rang@cs.wisc.edu (Anton Rang) (06/06/90)
I haven't seen this on the newsgroup, and thought readers might be interested. For the last week or two, Wisconsin Bell has been having an odd problem with their system: it's placing calls at random. Only a few people (all in Madison, so far as I know) have been affected so far. They start receiving calls from other phones in the area, as well as through AT&T's long distance network (including international calls). The most interesting thing about this is that these aren't just "misdirected" calls; neither party initiates the call. The phone just rings at both ends. One person in Madison was getting about eighty calls per day through the weekend, including connections to several other Madison numbers, and many international calls (Zaire, China, and New Zealand, for instance). A Wisconsin Bell spokesman said that the company is trying to track down the problem, with the help of AT&T. (Information from several newscasts and the Wisconsin State Journal.) Anton
bakerj%mcdphx.UUCP@ncar.ucar.edu> (06/08/90)
In article <8728@accuvax.nwu.edu> rang@cs.wisc.edu (Anton Rang) writes: >The most interesting thing about this is that these aren't just >"misdirected" calls; neither party initiates the call. The phone just >rings at both ends. One person in Madison was getting about eighty >A Wisconsin Bell spokesman said that the company is trying to track >down the problem, with the help of AT&T. We had this problem at our local (Chandler,AZ) exchange last year. The problem was tracked down by 'experts from AT&T' to a bug in the 5E (jab, jab, jab). We didn't have international calls though - it was just within the CO. Got to chat with some very nice people ... \ / C r o s s r o a d s C o m m u n i c a t i o n s /\ (602) 941-2005 300-2400,9600 PEP Baud 24 hrs/day / \ hplabs!hp-sdd!crash!xroads!bakerj