A Word About the “Distinctive Ring Service”
Your local telephone company has provided you with an inexpensive “
Distinctive Ring” service which increases your communications capability.
The service goes by different names depending on the telephone company
-Custom Ringing by U.S. West, Smart Ring by GTE, Ring Master by Bell South,
Ring Mate by NYNEX, Personalized Ringing by Southwestern Bell, Call Identification
Service by Ameritech, Ident-a Ring by Bell Atlantic, etc.
These services all work in the same manner. Two, and sometimes three, different
numbers can be requested from the phone company. The numbers ring through
a single line coming into the business or residence and each number can
be distinguished by the pattern of the ring. These ring patterns are made
up of various combinations of ring bursts.
Examples of the different ring patterns would be:
|
Original Number |
1 Regular Ring |
|
Second Number |
2 Short Rings |
|
Third Number |
3 Rings (Shorts and Longs) |