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From: ccicpg!wsccs!terry@uunet.UU.NET (Every system needs one)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Wanted: Device to limit length of phone calls
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Date: 23 Dec 88 02:54:46 GMT
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In article <telecom-v08i0205m06@vector.UUCP>, mstar!kim@sgi.com (Kim Toms) writes:
> We have problems with some UUCP sites
> that won't hang up their phone when we're done talking with them, and
> I'd like to hang it up forcibly each 1.5 hours.

Set your modem up correctly and run a small C program every 1.5 hours under
cron that ioctl()'s to drop DTR.

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