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Call me an idiot, but I have a question about C-phones, LOL - Confused


Posted: Oct 23, 2009

When you use a cphone, can the hospital or anyone hear you talking while you are dialed into the hospital?  On two occasions, I said something out loud, like what should have been a silent question (working at home too long, I now talk to myself, ha ha) but on BOTH occasions, my job emailed me the answer to my question within like five minutes of me saying it and I was just wondering.  Thanks.

Weird! - Horski

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I have not used a c-phone forever, but I do not ever remember lifting the receiver. I can't see how that would happen as you can't get a live person, but kind of weird how it happened. Would love to know if you figure it out!

yuck, would not like to work there, creepy - darlene

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.As a last resort, I would email them and ask. A sort of, "how did you know thing, say was curious

c-phone - check

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Did not know they could hear you for sure, make sure that you only have one of the buttons pushed on the C-phone that you are connected to. Sometimes there is one like a hold button that might be partially depressed and could actually get into a person live, like you were really talking to them, but I think you would hear a little echo if that happened.


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