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From: leichter@lrw.com (Jerry Leichter)
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Subject: Automatic Ring Timeout
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Date: 10 Feb 91 16:40:44 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 108, Message 8 of 8


A friend of mine has a phone number in 914 738 (Pelham, NY).  This
exchange (or at least his phone!) has a property I've never run into
before: If you dial it and no one answers, after about 10 rings you
get a "beep", and then the line goes silent.

No, he does not have an answering machine, or any other device that
would attempt to answer the phone.

Has anyone ever run into this kind of thing elsewhere?


Jerry

[Cute answering machine message of the day: "Hi.  This is the
microwave oven.  The answering machine is on strike.  Leave a message,
and I'll do the best I can."]