[TrunkCom] phone patch and I-calls

[Jeff Kenyon]

Right, and it is just surprising at how much people are getting away with
things like this.





On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 rob.berezowski at sasktel.sk.ca wrote:

> Yes, you're right, access has to be controlled. Free wheeling use of
> private calls can be a strain on system capacity. Phone patches can be
> controlled by the number of phone lines available. It really is a decision
> of the system administrator, and the culture of the users. Some user
> groups will tend to chat privately often with friends, usually useless
> chatter, instead of doing real work. Other user groups are more
> professional, and would only use these features when required, and usually
> for business only. Of course, as you said, system usage can be monitored,
> and the features can be turned off (by individual user if necessary) if
> misused.
>
> Rob
>
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> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 13:15:28 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Jeff Kenyon <at649 at tcnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [TrunkCom] phone patch and I-calls
> To: Discussion of Monitoring Trunk Radio Systems
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> ight, and I am surprised at the number of users who get this access.  On
> our system in Grosse Pointe we were trained to do I-calls or in our case
> private calls, but after a lengthy discussion we decided that it would b
> best to not let anyone have that ability since people would just be
> talking from person to person, and if we had phone patch capabilities i
> doubt that they would be given out as freely on our system as they are on
> others, and the Motorola rep who I knew who no longer is with the company
> actually discourages that the private call and phone patch calls be given
> to everyone because of over useage, but with a trunked system you always
> have that paper trail.
>
>
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