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From: cmoore@brl.mil (VLD/VMB)
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Subject: Re: Unbreakable Dialtone
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Date: 17 Jan 91 14:14:41 GMT
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My parents have a pushbutton phone which is set up for pulse dialing;
if you try to "dial" a number with the switch set to touch-tone
instead of pulse, the pushbutton tones sound but the dial tone is not
broken (apparently what happens in your occasional cases).  But if
touch-tone input is needed after dialing the original number (such as
punching in phone calling card number or credit card number), you can
do that after you have changed the switch from pulse to touch-tone
(don't forget to set it back to pulse when you are done).  Obviously,
my parents do not have a touch-tone line.