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To: Ken who wrote (7056)	7/23/1999 7:44:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (1) of 9818

GET ROTARY PHONE - HERE'S WHY ... The ripples were pure idiosyncracy. They missed much of Montreal, but hit Halifax, Vancouver, Chicago. They knocked out touchtone phones but not rotary dial phones - for those who remember what they are. Along with the billion, we took an even bigger hit in our confidence about Y2K. And even before our vulnerability could fully flower, we got hit again. A Bell equipment ''glitch'' in Peel left a million people without 911 service for much of Sunday. And - oh, devious technology - many of those who dialled 911 without result found they couldn't call anyone else for help, either. That's because the 911 system is designed to maintain connections to trace calls, even if callers hang up ... greenspun.com Cheryl 161 Days until 2000

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