Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!killer!vector!nobody From: chip@vector.uucp (Chip Rosenthal) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Sending digits on ISDN Message-ID:Date: 21 Nov 88 02:45:03 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 14 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 8, issue 184, message 4 In article ron@ron.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) writes: >I wouldn't go so far as to say they are obsolete. Since ISDN >is still in the nebulous phase, TouchTone service is what we have. More specifically, I think the original author was saying that DTMF ("touch tones") will be obsolete in the subscriber loop. It is already obsolete through the long-haul network. Aside from the Coming ISDN Revolution(tm), there is an impetus to move towards totally-digital equipment throughout the network. The changeover is starting in the business sector, and is being driven by those who use digital PBX's rather than analog channel banks. -- Chip Rosenthal chip@vector.UUCP | Choke me in the shallow water Dallas Semiconductor 214-450-5337 | before I get too deep.