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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (3040)	6/16/2001 3:51:06 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

Hi Frank, Your point about PCS systems obviating the need for life-line landlines is well taken. :) Here's something completely different. A nuts & bolts question, as it were. This AM, I was in conversation with a friend and she was called away to answer the door. She said she'd call back and I went back to the threads. Couple hours pass and I wonder why no call. Turns out that my Qwest land line did not ring when she called back almost immediately. I didn't have any music running, so I should have heard the ringer, then I should have heard the TAD announce my message and hear her being recorded. None of this happened. I simply happened to glance at the TAD and see she'd called and left a brief message. This is the second time in a week I've experienced this aberrant behaviour. She indicated that when she called, everything seemed normal from her end, i.e. the phone "rang" 4 times and then the TAD responded. The first time this occurred last week, I called myself from another line and everything was fine. Same this time. Any idea what might be going on here? I assume there is something in Qwest's software that is run amok, and not a TAD issues, since it appeared to my caller that the ringer was normal. [[Of course, alternately, I' could be losing consciousness while my eyes are wide open. <bg> ]] -Ray

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (3040)	6/16/2001 3:58:41 PM
From: GraceZ	Respond to of 46821

The main line? The primary one? It's been relegated to a non-status entity, because someone invariably has it tied up on AOL or Compuserve. Yes, one of the annoying side effects of having a cable modem is that my primary phone which used to be tied up when I was online now rings while I'm busy at my computer. I've rediscovered call screening with the answering machine. The good side effect is that if I'm discussing something with someone on the phone that requires me to look up something (like where is that movie playing we want to go see) on the Internet I can now do both at once. My primary line serves the same function as my old AOL account used to serve.....SPAM depository. I use it for that and checking my voicemail messages on the PCS service without using up wireless minutes.