The Syndicate Report Issue 03

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                            NorthWestern Syndicate 

                                   Presents: 

                             THE SYNDICATE REPORT 
                                 Issue  No. 3 

                             Written by The Sensei 

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NOTE:  The Syndicate Report is stictly Bell information, and without some 
background, could cause a problem to understand completely. 

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LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (CONTINUED INFO.): 

       The Future -- Industry experts predict that the number of Local Area 
Networks will increase from 80,000 in 1986 to over 205,000 by the end of 
this decade.  More than 2,000,000 devices will  be connected by these LANs. 
If today's trend continues, computer networks will comprise the majority of 
LAN usage. 
       The Local Area Networks arena is one of the most volatile in today's 
telecommunications industry.  The major issues yet unresolved - transmission 
standards and interconnection, and the continued jockeying among players for 
dominance almost guarntees that LAN's wil be a topic of interest for the 
foreseeable future. 

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BUSINESS/RESIDENCE ACCOUNT TRACKING: 

       Prior to Divesture, an AT&T system provided the operating companies 
with a customer-specific analysis tool.  MARC, the Market Analysis of Revenue 
and Customers system, offered information on residential customer including 
local and long distance usage, telephone equipment and demographic character- 
istics. 
       MARC was dicontinued at Devesture.  The three US West IDCs are planning 
to replace MARC with a system that will provide users with information on 
customers' demographics (age, income, household size, etc.), psychographics 
(lifestyle and attitudes) and telecommunicatons usage.  The system could be of 
use to product managers, forecasters and anyone with a need for customer-- 
specific information. 
       The Business Residence Account Tracking system (BRAT) will consist of 
historical information developed by combining usage-sensitive data from CRIS, 
central office data (Customer, Touchtone, etc.) and questionnaire data from a 
sample of Bell customers. 

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INTRACALL: 

       IntraCall is a new product from Bell offering customers a home 
intercom system.  IntraCal is easy to use and customers will not have to 
add any equipment to put the product in use. 
       A customer uses IntraCall by listening for a dial tone then dialing 
their own telephone number.  When a busy signal is received the customer hangs 
up the telephone.  All telephones on that line will ring back with a 
distinctive ring (two short rings).  When at least two telephones are answered 
an intercom path is established.  IntraCall is deactivated when all telephones 
have been hung up. 
       IntraCall is currently available in specially equipped cental offices 
in the 5 NorthWestern Bell states.  This feature will be more available in 
the near future.  Most states Bell is charging 2.00 per month.  The local 
business office will have information on availability of IntraCall by 
location. 

   There are some features interactions to be aware of when using IntraCall: 

       1)  It will to work while using Three-Way Calling. 
       2)  It disables Call Waiting (the calling party will 
           hear a busy signal.) 
       3)  It will not work if Call Forwaring is activated. 
       4)  It will not work with lines in a hunt group. 
       5)  LMS charges do not apply to IntraCall. 

       IntraCall advantages.  Let's say you want to call a fellow hacker. 
IntraCall's special distinctive ring signals other hackers to pick up the phone 
nearest them.  You can talk a phreak upstairs, a hacker downstairs, or a 
cracker in the garage, all at once if you like.  Anywhere you have an extension 
phone, you have an intercom. 

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POTS AND PANS DEVELOPMENTS: 

       POTS is a telecommunications industry acronym meaning "Plain Old Tele- 
phone Service."  It is now accompanied, N.W.Syndicate has learned recently, 
by PANS, which is "Pretty Advanced New Stuff."...Bell Laboratories patented a 
device that will enable a telephone customer to trace a nuisance call.  To 
trace a call, a customer would dial a special code number that causes both the 
called and calling numbers to be transmitted to a local central office or 
police station. 

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QUESTIONS: 

       If you come up with any questions on the articles in The Synicate 
Report, please contact me anyway possible.  I will be happy to clear up and 
eliminate unwanted confusion. 

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                  This concludes this Issue No. 3 presented by: 

                             The Syndicate Report 

                    Copyright (C) July 30 1986  by The Sensei 

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    Other System Operators may use this file as long as nothing is altered 

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