Man, Had a Hasp RJE like that John, everytime it rained there were strange creatures on the phone lines...of course the standard phone company reply was classic, no problems here and the problems always disappeared.
Sent from my iPad Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer www.identityforge.com On Mar 27, 2012, at 8:17 AM, "McKown, John" <[email protected]> wrote: > I had that at my first job. I learned early to hate the telephone company. > And "concentrator" office in Garland, TX. I would call them about no > connectivity to TCIC (Texas Crime Information Center, or something like > that). I was told "nobody else is experiencing problems!". I would then call > another shop at the other end of town. They would be down too. > > Had one remote police office with 3767s and a 3275(?). Every time it rained, > they'd be down. Rain would stop and dry out, they'd come back up. Telephone > company said I was lying. > > -- > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > > Administrative Services Group > > HealthMarkets(r) > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > (817) 255-3225 phone * > [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or > proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and > issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake > Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of > TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) >> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 1:28 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Pre-Friday fun: Halon dumps and POK Resets >> >> In <[email protected]>, on >> 03/26/2012 >> at 08:19 AM, Steve Dover <[email protected]> said: >> >>> ATT said everything was great on the line, >> >> Reminds me of the old diagnostic technique: >> >> 1. Clean all of the contacts/. >> >> 2. Test the link. >> >> 3. Tell the customer that you couldn't find a problem so >> it must be on his end. >> >> -- >> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT >> ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> >> We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. >> (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
