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Tones and Their Meaning
Issue 3 November 2004 61
coverage One short burst of tone. This tone indicates
that the system sent your call to another
extension to be answered by a covering user.
dial A continuous tone. This tone indicates that
you can start to dial.
intercept/
time-out
An alternating high and low tone. This tone
indicates a dialing error, a denial of the
service requested, or a failure to dial within a
preset interval (usually 10 seconds) after you
lifted the handset or dialed the previous digit.
recall dial Three short bursts of tone followed by a
steady dial tone. This tone indicates that the
system accepted the feature request. You
can start to dial.
reorder A fast busy tone repeated 120 times a minute.
This tone indicates that all trunks are busy.
ringback A low-pitched tone repeated 15 times a
minute. This tone indicates that the number
you dialed is ringing.
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