Craig White wrote: > > I agree that it caught me by surprise the first time but after 15 seconds, > it went to regular busy signal - I suppose it has to for the benefit of fax > machines/modems. In fact, because of fax machines and modems, I have to > believe that there will be enough complaining that Qwest will back down > eventually. > > I can't help wondering that some of this is a bit of an overreaction. A simple 15 second delay before the busy signal would be hard to tolerate, but the inclusion of a solicitation instead means that many circuits will identify that a VOICE has answered... If it was simply a question of too many phones or modems or faxes redialing too fast for their system to handle, then such a delay would be a burden I would grudingly bear. However, this is not the case - QWest is instead operating a money-making scam offering to sell redialing services, while simultaneously DISABLING any such devices the line user may have formerly had! -- jkenner @ mindspring . com__ I Support Linux: _> _ _ |_ _ _ _| Working Together To <__(_||_)| )| `(_|(_)(_| To Build A Better Future. |