On Mar 12 06:49 97, Bill Grimsley of 3:640/305.9 wrote:

BG> Ian, at 01:19 on Mar 11 1997, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BP>> How can you tell if you have a T200 that causes line disruptions???

IS>> Like some have said, regular disconnection is a pretty fair indication :)

BG> And generally always around the 12-14 minute mark.

I've since seen individual instances that spread out to 10 - 20 mins.  Any
one phone seems to be consistent within a few percent, but the
manufacturing spread is wider than that by a fair margin.

BG>> If it has a flat membrane touch-pad, rather than raised
BG>> rubber buttons, chances are pretty good that it's one of
BG>> the affected beasties.

IS>> Yes, but some of the earlier raised rubber button ones were 
IS>> crook, too.

BG> True, although I've personally never seen one.

IS>> There used to be definitive info on which manufacturers and 
IS>> manufacture date stamps you needed to avoid, sometime before 
IS>> '92 as I recall, but it'll either work or it won't.  There 
IS>> was also one later Alcatel model with a dodgy hook switch, 
IS>> that I had one of for a while .. that was tricky, being 
IS>> intermittent.

BG> Yeah, I replaced my two early T200s with Alcatels a couple of summers ago, 
BG> and just a couple of weeks later, was back at the TBO having those replaced 
BG> as well (Brisbane's excessive humidity rapidly stuffed the hook switches in 
BG> those).

IS>> Short story is that Telstra will replace _any_ suspect 
IS>> leased phone for free; simply the cheapest service option.  
IS>> Plonk it on the desk of the local TBO ..

BG> I sincerely hope they make some attempt to fix all of their dodgy phones 
BG> before they ship them off to the Philippines...

"Ship all the Australian rubbish to the Phillipines - improve
technology in both sites.  Ship all the American rejects to Australia -
improve technology in both sites....:-( "

Regards,
Dave Hatch.

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