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 :)

And generally always around the 12-14 minute mark.

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.

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.

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

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

Regards, Bill

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