Blowing Out The Phone Lines?
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From: sligoNoSPAMjoe on 6 Apr 2010 16:01 On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 13:46:05 -0400, llort <llort4u(a)nope.net> wrote: >Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me >that they would be blowing out the phone lines What are phone lines?
From: Stormin Mormon on 6 Apr 2010 17:01 You need mylar anti static bags, and aluminum wire for wire ties. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "llort" <llort4u(a)nope.net> wrote in message news:jdx936004jee$.15pf25ybdnivi.dlg(a)40tude.net... Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me that they would be blowing out the phone lines Friday and that I should wrap each of my phones in a plastic bag so that the debris doesn't scatter around the house. I've never heard of this before and am not sure what kind of bag I should use? Also will the phone ring or something when they are finished? No wonder the land line companies are losing business to cell phones. With ancient technology that needs regular purging it's a miracle that it works at all.
From: John Thompson on 6 Apr 2010 22:23 On 2010-04-06, llort <llort4u(a)nope.net> wrote: > Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me > that they would be blowing out the phone lines Friday and that I > should wrap each of my phones in a plastic bag so that the debris > doesn't scatter around the house. > > I've never heard of this before and am not sure what kind of bag I > should use? > Also will the phone ring or something when they are finished? > > No wonder the land line companies are losing business to cell > phones. With ancient technology that needs regular purging it's a > miracle that it works at all. Dude, "April Fool's Day" was a week ago already. Try again next year... -- -John (john(a)os2.dhs.org)
From: Roger Blake on 7 Apr 2010 06:03 On 2010-04-06, sligoNoSPAMjoe(a)hotmail.com <sligoNoSPAMjoe(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > What are phone lines? The things that you attach a modem to for connecting to the internet. I for one will be sticking with traditional phone lines and dialup service as long as they continue to be offered. I prefer phone service that is actually reliable and where I don't need new phones every other year. I use 40-50 year old Western Electric phones on a daily basis that still work perfectly. (Also I am not willing to pay for broadband, it's just not worth anything to me.) -- Roger Blake (Change "invalid" to "com" for email. Google Groups killfiled due to spam.) "Obama dozed while people froze."
From: Harold Stevens on 7 Apr 2010 08:16
In <20100407095926(a)usenet.eternal-september.org> Roger Blake: [Snip...] > not willing to pay for broadband, it's just not worth anything to me Ditto. :) I don't have broadband or a cellphone. I have rabbit ears TV. Most of my friends and family seem to be OK with that, but it drives the fast money crowd and advertisers nuts, apparently. :) JMO; YMMV... -- Regards, Weird (Harold Stevens) * IMPORTANT EMAIL INFO FOLLOWS * Pardon any bogus email addresses (wookie) in place for spambots. Really, it's (wyrd) at airmail, dotted with net. DO NOT SPAM IT. I toss GoogleGroup (http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/). |