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From: asuvax!gtephx!proto10!ellisond@ncar.ucar.edu (Dell Ellison)
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Subject: Re: Pac*Bell: The Old Bell System?
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Date: 23 Sep 89 12:03:28 GMT
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In article , arc!chet@apple.com (Chet
Wood) writes:
> Yesterday I was ordering new service and the lady asked me if I wanted
> touch-tone service. I said no, and she acted real surprised and said,
> "Don't you have any pushbutton phones?" I said "they're pulse" and
> that satisfied her.

> I think that's distinctly fraudulant. If they are going to be allowed
> to push so hard for their extra dollar a month, at least they should
> be limited to correct terminology and ask, "aren't you using
> Touch-Tone (TM) phones?"

I totally agree with you that they shouldn't push people into paying for
"Touch-Tone" when they don't really need or want it.

However, "Touch-Tone" is just a trademark.
I think it's better to use the following terminology:

   DP     Dial Pulse
   DTMF   Dual Tone Multi-Frequency

I think these are more common in the industry.