>By using ISDN - you would receive notfication and send >control in digital to/from the local 'switch' which is >your interafce into the telco network. The ISDN I/F >would notify you (as it does for all phases of a call) >if the far end picked up on the call, as the call's >*voice circuit* is not cut through (this saves the LD >network provider money) until a call is actually picked >up on the far end ... unless the far-end 'terminating' >switch is something old that doesn't speak SS7 back >into the network ... BTW, this is an interesting subject - Does anyone knows how to interface a= PIC to an ISDN line, and get/send data/control on it? I'd love to fiddle= with it :o))) ---8<---Corte aqui---8<---- Alexandre Souza taito@terra.com.br http://planeta.terra.com.br/lazer/pinball/ ---8<---Corte aqui---8<---- -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body