Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site spuxll.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!whuxle!spuxll!ech From: ech@spuxll.UUCP (Ned Horvath) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Call Waiting, second line Message-ID: <482@spuxll.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Jun-84 01:01:25 EDT Article-I.D.: spuxll.482 Posted: Mon Jun 4 01:01:25 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Jun-84 20:09:26 EDT References: <293@sri-arpa.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems, South Plainfield NJ Lines: 18 FYI, a second line strictly for data use is NOT an expensive proposition; call your local phone company and inquire about a "teen line." I don't know how broadly the following applies (can Lauren or someone like him confirm?), but in the NJ Bell service area, at least, a teen line is - cheap, like $5/month - unlisted by default (so you can leave the ringer OFF, every call is a wrong number, or deserves an auto-answer tone!), - can have different calling services. For example, I had call waiting and pulse code on my main number, no call waiting and touch tone on the teen line. - toll charges are listed and totalled separately, facilitating the preparation of vouchers and/or tax records. In short, the irate fathers of the past appear to have demanded precisely the characteristics you want for that second line -- cheap, fully separate, and unlisted. What more could you ask? =Ned=