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From: ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie )
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Subject: Re: touchtone dialing always works
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Date: Sun, 21-Dec-86 12:46:34 EST
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In article <5370@ukma.ms.uky.csnet>, david@ukma.ms.uky.csnet (David Herron, NPR Lover) writes:
> In GTE land (Lexington, KY) touchtone doesn't work on a non-touchtone
> line.  I have a Prometheus Pro-modem here, when it dials a phone number
> it first tries to do the first digit as touchtone, looks to see
> if the carrier tone went away, and since it didn't do the dial
> phone stuff.  Oh, I currently live in an older neighborhood (read
> "student ghetto"), but last year when I was living in a more modern
> neightborhood I was getting the same results.

GTE phone service is notorious for not even offering touch-tone service.
Down in Durham NC, if you asked for a push button phone, they would install
one of GTE push the buttons and it will pulse dial for you kludges.

-Ron