Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 9 May 91 11:54:35 GMT From: John McHarry Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Touch-Tone vs. Rotary - A Frustrating Experience Message-ID: Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford MA Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 349, Message 10 of 10 Lines: 16 "Derek E. Terveer" writes: > I agree. For my data line, I specifically ordered it with just pulse > and not tone because I didn't want to pay the extra few bucks a month > The only potential disadvantage that I see is if I want my Unix box to > call long distance and use some sort of calling card code number or > something like that that requires touch-tone. Haven't run into that Most autodial modems, eg. Hayes compatible, can be set to switch to tone for the second part of the sequence. I used to do that quite often. I have one phone that switches to tone for the remainder of the current call only when you key in # with the switch set to dial pulse, cute.