: Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud
Date: 11 Oct 94 22:51:05 GMT
Organization: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts


TELECOM Digest Editor noted:

> If convicted, 'Knightshadow' as he known to other phreaks and his
> co-conspirators face ten years in a federal penitentiary.

> It must be remembered that in the United States, our constitution
> requires a presumption of innocence on the part of Ivy James Lay and
> the other phreaks involved until their guilt is proven by the
> government in a court of law.

True, but of course the U.S Constitution does not bar citizens from
drawing their own conclusions as to what is most likely the truth.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: This is correct, it does not. It merely
states the posture which must be taken by the government.   PAT]

------------------------------

From: Tom E Kunselman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: MCI Employee Charged in $50 Million Calling Card Fraud
Date: 14 Oct 1994 14:48:10 GMT
Organization: University of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences


[e-mail] (Aaron Woolfson) writes:

> detection devices for just for saying this.  But I just do not see how
> it can possibly really be hurting MCI.
 ...
> Although I am not suggesting that it is not a big deal what happened,
> I just don't see how MCI can be running around and crying that they
> are losing all this money, when THEY REALLY AREN'T!  They are just
> not collecting nearly as much revenue as before.

I agree, that it isn't hurting MCI.  Who it is hurting is the MCI
consumers.  If people payed for the services they used, instead of
stealing them, then they share in the maintenance cost of the MCI
system.  The more people using a system that is not filled to
capacity, means that MCI could lower their charges to individuals and
still maintain the same amount of profit.

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 14 Oct 94 13:53:00 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Stan Brown)
Subject: Re: $50 Million in Quarters?
Organization: nej tak!


In article <[e-mail]> is written:

> Unfortunately the answer is simple -- the courts have repeatedly
> agreed with the service providers that *their customers* are
> responsible for the charges.  Thus there is no financial incentive
> (and some disincentives) for the providers to do anything.

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Padgett, what I do not understand and
> believe to be wrong about the court rulings you cite is the apparent
> conflict with federal regulations pertaining to fraud and misuse of
> credit cards generally. To the extent that telephone calling cards are
> credit cards -- and they are intended to allow you to pay 'later' --
> how can the user be held responsible for more than some minimal
> amount -- usually fifty dollars -- in damages?  Federal regulations
> pertaining to credit cards are quite clear that the card holder will
> not suffer as a result of fraud when the cardholder had nothing to
> do with it.    PAT]

I'm not a lawyer, but I believe PAT is confusing "credit cards" with
"bank credit cards".  The $50 rule that PAT cites applies to bank
cards but as far as I know it does not apply to T&E cards like
American Express or to other forms of credit cards like oil-company
and telephone credit cards; it also does not apply to bank debit
cards.

That's not to say that I agree with the anomaly; I don't.  But I'm
pretty sure it exists.


Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems                    [e-mail]
Can't find FAQ lists?  ftp to 'rtfm.mit.edu' and look in /pub/usenet
(or email me >>> with valid reply-to address <<< for instructions).
I can also send "newbie" information on Usenet--just ask if you want it.

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    FCC Finalizes Rules for Big LEO's (Bob Keller)
    Journal Review: Communications Standard Review (Elaine Baskin)
    New UK Dialing Codes (Richard Cox)
    Data Scopes and DSU's (Craig Hollenbaugh)
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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 17:07:22 EDT
From: Bob Keller <[e-mail]>
Subject: FCC Finalizes Rules for Big LEO's


Report No. DC-2660
ACTION IN DOCKET CASE
October 14, 1994

COMMISSION ADOPTS FINAL RULES AND POLICIES FOR "BIG LEOS"
(CC DOCKET 92-166)

The Commission has adopted final rules for the licensing and operation
of low earth orbit mobile satellite systems above 1 GHz ("Big LEOs")
to provide a variety of voice and data mobile services worldwide.  The
systems will operate in the 1610-1626.5/2483.5-2500 MHz frequency
bands.

Big LEO service can offer an almost limitless number of services,
including ubiquitous voice and data mobile services, position location
services, search and rescue communications, disaster management
communications, environmental monitoring, paging services, facsimile
transmission services, cargo tracking, and industrial monitoring and
control.  This service will help meet the demand for a seamless,
nationwide, and eventually global communications system that is
available to all and that can offer a wide range of voice and data
telecommunications services.

In addition to enhancing the competitive market for mobile
telecommunications services in areas served by terrestrial mobile
services, this new mobile satellite service will offer Americans in
rural areas that are not otherwise linked to the communications
infrastructure immediate access to a feature-rich communications
network.  Moreover, Big LEO systems can extend these benefits
throughout the world, and can provide those countries that have not
been able to develop a nationwide communications service with an
"instant" global and national telecommunications infrastructure.  This
network can be used to provide both basic and emergency communications
virtually anywhere in the world.  Operation outside the United States,
however, will be subject to the regulatory requirements of the
countries in which these systems may seek to operate.

The United States has led the world in developing and implementing
satellite technology and the Big LEO service represents an opportunity
for the United States to continue its leadership role.  The Big LEO
service has the potential to stimulate enormous economic growth both
here and abroad.  It is potentially a multi-billion dollar industry,
with opportunities for economic growth in a variety of markets and
sub-markets.  Estimated costs to construct the space segments range
from $97 million to over $2 billion each.  Ground segments will cost
hundreds of millions of dollars more.  As the service becomes
operational, there will be research and development, production,
marketing and service administration, as well as related jobs in
industries manufacturing the necessary hardware.

As of the June 1991 cut-off date, the Commission had received six
applications for Big LEOs.  The applicants are: Ellipsat Corporation
(now doing business as Mobile Communications Holdings, Inc.); Motorola
Satellite Communications, Inc.; Constellation Communications, Inc.;
Loral Cellular Systems Corp. (now doing business as Loral Qualcomm
Partnership); TRW, Inc.; and AMSC Subsidiary Corporation. These
applicants will be given an opportunity to file amended applications
that conform with the new rules.  Amended applications, requesting
construction, launch and operating authority, must be filed by
November 16, 1994, in order to receive continued consideration.
However, applicants will be given until January 1996 to demonstrate
compliance with the financial standard adopted by the Commission.  The
Commission noted, however, that complete applications filed on
November 16, 1994 will be processed immediately, with action
anticipated by January 31, 1995.

The Commission adopted the spectrum sharing plan proposed in its
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in this docket, which will allow for
licensing of five systems.  The plan will assign code-division
multiple access (CDMA) systems to 11.35 MHz of shared bandwidth at
1610-1621.35 MHz and a time division/frequency division multiple
access (TDMA/FDMA) system to 5.15 MHz of dedicated bandwidth at
1621.35 -1626.5 MHz.  The Commission also adopted an interim plan to
be used in the event that the operations of GLONASS, the Russian
Global Navigation System, interferes with MSS operations in the lower
frequency portion of the 1610-1626.5 MHz band.  The interim plan will
permit the CDMA licensees to expand by 1.25 MHz into the designated
TDMA/FDMA band at 1621.35-1622.60 MHz.  The Commission also stated
that if only one CDMA system is implemented, the system's assignment
would not be automatically reduced to 8.25 MHz, as proposed in the
Notice.  Rather, the Commission stated that any decision would be
deferred until, and if, the need arises.  The plan also allows CDMA
systems to share the entire 16.5 MHz of downlink spectrum at
2483.5-2500 MHz.  If all six applicants are found to be qualified, the
licenses will be auctioned.

The Commission has adopted qualification criteria designed to ensure
that those granted licenses are capable of expeditiously implementing
state-of-the-art systems that will serve the public interest.  The
requirements include:

   -- A low-Earth orbit design;

   -- The capability of providing global service;

   -- The capability of providing continuous service throughout
      the United States;

   -- A stringent financial showing identical to the one used
      in the Domestic Fixed-Satellite Service; and

   -- A construction timetable with a reporting requirement.

If an auction is necessary, the Commission will conduct simultaneous
multiple round bidding of small (2.0625 MHz) band segments, in which
entities will be permitted to acquire up to four band segments each,
assuring at least two licensees.

The Commission also adopted technical coordination rules to achieve
sharing between MSS and other services operating in the band or in
adjacent bands.

The Commission plans to begin to issue conditional licenses in January
1995, although it probably will not be able to authorize feeder link
frequencies at that time.

The Commission also determined that Big LEO space segment capacity may
be offered to commercial mobile service providers on a non-common
carrier basis, provided that the Big LEO service offering does not
meet the definition of a common carrier service.

Action by the Commission October 13, 1994, by Report and Order (FCC
94-261).  Chairman Hundt, Commissioners Quello, Barrett, Ness, and
Chong.

News Media contact: Susan Lewis Sallet or Audrey Spivack at (202)
418-0500.  Common Carrier Bureau contact: Fern Jarmulnek at (202)
634-1682.

- FCC -


Robert J. Keller, P.C. (Federal Telecommunications Law)
<[e-mail]> Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]
4200 Wisconsin Ave NW #106-261 Washington DC 20016-2146
finger me for info on F.C.C. Daily Digests and Releases

------------------------------

Date: 17 Oct 94 16:59:00 EDT
From: Elaine Baskin <[e-mail]>
Subject: Journal Review: Communications Standard Review


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: This article might be called a
'review of a review' ... a look at two publications from the
Communications Standard Review, edited by Elaine Baskin. If
you believe Ms. Baskin's work might be helpful in your own,
contact her for a subscription.    PAT]


Two standards journals can help you stay informed about telecom
standards-in-progress:

Communications Standards Review (CSR) reports on US (Telecommunications
Industry Association - TIA) and International Telecommunications
Union, Telecommunications Sector (ITU-T, formerly CCITT) Standards
Committee meetings in Wide Area Network data communications, both wire
and wireless, since 1990.  CSR provides detailed technical information
to assist in communications product planning and specification.  The
journal is published ten times per year.  Committees covered include:

TIA TR-29    Facsimile Systems & Equipment
TIA TR-30    Data Transmission Systems and Equipment
TIA TR-41    User-Premises Telecom Requirements
TIA TR-45    Public Wireless 800 MHz Standards
TIA TR-46    Wireless & Personal Comm. 1800 MHz
ITU T Study Group 8    Telematic Services (including Facsimile)
ITU T Study Group 14 (Formerly SG XVII)    Data Communications over the GSTN
(PSTN)
ITU T Study Group 15    Transmission Systems and Equipment

These committees cover:

*    Facsimile (incl. Class 1 and 2 interfaces)
*    Telephone line modems (V.34)
*    Digital interfaces (e.g., EIA/TIA 232)
*    FCC Part 68 technical issues
*    Analog/digital cellular standards
*    Communications Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
*    56 kbit/s & 64 kbit/s DSU/CSUs
*    Telematic terminals
*    ISDN rate adaption
*    Cellular data communications
*    Personal Communications Systems (800 MHz & 1800 MHz)

For even more detail on specific work, subscribers may use the CSR
library for a fee.  Subscribers may order copies of public
work-in-progress documents referenced in CSR.  Such orders can be
delivered quickly via overnight carrier or facsimile.  (Completed
standards should be ordered from the appropriate standards
organization or distributor.)

Communications Standards Summary (CSS) is a TIA-authorized
publication, first published in February, 1994.  CSS reports the
status all TIA TR- committee active projects and recently completed
standards four times per year.  You can track the standards work of
nine TIA committees (and 34 subcommittees), and hundreds of standards
projects.

TIA Committees projects in CSS:
TR-8    Land Mobile Services
TR-14    Point to Point Communications
TR-29    Facsimile Systems & Equipment
TR-30    Data Transmission Systems and Equipment
TR-32    Personal Radio Equipment
TR-34.2    Earth Station Satellite Antenna
TR-41    User-Premises Telecom Requirements
TR-45    Public Wireless 800 MHz Standards
TR-46    Wireless & Personal Comm. 1800 MHz

Information about each project includes:

Project Number / committee
Title and description of the Project
Expected publication ID, if available
Editor's name, company affiliation
Current project status
Related work in other committees

In summary:

CSR provides timely detailed coverage of the lower layer (OSI layers
1-3) wide area networking (WAN, below 1 Mbit/s) technical standards
committee work, in TIA and ITU-T.  The price is $795.00 per year.

CSS provides a quarterly summary of all TIA TR-committee active projects and
recently completed standards.  The price is $250.00 per year.

To request a sample copy of either or both journals (no obligation),
contact Elaine Baskin at:

Communications Standards Review
757 Greer Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303-3024  USA
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
e-mail: [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 07:02:54 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: New UK Dialing Codes


adam ashby <[e-mail]> wrote:

>>  I was wondering if anyone has yet updated the UK area codes
>>  and made them available.

We are working on this now.  Unfortunately Oftel keep announcing new
codes, and as soon as we have a definitive list, we find it is out of
date!  That wouldn't be too bad, since all lists of codes suffer from
a similar problem, but there are a block of allocations which Oftel
haven't yet published (allegedly because the allocations were made by
BT before Oftel took over responsibility for the allcoation process).
We'll have a new list out on the 'Net, just as soon as we can.

For geographic codes, in most cases the translation is to put a "1"
before the active part of the code.  For example, 0222 becomes 01222.
In five of our larger cities (Bristol, Sheffield, Leeds, Nottingham
and Leicester) the code changes completely and local numbers will also
change from six to seven digits.  In Hull and Jersey local numbers also
change from five digits to six.

>>  As a related aside -- all NT DMS switches in the UK were ready
>>  for the new codes before August 1st.

But were they ready for Caller ID, due to be introduced here in just a
few weeks time (November 5th) ?

>>  OfTel (the regulatory body) is currently discussing a new
>>  (proposed) numbering plan for the UK :-

>>  00 - International (current)
>>  01 - PSTN (current)
>>  02 - possible netowrk expansion (new)
>>  03 - New mobile allocations (new)
>>  04 - New mobile allocations (new)
>>  05 - FreePhone numbers (new)
>>  06 - FreePhone numbers (new)
>>  07 - Personal numbers (new) - what are those???
>>  08 - Premium rate (new)
>>  09 - Premium rate (new)

I suspect there are a few inaccuracies here.  02 is intended for a new
form of "regional" numbering to run in parallel with 01, rather than
for expansion (in fact there is very little room for expansion on 01
(a fact that worries many of us because we see it as a way to force
people to change against their will to 02, due to another "shortage of
numbers" - and 02 numbers may well be on a different tariff basis).

Mobile and Pagers were to go to 03 but this has now been changed to
04.  07 is indeed for personal numbers: i.e. numbers that translate to
other numbers, where the translation can be changed remotely by the
customer.  08 will be used for all specially tariffed services,
whether Freefone (our 0800), or Premium Rate: with 03, 06, and 09
being kept in reserve.  The jury is still out on what will happen to
05.


Richard D G Cox

Mandarin Technology, PO Box 111, Penarth, South Glamorgan CF64 3YG
Voice: 0956 700111;    Fax: [phone];    VoiceMail: 0941 151515
e-mail address: [e-mail]; PGP2.6 public key on request

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Craig Hollenbaugh)
Subject: Data Scopes and DSU's
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 11:24:03 GMT
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Organization: Alert Centre, Inc.


Help - I've been doinking with this one for a while, hopefully,
someone has seen it before.

I'm using Comsphere 3610 DSU's for a 56k SDLC circuit.  My problem is:

The only way I can keep the circuit up (RTS/CTS) is to have the
datascope plugged into the circuit and turned on.  Turn off the scope,
RTS goes away.  Has anyone seen this kind of reaction before? I've
tried all the options on the DSU that would seem to matter, but no
luck.

BTW - Host is MVS, my end is an R/S 6000 running SNA.


Craig Hollenbaugh     [e-mail]    303-488-7738
Alert Centre, Inc

------------------------------

From: Andrew A. Poe <[e-mail]>
Subject: Various Telephone Questions
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 10:36:25 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept.


OK, I've got some questions here about this wonderful device known as
the telephone.

1.  800 numbers.  I got this letter from Ameritech (my local phone
company) apologizing profusely for the fact that certain 800 numbers
are now billable.  From what I've read here, I get the impression that
the calls themselves are not billable, but the information received
through such calls are.  Is this true?  This makes sense.  Ameritech
announced that an 800 number must describe its rates in the first
minute of the conversation, and that if you hang up before the rates
are described, you will be billed nothing.

2.  900/976 numbers.  What's the difference here?  The only thing I know
about these numbers is that I've seen commercials for them, some phone
sex lines, some astrology hotlines, and so forth.  Who determines the
rate?  The carrier?  The service?  900 is an "area code," right? While
976 is an "exchange?"

3.  Every so often, I see an ad for a phone service that doesn't have
a 900 or a 976.  What are these?  I've heard stories that these places
will take your number and call you back collect, or will take a credit
card number and bill to your credit card (sounds risky to me).  If
they call you back collect, who determines the rate of the call?  The
carrier?  The service?  How can you call someone collect and charge
more for the call?  Or is there some way you can use some non-900,
non-976 number to charge the caller an exorbitant sum?

4.  How old are area codes/direct dialing?

5.  800 numbers overseas.  My overseas calling card has an AT&T 800
service, where you can call AT&T 800 numbers from anywhere in the world;
of course, the calls are not toll free overseas, which seems perfectly
reasonable.  Is there a way to dial any 800 number overseas, provided
you're willing to pay for the call?  How about 900 numbers?

6.  Toll lines specifically by carrier.  Getting back to phone ads; I've
seen some phone sex ads that say just dial 10333-1-xxx-xxx-xxxx.  As this
is the Sprint access code, I assume that Sprint is the one that charges
you an arm and a leg.  But what if I were to dial that number via AT&T?
Would it even work, or would I get some message saying "You may only dial
this number via Sprint!"

7.  How come there aren't any area codes numbered x11?  Are they
forbidden, or is it just that no one has gotten around to assigning
them yet?

8.  Does Mexico have area codes or doesn't it?  I have two 1993-4 phone
books, from different companies.  One has the country code of Mexico as
52.  The other has it as 1, like the US and Canada, and lists area codes
for different parts of Mexico.

Thanks for responses to this rambling information.  I greatly appreciate
it.


Andrew A. Poe
522 HILL ST
ANN ARBOR  MI  48104-3223
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
[phone]
[e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well, you certainly squeezed a lot of
questions into one message. Let me try to answer a few for you. I will
defer on question one (billable 800) simply because later today or
tomorrow I shall have an issue of the Digest devoted to that topic.
The main difference between 900/976 is that 900 is usually (but does
not have to be) national in range, while 976 is usually limited in
reachability to a specific community. 976 is usually limited to one-
way outbound recorded messages while 900 can be interactive. 900 is
a service code, not technically an 'area code'. 976 is a 'prefix'.

Information Providers who use regular numbers have to have some way of
billing the caller. They do so by credit card frequently, and some have
an arrangement with a telephone company to enter the charges into the
telephone billing system. With credit cards, as you point out, it is
quite risky: the information providers are constantly being defrauded
by people using bogus card numbers, etc.  Oh?  You meant it the other
way around; that there is a risk to the consumer of the services? Yes,
that happens also.  If they collect their money by calling back 'collect'
then they have an arrangement with some telco or long distance carrier
to put the 'collect charges' into the billing system at whatever amount
is specified.

Area codes were devised in the late 1940's and came into common use
during the middle to late 1950's as automatic phone service (that is,
subscriber dials call) became common and manual service was being
phased out.

A lot of carriers have gateway points in the USA where you can connect
for the purpose of dialing an 800 number in the USA. 900 numbers are
strictly for use in the USA; there is no way to call one from outside
this country.

If an information provider can guarentee to a long distance carrier a
certain amount of traffic per month on an *exclusive basis* -- typically
many thousands of dollars per monnth in traffic -- the carrier may find
it to its advantage to bypass the local telco in the process, and the
resulting termination fees the local telco gets paid. The carrier then
is wired direct to the subscriber and the carrier shares the savings
with the IP. The IP makes his living from this sharing of the savings
the long distance carrier receives on termination fees. In turn, the
IP must refuse to accept calls sent through any other carrier; he won't
get paid for those calls.

There are no area codes numbered 'x11' because it is a dumb idea. How
would you like to live in area code 911 or area code 411? As far as
Mexico is concerned, I have no idea what they do there and anyway, this
response is getting too long. Next time you write, please confine your
message to one topic at a time. That applies to other writers also.  PAT]

------------------------------

From: [e-mail] (Scott D Fybush)
Subject: NYNEX/MA and NXX Assignments
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 04:15:34 GMT


As with every other telco, NYNEX here in Massachusetts has been
assigning a lot of new NXX's lately, what with all the fax machines
and cellular phones and pagers and such.  But I have to wonder
sometimes whether anyone's awake at the switch when it comes to
deciding WHICH NXX to assign where.

617-647 has long been assigned to the Waltham CO (my home CO, as it
happens, though I'm on one of the old TWinbrook/89X NXXs).  The
Waltham CO serves the entire city of Waltham and much of the adjacent
town of Weston, Mass.  Weston shares a small, but significant boundary
with the town of Natick.  That boundary is also the 508/617 line.  And
now, NYNEX has assigned 508-647, in, you guessed it, Natick!

I can only imagine the confusion this is likely to cause among the
many people who travel between the Natick area and the Waltham area
daily.  It's even possible that two adjacent homes along Mass. Route
30 could end up having similar or even identical 647-XXXX numbers, one
in 508, the other in 617.

What makes it all the more puzzling is that there are so many
available NXXs left in 508, including 652, 654, and 659, all of which
would fit the established 65X pattern for Natick exchanges (651, 653,
and 655 are the current Natick NXXs.)

Anyone have a good explanation for this one?


Scott Fybush - [e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: The line has to be drawn somewhere, and
invariably some people in one area code will sit fifty feet away from
some people in the other area code. In large metropolitan urban areas,
there is no easy way to avoid some very arbitrary boundary lines these
days. It would be different had there been some advance planning forty
years ago in how prefixes were assigned and boundaries laid out. But
now, to avoid massive confusion for everyone, things are done the way
they are done. I could show you as an example the northwest side of
Chicago (the city itself) were a very ragged and at times obscure
boundary line separates the city itself (312) from the suburbs (708).
It should be so simple that one side of the street is 312 and the
other side is 708; that would be *easy* ... and in fact that is usually
how it occurs, but as you inch right up on the boundary line itself
you'll find (in our case here on the northwest side) the city limits
and thus the area code for the subscriber goes house by house, with
the boundary cutting down alleys and through the middle of a block.
Sometimes even between two houses side by side where for whatever
reason one is in the city and the other is technically in a suburb
or perhaps an unincorporated area. We have two small villages (Harwood
Heights and Norridge, Illinois) which are completely surrounded on
all sides by the city of Chicago, yet are not part of the city and
thus are in area 708, completely surrounded on all sides by area 312.

David Tampkin is much more knowledgeable than I on the precise boundary
lines on the northwest side of the city and I would defer to him for
any specifics in the event anyone is interested. There is also a little
community with people, and stores, etc which is not part of anything
over there -- neither the city or a suburb -- called 'Unincorporated
Norwood Park Township' -- serviced governmentally by Cook County.
Some of it is considered 312 and some 708. To compound matters, there
are two telcos in the area: Illinois Bell and Centel. Both telcos use
both area codes; both telcos have a very arbitrary boundary line for who
services what area geographically, to say nothing of *which area code*
each one uses. So Unincorporated Norwood Park Township has two telcos
interchangeably using two area codes serving a couple thousand people
at most over an area maybe a mile wide by a mile long. So imagine if
you will that you are on Illinois Bell in 312 and the house next door
to you is in Centel 708. Across the street is a guy in Illinois Bell 708
and next to him is someone in Centel 312. All the Illinois Bell customers
regardless of 312/708 are serviced out of a central office known as
'Chicago-Newcastle'. Centel also refers to *their* 312 customers as
'Newcastle', but they are serviced out of a central office in Des Plaines,
Illinois that is otherwise strictly 708.  But where IBT treats some of the
Unincorporated Norwood Park Township people 'as though' they were in Chicago
for numbering purposes, they have to have an exchange all their own not
otherwise available in area 312. Why?  Well because of the hook to 911
and Chicago police. On that sole exchange in 312, calls to 911 have to
go to intercept since the county sheriff does not have 911 service as
do many of the individual police departments. One of the reasons serial
killer John Wayne Gacy got away with -- well, murder -- for so long was
the fact that the block of Summerdale Avenue on which he lived is mostly
unincorporated. A couple houses on the block are within the city of Chicago
and I think maybe part of the block is within Des Plaines, Illinois, but
not his house. It was finally the Des Plaines police who put him away;
Chicago police had no involvement in the case at all.   PAT]

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From: [e-mail] (Jeff Buckingham)
Subject: T-1 is Much Better Than Frame Relay
Date: 18 Oct 1994 02:29:58 GMT
Organization: Call America, San Luis Obispo CA USA Earth Sol


We had an interesting experience at Call America triing to buy Frame
Relay.  We needed to connect offices in Salinas, Fresno, Bakersfield,
and Santa Barbara with our Main office in San Luis Obispo. We had
planned to connect to frame relay at the T-1 level from San Luis
Obispo. The other offices were going to be connected at the 56k level.
The bids we got from AT&T, MCI, and Sprint were about $6700.00 per
month.

We then discovered that we can purchase T-1's to each office for about
$2000.00 per month. This was very interesting because we were able to
buy 24 times the bandwidth for 1/3 of the price.

We are a long distance carrier and we do purchase T-1's for about 7-15
cents per circuit mile (each T-1 has 24 circuit miles per mile of
distance) so our situation may be different from some end users but I
really think that the whole frame relay thing is vastly over hyped and
many companies are being sold frame relay who do not really need it.


Jeff Buckingham ([e-mail])
Call America 4251 South Higura Street, Suite 800, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
805-545-5100 (Voice)  805-541-7007 (Fax)

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