Instruction manual

Features
Programming
At a Glance
Users Affected System Manager
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Telephones All
CAUTION:
Remote System Programming
As a customer of a new telephone system, you should be aware that
there exists an increasing problem of telephone toll fraud. Telephone
toll fraud can occur in many forms, despite the numerous efforts of
telephone companies and telephone equipment manufacturers to
control it. Some individuals use electronic devices to prevent or falsify
records of these calls. Others charge calls to someone else’s number
by illegally using lost or stolen calling cards, billing innocent parties,
clipping on to someone else’s line, and breaking into someone else’s
telephone equipment physically or electronically. In certain instances,
unauthorized individuals make connections to the telephone network
through the use of remote access features.
The Remote Access feature of your system, if you choose to use it,
permits off-premises callers to access the system from a remote
telephone by using an 800 number or a 7- or 10-digit telephone
number. The system returns an acknowledgement signaling the user
to key in his or her authorization code, which is selected and
administered by the system manager. After the authorization code is
accepted, the system returns dial tone to the user. If you do not
program specific egress restrictions, the user will be able to place any
call normally dialed from a telephone associated with the system.
Such an off-premises network call is originated at, and will be billed
from the system location.
The Remote Access feature, as designed, helps the customer, through
proper administration, to minimize the ability of unauthorized persons
to gain access to the network. Most commonly, phone numbers and
codes are compromised when overheard in a public location, through
theft of a wallet or purse containing access information, or through
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