Telephone status notification system

A telephone line status notification system, operative to provide telephone line status information for at least one telephone line via a computer communication network, comprising:

• at least one communications terminal which is connectable to said computer communications network and which is employable to communicate via said computer communications network a request concerning status of said at least one telephone line, said status comprising one or more of a physical in use status and a logical in use status;
• apparatus for processing said request wherein said apparatus for processing is connectable to said computer communications network for receiving said request and communicating said request;
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• apparatus for acquiring information regarding said status of said at least one telephone line without calling said at least one telephone line, wherein said apparatus for acquiring is in communication with said apparatus for processing for receiving said request therefrom, and wherein said apparatus for acquiring is connectable to said computer communications network for communicating said status via said computer communications network.