i typically just call my telco and they busy it out within 10 mins
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Robert H. Hanson LAN/WAN Consultant - Internet Service Provider
Otis Orchards, Wa. Cutting Edge Communications www.cet.com
(509) 927-9541 finger: info@cet.com or email: roberth@cet.com
On Tue, 1 Oct 1996, Old Man wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Oct 1996, Nick D'Amico wrote:
> > > I hope any ISPs out there can share their experience here. What I need to
> > > know is that if you have a pool of modems, and one modem dies, will a user
> > > keep ringing that modem, getting stuck at that line instead of hopping
> > > down to the next one (because of a received busy signal)? So what is the
> > > best way of bypassing a dead modem? thanks!
> > you can get "ring no answer" on each phone line....that means that after
> > 3 rings if there is no answer it will forward to the next number...you
> > get that from your telco..
>
> Problem with this is that it extra for each phone line. Just wondering if
> there is any cheaper way of doing it.
>
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