Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!mcnc!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Loud telephone clicks Message-ID: <306@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 26-Mar-85 13:10:32 EST Article-I.D.: ttidcc.306 Posted: Tue Mar 26 13:10:32 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 29-Mar-85 00:46:47 EST References: <7583@rochester.UUCP> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcb.UUCP (The Polymath) Organization: The CAT Factory Lines: 24 Summary: In article <7583@rochester.UUCP> mayer@rochester.UUCP writes: >From: Jim Mayer > >Most (all?) of the telephones I use produce loud, sharp, clicks while >making connections. I find the clicks very anoying, and often actually >painful. Holding the phone away from my ear works, but sometimes >(depending on the quality of the connection) makes it hard to hear when >the call is answered. Does anyone knows of a product or a trick that >might help? A complaint call to your phone company should do the trick. Phones aren't supposed to do that and the phone company knows how to fix it (I think they install a capacitor somewhere in the handset). They should be sensitive to the problem as several people have successfully sued over hearing loss caused by this situation. -- -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp TTI 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405 (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe