I placed a call from my cellphone to my Mom in Congers, Rockland County, NY. I got a busy signal, not unusual because she is always on the phone. What was unusual was the busy signal sounded like what I remembered hearing as a kid in the 1960's from my mom's house when they used mechanical switching rather than ESS.
I tried it a few more times and at one point even came up with a
1960's style ring tone with no answer. Is it possible the old gear is still in the little brick telco building by Rockland Lake and taking overload calls ?845-268-xxxx. A definite blast from the past. Steve