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In article <1679@xn.LL.MIT.EDU> rp@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (Richard Pavelle) writes:
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>I am having an intermittent problem wherein the phone rings, I wait
>for the 2nd or 3rd ring, pick it up and hear a disconnect. This
>occurs on about half my calls on all phones on a particular incoming
>line. The other two incoming lines do not have this problem. 

I'll bet this is an automatic dialer on a computer calling a wrong number.
You'll feel stupid trying this, but it did work for me ... whistle into
the receiver as soon as you pick it up.  I actually managed to get a
response doing this.

My only other suggestion to prove this would be to attach an auto-answer
modem and a terminal/PC and see if you get a login script of some sort.

If you do and don't get any hint of where it is coming from, call the
phone company and see if they'll put a trace on it and notify the
owner to get the right number.