uk.telecom mini FAQ (weekly posting)
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:00:01 +0000
This is a weekly short posting giving brief details of where to find
more information about the subject of uk.telecom: telecommunications
in the UK.
The FAQ for the group is available on the web at
<URL:http://www.gbnet.net/net/uk-telecom/>
The FAQ is dated May 1996. This may seem out of date but the basics
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I am on BT Basic, will 18185 work on my line?
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 23:58:39 -0000
My son is going to be staying with me for a few weeks, maybe 3 months, we
don't know yet, but can he use 18185 seeing as my line has been converted to
BT Basic? He wanted to use this line whilst he is with me for a few weeks.
Thanks
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External NTE
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:54:20 -0800 (PST)
Hi
Any openreach engineers out there that may have access to one of the
new External NTEs now being fitted at newbuild premises?
Thanks ...
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Getting a rotary telephone working
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 06:20:02 -0800 (PST)
Will a rotary telephone function on a cable line?
Scenario :
I've connected a 1950's rotary telephone to my Cablecom router, via
the RJ11 line input. The telephone is connected to the RJ11 jack with
the Cablecom RJ11->TT splitter which essentially presents two wires
that map directly to the (only) two wires fro ...
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Re: Nuisance call - any ideas?
Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:42:01 +0000
"George Weston" <geoweston@NOSPAMgooglemail.com> writes:
> How can you configure a large PBX with DDI facilities in a way that direct
> outgoing calls from extensions don't come up as "anonymous" calls?
> If this is possible, I'd like to know, so I can tell my IT department!
As it is a large PBX, I am assumin ...
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OT: Purple pipes
Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:32:58 +0000
Does anybody know what the purple pipes are that seem to be laid by the side [or
cable tied to the barriers] of many motorways? Eg A1(M) in Yorkshire, M1, M42,
M62, etc? I assume purple signifies a certain use, eg telecoms.
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Re: Nuisance call - any ideas?
Sun, 1 Nov 2009 18:12 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
In article <7l5nrsF3c1pfaU1@mid.individual.net>,
geoweston@NOSPAMgooglemail.com (George Weston) wrote:
>
> How can you configure a large PBX with DDI facilities in a way that
> direct outgoing calls from extensions don't come up as "anonymous"
> calls?
> If this is possible, I'd like to know, so I can tell ...
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Re: Nuisance call - any ideas?
1 Nov 2009 15:41:30 GMT
On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:30:01 +0000, George Weston wrote:
> "Paul Cummins" <usethebl@stedphone.invalid> wrote in message
> news:memo.20091101145841.1568A@cix.co.uk...
>> In article <7l5dnbF3cki38U1@mid.individual.net>,
>> geoweston@NOSPAMgooglemail.com (George Weston) wrote:
>>
>>> The problem with blocking wit ...
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Re: Nuisance call - any ideas?
Sun, 1 Nov 2009 14:58 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
In article <7l5dnbF3cki38U1@mid.individual.net>,
geoweston@NOSPAMgooglemail.com (George Weston) wrote:
> The problem with blocking withheld calls is that this will stop
> calls from most large organisations who call you from a PBX
> extension.
Only if the PABX is misconfigured...
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TV: Bell & Baird"Scots who made the modern world"
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:42:30 -0700 (PDT)
BBC2 Scotland (available in other areas on satellite, probably also on
BBC iPlayer)
Tues 3 Nov 2100
http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nq9ss
From bank machines to the Bank of England, from telephones to
television, the inventions and innovations of Scots have, for better
or worse, defined globalisation and cha ...
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