NEW YORK -- Call my house and you'll hear the three shrill tones of a disconnected number before I pick up. If you're a human calling, it's mildly annoying. If you happen to be a telemarketing firm ...

OK, I know this is sort of the wrong place for this sort of thing, but phone lines are a networking thing <P>Also, for you folks who have seen me post this same message on a few other boards, sorry ...

The ringing phone has awakened Jen Cromwell and her family in the wee hours every night for months now. When she answers it, she hears that stomach-turning screech of a fax machine auto-dialing her ...