-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Sean Donelan Sent: September 20, 2003 6:29 PM To: Lyndon Nerenberg Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: If Verisign *really* wants to help ...
On Sat, 20 Sep 2003, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
The logical follow-on to IP-based Sitefinder is SS7-based Phonefinder. I propose we redirect all "not in service" telephone numbers to Verisign's CEOs direct telephone number.
Actually, AT&T already tried that once upon a time.
If you dialed a number that was busy or not in service it redirected you to a "helpful" recording offering for a small charge to ring you back when the number was available.
AT&T discontinued it less than a week later.
Just out of curiosity, why did they discontinue it? Here in Bell Canada land, this type of thing has been around for hm... 8 years or so? There was a big outcry the first week or so from dialup users (at the time, busy signals were more common than now), then eventually they all did the *XX code to permanently disable it. It is still enabled on new [residential, at least] POTS lines. Vivien -- Vivien M. vivienm@dyndns.org Assistant System Administrator Dynamic DNS Network Services http://www.dyndns.org/