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Article #621610Re: Video Explaining the Rotary Phone
From: Andreas Kohlbach
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2018 21:23
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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. -- Andreas My random toughts and comments https://news-commentaries.blogspot.com/
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