Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-sem.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ucbvax!ucdavis!lll-crg!seismo!brl-tgr!brl-sem!ron From: ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.analog Subject: Re: tel. long distance Message-ID: <440@brl-sem.ARPA> Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 14:41:08 EST Article-I.D.: brl-sem.440 Posted: Thu Oct 24 14:41:08 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 27-Oct-85 06:35:57 EST References: <138@biomed.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 10 > goes......... Whenever you dial a long distance number yourself, such as > 0-986-2345, and then wait a few seconds, you hear an eerie, fading, > boiiinnngggggg sound somewhat like an electronic gong, which makes it sound This lets you know that you are connected to one of the more brilliant long distance connections and lets you know that you can now enter your credit card number or hit zero for a live operator without having to have the line timeout. -Ron