Possible Clues:

• Something answered with a 'Hello?'
• Something that has a ring to it
• It's a conversation piece in Ring caught by everyone
• Awfully lonely chap with no yen for communication
• It's a topic of conversation down the line, as it's leaving Capstone Hill
• Ring is perfect in copper, completely
• An operator may help place one
• Bell public house about to enter a draw?
• Electronic conversation