Re: Telephone and Electric Fence Interference

Posted by VaTom on January 28, 2005 at 04:18:47 from (64.4.122.228):

In Reply to: Re: Telephone and Electric Fence Interference posted by CLW on January 27, 2005 at 17:46:15:

Mornin" CLW,

Our clicking has nothing to do with Russ, other than source. This is an electric fence around a huge apple orchard, trying unsuccessfully to keep the deer out. Yup, distant parts of the country.

Our line has been on the replacement list for at least 10 yrs. As the repair guys say, the company (Sprint) doesn"t make any money from that type of work so it"s always on the back burner.

You"re absolutely correct about the old guys. Part of the general repair problem, apart from our clicking, is that dispatch is no longer local. It"s performed from a computer screen several hundred miles from here by somebody who has no idea, or interest, in the local conditions. They go strictly by the grids set up for them. Problem 100 yds away? If it"s over the grid line, it"s for somebody else deal with even if it means a half hr drive and several hrs more of no service.

One reason I go down to try to help is that I often know more about the system than the hapless newbie. The other reason, as I mentioned, is to ensure that I get a pair of the best wires. Before Sprint bought our local telephone company, service was considerably better, and maybe cost more. I don"t know, but doubt it, when I see the large number of wasted hours by unprepared repair people.

If I could get internet over a cell phone I"d gladly join the ranks of those doing without a land line. Not due to the clicking, which really doesn"t bother us.

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