On 2021-12-21, rhkra...@gmail.com <rhkra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I used my eyes to read the number off the screen and then dial my separate > phone (not attached to a computer (well, other than the ObiHai VOIP device). > >
I called a major international financial institution the other day with a telephone number memorized by my cell phone that I've used conceivably a hundred times previously over the years (I telephone monthly). I call a specific department in offices located on the East Coast of the United States. When the other end picked up, I heard a recorded message that gave me the impression that the Bristol Furniture Company might have moved in (a female voice spoke in a distinctly English accent about something unrelated to anything). I was so surprised I forgot exactly what she said. At any rate, it was neither my financial institutional nor the phone company. I found an 877 number on the WWW and finally reached my party (internal transfers still worked to this specific line). I asked the employee over the phone what was up; he told me they were aware of the issue and having "trouble with their phones."
