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On Thu, 04 Dec 2025 05:43:18 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> To distinguish my test calls from real 911 calls, I would get the modem
> to play a DTMF version of "Mary had a little lamb"; if the operator
> heard this, he or she would know that it was a test call and could be
> disregarded.  (A neighbour turned out to be a 911 operator - she knew
> all about my little tune.)

You're lucky. Back in the day when we would send a call to a paging 
company over a landline the first step when they reported pages weren't 
going out was 'Did somebody turn off the modem?' I really miss the days of 
beeeeepscreeeeechboooop.