Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!rutgers!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: steve@dmntor.uucp (Steve Pozgaj) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: What Happens When a Phone Hangs Up? Message-ID: Date: 11 Oct 89 12:53:46 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: steve@dmntor.UUCP (Steve Pozgaj) Organization: Digital Media Networks Inc. Toronto, Ontario, Canada Lines: 32 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 442, message 3 of 9 In article (Clive Dawson) writes: > ... What happens is that anytime somebody decides to hang up and not leave > a message, I get a "message" anyway consisting of [description deleted] ... > -- Do other people have this problem? Yes! I bought my first answering machine over a year ago. It was a two-cassette model, with a list of features a mile long. It had *exactly* the same problem as Clive mentions, except the recorded message was something like "The number you have dialed is a long distance number ...". Anyway, I tested this with a friend, putting in every manner of call (long message, short message, no message, and combinations in sequence). The bottom line: the machine screws up if a hangup occurs *before* the outgoing message completes. Solution: I bought an el-cheapo machine (single micro-cassette), but it serves perfectly (remote answer, excellent response, hangups or otherwise). Note: a friend explained that the VOX (voice activated control) circuits on these machines are their key features. I suppose my former machine (sorry, I even forgot the name, but it was made in Italy) had a lousy one and my current el-cheapo Korean machine has a good one. You might check yours. I can give you the name of the el-cheapo, if you like. (Again, I've forgotten it. I decided to shop by telling the clerk what *features* I need, not the *brand name*, and it worked! But I have a non-household name product.)