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Default Odd Telephone Line "Signal"

hamilton wrote:
On 5/7/2011 4:03 PM, Jim Thompson wrote:
Question for your guys experienced in telephone circuits...

Every 30 minutes it looks like my on-hook voltage drops from 50VDC to
ZERO for a fraction of a second.

It happens so fast I can't get an accurate read on it... but the
auto-ranging DVM drops from "V" to "mV"

What is this all about?

...Jim Thompson


Some one may be working at the CO.

Moving a rack or something.

I was this when I got DSL.

My Caller ID box went berserk over this for days, then it stopped.

hamilton

It is the feds establishing their wire-tapping system.
Since 911 this warrantless search has been increasing.
And your tin hat will not help..