Re: The Cordless phone rings....

[johnt@meaddata.com (John Townsend)]

In article <318g42$3gc@news.u.washington.edu>, ronlouie@u.washington.edu (Ron Louie) writes:
|> When I turn on my IIGS (along with a SupraFaxModem 144LC, LaCie Tsunami 
|> Hard Drive, etc), the cordless phone rings downstairs (by the bed, of 
|> course, where it can be most annoying).  Why is that?  Is it a computer 
|> to modem signal, or some radio frequency that is being emitted?  It sure 
|> blows my cover for surreptious game playing and 'netting late at night!

My SupraFAXModemV.32bis does the same thing occasionally.  I believe it's
just because the modem is a little noisy on the phone line when it turns
on, and makes enough of a spike to make the cordless extension think it's
a ringer signal.  When you don't want to wake up the wife, try unplugging
the phone line from the Supra before you power it up.

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