Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!cmcl2!phri!cooper!chris From: chris@cooper.UUCP (Chris Lent ) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: touchtone dialing always works Message-ID: <722@cooper.UUCP> Date: Thu, 18-Dec-86 00:37:14 EST Article-I.D.: cooper.722 Posted: Thu Dec 18 00:37:14 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Dec-86 21:49:07 EST References: <750@sdcc12.ucsd.EDU> <1706@sunybcs.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: The Cooper Union (NY, NY) Lines: 25 Summary: NYTel gets nastier and what 958 did In article <750@sdcc12.ucsd.EDU> wa371@sdcc12.ucsd.EDU (Bernd Riechelmann) writes: >Whenever I order telephone service installed, the phone company asks >if I want to have Touchtone service (for an extra charge.) >I have learned to politely refuse this feature , because Touchtone always >works, whether ordered or not. >To be fair, the extra charge should apply to pulse dialing instead, because >it is much slower, tying up their dialing equipment for a longer time. New York Telephone sent out a letter recently (this fall) to customers saying "If you use Touchtone (R) service without paying for it we're going to charge you, as of XX/XX/86". I wasn't about to ask but it doesn't seem to affect my use of telephone credit cards from pulse dialed phone. That is if I dial 0 (area) local-number with pulse, eventually I get the "go-ahead" tone, switch to tone and dial the credit card number the call goes through fine. This also shows up on the bill as a direct-dialed credit card call (saving ~30 cents). Here's a bit of phone trivia that works in some places. Dial 958 and many times you get a generated voice telling you the number you are DIALING from. Enjoy -- Chris Lent ihnp4!allegra!phri!cooper!chris