On 23/11/2014 10:49, Tim Watts wrote:
On 23/11/14 09:47, Andy Burns wrote:
Tim Watts wrote:

Really is time they removed this archaic practise of holding the line
open until the *caller* disconnects. I thought it silly in the 1970s,
even knowing *why* it was done.

BT are in the process (maybe complete by now) of reducing the time to
clear a call to a few seconds ...

http://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/home/updates/briefings/wholesalelinerentalbriefings/wholesalelinerentalbriefingsarticles/wlr00314.do




Excellent - thank you for that!

It allowed you to hang up on an incoming call and then go to another
extension and continue the call, i.e. if I answer in my kitchen I can go
to my 'office' without leaving the kitchen phone off the hook. It's a
damn nuisance now!

If you wish to clear an incoming call, simply press R (recall) that
gives you a new dial tone and you may either:

a, make an outgoing call unconected with the original, pressing recall
allows you to return to the original call, or

b, hang up, the phone will ring for a few moments and then stop the
original call will have been force released.

It's been like this for a long time to my knowledge.

Peter