*URGENT*
US TO CLEAN ALL PHONE AND INTERNET ACCESS LINES
Los Angeles, CA - March 30, 2005 - Southcoast Bellcom, a
subsidiary of PCG Communications, is preparing to join telephone
companies throughout the U.S. in a nationwide cleaning of all
fibre optic phone and telecom lines this coming Friday. "We do
this about every 10 years," said a Richard Schvanski,
spokesperson for the National Telephone Association. "Over time,
dust collects in the fibre optic lines and this leads to weak
connections and static, as well as to broken and slow Internet
connectivity."
To clean the lines, Schvanski said, all telephone companies will
use air compressors at their central locations in each city to
blow a blast of air through phone lines and cable networks. The
10-minute process will cause dust to blow through telephone
receivers, fax and answering machines, and both traditional PC
and DSL modems in homes and offices throughout the U.S.
Schvanski explained that most people are being urged to set a
newspaper under their telecom devices and computers before going
to bed Thursday night. The cleaning will be done between 2 a.m.
and 4 a.m. so as to disturb as few people as possible, he said.
In the past, the spokesperson said, some people have put a
plastic baggy over their telephone's handset to catch the dust,
or wrapped the handset with a cloth to keep dust from getting on
their furniture. Cell phones, pagers, and other wireless devices
are not affected.
Los Angeles, CA - March 30, 2005 - Southcoast Bellcom, a
subsidiary of PCG Communications, is preparing to join telephone
companies throughout the U.S. in a nationwide cleaning of all
fibre optic phone and telecom lines this coming Friday. "We do
this about every 10 years," said a Richard Schvanski,
spokesperson for the National Telephone Association. "Over time,
dust collects in the fibre optic lines and this leads to weak
connections and static, as well as to broken and slow Internet
connectivity."
To clean the lines, Schvanski said, all telephone companies will
use air compressors at their central locations in each city to
blow a blast of air through phone lines and cable networks. The
10-minute process will cause dust to blow through telephone
receivers, fax and answering machines, and both traditional PC
and DSL modems in homes and offices throughout the U.S.
Schvanski explained that most people are being urged to set a
newspaper under their telecom devices and computers before going
to bed Thursday night. The cleaning will be done between 2 a.m.
and 4 a.m. so as to disturb as few people as possible, he said.
In the past, the spokesperson said, some people have put a
plastic baggy over their telephone's handset to catch the dust,
or wrapped the handset with a cloth to keep dust from getting on
their furniture. Cell phones, pagers, and other wireless devices
are not affected.