http://log.reflectivesurface.com/2003/07/28/phone-trouble/ Still powered by a contradiction in terms Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:14:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://log.reflectivesurface.com/2003/07/28/phone-trouble/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Ronaldo Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:36:02 +0000 http://log.reflectivesurface.com/2003/07/28/phone-trouble/#comment-171 Eddy, thanks for you comments. Phone lines here in Brazil are an eternal problem. Service is chronically poor, and prices are always high. I hope I can manage to solve my problem with minimum effort, but I not stake anything on it. :-) Eddy, thanks for you comments. Phone lines here in Brazil are an eternal problem. Service is chronically poor, and prices are always high. I hope I can manage to solve my problem with minimum effort, but I not stake anything on it.

]]> http://log.reflectivesurface.com/2003/07/28/phone-trouble/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Eddy Young Thu, 31 Jul 2003 12:46:07 +0000 http://log.reflectivesurface.com/2003/07/28/phone-trouble/#comment-170 I sympathise. One early morning, just a couple of weeks after we arrived in England, my wife and I were woken up by police sirens and a bang on the front door. As I ran down the stairs, I saw two policemen in the lobby and a third police car with full sirens on stopping in front of the house. It turned out that 999 had received a call from our phone number and the call was abruptly terminated. After apologising, the policemen assured me that they would get the line fixed as soon as possible. Merely, two hours later, our phone number was restored -- a much, much quicker service than I would have got from BT if I had made the request myself. What still concerns me is the fact that the real call may not have met with anyone and maybe someone died because of this fault. I sympathise. One early morning, just a couple of weeks after we arrived in England, my wife and I were woken up by police sirens and a bang on the front door. As I ran down the stairs, I saw two policemen in the lobby and a third police car with full sirens on stopping in front of the house. It turned out that 999 had received a call from our phone number and the call was abruptly terminated. After apologising, the policemen assured me that they would get the line fixed as soon as possible. Merely, two hours later, our phone number was restored — a much, much quicker service than I would have got from BT if I had made the request myself. What still concerns me is the fact that the real call may not have met with anyone and maybe someone died because of this fault.

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