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bob@1776.COM (Robert Coe) writes:

> frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca (Steve Frampton) writes:
> > 
> > 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?

Oh my.  Okay, hmmm...how do I tell the new callers about this?  Would you
be willing to pay for a full page ad for my site in PC-Magazine?

If so, please send a big cheque to the address below.  Thanks.

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