Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Telephone Rate Hike - Pacific Bell Message-ID: <473@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 16:24:27 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.473 Posted: Tue Aug 6 16:24:27 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 11-Aug-85 00:11:40 EDT References: <1845@amdahl.UUCP> <69600027@hp-pcd.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 16 > <<< > < > < Unfortunately, I don't have a "phone meter" out at the side of my house. > < You have to take the word of the phone company that I've talked as much as > < they say I have. Which is to say, I have to trust their computer. :-) > < > > Why don't we have phone meters? Imagine a device that you plug into your > phone line and monitors your home phone. It would log every time the phone > were off hook and possibly decode the numbers that you dial. It could even > indicate when the phone rang so you could see if anyone was trying to call > while you were out. Great way to keep tabs on the phone Co. > Ask someone in Germany about phone meters. They can tell you why. -Ron