Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!sun-barr!texsun!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: gtephx!gtephx!ellisond@asuvax.asu.edu (Dell Ellison) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Strange Phone Problem Message-ID: Date: 7 Jun 89 15:53:29 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: AG Communication Systems, Phoenix, Arizona Lines: 24 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 190, message 7 of 7 In article , ginosko!duane@oddjob.uucp (Andrew Duane) writes: -> OK, all you telecommers. Here's a bizarre little problem that happened -> at a friends house last night. Anyone got any clues? -> BACKGROUND: a single line house, in Newton, MA (617-244-XXXX), -> with 4 phones: 2 AT&T desk pushbuttons, -> 1 IT&T desk pushbutton, 1 Radio Shack cordless. -> PROBLEM: the 2 AT&T phones suddenly and simulatenously lost their -> ability to dial. They work fine for incoming calls, -> get dial tone, etc. Both other phones (and a spare -> IT&T from the car) worked fine the whole time. -> When you pushed a button, the dial tone went away -> while the button was down. My guess is that your local phone company, for some reason, disconnected your 'touch tone' ability. Of course I am assuming that the other two phones that work are set on sending 'dial pulse' even though they're 'pushbutton phones'. If this was the case then the 'dial pulse' phones would 'break' dial tone and the 'touch tone' phones would not. Dell Ellison