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In some instances the Number Unobtainable Tone may be used instead. This is a continuous, uninterrupted 400 Hz tone. The signal is used to indicate that the destination is unreachable, either because all circuits (trunks) are busy, the called number is out of service, the call is unroutable, or sometimes that an invalid code has been dialed. [1]
Telecommunication equipment such as fax machines and modems are designed to recognize certain tones, such as dial tone and busy tone. The ITU-T E.180 and E.182 recommendations define the technical characteristics and intended usage of some of these tones. ToneScript is a tone description format that may be used to specify the tone.
A reorder tone, sometimes called a fast busy signal, indicates that no transmission path to the called number is available. This can occur either because the Inter-LATA trunk is busy at the time of the call- in which case this clears in a few seconds, if one redials- or the number is temporarily out of service, due to maintenance or the number ...
On busy or no answer *28[phone number] *38 On busy *74[phone number] *740 On no answer *73[phone number] *730 Immediately *724704732775 *720 As of January 2012 ...
Dialing *70 can prevent the call from completing when the phone line does not have the call waiting feature active. Leave this option unchecked if you are no longer able to connect. 3. Check or uncheck, “I have to dial this number to reach an outside line” depending on your telephone line. Normally, this should not be selected.
486 Busy Here Callee is busy. [1]: §21.4.24 487 Request Terminated Request has terminated by bye or cancel. [1]: §21.4.25 488 Not Acceptable Here Some aspect of the session description or the Request-URI is not acceptable. [1]: §21.4.26 489 Bad Event The server did not understand an event package specified in an Event header field.
Wrong number scams — in which con artists send out huge batches of eye-grabbing but innocuous texts — have become the introduction du jour for scammers looking for people to bilk for money
Like a dial tone or busy signal, the SIT is an in-band signal intended both to be heard by the caller, and to be detected by automated dialing equipment to determine a call has failed. In North America, the AT&T/Bellcore SIT standard allows the frequency and duration of the tones to vary slightly - making eight distinct messages specifically ...