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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2007
Rimas Rauba, Roswell, GA (US);
Gonzalo Salazar, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Rimas Rauba, Roswell, GA (US);
Gonzalo Salazar, Alpharetta, GA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A plain old telephone service (POTS) communications service incentive is offered for maintaining the voice path connection after disconnection of POTS, at a residence or business location. The communications service incentive includes providing an always-on dialtone service from a wireline service provider to a customer premises. After receiving an order to disconnect phone service at the premises, it is determined by a central office computer processor of a wireline service provider whether the premises, which is subject to the order to disconnect phone service, meets a set of requirements for the always-on dialtone service.