Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Thu, 06 Jun 91 13:44:27 EDT From: Ken Levitt Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Clicks on Line After Hangup Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 439, Message 9 of 10 Lines: 23 I have a Watson voicemail board that answers my phone when I'm not at home. If someone leaves a message for me, the Watson system is programmed to call out to my beeper number to let me know that I should pick up a message. If no message is left, the system is not supposed to call the beeper. I'm having a problem when someone hangs up without leaving a message. When the caller hangs up, there is some sort of clicking on the line. The Watson is listening for silence or a dial tone and thinks that the clicking is an actual message. When a dial tome finally comes on, Watson disconnects and then calls my beeper. I called New England Telephone and was told that the clicking is normal and that there is nothing they can do about this. Is this true? Should I give up and do my best to work around the problem, or is there something I can do to get them to get rid of the clicking? Ken Levitt - On FidoNet gateway node 1:16/390 UUCP: zorro9!levitt INTERNET: levitt%zorro9.uucp@talcott.harvard.edu