In article ,
mm wrote:

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:03:28 -0500, mm
wrote:

Quoting yourself, I see. There's a treatment for that, ya know. grin

Isn't that what there is a shortage of when someone gets a fast busy
on a local phone call?

You are referring to a "reorder" or circuits busy condition. A busy signal is
60 TPM (tones-per-minute). A reorder is 120.

Getting a reorder is, thankfully, an increasingly rare occurrence. It can
happen for numerous reasons, the least of which is a "shortage of equipment".
Sometimes the call just goes astray and hits a brick wall. Other times the
call is routed through equipment, perhaps in another city, that is
experiencing trouble or extremely heavy usage. Simply redialing the call
usually results in success.
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JR