RE: Home/Business Highway foible....

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

Keith, are you dialling one of your analog numbers from the other one on
the
same highway line?

I didn't think you could do that... - At least I'm sure I couldn't when I
tried a year or two ago, when I wanted to test my RAS server setup...

Paul G.





>From: "Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Home/Business Highway foible....
>Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 11:58:32 +0100
>
>Not with mine.
>
>Got 1 channel using ISDN for net,
>used the second channel via a TA to dial each of my 3 numbers in turn
and
>got engaged each time.
>
>Where were you making the call from ?
>
>Fixed landline, mobile , something else ?
>
>Keith
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ian Lowe [mailto:ian@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 24 September 2001 10:46
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Home/Business Highway foible....
> >
> >
> >
> > That has caused us a lot of pain... :(
> >
> > With Highway, you can use any two channels at once, chosen from
the 2
> > digital and 2 analog channel availabvle in any combination. There
is,
> > however, a real stinker of a problem, which BT don't tell you..
:(
> >
> > You get 2 Analog numbers and one digital..
> >
> > If one of your channels is in use, the someone phones either
> > analog number,
> > the free channel is used, and the correct phone rings.
> >
> > If you are using *both* channels, and someone calls the primary
analog
> > number, they get the engaged tone, or bounced of to 1571 Answer
> > service, as
> > you would expect.
> >
> > *BUT* if both channels are in use, and the caller dials the
second
>number,
> > they *DO NOT* get the engaged tone, the get *NUMBER UNOBTAINABLE*
> >
> > Now, if you use the second number as a business line, you can see
how
>this
> > is not a good thing....
> >
> > grrr.
> >
> > The solution? swap the analog numbers around, so the
"personal" number
>is
> > the one that goes unavailable.. *except* this is only available
> > to Business
> > Highway, so you need to swap..... etc etc.
> >
> > And then, BT disconnected both analog lines on Friday Morning,
> > with (so far)
> > no phones back.. When we phoned up to ask for progress, they
killed the
> > Digital line too..
> >
> > and we only got that back at 8:30 this morning...
> >
> > Ian.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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