Guest column: Remembering Wally Holmes a genuine town treasure Nov 21, 2009
Whether that meant the history of a particular house on Main Street, where the best fishing was and in which pond, or just what year it was that the dial tone finally came to Kingston, he brought a unique perspective to every conservation, and it was abundantly clear how much he loved this town that we all call home. He was an optimist; someone of good cheer who saw the good in life and in people and who enjoyed the life that he lived. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Church Service Center Battles Flames, But Kindles Renewed Commitment To Bartow Nov 1, 2009
Finding no dial tone, Shivler told staff and volunteers working to leave the building, and began to make her own way out. They (the volunteers and staff) were in the back, she said, and I was in the front. (Bartow Polk County Democrat, FL)
McNabb's phone ploy a factor as Giants, Eagles set for NFC East tilt Oct 30, 2009
Or was there a dial tone. "Verizon wasn't working. There was nothing over there," McNabb said. (USA Today -- Sports)
Vote- for those who can't Oct 29, 2009
A few ragged breaths, and you hear the dial tone. You stand there holding the phone, with that menacing voice echoing in your mind. (Weymouth News, MA)
‘American Fantastic Tales’ collects best stuff that bad dreams are made of Oct 18, 2009
Stephen King s That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French and Benjamin Percy s Dial Tone, both in the second volume, are clever works of temporal and spatial origami whose narratives pleat and tuck dimensions to disconcerting effect. Many of the stories play on anxiety about society falling apart: economic, social, and civic forces decaying into entropy; our world entered into a state of morbid deterioration. (Boston Globe)
Top Article: Sale Season Ahead Sep 30, 2009
Millions will hear the proverbial dial tone for the very first time in their lives. The experience and benefits of ubiquitous 24x7 connectivity is set to change the world of millions of Indians forever. (India Times, India)
Transcript of 911 call as operator seeks to assist Seydi Burciaga Sep 24, 2009
3:23 p.m. Wednesday, September 23, 2009. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
4 tricks that may help you get a human on the phone Sep 20, 2009
Depending on the system, punching zero could get you to a real human being or you could end up hearing a dial tone. Either way, King said its worth a shot. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Dan Browns worst sentences (or at least twenty of them) Sep 19, 2009
" God help us all. Lee on September 18, 2009 at 06:03 PM I particularly liked how Langdon couldn't get a "dial tone" on his cell phone at the CERN labs. JD on September 18, 2009 at 06:03 PM Dan Brown is an excellent example of an author who can come up with good ideas but can't write. His books read like a bad Grammar School essay, filled with forced metaphors, bad structure and thoughtless (and distracting) minutia that one can only assume was included in a poor attempt at "painting a picture"... (Harper's Magazine)
Telstra's copper network more attractive Sep 6, 2009
But the merging of zones and the new cost calculations combine to produce higher prices for unconditioned access to the network - that is, access to wire that has no dial tone - and lower prices for some of the wholesale services Telstra's competitors offer down those unconditioned lines. There's a complicated array of wholesale services involved, and Telstra insiders reckon that the bottom line is that the changes will cost it money. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Fiber optic on track Aug 25, 2009
TCT traditional dial tone phone service begins at about 18 per month. VoIP service begins at 25 per month and includes long distance. (Cody Enterprise, WY)
State Wants FairPoint to Prove It's Living Up to Its License Aug 11, 2009
Regardless of how this petition progresses, both sides say customers will not lose their phone service -- that dial tone will continue to be there. Representatives of FairPoint and the Public Service Department will meet again before the Public Service Board on September 10th. (WCAX.com, VT)
Literary ghost stories Aug 2, 2009
Among my favorites is Benjamin Percy's 2007 "Dial Tone," the last story in the two-volume set. Percy opens the piece with a body hanging from a cell phone tower. (Erie Times-News, PA)
As Comcast customer service sucks, FIOS keeps growing. Count me... Jul 28, 2009
I assume we will be left in the cold or without a dial tone. Ashame that Verizon can monopolize an area's phone service, then seek to reduce costs by cutting service to the wirelines. (Multichannel News)
This time, D-Backs' bats save Haren Jul 24, 2009
Like picking up a land line and not hearing a dial tone. "He didn't have his best stuff, (and) he didn't feel great," Arizona manager A.J. Hinch said. (AZCentral -- Sports)
An E-Book on an iPhone Jul 11, 2009
That dial tone that hums in your head after you glance across the train aisle or spot someone perched upon a park bench or peer into the window at Starbucks and, based on the cover of the book a stranger is reading, zings the hope that he or she must be a kindred spirit, a literary soulmate, because you too dig Mary Gaitskill down to the nasty bone. Or perhaps it s Netherland being held like a hymnal, the acclaimed novel by Joseph O Neill that you keep meaning to read and never will, and here it... (The American Conservative)
Disappearing pay phones Jul 8, 2009
But the booths that remain offer more than just a dial tone. Some restaurants use them as decorations to attract customers. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Man arrested in robbery of woman, 74, in her home Jun 26, 2009
The victim said she heard someone in the home early Sunday morning and tried to call police but was unable to get a dial tone. She said the intruder entered her bedroom, forced her head down and pushed her against a bureau, bruising her hip. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Dayton to be regional Cricket headquarters Jun 17, 2009
Callers would get busy signals or no dial tone. But those problems since have been worked out, Hammons said, and the company plans to begin targeting small businesses in the next few months. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
Remaining to Join Dick Morris and Chris Ruddy on This $1 Million Venture! May 19, 2009
You won t need a stopwatch to clock how fast you ll hear a dial tone. but that is exactly what you are being offered today with Your Million Dollar Secret Code. (Newsmax)
Letter: Regional dispatch not a good idea May 15, 2009
Their purpose is to redirect your call and always make sure there is dial tone on your home phones and your personal phone calls get through ... This would mean that there now exists the possibility of the North Shore s having a catastrophic dial tone failure. (Danvers Herald, MA)
A fifth of U.S. homes have cell phones but no landlines May 7, 2009
singlemom wrote on May 6, 2009 6:38 PM:" we are a cell phone only household. But in order to not go over my minutes, I also have magicjack, which plugs into your usb on your computer and also gets a dial tone. It's worth the $19.95 a year to me. I will never go to a land-line again. ". floyd wrote on May 6, 2009 6:37 PM:" pitdoggBasic service isn't $75.00 a month. Somewhere between $27-$35 would be more like it.Signal from towers aren't a guarantee but land line's are mandatory they keep them... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Works of what could have been May 2, 2009
We hear his longing description of what their life could be in a phone call, but at the end, there is only an out of order dial tone. Within the dance culture, the emphasis is on the new. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Hosted Voice Services: A Review of Smoothstone IP Comm. Apr 28, 2009
From its modest start providing service in two cities, Smoothstone has grown to become a nationwide provider that offers dial tone in over 6,000 local calling areas, with voice, data, and network management services to some of the world s most respected enterprise clients, including Dish Network, Hitachi, Panasonic, Re/Max, and the United Way. Tools. (SmallBusinessComputing)
The 4 Steps of BSM Success Mar 28, 2009
Telecomm service providers have known for decades that five-nines of availability in the data center or central office is meaningless if the customer doesn t have dial tone when they pick up the handset. This situation indicates there is more to measuring value and quality than predictive internal measurements alone. (CIO Information Network)
OCCULT HAUNTING MY INTERVIEW Mar 27, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009 Last Update: 08:10 AM EDT. hide topics THIS WEEK'S HOT TOPICS 00004000. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Google's free phone manager could threaten a variety of services Mar 12, 2009
Once there, they can push a button to get a dial tone and call a different number. As such, the service is not set up to handle video calls, though Google offers simple video-chatting capabilities through Google Talk, its instant-messaging service. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Keep iPods volume at dial tone level Mar 3, 2009
Durham, Chapel Hill and the Research Triangle Region. BY KEITH UPCHURCH : The Herald-Sun Mar 3, 2009. (Herald Sun)
Cell phone feature unblocks callers, poses potential privacy risk Feb 26, 2009
Meanwhile, the person calling from the blocked number hears the normal dial tone, and has no idea anything abnormal has occurred. "I think this sounds good because it could stop prank calls," said Ashley Christopher, a graduate student studying information management. (Daily Orange, NY)
Internode FTTH speed offensive in greenfield estates Feb 25, 2009
trent is taking the piss and nothing more or have i got it all wrong. Next time, use low cost human translation like in proz. (iT News)
Editorial: Please press 1 for further infuriation Feb 23, 2009
The jobless deserve to have their claims processed swiftly and to receive better treatment when they have a question than to hear a tape-recorded "Goodbye," punctuated by a dial tone. Dear Readers. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
(More)Verizon completes $3 million upgrade Feb 10, 2009
The digital switch is basically a large-scale computer which supplies dial tone and routs customer calls and data transmissions across telecommunication networks. Verizon crews have worked on the upgrade project for the past several months. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
