Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tikal.teltone.COM!arnie From: arnie@tikal.teltone.COM (Arnold Koster) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Automated Alert System Message-ID: <964@tikal.Teltone.COM> Date: 4 May 88 14:23:42 GMT References: <8805040322.AA23478@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Reply-To: tikal!arnie@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Arnold Koster) Organization: Teltone Corp., Kirkland, WA Lines: 30 Approved: telecom@xx.lcs.mit.edu In article <8805040322.AA23478@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> DREUBEN@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU (Douglas Scott Reuben) writes: > I've recently noticed something odd about the Bell automated alert system. >"The number you have reached, 555-9494, has been temporarily >disconnected, and calls are being taken by, Area Code 301 , 555-1209. Please >make a note of it." > I have noticed that whenever one gets one of these messages, in the >background, one can hear many other messages at the samr time. > Thanks, > -Doug >DReuben%Eagle.Weslyn@Wesleyan.Bitnet >DReuben@Eagle.Weslyn These messages are recorded on a continuous multi-track tape belt, about 1-1/2 to 2 inches wide, with different messages on each track. What you are hearing in the background is the message that is recorded on the tracks adjacent to the one your message is on, due to head misalignment within the machine. The tones at the beginning of these messages are called SIT tones (Special Information Tones) and identify the type of message that follows. Arnie Koster ...uw-beaver!tikal!arnie arnie@tikal.Teltone.com -- Arnie Koster arnie@tikal.Teltone.COM ...uw-beaver!tikal!arnie