[comp.dcom.telecom] Busy Signal After Other Party Hangs Up

MME4FF16@swtexas.bitnet (07/30/89)

    Here in scenic, downtown, San Marcos, Texas, the local telephone system
    (SM TELCOM, a.k.a, the San Marcos Telephone Company) has the annoying
    habit of immediately generating a busy signal on your phone line when
    someone hangs up before you do.  Is there any technical reason for this?
    It's really irritating, particularly since you sometimes get to listen to
    five to ten seconds worth of busy signal after each message left on your
    answering machine. :-(.

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