On Tuesday, December 21, 2021 10:52:56 AM Curt wrote: > 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."
Ahh, thank you -- maybe some confirmation that I'm not crazy. ;-) What kind of phone did you use to make the call -- I mean cell phone, POTS, VOIP phone, or maybe something else?
