PRECISION PAPER TUBE INSTALLS OWN TELEPHONE SYSTEM... AND LIKES IT VERY MUCH
BECAUSE OF THIS HISTORIC FCC RULING THREE YEARS AGO, PRECISION PAPER TUBE COMPANY, THE NATION'S LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF INSULATING PARTS FOR THE ELECTRONIC INDUSTRY, RECENTLY HAD AN ARCATA PHONE SYSTEM INSTALLED AND IS ENJOYING WHAT IT FEELS IS BETTER SERVICE TO FULFILL ITS BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS NEEDS. FOLLOWING THE 1968 FCC INTERCONNECTION DECISION, ARCATA COMMUNICATIONS WAS FORMED IN 1970 AS A DEVISION OF ARCATA NATIONAL, A LEADER IN THE INFORMATION TRANSFER, INFORMATION SERVICES, AND COMMUNICATIONS FIELD. THE COMPANY ENTERED THE HAND TELEPHONE AND SWITCHBOARD BUSINESS NATURALLY AS ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS REPRESENTED THE NEXT LOGICAL EXPANSIONARY STEP IN ARCATA NATIONAL'S INFORMATION TRANSFER BUSINESS. WITH THE INSTALLATION OF AN ARCATA COMMUNICATION'S FULL FEATURE SYSTEM, PRECISION PAPER TUBE WAS ABLE TO ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR A FULL-TIME SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR AND WAS ABLE TO TRANSFORM A 10 X 12 FOOT ROOM PREVIOUSLY USED FOR TELEPHONE COMPANY SWITCHING EQUIPMENT INTO MORE FUNCTIONAL OFFICE SPACE SERVING EMPLOYEE NEEDS. SOME OF THE FEATURES PRECISION RECEIVED WITH ITS NEW ARCATA FULL FEATURE SYSTEM INCLUDED: (1) CALL TRANSFER INDIVIDUAL - A STATION CAN TRANSFER BOTH INCOMING AND OUTGOING CALLS TO A SECOND STATION BY FLASHING THE SWITCH HOOK TO PLACE THE CALL ON HOLD, AND THEN DIALING THE DESIRED STATION. (2) CONSULTATION/INJURY SERVICE - IF A STATION IS ENGAGED ON A TRUNK CALL, FLASHING THE SWITCH HOOK PLACES THE TRUNK CALL ON HOLD. THE PARTY AT THE ORIGINAL STATION CAN THEN DIAL A SECOND STATION AND CONVERSE WITHOUT THE PARTY ON THE OUTSIDE TRUNK BEING ABLE TO HEAR THE CONVERSATION. (3) CONFERENCE - WHEN A STATION PARTY DESIRES TO BRING A SECOND STATION INTO A CONFERENCE WITH AN OUTSIDE CALLER, HE FLASHES THE SWITCH HOOK, THEN DIALS THE DIGITS OF THE DESIRED STATION. THE PARTY AT THE SECOND STATION IS THEN INFORMED NOT TO HANG UP, AND THE PARTY AT THE FIRST STATION AGAIN FLASHES THE SWITCH HOOK TO SET UP THE CONFERENCE. A CONFERENCE WITH UP TO 5 PARTIES MAY BE SENT THROUGH THE OPERATOR. (4) NIGHT KEY- WHEN THE NIGHT KEY (N) ON THE ATTENDANT'S CONSOLE IS OPERATED, INCOMING TRUNK CALLS WILL CAUSE A SEPARATE NIGHT SIGNAL TO SOUND. THE CALL MAY BE ANSWERED FROM ANY STATION BY DIALING "8". IF NECESSARY, THE CALL CAN THEN BE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER STATION. /CN/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Vol 8, No 12, P 10, 2 PHOT
- Publication Date: 1971-12
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Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Communication systems; Speech; Telephone; Voice communication
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00226150
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 10 1972 12:00AM