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NorthWestern Syndicate
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Presents:
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THE SYNDICATE REPORT
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Issue No. 4
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Written by The Sensei
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Copyright (C) Aug. 10 1986
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The Syndicate Report is stictly Bell orientated information. Without some
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background, reading in this material could cause a problem to understand.
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PRIVACY OF COMMUNICATIONS:
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In this article, I've gathered forward rules operators (that have the
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ability to intercept a line) strict rules they must abide by.
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Operator Privacy Rules Are:
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- No transmission, either by voice, data, or other non-voice communi-
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cation, is to be tampered with or intruded upon.
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- No conversation between customers, or transmission of data or non-
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voice communication, should be listened to or monitored, nor should its
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existence be divulged, except as required in the proper management of the
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business.
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- No one should use, personally or for the benefit of others, infor-
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mation from any communication.
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- Communications arrangements with customers, and information about
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billing records, equipment, or cicuits, are not be disclosed to any unauthor-
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ized person.
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- If a law enforcement organization, or any other government authority,
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asks or by Company regulation -- the request should be referred immedicately to
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the Company's Security Division.
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NorthWestern Bell has a suposed "GOOD" reputation about privacy. So if
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you have the slightest suspection of your line being tampered with, inform your
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local Bell Representative (Any Operator).
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Pacific Northwest Bell has embarked on a modernization program that
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will make it the first multi-state telephone company in the United States
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with all computerized switching offices.
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When the conversions are complete in 1988, PNB also will be the first
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multi-state telephone company in the United States to offer all of its company
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that handles the toll calls they place through 1-plus dialing.
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SYNDICATE REPORT FAST MONEY/TIME SAVING TIP:
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Setting up a teleconference? Here's a time-saving tip: arrance it on
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the quarter hour. Most teleconferences are assembled on the hour and the most
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popular times are 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Teleconferences attendants are being
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overwhelmed at those times and conferees can spend excessive ammounts of time
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on hold.
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FIBER OPTICS BREAKTHROUGH:
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The highcost of laser technology had been viewed as a major obstacle in
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the expansion of fiber optics technology to business and residential pre-
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mises. Scientists from AT&T Technology, however, have discovered a way to
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get around the need for a laser in every home or business. Instead of using
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a laser in each piece of fiber optics equipment, they've found that certain
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"photodetectors" can reflect laser light piped from switching offices and
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carry the transmission.
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NEW UNIX DEVELOPMENT:
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The Centron/Centrex ECAP (Electronic Customer Access Program) System is
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an enhanced service availble to Centron and Centrex central office equipment
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users. Currently Centron/Centrex users must call a Business Office to have
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changes made to their equipment. The process is expensive and slow. The user
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is charged for each service order and the work may not be completed for
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several days.
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The new ECAP system allows the use to enter equipment changes directly
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to a Bell computer via a computer terminal. The computer then prints the
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orders to be worked. The work is completed within 24 hours and the user is
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charged on a monthly basis rather than on a per-serice basis.
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The ECAP system is a series on programs written in the "C" programming
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language to run a UNIX-based Plexus minicomputer. There are ECAP Plexus
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computer located in Omaha, St. Paul and Des Moines and soon to reach other
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designated areas. Each of is capable of handling up to 16 simultaneous users.
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The Unify Data Base Manager has been incorporated into the software
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to allow the user fast and easy access to their data base of line records
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which contain the feature for the individual telephone line. The ECAP
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system was developed for the Marketing Department by the UNIX Development
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Section of ISO.
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DVX-DIGITAL VOICE EXCHANGE SYSTEM:
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Bell recently loaded on the NWB DVX system the FEATURE PACKAGE 5 which
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incorporates feature that meet existing and future users needs. Here are a few
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examples on the system:
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Personalized Greetings for the Message Center:
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The Messge Center Personalized Greeting is a greeting recorded by DVX users
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that is played when a caller is transferted to the Message Center. The greet-
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ing is played to inform the caller, in the user's own voice, that they are not
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available and leave a message after the tone.
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Personalized Greeting for the Extended Absence:
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Callers attempting to create and send messages to DVX users are notified
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via a pre-recorded greeting that the user in on extended absence. With FP 5,
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and Extended Absence Notification can now be personalized in the user's own
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voice to inform callers that they are not available for a user-specified
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length of time of up to one year. Users have the option to have their Extended
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Absense Greeting played instead on their Message Center Greeting. The greeting
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in active during the entire absence date has expired or that dat is cancelled
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by the user.
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Name Response:
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When callers reach a Message Center, they receive a DVX system
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administrator's recording of the user's name. With FP 5, individuals can
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record their own name response to be played instead on the system
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administrator's version during directory search, mailbox scan or when verifying
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a user's ID or message delivery.
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Enhanced Mailing List Capabilities:
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With FP 5, users can create, name, edit, review and delete their own mailing
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lists via telephone keypad.
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CLASS of Service:
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FP 5 allows a DVX system adminitrator to limit specific users services.
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(See Syndicate Report #3 on tracing/blocking calls.)
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Yet to come in the next few weeks is the capability to integrate with
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the Centrex here at any Bell Company. The features included here will be a
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stutter dial tone when you pick up the phone to indicate to you that a message
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or messages are waiting on DVX. Also, for those of you who utilize the Message
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Center function, the caller will no longer have to re-enter the called party's
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extension number and enables DVX to provide the caller with the name of the
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person being called.
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If there is any question to the information in this file, contact the
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author. Now can be easily found on the Private Sector 20 Meg, 3/1200
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baud system at (201) 366-4431 (2600 Magazine).
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This concludes this Issue No. 4 presented by:
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The Syndicate Report
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The information in this file is copyrighted and all rights reserved. This file
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may, in whole or in part be copied, photocopied, reprinted, translated, recuded
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to any electronic medium or machine readable form or reproduction in any manner
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as long as no part or parts of information is tampered without prior consent in
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writing from The Sensei, NWS., Syndicate Report Aug. 10 1986.
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