
MSG LEFT BY: SIR WILLIAM
DATE POSTED: 

     EQUAL ACCESS IS ONLY BEING OFFERED
IN AREAS THAT HAVE ESS ALREADY (TO MY U
NDERSTANDING ANYWAY). IT'S NEEDED SO TH
AT THE SWITCH CAN BE PROGRAMED TO CONNE
CT TO THE OTHER SERVICE WHEN THE '1' IS
DIALED. YES, THE COMMON CARRIER SYSTEM
WILL BE OUT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE BUT
IT'S HARD TO SAY HOW SOON. WHEN THE ESS
 SYSTEMS WERE FIRST UNDER DEVELOPEMENT
THERE WAS THE QUESTION OF USING CC OR H
AVING SEPARATE DATA LINES. CC WAS CHEAP
ER SO THAT'S WHAT THEY WENT WITH, GOOD 
FOR US-BAD FOR THEM. NOW THEY WANT TO H
AVE SEPARATE LINES BUT THE CONVERSION W
ILL BE A LONG AND COSTLY ONE SO WHO KNO
WS HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE. THERE'S THE P
OSSIBILITY THAT BOXING CAN STILL BE USE
D TO SOME EXTENT AS LONG AS THERE'S TWO
CC CO'S LEFT AS LONG AS YOU CAN ACCESS
THEM (OF COURSE THERE'LL NEVER BE JUST
ONE CC CO LEFT-WHO WOULD IT BE TIED TO?
)
     QUICK NOTE ON THE MAC AND TONES:
I KNOW THE MUSIC PROGRAM DOES A GOOD JO
B FOR NOTES. PERHAPS IT'S TUNEABLE. IF 
SO IT COULD DO ANY FREQS. WISH I'D SEEN
THE NOTE BEFORE THE WEEKEND, I'D HAVE F
OUND OUT. I MAY BE ABLE TO GET A CALL T
O SOMEONE TOMMOROW TO FIND OUT.
     TILL LATER.....
              **** SIR WILLIAM ****
