edg@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Edward Greenberg) (06/28/89)
I also had trouble at 1200 baud when my CO cut to a DMS-100. You'll know this baby by the sound. There are no clicks generated. Local calls go from dialing to ringing to connecting with nary a hard click. Also, the call waiting beep has no clicks surrounding it either. Finally, calling up repair service and asking them may produce the info that it is/is not a DMS-100. Now, when I had this problem, I was able to escalate the problem to the point where a technicial would talk to me, and she changed the line card on my line, curing the problem. Unfortunately, she did not know what was different between the old line card and the new one. She said (as you did) that something was out of phase. She said that she'd continue changing line cards for me until I got a good one, but the first one she tried worked fine. Never had a problem again. The problem is that the whole thing is so damned nebulous that it's impossible to cite an applications note or other document to convince the phone company that there is a problem. Only suggestion, try to talk to someone technical, try to get them to change the line card, and good luck. -e