Re: anyone there?

[Nance Ceccarelli <njc@moscow.com>]

Wow - Susan - I thought we were simply besieged with the mysterious call(s)(ers)
because we were on this south facing slope of Moscow Mt.!  It has
been a regular occurrence since we connected our phone in Dec 1999 - although
not more than four or five times a week of which I am aware.

I wonder if anyone out there has this happen:  Regularly, while speaking on the telephone for at least 15-20 minutes (or connected with the computer online ) the phone will suddenly switch to a dial tone.  The other end hears "shhzhshzhs" - if on the computer, it attempts to redial the connection.  I have found that depressing the "hang-up" button in the cradle momentarily and releasing it, allows the telephone conversation to continue!  Verizon tells me it must be that I am answering my call waiting (we do not have the service) or I am disconnecting the phone inadvertently or...they really aren't sure what to do.

Maybe we have a "talk limiting" service without knowing it!

Nance Ceccarelli
1031 Showalter Road
Moscow ID 83843

Susan wrote:

> Visionaries, For
> the last 1-2 weeks, our phone has rung anywhere from 1 to 3 different times
> almost daily with nobody (seemingly) at the other end. We are on the no-call
> list with the State of Idaho, so we no longer receive telephone solitications.
> These mysterious calls are different--not the brief pause before a telemarketer
> is connected, rather nobody responds to the hello even if we stay on the
> line and wait. The
> reason I post this is that my parents have reported to us that they are
> experiencing the same thing, as is another couple we know. I
> am wondering if this recent phenomenon is fairly widespread, or is just
> isolated to us. I am curious if any of you are also experiencing this.
> Does anyone have an explanation for it? Many
> thanks ... and enjoy Thanksgiving. Susan
> Palmer