Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!iuvax!purdue!ames!attctc!vector!telecom-gateway From: asuvax!gtephx!ellisond@ncar.ucar.edu (Dell Ellison) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: (none) Message-ID: Date: 13 Jul 89 02:02:26 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 20 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us Subject: Re: Flash Hook & Line Disconnect Date: 10 Jul 89 20:43:29 GMT Organization: AG Communication Systems, Phoenix, Arizona In article , DMG4449@ritvax.bitnet (Daniel M. Greenberg) writes: > ... One day, I was playing around with my > phone and pressed flash hook repetitively for about 30 seconds. The > telephone line died for 2 minutes! If someone were to call it, they'd > hear a recording that reported "We're sorry, the number you are calling is > out of order, it is a temporary condition, and has been reported". Then, > in around 2 minutes, the line would reset and calls could be received or > dialed on that line. What exactly is it that happens here? ... I would guess that the switch detected the trouble and automatically ran some diagnostic program to find out what was wrong with the line. While this program is running the line is taken out-of-service. After a while, it found the line to be working fine and it was put back in service.