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The Telecom Digest for June 16, 2012
Volume 31 : Issue 146 : "text" Format
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Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 02:46:48 -0400
From: tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: MOH box ID
Message-ID: <1oli40qq8gx3t.1ay0f967qa3t5.dlg@40tude.net>
On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:58:48 -0400, ABLE1 wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am trying to ID a MOH (Music On Hold) box. It is black in color,
> has a CD player on one end and other controls, power, audio output on
> the other end. There is no CD installed. ...
A stab in the dark, or two: try the folks at 1-800-HI-HELLO, if they're
still there and selling such telephony equipment -- they might know; or,
try the folks at Viking -- it might even be their equipment.
In either case, though (pardon my crudeness), if they're to help, you'll
need to show them something a bit more concrete than a nameless, faceless,
colorless, dimensionless, out-of-focus photograph or two :-) .
HTH. Cheers, -- tlvp
--
Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP.
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 07:25:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Wes Leatherock <wleathus@yahoo.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Star 69 is a joke?
Message-ID: <1339770358.32471.YahooMailClassic@web111703.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
--- On Wed, 6/13/12, Joseph Singer <joeofseattle@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Is star 69 a joke in the USA? Did they have to choose the one
>> number between 1 and a hundred with a prurient meaning?
>
> Probably just as much of a joke as people in Denver, Somerville
> Mass, Bowdoinham Maine, Seattle and other places who were assigned
> 666 as their CO code. You know, the mark of the beast.
When a new prefix was offered to Phillips Petroleum Company for a
centrex for its headquarters in Barlesville, Okla., it was offered 661
or 666.
It chose 661.
Wes Leatherock
wleathus@yahoo.com
wesrock@aol.com
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:23:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Neal McLain <nmclain@annsgarden.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Ring voltage measurment question
Message-ID: <02f658aa-70e0-491e-9f21-69e777241c84@x17g2000yqg.googlegroups.com>
On Jun 14, 12:10 pm, Mike Spencer <m...@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
[Moderator snip]
> [1] Is there a name for that cabinet? The central office is ca. 13
> miles away, the cabinet only 4 as the wire runs.
Probably Digital loop carrier.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_loop_carrier
Does the box you mention look like the photo in Wikipedia?
Neal McLain
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:17:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: Neal McLain <nmclain@annsgarden.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Star 69 is a joke?
Message-ID: <4c9ff4bd-756f-4442-8e8e-412c3f7b200b@v33g2000yqv.googlegroups.com>
On Jun 13, 1:30 pm, Joseph Singer <joeofseat...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:21:39 -0700 (PDT) Justin Goldberg opined:
>
> > Is star 69 a joke in the USA? Did they have to choose the one number
> > between 1 and a hundred with a prurient meaning?
>
> Probably just as much of a joke as people in Denver, Somerville Mass,
> Bowdoinham Maine, Seattle and other places who were assigned 666 as
> their CO code. You know, the mark of the beast.
Or MOhawk 6 in Chicago.
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