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  2. Special information tone - Wikipedia

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    The equipment can then make an intelligent choice about what to do next. If the circuits were busy, then calling again later makes sense; if the number was disconnected, then calling again is futile. As an alternative to the in-band SIT tone and recording, SS7 allows call progress advisories to be played/displayed to callers in their own language.

  3. Intercept message - Wikipedia

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    If a phone receiver is left off-hook, some phone systems may use an intercept message to inform callers to hang up their phone receivers. The most common message reads as follows: If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again. If you need help, hang up and then dial your operator. A formerly-used variation of this message was as ...

  4. Disconnect tone - Wikipedia

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    Reproduction of an iOS phone disconnect tone (not the original audio) A disconnect tone in telephony is a tone provided to the remaining party to a call after the remote party hangs up. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Typically, the disconnect tone is a few cycles of the reorder , busy , or the off-hook tone (e.g. in US), or between five and fifteen seconds of the ...

  5. AOL Dialer: Fix common problems - AOL Help

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    1. Check phone line for dial tone, and line quality. 2, Redial. 3. Select a different access number(s). Access Numbers work better with certain modems.

  6. Busy signal - Wikipedia

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    A busy signal (or busy tone or engaged tone) in telephony is an audible call-progress tone or audible signal to the calling party that indicates failure to complete the requested connection of that particular telephone call.

  7. TeleZapper - Wikipedia

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    On detecting a ring and answer of any phone on the line, the Telezapper will immediately play a sequence of Special information tones or "SIT": one of eight internationally standardized signals that indicate a call cannot be completed. Typically the "Intercept" or "IC" SIT is used, indicating the number called has been disconnected or changed.

  8. What is a ‘wind phone’? Concept helps offer comfort to those ...

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    The concept comes from Japan, and the idea is that a disconnected phone booth can give people a space to grieve by “talking” to lost loved ones. “Sometimes you just need something different ...

  9. Call-progress tone - Wikipedia

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    August 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) In telephony , call progress tones are audible tones that provide an indication of the status of a telephone call to the user. The tones are generated by a central office or a private branch exchange (PBX) to the calling party .