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From: ben@moncol.UUCP
Newsgroups: mod.telecom
Subject: call pickup
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Date: Sat, 2-Nov-85 23:23:34 EST
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Our college just installed an AT&T system/85 pbx.  One of the most
useful features I have found is 'call pickup'.  A pickup group is
created for a number of different single line telephones in the same
office.  If one telephone in the group rings, it can be answered on
any other by picking up the receiver and pressing the '#' and then the
4 button.  I think this feature would be very useful in my house,
where I have several single line telephones (on different lines).
Since my area has electronic switching (they offer call waiting, etc),
it seems they should be able to offer this service.  Any idea why they
don't?

Ben Broder
..ihnp4!princeton!moncol!ben  (uucp)