Blowing Out The Phone Lines?
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From: llort on 6 Apr 2010 13:46 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: Roy on 6 Apr 2010 13:47 On Apr 6, 11:46 am, llort <llor...(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. == You're five days late on this posting. ==
From: dadiOH on 6 Apr 2010 14:06 llort 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. Jeez, you must be young...I first heard that 65 years ago. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
From: Danno on 6 Apr 2010 14:37 dadiOH wrote: > llort wrote: >> Today I received a call from the telephone company instructing me >> that they would be blowing out the phone lines Friday <snip> > > Jeez, you must be young...I first heard that 65 years ago. > BTW, is your refrigerator running? -- Slackware 12.2, 2.6.27.7, Core i7 920, GeForce 8400 GS RLU #272755
From: mm on 6 Apr 2010 15:54
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 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. The cell phone companies only get around this by making your phone obsolete every few years. If your cell phone is more than 2 years old, it's already performing not as well as when new, and DOES need to be blown out. If you take it to the store your provider runs, they will do this for you for about 30 dollars. They don't talk about this because it would discourage new customers. |