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The Telecom Digest for March 10, 2011
Volume 30 : Issue 61 : "text" Format

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Re: Do you know where there are Teletype machines for sale? (Bill Horne)
Does FiOS support rotary phones?(Bill Horne)
How does Comcast deliver dial tone?(Bill Horne)

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Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 08:36:59 -0800 (PST)
From: Bill Horne <bill.remove-this@and-this-too.horne.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Do you know where there are Teletype machines for sale?
Message-ID: <04ff13fe-a4fa-40fc-8fc4-4ae3ba5b0410@f31g2000pri.googlegroups.com>

On Dec 14 2009, at 2:32 am, Bill Horne said:

> I subscribe to a mailing list for Teletype users, called GREENKEYS.
> 
> One of the readers posted a request for info on whether there are any 
> Model 15 Teletypes available for purchase, and it got me wondering
> if any of the Digest's readers have knowledge in this area.
>
> Does anyone know of any repository of Teletype machines? I can't help
> but wonder if some Baby Bell has a warehouse full of them, and there's
> a fair number of users who'd be delighted to get at them.
> 
> Thanks for your time.

Well, here we go again: I was doing Spring cleaning yesterday, and I
came across a couple of treasures that I had thought were lost. In
that spirit, I'm repeating my 2009 request for information: does
anyone know of any old Teletype machines that are being
stored/sold/given away?

It doesn't matter what model: 14, 15, 19, 28, whatever: someone is looking 
for it.

Bill Horne




Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:34:39 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Does FiOS support rotary phones? 
Message-ID: <4D7870FF.2080601@horne.net>

My sister just got FiOS installed, and she has several dial-pulse 
(rotary) phones that I'm supposed to hook up.

Does FiOS support rotary phones? I'd hate to find out the hard way.

Bill

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"I've been up and down this highway, far as my eye can see:
  No matter how fast I run, I can never seem to get away from me."
                      - Jackson Browne




Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:43:21 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: How does Comcast deliver dial tone? 
Message-ID: <4D787309.9050303@horne.net>

I was on a phone call with a friend who has phone service from Comcast, 
and I was reminded several times of why I dropped them: his voice would 
cut off for two or three seconds at a time, and he said mine would too.

Does anyone know why Comcast has so many problems with their phone 
connections?

Bill

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