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From: ajs@hpfcla.UUCP
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Subject: Phones that go chirp in the night
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Date: Sat, 24-Mar-84 18:41:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 24 18:41:00 1984
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Systems Division - Fort Collins, CO
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Nf-From: hpfcla!ajs    Mar 24 15:41:00 1984

We have a cheap one-piece phone on our line.  One of its interesting
"features" is that shortly (1 sec?) after you hang up from a call, you
get a brief "chirp", apparently due to the disconnection.

The question is, why does that same chirp sometimes occur spontaneously,
usually in the middle of the night?  Most recently it happened at 0056
(e.g. just before 1am).  Yup, it's loud enough to wake you up to note
the time, if the phone happens to be on a wood shelf by the bed...

Mail or post your response as you feel is appropriate.  Thanks!

Alan Silverstein, Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Systems Division, Colorado
{ihnp4 | hplabs}!hpfcla!ajs, 303-226-3800 x3053, N 40 31'31" W 105 00'43"