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Re: A ''Shocking'' Lawsuit |
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Posted by Dyre Dan on Tue Apr 26 06:15:31 2016, in response to Re: A ''Shocking'' Lawsuit, posted by pragmatist on Mon Apr 25 20:44:58 2016. Back in the 1950s and early '60s, dial tone was a steady buzzing sound. In the mid '60s, it was changed to the sound that you hear now. I think this was due to the change from mechanical switching equipment to electronic (ESS) systems, but at the time I was quite mystified as to why something as long-established as the sound of a dial tone would suddenly be changed. I don't think the telephone company sent out any information about why the sound of the dial tone was changing (but then again, I was a kid and didn't get to read the phone bill), it just suddenly changed one day. Someone suggested to me that the new dial tone meant that the equipment would recognize touch-tone dialing, but I don't think that's quite true; for a number of years, you had to pay extra for a line that accepted touch tones, but you got the new-style dial tone regardless. I guess it did indicate a line that could be programmed (by the telco) to accept touch tones, but not necessarily one that actually did. Is this right? |
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