NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/comp/bbs/waffle/6531

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From: [e-mail] (Russell Schulz)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: scheduled events that take phone off-hook?
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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 08:52:24 MST
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[e-mail] (morpheus) writes:

>> periods of, say, a half-hour and up, I can easily imagine some fabled
>> network trouble indicator light coming on, and no one being pleased that
>
> Doesn't sound likely to me - don't (normal, non-modem-owning) people still
> take the phone off the hook?

every time I've had it off-hook for more than an hour, it's been an accident,
and boy was I ticked when I found out.

[ it happened once when someone phoned me to wake me up for work, and I
didn't hang up the phone properly, and fell back asleep - ouch ]

> Personally, I've had my modem off-hook for long time spans (96+ hours, once)
> without any problems.

I _still_ think the best plan is to phone your local phone company and ask
_them_ what their comments are - if they don't care, I sure don't.  but if
they have a policy of disabling the line after 48 hours (see Ralph's
posting) then you're better to be warned.
--
Russell Schulz  [e-mail]  ersys!rschulz  Shad 86c