Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!rutgers!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: Miguel_Cruz@ub.cc.umich.edu Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: New Techniques for Busy Verification? Message-ID:Date: 27 Sep 89 09:41:02 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 13 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 414, message 4 of 10 I called the Michigan Bell operator the other day to have a busy number verified... I dialed 0+764-1817, after the bong, I dialed 0. An operator came on. "This number's been busy -- " -click- less than two seconds later, "Sir, there's talking on the line," came back from the operator. What happened to Verify operators? Time was, you got to listen to the operator call another operator, you could chat while the second operator was off for 30 seconds or so doing who knows what. This whole transaction, from dialing to hanging up, took less than 30 seconds. Miguel_Cruz@ub.cc.umich.edu