On Jun 13, 6:37 am, aemeijers wrote:

At least in this part of the country, only true for early Ma Bell
touch-tone. More modern ones don't care. Don't think it has ever been
true for the cheap throw-away phones like you buy at Wally World, since
all their brains are on a chip.

And even if the TT pad is disabled, you can still dial by using the hook
lever as a telegraph key....



Andy comments:
Yes, I did that a lot as a kid. However, I was under the
impression that
if "tone" service is the one provided by the company, then pulse
calling
can't be done. Damn, I only have one phone line and am now using the
puter
on it, so I can't go and test this before I send this. But I'm going
to try in a
few minutes. I just haven't done that in 40 years......

I don't have a single phone, or modem, in my house that won't work
properly if the wires are reversed. In fact, I've never seen or used
one
that required definite polarity for operation, and I've been tapping,
installing,
wiring, and messing with phones since I was 10 years old --- a long
long
long time...... that being said, I haven't tried them all, so it might
be
accurate for specific systems....... somewhere.

Anyway, I'm off to see if my phone here can access the line with
pulses.
I suggest that others who endorse this method actually try it for
themselves , as there may be differences in the phone services......

However, even if it can, I doubt that a senile old lady in a
nursing
home would be able to figure it out.

Andy in Eureka, Texas


Eureka, where local law requires all foreclosed houses to be towed
back
to the lot withing 30 days.