Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!decwrl!hayes.ims.alaska.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: bill@trace.eedsp.gatech.edu (bill) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Ringing Nuisance Message-ID: <13227@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 9 Oct 90 14:34:02 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: Bill Berbenich Organization: Home for Homeless Homing Pigeons Lines: 35 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 726, Message 10 of 12 In article <13161@accuvax.nwu.edu> SYSMATT@ukcc.uky.edu (Matt Simpson) writes: [story of annoying early A.M. test ring and being shuffled off by local telco] >Short of unplugging my phones at night, does anyone have any idea how >I can prevent this ringing, or how I can persuade South Central Bell >that is something they can and should fix? If these calls (rings) are annoying to you, call the SCB annoyance call bureau and report it. You just happen to know that the local telco is causing this annoyance, does that somehow make it okay whereas if Joe Q. Public was the instigator he would likely face some serious criminal harassment charges? If it annoys you, plain and simple, they should correct it. It may not be easy for them to undo and they may suggest that you turn your ringer off or disconnect your phone(s), but if that's unacceptable to you then be insistent. Start at the bottom and work your way up until you are satisfied. It may well be that this would go to the VP level before being corrected. As a later option, if telco tells you to get lost, you can go to the police and explain the situation. Keep records of names, dates, and times from the very beginning, because it will definitely be to your advantage to do so. The state public utilities commission might be receptive to a letter from you if the telco refuses to act in a timely manner, too. Quite likely, being the helpful and responsible folks that they are, the telco will be able to block your line from this testing and you won't have to be too insistent. :-) Bill Berbenich bill@trace.gatech.edu