dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) (06/08/84)
I have a Racal-Vadic 212PA modem which I'm very happy with after a year of use. I'm curious about something: will repeated dialing decrease the life expectancy of the modem? Sometimes the system I'm calling is down, and I leave the modem dialing forever until it gets a connection. I wander back to the terminal once in a while to check how it's doing. Will this eventually wear out the modem? Does it make a difference whether it's touch-tone dialing or pulse dialing (when in pulse dials, it gives out audible clicks so you can hear how it's doing)? Dave Sherman
henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) (06/09/84)
The dialing/on-hook relay, which is what's used for pulse dialing,
definitely has a finite life. On the other hand, the folks who
designed the modem knew that said relay was going to be used for
dialing, so it's likely to be a long-life model. I wouldn't worry
too much, Dave; the main autodialer at utzoo, which is also an
R-V modem and probably uses the same relay, makes maybe a dozen calls
an hour, 24 hours a day 365 days a year. It's been operational for
two years now and is showing no signs of trouble.
If you're still concerned, tone dialing definitely would be easier
on the modem, since that's essentially an all-solid-state operation.
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{allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henryphil@amd70.UUCP (Phil Ngai) (06/12/84)
I wonder how your local Bell Operating Company feels about people
programming their modems to dial forever.
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Phil Ngai (408) 982-6825 {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra,intelca}!amd70!philkeves@sdccsu3.UUCP (Brian Keves) (06/12/84)
Who Cares what the phone company thinks? That is what we are paying
totally outrageous prices for, they don't have an opinion, you know,
like hired killers. As long as they get the money, they con't care.
Brian Keves
UCSD Computer Center
Oh, bye the way, this is only a personal statement by me, a fed up
phone user, and not the policy of the UCSD Computer Center.
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"A is A" - Ayn Rand
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Gripe: "Some people just can't have fun in this world because
they are too busy bitching about people who do."pdt@mhuxv.UUCP (tyma) (06/15/84)
> Who Cares what the phone company thinks? That is what > we are paying totally outrageous prices for, they don't > have an opinion, you know, like hired killers. As long > as they get the money, they con't care. Maybe you figure that someone in the phone company would care about infinite-loop dialing because they just like to make up silly policies or because they are worried about equipment wearing out. Don't worry about the equipment--it's designed for continuous operation. But who loses if many people dial continuously? YOU do--your calls won't go through because the leveraged resources in the central office will be exhausted by the continued (fruitless) dialing. Maybe you'd only be trying to call Mom to chat; but then again, maybe it might be an emergency call. Don't be considerate for the phone company's sake--do it for yourself and for your neighbors. The PERSONAL opinion of Paul Tyma