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Re: State of the Phones

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On Tue, 06 May 2025 08:18:34 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

> 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).

16 would be exchange hangup timeout, what have hel$tra said? perhaps a 
call into ABC radio or, one of those tv current affair mobs (do they 
still exist, I dont watch much TV these days unless its footy) they might 
help, AFAIK all outages from cyclone are resolved, took some time south 
around Logan, so no excuse for any exchange to be unservicable after a 
week, but oitd a byproduct of NBN, since POTs is no longer an "essential" 
service, where the bloody internet now is, so kids can get their pr0n... 
who cares about calling paramedics when you download steve does jessica.
this country's gone arse about face.

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State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-05 09:03 +1000
  Re: State of the Phones Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-05-05 09:55 +0200
    Re: State of the Phones Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2025-05-05 18:17 +1000
      Re: State of the Phones Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-05-05 10:58 +0200
        Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-05 21:51 +1000
        Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-06 08:49 +1000
          Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-06 23:02 +1000
      Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-05 22:05 +1000
        Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-06 08:18 +1000
          Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-06 23:13 +1000
            Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-07 09:23 +1000
              Re: State of the Phones "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2025-05-10 08:02 +1000
              Re: State of the Phones Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2025-05-14 18:07 +1000
                Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-25 13:25 +1000
                Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-27 08:32 +1000
                Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-06-06 09:07 +1000
                Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-06-06 17:08 +1000
                Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-06-07 10:14 +1000
      Re: State of the Phones "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2025-05-10 07:49 +1000
        Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-10 08:12 +1000
          Re: State of the Phones "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2025-05-10 09:51 +1000
        Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-10 23:51 +1000
          Re: State of the Phones "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2025-05-11 00:27 +1000
            Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-11 09:35 +1000
              Re: State of the Phones "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2025-05-11 10:17 +1000
                Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-25 13:21 +1000
  Re: State of the Phones Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-05-05 09:11 +0000
    Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-06 08:39 +1000
      Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-06 10:03 +1000
      Re: State of the Phones "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2025-05-10 07:56 +1000
  Re: State of the Phones Ozix <ozix@xizo.am> - 2025-05-08 18:12 +0800
    Re: State of the Phones nb <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-09 08:15 +1000
      Re: State of the Phones Ozix <ozix@xizo.am> - 2025-05-09 19:07 +0800
  Re: State of the Phones "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2025-05-10 07:45 +1000

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