Text 11515, 60 rader
Skriven 2005-08-08 16:53:32 av Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1)
  Kommentar till text 11491 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
Ärende: Re: Cell phone charges
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*** Quoting Michiel van der Vlist from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

MvdV> Hello Carol,

 > LOL, that reminds me.  No one in Japan can dial my BBS from
 > the nodelisted phone set without translation if they have a
 > DSN line.  Had to email a friend with the right number to use

MvdV> That would be very confusing to the vast majority of th eFidoNet commu
MvdV> as the second node would be undialable for them and they's have no clu
MvdV> whatsoever why. OTOH those calling from a DSN line would have a fair c
MvdV> why they can not just dial the number as listed and how to deal with t
MvdV> situation.

Yup.  Thats why I dropped the idea.  I can think of only 4-5 folks who would be
able to take advantage of it (I'd be a free dial for them) but the
complication to others would make it senseless to try and harmful possibly.

I have contacted a few who I think could dial me for free, and one of them does
now and again.  There's no true 'standard' for DSN translation via the
switching stations so I have to give them the right number.

MvdV> For a DSN user, the translation is a bit more complicated, but I don't
MvdV> think it is beyond the capabilities of most mailers. I note that the l
MvdV> six digits of your number are the same, so it is just a matter of tran
MvdV>  81-6160- into 3152. Piece of cake.

Yup.  Easy for FD to handle.  My rare dialer, just uses Telix so just entered
the right number and let it fly.  Anyone dialing me inside Japan, from a
'normal' line, would use my nodelisted entry just fine.  It doesnt look
'normal' though to Japanese folks.  They'd expect 0956- not 6160-.  Best as i
know, all Japan areacodes start with 0 (indicates 'LD' call outside your
areacode).

 > I had lots of *fun* trying to make sure i had the number right
 > that the rest of you had to use to reach me.  They've upgraded
 > something in the past week so I need to remind myself to test
 > dial Sweden and the Nederlands to see if i can get a better
 > connection there.  Sweden didnt work at all, Michiel did.  Not
 > sure if Michiel can direct dial me though (never asked him to
 > try).  I think he gets charged for a busy signal and since I
 > BBS online, I tie up the line quite a bit of the day.

MvdV> No, I do not not get charged for a busy signal.

 > (Michiel, if you see this and are *not* charged for a busy,
 > and feel it is worth a dime or so, wanna send me a test?

MvdV> Just did. Works fine. Got a 26400 connect, which is the same as what I
MvdV> get for most calls.

Cool and thank you!  I bounce rates from 16,800 to 36,400 here most of the time
and recently been getting some stray 4800's and such.  I seem to recall my
switching station tends to degrade in summer so there might be some sort of
heat related issue involved which I would presume to be in the Base
Communications Building where the switch is.
                                       xxcarol

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