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Re: Engaged tone

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From Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com>
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Subject Re: Engaged tone
Date Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:22:02 +0100
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Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> writes:

> Years ago with POTS if you got a constantly engaged tone you could
> phone the operator and ask if there really was someone on the
> line. They could check and tell if there was a conversation going on
> or not, and perhaps the phone had been left "off the hook".
>
> I assume that this is still possible with purely analogue lines in
> some way, but what about Digital Voice?

I get an engaged tone when people hang up at the end of the call. I
think it comes from the router. It's probably the VOIP equivalent of
"Oops, something went wrong".

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