Re: scheduled events that take phone off-hook?

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From: morpheus
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 15:27

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russell@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Russell Schulz) writes:

> for five minutes, I can't foresee a problem (realistically).  for longer
> 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
> it was just you wanting to give the world a busy signal.

Doesn't sound likely to me - don't (normal, non-modem-owning) people still take
the phone off the hook?

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


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From: morpheus <morpheus@entropy.mcds.com>
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Subject: Re: scheduled events that take phone off-hook?
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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 10:27:39 EST
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