Bud Rogers writes: > The most your father should hear is maybe a click when it picks up and > another when it hangs up. Curious. Does it actually try to dial out > while he's on the phone? His father is using a modem, not talking. It is possible that the modem is so badly designed that it mistakes the carrier for dial tone. -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI