They're not fake ringing tones; they're “comfort rings”...
They're not fake ringing tones; they're “comfort rings” -- and Vonage wants any new rules banning them to not kick in until at least 90 days after the FCC’s call completion order is published in the Federal Register. The circulating…
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order contains language banning the ringing tones that long-distance providers sometimes put on the line before the recipient’s phone is actually ringing. “While it presents callers with a ‘comfort ring’ infrequently on domestic calls, any change in the call logic on a large scale must be done methodically and tested prior to deployment,” the VoIP provider told a Wireline Bureau official and an aide to Commissioner Ajit Pai Wednesday, an ex parte filing said (http://bit.ly/1biZssV).