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From: 11TSTARK%GALLUA.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Timothy Stark)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: TDD line conflicted
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Date: 28 Aug 88 20:41:00 GMT
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Hello Telecom Users:

    Last night, I went to Ely Center at Gallaudet University. There are
the two pay phone booths on the wall. I tried to call to 1-800-855-1155
and put handle on TDD. I get "MAY I HELP YOU Q GA" message. I collect
from 202 area code to call to 412 area code. A girl tried to call to
the same phone number on other pay phone booth while I get complete
dailing to 412 area code. Then, both TDD conflcted and put garbled messages
on my tdd and her tdd the same time! What happened or line problems?

I will show you that time suquence for both phones:

            Pay Phone #1                      Pay Phone #2
            ------------                      ------------

            I dialed to 1-800-855-1155          - null -

            "OPR NBR MAY I HELP YOU Q GA"       - null -

            I collected from 202-544-8979       - null -
            call to 412-xxx-xxxx.

            "THANK YOU   PLS HOLD"              She dailed to 1-800-855-1155

            (Completed dailing)                 (Completed connect to OPR)
            "XEBREHJD&SWNXSBSSGH"               "SVVVSFGEUUHJSGBVBVBSTY"

            (Hung up, I tried to call           (Hung up, She tried dial
             again.)                             again.)

                            -- It results the same above! --

            (Hung up, wait...)                  (Hung up, She tried dial
                                                 again.)

            (I dialed again)                    "OPR NBR MAY I HELP YOU Q GA"

            (No ringing or no busy signal!)


I believe that both crashed lines! What happened????

-- Tim Stark

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