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- From: lachman@netcom.com (Hans Lachman)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: DMS-100 Bug?
- Message-ID: <telecom13.44.9@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 06:26:25 GMT
- Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
- Organization: Netcom
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 44, Message 9 of 15
-
- My home phone line is acting funny, and I was wondering if any of you
- CO experts might know what the problem is. It acts exactly as if I
- had three-way calling (which I don't), but no matter what number I
- dial (on the secondary dial tone), I always get a fast-busy tone
- instead of having my call put through.
-
- In other words, if I am on one call, and I hang up for one or two
- seconds, I get a dial tone as three short bursts initially, then
- continuous. Then I dial any number, and always get fast-busy. Then,
- I hang up for another one or two seconds and find that the first call
- is still there (i.e., as if it were on hold). This is odd since I do
- not have a second line, three-way calling, or any kind of "hold"
- service. It only started doing this two weeks ago.
-
- The only special service I have is Message Center (a phone mail
- service). It lets me know I have a message by changing my dial tone
- to an unending series of long bursts. This is clearly different from
- the "holding" dial tone I describe above. Also, the "holding" dial
- tone phenomenon happens regardless of the Message Center status.
-
- I reported this odd behavior, and the Pacific Bell repair person came
- out, but could not tell what was wrong. She told me that I'm on a new
- DMS-100 switch. Anyone out there know why a DMS-100 would behave this
- way? Is it a misconfigured line or a software bug? Do I have any
- special capabilities in this mode?
-
- If you know any of the answers, please email me directly at "lachman@
- netcom.com". If I find out anything interesting I will post it to the
- net. Thanks,
-
-
- Hans Lachman lachman@netcom.com
-