23 Jan
2003
23 Jan
'03
5:33 a.m.
On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Hans Franke wrote:
Yep, for real. Some phone companies will not ring the line for more than
so many rings these days. After the phone rings for a certain amount of
time, a message will come on saying something like "the person you are
calling is not home". The idea is that it costs them in energy bills for
the 90VAC ring.
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The going
rates for businesses in our area (south Texas, using
Southwestern Bell) is to bill by the minute, with start/stop time and
ring-time measured and billed in 6-second increments. If your party
answers before the 3rd ring, there's no ring charge. It they answer
between the 2nd & 4th ring, there's a 6-second charge. If they answer
after the 4th ring, there's a full minute charge.
A RING CHARGE ?
By Jove! That's the most ridicoulous thing I ever hered after
being introduced to roaming charges in the US... Are you for
real? YOu are jokeing, right?