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From: motcid!ashbya@uunet.uu.net (Adam J. Ashby)
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Subject: Re: US Phones in the UK and Vice Versa
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mb@sparrms.ists.ca (Mike Bell) writes:

>OLE@csli.stanford.edu (Ole J. Jacobsen) writes:

>>course, I have verified that it works. Using a BT extension socket, I

>pulse dial phones differ (most of the UK is pulse dial only) and US
                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Most of the UK is both tone and pulse dialling (tone dialling is
free!)  and is increasingly digital due to aggressive System X and
System Y replacement.  In my opinion, BT offer a far superior
telephone service than I experience here in Illinois, even though they
don't (yet) offer all those wonderfully use(less)(ful) features that
we have here.


Adam