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From: JTUCKER@vax2.cstp.umkc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Odd Response When Line is Busy
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Date: 30 Nov 90 17:48:00 GMT
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Question: Once in a while when I call a number that is busy several
times in a row I get another dial tone.  Sometimes someone else picks
up the line and tells me to get off.

Can someone tell me what is happening here???


Joseph Tucker
JTUCKER@UMKCVAX2


[Moderator's Note: Is your service coming from some old, ancient
stepper switch or similar? When I was on one of those many years ago
it was not unheard of to get conditions like you mention sometimes.  PAT]