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["Shea Tisdale" <shea AT sheatisdale.com>]

Your number is mine!!!
But I'll let you have it back for $100.00

On a more serious note, a dial tone loss should never occur unless there is
line trouble.  Even when disconnected the phone should give a dial tone and
allow you to dial 911.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:internetworkers-
> bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Diana Duncan
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 1:41 PM
> To: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> Subject: [internetworkers] My phone has been hijacked!
> 
> Something weird and scary today...
> 
> I pick up line 1 to call Caelan's day care to check on him (yes, first
> day today, another story altogether).  No dial tone.  Huh?  Line 2 is
> OK, so I call BellSouth to ask for a repair.  They say "Oh, you're
> being switched over to MCI local today."  I'm what?  I didn't ask for
> that.  Switch me back.  "Oh, we can't do that since the work order is
> in process, you'll have to call MCI then call us back."  Called MCI.
> They have no such record in their system.  Curiouser and curiouser.  I
> call BellSouth back -- they will not admit that they might have been
> hacked, but can restore service.  Unfortunately, they may not be able
> to get the phone number back from MCI (or whoever is holding it, this
> is still a mystery) for 8 to 10 days!
> 
> Now, we did put in an order for Time Warner digital service last month,
> then changed our minds the next day and cancelled the order.  We even
> made TW mail us a copy of the cancellation.  I wonder if something in
> their system kicked it off anyway, and they are identifying themselves
> as MCI????
> 
> Another question I have is, why did we actually lose dial tone?  Is
> that normal when one changes providers?
> 
> And a legal question -- is it illegal to switch you from one company to
> another without your say-so?
> 
> Thank goodness we have two phone lines, is all I can say.  Maybe I'm
> overreacting due to being separated from my baby for the first time
> today... :)
> 
> Diana
> 
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