On 30-Mar-00, Fred Wright wrote:
>
> On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Chris Holt wrote:
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Holger Kruse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 4:23 PM
>> Subject: [Miami] Re: Blacklisted BT number.
>>
>>> It is your modem that is blacklisting the number, not Miami. Some
>> countries
>> require modems to blacklist nubmers after a certain number of
>> unsuccessful connection attempts. Try powercycling the modem or contact
>> the
>> manufacturer
>> for help. There may be an AT command to reset the modem's number table.
>>
>> Just curious, do you know the reason behind this requirement? I've never
>> heard of it before. Of course that is probably because I don't live in
>> "Some countries". ;)
>
> If you'd ever been awakened every 9 minutes by someone's FAX machine
> incessantly retrying attempts to send a FAX to your voice phone, you'd
> appreciate the value of blacklisting. :-)
>
> Fred Wright
Actually, I would imagine that after about the second or third attempt, I
would appreciate the value of call blocking even more. ;)
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