02-09-15 14:55 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about Time Zones Was: Older

 ml> {at}MSGID: 
 ml>  On Sun, 08 Feb 2015, Ed Vance wrote to Daryl Stout:

 DS>   While the voice mail line is connected to a phone, the ringer is
 DS> TURNED OFF, as I was getting calls from telemarketers, etc. at all
 DS> hours of the day and night. The fax number goes to my laptop, and
 DS> a program that came with my US Robotics 56K v.92 external fax
 DS> modem. That way, they can send all the junk faxes they want...no
 DS> paper is wasted at all. If I don't care for the fax, I just delete
 DS> the file.

 EV> If it's a person calling they sure get an earfull when that
 EV> raspy(sp? FAX signal answers the call.

 ml> you've got that backwards... the answering FAX doesn't make any
 ml> sound at all until it hears the inbound FAX's tones... modems,
 ml> on the other hand, do make the noises when answering... this is
 ml> the main difference between the two...

Howdy! Mark,

I sit corrected. Thanks.

I guess I will never get close to becoming a Mister Know-It-All.

I was just thinking after re-reading my message.

I have called businesses sometimes early in the day or after they've
closed and got answered by a Modem or Fax Modem.

I guess it was a Dial-up Modem I heard instead of a Fax Machine.
Thanks again.

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