RE: Home/Business Highway foible....

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

Yes.

I have often dialled from one to the other when testing caller ID or Call
Diversion.

Keith

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 24 September 2001 12:48
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Home/Business Highway foible....
>
>
> 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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