> 0n (09 Aug 05) George Pope wrote to Cindy Haglund...

 >  GP> On (08 Aug 05) Cindy Haglund wrote to all...
 >  CH> My first call locally (hubby's cell phone) went well. But long
 >  CH> distance to my Sister in Vancouver produced the same garbled text I
 >  CH> had experienced with another non fiber optic server. It's not typos.
 >  CH> It's letters missing or punctuations inserted, or numbers appearing as
 >  CH> letters. Line noise I think it's called. I'm going to ask the op next
 >  CH> time after a call .. about it. Has anyone here had that experience?
 >  CH> Kinda makes it hard to read the text.

 >  GP> Talk to your telco -- my telco guarantees voice-quality service only
 >  GP> (but not high-tech quality transmission standards)

 >  GP> Email me your TTY#, as I have free LD evenings & weekends. . .

 >  Okay but one problemo. I don't have the tty number
 > for others to call
 > me by.. I'll have get it or call you instead. Calls to
 > me would have
 > to be planned so I don't have to sit by the phone
 > waiting for the

And that's a pain, because that's exactly what you have to do, is sit by
the phone if there's nobody else to tell you it's ringing, or lights
flashing throughout the house.  Also what you have to do if you're
expecting somebody to come to the door.  You sit by the door and wait. 
Well, they haven't come yet. Gotta make a quick run to the bathroom.  Guess
when they come?

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