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Tangent: many old Western Electric touch tone phones have a switch between "pulse" and "dial" for backwards compatibility.
by i_am_proteus 7y ago
Tangent: many old Western Electric touch tone phones have a switch between "pulse" and "dial" for backwards compatibility.
- bityard 7y agoMany digital cordless phones in the 2000's would still allow you to select between pulse and tone dialing. Pulse was fun to use just for kicks, except it added several seconds to the start of your call and most phones were not smart enough to switch the keypad back to tone dialing once the call was established (e.g. to operate an IVR).