Re: scheduled events that take phone off-hook?

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From: Robert Coe
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 04:35

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frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca (Steve Frampton) writes:
> 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?
> 
> Image, me lad, *image*.  If you want to appear as a reliable service, you
> can't let your users think your system has crashed with a incessantly
> ringing line (while processing news, et al) -- this is the purpose of
> a busy signal.

For God's sake.  Can't you just TELL your users that at certain (or even
random) times you take the system down for various housekeeping tasks and
that the phone won't answer during those times?  Or is it considered horse-
shit to reveal such secrets to users?

   ___            _                                           -  Bob
   /__) _   /    / ) _   _
(_/__) (_)_(_)  (___(_)_(/_______________________________________ bob@1776.COM
Robert K. Coe ** 14 Churchill St, Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776 ** 508-443-3265

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From: bob@1776.COM (Robert Coe)
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Subject: Re: scheduled events that take phone off-hook?
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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 23:35:50 EST
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