Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: loughry@tramp.colorado.edu (J. Loughry) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Phone Remarks in Clancy Novel Message-ID: Date: 17 Sep 89 19:21:12 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 13 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 383, message 2 of 7 I found this tidbit in Tom Clancy's new novel, "Clear and Present Danger." Jack Ryan (who lives near Annapolis, I believe) is out mowing the lawn when he receives a call on his cordless phone. He answers it, then: "Ryan terminated the call and placed one to his house, which had three lines. It was, perversely, a long-distance call. He needed a D.C. line for his work. Cathy needed a Baltimore connection for hers, plus a local line for other matters." Maybe someone can explain this to us Westerners. Joe Loughry loughry@tramp.colorado.edu