On Nov 04 23:44 95, Leif Neland of 2:234/49 wrote to Jerry Schwartz:
BPC>> of waiting there forever waiting for a handshake signal. They have 
hese
BPC>> answering thing dealies with BELL that asks you if you want to leave a
BPC>> voice mail message if the data line is busy. I don't want my modem
BPC>> sticking on the line while that message is playing...
JS>> That would be a violation of P4 if you are calling a Fido sysop.
LN> Perhaps the subscriber doesn't have a choice?
LN> Some exchanges say "The line is either busy or out of order", if the 
phone 
LN> is off-hook for more than 90 seconds, eg. when tossing mail. It is a 
little 
LN> difficult to make the phone company understand it is violating fidonet 
LN> policy...
It isn't, because that should not count as chargeable call.  The original 
message said that the system had automatic roll-over to a voice mailbox, a 
much different thing.  However, now that I've seen Bayani's followup message 
I confess I am confused.
Jerry Schwartz
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