Call Collision: 1. The contention that occurs when a terminal and data circuit-terminating equipment (DCE) specify the same channel at the same time to transfer a call request and handle an incoming call. Note: When call collision occurs, the DCE proceeds with the call request and cancels the incoming call.
2. The condition that occurs when a trunk or channel is seized at both ends simultaneously, thereby blocking a call. (188) Deprecated synonym glare.
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Loop Start"
Loop start signaling cannot detect simultaneous seizure of the line on both ends, commonly called glare, when used on trunk lines."
for more information.
It will generate Service Calls stating that calls not going through, to which, you will not be able to isolate. This will result in your customer thinking that either (
or both) the system or technician is a piece of crap.
An informed customer is a happy customer.
[In the olden days of Ground Start lines this was not an issue]
