Subj : Re: Real Modem on VOIP?
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Bo Holt
Date : Wed Sep 09 2026 09:37 pm

SD>  BH>  AT&T refused to give me a POTS line, too... and it irritates me
SD>  BH> because I think mine is still connected to something.  When I pick up
SD>  BH> my phones, I get a ground sound.
SD> 
SD> Probably a bad ground; those were/are very common.  You new when your like
SD> multiplexed when you kept connexting at 21600 BPS too.  Try putting a 
SD> multimeter on your line and see if you have AC current on it.

I've got to find my meter.  I also need to check my DMARC to see if there is 
still a line out to the pole.  My house is huge and built in 1928 so there are
about a hundred years' worth of old phone wiring (face palm).

.... I, myself, AM strange and unusual...

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