# Telephone Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telephone-question/174865>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 13, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telephone-question/174865 "2003-05-13T03:55:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telephone-question/174865/21 "2003-05-13T18:18:00Z")

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> \*Originally posted by vivian \*  
> \*\*my question is, why would you want to do this? sheer curiosity? boredom? trying to fake out everyone in the house? \*\*

It is also useful to set ringer volumes, check whether all extensions are ringing, test your actual REN (Ringer Equivalent Number), etc.

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