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- From: dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz (Kennelmeister)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
- Subject: Re: scheduled events that take phone off-hook?
- Message-ID: <Be0sXB2w165w@dogbox.acme.gen.nz>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 15:40:34 +1300
- References: <ygXmXB2w165w@1776.COM>
- Organization: The Dawghaus BBS, Palmerston North, New Zealand (+64 6 357 9245)
- Lines: 21
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- bob@1776.COM (Robert Coe) writes:
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- > 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?
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- If your bbs phone line is busy, people assume that someone else is using
- it.
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- If your bbs doesn't answer the phone, sooner or later, someone will
- ring your voice line and tell you it's broken.
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- Personally I don't want to hear "wolf" too often, especially at 2am....
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- Alan Brown. (SysAdmin)
- dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz Palmerston North
- Dawghaus BBS -> +64 (6) 357-9245 New Zealand
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