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From: Jorgen Grahn
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:13

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On Tue, 2018-04-03, Bob Eager wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Apr 2018 17:23:50 -0400, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 01:28:16 -0000 (UTC), John Levine wrote:
>>>
>>> I believe it's still pretty rare to have a switch on the PSTN that
>>> can't handle pulse dialed numbers.  There's a lot of old burglar alarm
>>> and other equipment that does pulse dialing and is not upgraded very
>>> often.  On modern switches I wouldn't think the incremental cost of a
>>> few pulse digit receivers would be significant.
>> 
>> I wonder how switches in different countries would react today if you
>> set (if you can) your phone to use pulse dial.
>
> Works fine in the UK.

Worked in Sweden a few years ago, probably still does (except where
they're shutting down the non-mobile (immobile?) network).

/Jorgen

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