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From: covert@CASTOR.DEC (John Covert)
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Subject: More on Residential Call Pick-up
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Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 03:23:00 EST
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As I mentioned, "Multi-Line Variety Pak" or "Premiere" or whatever
it's called in your favorite state is not tariffed everywhere, which
explains Fred Goldstein not knowing about it.
 
As tariffed in Atlanta, separate customers CAN agree to belong to the
same group, even though they receive separate bills, and can do call
pickup even though it may not be very useful if the premises are far
enough apart that you can't hear the bell ringing.  Two of my friends
in Atlanta who used to live in adjacent apartments kept MLVP after
one of them moved about a mile away.
 
Another friend, in Minneapolis, ordered two lines with the service and
then had one line removed -- and then, in effect, had a one-line CENTREX.
The advantage was the call transfer and call hold features, not available
on normal POTS lines.
 
/john