§ 1. Mr. Haleasked the Assistant Postmaster-General when a subscriber on an automatic exchange makes a call to a subscriber on a manual exchange and, after waiting some time and hearing the dialling tone, comes to the conclusion there is no reply, what is the appropriate action to be taken to prevent the subscriber being charged for a completed call.
§ Mr. GammansHe should simply replace his receiver. No charge is recorded for the call unless the distant subscriber's receiver is lifted from its rest.