Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!think!mit-eddie!rutgers!clyde!cuae2!ihnp4!ihlpa!normt From: normt@ihlpa.UUCP (N. R Tiedemann) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: touchtone dialing always works Message-ID: <2518@ihlpa.UUCP> Date: Mon, 15-Dec-86 19:17:00 EST Article-I.D.: ihlpa.2518 Posted: Mon Dec 15 19:17:00 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Dec-86 04:20:50 EST References: <750@sdcc12.ucsd.EDU> <1478@kitty.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 23 > > 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. > > I agree with you 100%! 25 years ago when DTMF service first became > available, it was a _luxury_, and rightfully subject to additional charge. > Such additional charge is now an anachronism in the day of ESS offices. To > put it more bluntly, such a charge is today a ripoff. I urge people to > contact their respective state Public Utility Commissions and complain about > this charge. > > <> Larry Lippman @ Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, New York This is completely true, and there is no one who wants this change more, than the BOC's. They have to pay to maintain the dial pulse equipment, and then do the DTMF translation anyway for the common carriers. POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) is what the dial pulse phone is called, this is what everyone got, and anything else was an enhancement, thus the regulated companies had to charge for it. Norm Tiedemann AT&T Bell Labs ihnp4!ihlpa!normt