Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: sharon@asylum.sf.ca.us (Sharon Fisher) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Wrong Numbers With Nobody Talking Message-ID:Date: 25 Sep 89 08:33:14 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: sharon@asylum.UUCP (Sharon Fisher) Organization: The Asylum; Belmont, CA Lines: 21 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 406, message 4 of 12 In article john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) writes: >How do you know that they're long distance or local? Just a guess, really, but some of the calls sound real clear and some have those "seashell up to your ear" sounds that I associate with long distance calls. >Anyway, it could >be a modem calling you (like a wrong number in someone's Systems file!) >and you would hear nothing when you answered. Remember, an originating >modem needs to hear the answering modem's tone before it will speak. If >you have a modem, you might let it answer your phone for awhile and see >if something connects with it:-) Maybe next time I'm away for a weekend. I'd rather not do that during the week because I get many business calls and I'd hate to miss one. I've also gotten several postings by e-mail suggesting the same thing (plus one suggesting it might be a fax machine). Thanks... - Sharon Fischer -