Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!rochester!pt!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1w+ From: mp1w+@andrew.cmu.edu.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Phone Clamp-Down Message-ID: Date: Sat, 15-Aug-87 16:04:54 EDT Article-I.D.: andrew.AV9=vay00Vs3xS40Aj Posted: Sat Aug 15 16:04:54 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 16-Aug-87 09:46:26 EDT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Lines: 22 I was my impression that no phone could be kept connected by an outside originated call for longer than about 30 seconds if it the called-to phone was on hook. An outgoing call from your phone *can* be disconnected if you hit *your* switchhook for a few seconds, but the person you are talking to has to hold their switchhook for 30 seconds to disconnect the call. Besides the annoyance factor, isn't this a safety risk if you have to dial, say, the fire department? It would be very counter-intuative to leave the phone on hook for a long time while waiting for a dial tone if it was a panic situation. Further, if you happened not to wait long enough, the 30-second cycle would resume and the time you did let it sit on hook before would have been wasted. I think this topic has been covered on the internet RISKS group, but it would have been a while back. Marc Pawliger Internet: mp1w+@andrew.cmu.edu Usenet: seismo!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1w+ Bitnet: mp1w@cmuccvma