Automatic ring back
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Automatic ring back is a service offered by phone companies.
Normally, when a person's line is busy, one has to call back every few minutes to check if their line is free yet. With automatic ring back, a code can be dialed into the telephone keypad to enable ringback. Then, when their line is free, the original caller's phone rings with a distinctive ring so that one knows it is automatic ring back and not a regular call. When the phone is picked up, it calls the other number since the line is now free.
In the UK the service is also known as Ringback.
In the United States
the service is often called Auto Redial.
In the United States Army
on post wide communications networks this is referred to as Callback or Automatic Callback.
Normally, when a person's line is busy, one has to call back every few minutes to check if their line is free yet. With automatic ring back, a code can be dialed into the telephone keypad to enable ringback. Then, when their line is free, the original caller's phone rings with a distinctive ring so that one knows it is automatic ring back and not a regular call. When the phone is picked up, it calls the other number since the line is now free.
In the UK the service is also known as Ringback.
In the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
the service is often called Auto Redial.
In the United States Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
on post wide communications networks this is referred to as Callback or Automatic Callback.