RE: Fix Central

["Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dealing with telephone system issues was easy until Judge Greene stuck his
nose into the mix.

:-)

Paul Nelson
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Office 409-267-4027
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-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
DrFranken
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 2:58 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Fix Central

Yep standard AT&T. We somehow got the phone number of a guy in a 
building near the MI IN line where all our IN locations went through. 
Great guy. You'd give him circuit number he'd put you on 'desk hold' 
wander over, you'd hear a few things moving, maybe a static sound or 
two. Then he'd come back with "I put a little current on the line to dry 
it up. It's good now" or some other update, but they always worked. No 
tickets no delays. Worked for a few years then one day: "The number you 
have called has been disconnected." Rats.

         - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 2/22/2017 3:40 PM, Jeff Crosby wrote:

> Years ago, before the internet was what it is today, we had a leased line
> from our main warehouse to our meat plant 7 blocks down the street.  When
> that leased line (speed 9600!) would go down, which was seldom, I would
> call GTE and report it.  Later, I would get a phone call that they
couldn't
> find anything wrong.  But, lo and behold, after that it would work again.
> Every.  Single.  Time.  Not exaggerating.