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Posted by Robert Bonomi on April 4, 2005, 4:04 pm
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>>> I seem to recall the PacBell/SBC never offered alternate DN's aka
>>> "Ringmaster" whereby a 2nd directory number rang the same pair with
>>> different cadence.
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>>> Is this still true, or is it available under a new buzzword?
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>>Here in Orange County, CA it was offered as a way to get the fax machine
>>to answer on the same line. Of course you had to have the fax machine
>>that could detect the different cadences. I don't remember what it's
>>called, but for such a simple and easy thing to do, it was way
>>overpriced.
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>Well, the name would help since the reps I ask are clueless on same...
See if "Distinctive Ring" gets any response.
However, what I found, via a Google search, tends to indicate that
PacBell does _not_ offer the feature.
quoting from <http://www.rayvaughan.com/autopatch.htm>, regarding
distinctive ring offerings:
Telco Service Name Total numbers per line
Bell South RingMaster 3
GTE Distinctive Ring 2
Ameritech Multi-Ring 3
US West Custom Ringing 3
SW Bell Personalized Ring 3
Bell Atlantic RingMate 3
PacBell Not available 1
Pac Bell offers something called "priority ringing" where you get a
"distinctive ring" when the call is from any of a list of 'special'
numbers.
I suspect there is an inherent conflict between that and the "multiple
DN on one wire-pair with unique ring cadence" service.
One option might be to see what a CLEC, instead of Pac Bell, has to offer.
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