Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!sun-barr!texsun!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: westmark!dave@uunet.uu.net (Dave Levenson) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Wrong Numbers With Nobody Talking Message-ID:Date: 23 Sep 89 03:36:25 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Westmark, Inc., Warren, NJ, USA 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 397, message 6 of 7 In article , well!slf@lll-crg.llnl. gov (Sharon Lynne Fisher) writes: ... > I thought perhaps it was people calling me from a computer, but > then I'd hear a modem tone, wouldn't I?... No, Sharon, a modem originating a call to another modem remains silent, and expects the answering modem to make a tone first. (Much like people ... the answering party generally speaks first.) Your calls may, in deed, be coming from a modem, or perhaps a fax machine. If it's convenient, you might wish to let your modem answer, and see if the calling person or device responds to its answer tone with a carrier. Dave Levenson Voice: (201) 647 0900 Westmark, Inc. Internet: dave@westmark.uu.net Warren, NJ, USA UUCP: {uunet | rutgers | att}!westmark!dave [The Man in the Mooney] AT&T Mail: !westmark!dave