Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!attctc!vector!telecom-gateway From: techwood!johnw@gatech.edu (John Wheeler) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: 411 ringing Message-ID:Date: 1 Oct 89 20:12:55 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: John Wheeler Organization: Turner Entertainment Networks Library; Atlanta Lines: 11 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 423, message 3 of 5 Having grown up in a non-BOC area, the only time I heard that distinctive scratchy BOC-411 ring was on a long-distance 555-1212 DA call. Why is it that now that I live in a BOC area it STILL sounds that way...incredibly scratchy noise, followed by a loud "tock" into a ring tone, a double "t-tock" back to the scratchiness, etc. Only 411 rings this way. Turner John Wheeler E N T E R T A I N M E N T ...!gatech!nanovx!techwood!johnw Networks Techwood Library * home of Superstation TBS * TNT * TBS Sports