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From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject: Re: State of the Phones
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In aus.electronics noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> wrote:
> On Mon, 05 May 2025 18:17:21 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>> were gone by the time I got back. My landline's still not working, it's
>> still just making the hang up "boop, boop,"
>> noise when you pick it up, which is one of the exchange's familiar
>> failure modes.
> 
> Is this "boop boop" like a busy signal except one tone loud the second 
> noticably softer?

The boops are all the same tone/volume. You get about 16 and a half
after picking up then it goes dead except for a hiss (which is the
exchange's other common failure mode).

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