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- From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
- Subject: Re: Why does my slip line die overnight?
- Date: 31 Aug 1992 05:27:29 GMT
- Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
- Lines: 19
- Message-ID: <17sak1INNlde@early-bird.think.com>
- References: <ghawkins.714919621@unix1.tcd.ie> <1992Aug30.205245.29936@psg.com> <z5h1H206b9@atlantis.psu.edu>
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- Keywords: slip
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- >In article <1992Aug30.205245.29936@psg.com> randy@psg.com (Randy Bush) writes:
- >ghawkins@unix1.tcd.ie (George C. Hawkins) writes:
- >> When I leave my machine overnight and come back in the morning I
- >> find my slip connection has died on me.
- >
- >We see the same thing here in Orygun's RAINet. We believe (urban legend)
- >that the telco does an 02:00 blast to clear the lines.
-
- This is probably the same signal that causes my phone to ding in the middle
- of the night. It's a test signal that the phone company sends out, which
- some phones are more sensitive to than others.
-
- I've been told that you can call the phone company and ask them to remove
- your circuit from the list that this signal is sent to.
- --
- Barry Margolin
- System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.
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