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No; if you look at an old rotary phone, you're counting the number of finger holes in order to determine pulses. To dial a 0, pulse the line 10 times.
by AKrumbach 7y ago
No; if you look at an old rotary phone, you're counting the number of finger holes in order to determine pulses.
To dial a 0, pulse the line 10 times.
- pomatic 7y agoUnless you are in New Zealand - the dial is numbered "backwards" there so 0 is 1 pulse etc.
- toby 7y agoOh wow, thank you for the memories :) I grew up in New Zealand when everything was pulse dialing and had an American modem that my father got us, so in order to dial any phone number I had to rewrite it by subtracting every digit from 10.