Can it result in a three way conversation? How about if one person calls just after the other... does the call register as engaged for the second person?
2007-03-25 13:32:53 · 6 answers · asked by Buzzard 7 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics
when this happens both people receive a busy signal.
2007-03-25 13:40:12 · answer #1 · answered by outofmymind 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Believe it or not...
With today's digital phone exchanges (and data being a whole bunch of 1s and 0s) there is almost always a 'first' caller - even by a nanosecond - and a 'second' caller who will get the call waiting/engaged tone/answering machine/voice mail. As for the days of manual phone hookups, well, it's the one that the operator picks up first :)
2007-03-25 14:21:50 · answer #2 · answered by Lima 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The switching machine will sort out which call actually arrived first, as true simultaneity is not possible. First one gets ringing; second one gets Busy.
2007-03-25 13:46:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The exchange would favour one of the calls, the other would find the line engaged.
2007-03-25 13:45:23 · answer #4 · answered by funnelweb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It simply cannot happen.
Each line can only accept one signal. I don't know how the priority would work but one would get through and one would get busy/engaged.
2007-03-25 13:37:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
only one would get through...
2007-03-25 13:40:11 · answer #6 · answered by amri 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋