VICTOR@YKTVMX.UUCP (05/11/87)
I've had a separate phone installed in my home for about five years to access
the computer at work via my IBM/PC. Ever since it was installed, I've had
bad problems with line noise. Even trying to use the phone for regular
voice is sometimes hard: I get periodic loud bursts of static (sometimes
more than a burst: the static can go on continuously for a few minutes).
Most days when I pick up the telephone I don't even get a dial tone (though
it varies). I've called the telephone repair service so many times, I don't
remember. The person taking the call has many times remarked about how bad
the static is. Nevertheless, they have never been able to fix it. One of
the problems is that things are often much worse when the weather is rainy
or damp (or a few days after a rain), and get better during dry spells, and
invariably, the repair person comes out on a nice sunny day, and says that
he can't hear anything. It doesn't matter what phone (or modem) I connect
to the line. I would think that the phone company would be tired of spending
money on sending out repair people, and would try to really fix it. The
other line in our house has been fine. One thing is that the bad line
has a phone number on a new (at least it was new when it was installed)
exchange. Could that have anything to do with it?
Victor S. Miller
victor@ibm.com -- internet
victor@yktvmx -- bitnet