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From: wb8foz@netsys.UUCP (David Lesher)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: DID (was no ringing)
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Date: 5 Dec 87 00:29:28 GMT
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>It sounds as if you are describing what's called a DID (Direct Inward
>Dialing) installation.  This is an arrangement whereby the Central
>Office equipment acts in effect as a tandem, directly signaling the
>subscriber's PBX to connect the call to one of its extensions.  

BTW is it still true that the BOC will only xmit that data to you via
PULSE? (10pps) That was, I believe, the reason why it takes so long for 
DID calls to complete. Now, of course, if you are the BOC 
offering CENTREX, it might mean that you have an advantage.....


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