![]() In some phone companies in the United Kingdom, the busy signal is played after the dial tone to indicate the caller has used up their allocated time to dial a number and must hang up, before the off-hook tone is played. The standard busy signal sometimes occurs (sometimes with an intercept message played over the busy) at the end of a call to indicate the other party has hung up (see Disconnect tone), but mostly the off-hook tone is used. Someone else has called the number or is calling the number at the same time.The called number is talking with another caller on the phone. ![]() ![]() The busy signal has become less common in the past few decades due to the prevalence of call waiting and voicemail.Īn otherwise unspecified busy signal indicates that the called number is occupied: Problems playing these files? See media help.Ī busy signal (or busy tone or engaged tone) in telephony is an audible call-progress tone or audible signal to the calling party that indicates failure to complete the requested connection of that particular telephone call.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |