Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pasteur!ames!elroy!gryphon!vector!telecom-gateway From: HAMER@ruby.vcu.edu (ROBERT M. HAMER) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Touch Tone Message-ID: Date: 6 Jun 89 12:28:00 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 13 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 188, message 4 of 8 This question has probably been asked before, but as I have been subscribing for only a short period, I haven't heard the answer. I am going to move into a new house soon. Currently, I have two touch-tone lines. I use non-AT&T phones (a $10 jobbie, a $20 wall phone, a Pannasonic (spelling?) cordless, etc...). Do I need to order touch-tone service and pay the extra monthly fee to use my touch-tone phones in touch-tone mode? Does this have something to do with polarity of the lines (I wired the lines all myself; the new house has 27-year-old wiring; the phones are HARD-WIRED into the walls; when the phone people come out they are obviously going to need to install a new network interface box)? Etc.