Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!ames!lll-winken!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: e118-ak@euler.berkeley.edu (e118 student) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Make/break ratios Message-ID: Date: 3 Apr 89 07:40:37 GMT Sender: news@vector.UUCP Lines: 12 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 122, message 4 of 7 The make/break ratios in the US and UK are different, but the ratio isn't terribly critical (at least in US). I discovered some years ago that I can dial by clicking the switchhook rapidly. One time I even dialed 9-1-214-233-2768 successfully by this method. Obviously my fingers weren't carefully figuring out whether I was using a 39/61 ratio or 33/67, so I suspect there is a high tolerance in the system for slop. --Linc Madison = e118-ak@euler.berkeley.edu Disclaimers: I speak my own mind. The telephone number listed above no longer belongs to anyone I know, but please don't call it.