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- From: rad@railnet.nshore.ORG (Rick DeMattia)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
- Subject: Re: scheduled events that take phone off-hook?
- Message-ID: <eqFPXB3w165w@railnet.nshore.ORG>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 21:07:01 EST
- References: <ygXmXB2w165w@1776.COM>
- Organization: Railnet BBS +1 216 786 0476
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- bob@1776.COM (Robert Coe) writes:
-
- > I don't understand this entire thread. What purpose is served by taking the
- > phone off-hook that isn't better served by simply turning off the modem's
- > auto-answer capability?
-
- For a Waffle used as a BBS, a busy signal presented to a caller
- is much better than an unanswered ring. The busy indicates "yes,
- I got the right number, but the system's busy right now", whereas
- an extended ring "hmm, maybe there's no bbs here any more."
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