Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!hplabs!cae780!tektronix!reed!kamath From: kamath@reed.UUCP (Sean Kamath) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: touchtone dialing always works Message-ID: <4842@reed.UUCP> Date: Sat, 13-Dec-86 05:03:53 EST Article-I.D.: reed.4842 Posted: Sat Dec 13 05:03:53 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Dec-86 00:07:18 EST References: <750@sdcc12.ucsd.EDU> Reply-To: kamath@reed.UUCP (Sean Kamath) Distribution: na Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR Lines: 43 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. >Before the breakup of the Bell System I once received a polite letter >from their San Francisco office, asking me to request Touchtone. >They had noticed that I was using it. I ignored the letter, and >never heard from them again. >Has anyone else made this observation? >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. >Cheers, >Bernard>UUCP: ...!sdcsvax!sdcc12!wa371, Internet: wa371%sdcc12@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu I too noticed this about 3 years ago. I haven't tried it since, and besides, I can afford the $.55 a month :-) anyway, what else I noticed was that my touchtone(tm) pricess(tm) didn't ring... Now, for modems, this is all fine and dandy, but when you only have one touchtone phone. . . ________________________________________________________________________________ Sean Kamath UUCP: {masscomp, decvax, allegra, psu-cs, ucbcad, ucbvax, purdue, hplabs, hp-pcd, sequent, uw-beaver, ihnp4, cbosgd, gatech, nsc-pdc}!tektronix!reed!kamath CSNET: reed!kamath@Tektronix.CSNET BITNET: reed!kamath@Berkeley.BITNET ARPA: tektronix!reed!kamath@Berkeley reed!kamath@hplabs DECNET: RHEA::DECWRL::"decvax!tektronix!reed!kamath" US Snail: Box 395 Reed College, Portland, OR 97202 (503) 239-7458