Subj : Synchronet vs. Mystic
To   : Jas Hud
From : Denis Mosko
Date : Tue May 17 2022 10:17 am

Hi, Dumas Walker & JAS HUD.
                          
 >> > i never understood what pulse dialing was about. i thought it was just >
 >> some du >  feature on phones.

 >> > i was never fascinated by phone technology, though.

 >> I don't think it was really a feature.  It was the standard technology
 >> that allowed you to use a push-button phone, or a modem, on a phone line
 >> meant for a rotary phone.

 >> Touch-tone dialing was a "feature" that the phone company charged extra
 >> for, at the time, until it became the default standard.


 JH> i never heard from anybody that you had to pay more for tons.

 JH> and the pulse dialing i thought was just some weird feature when i was a
 JH> kid. i pushed the button on my phone to do pulse dialing.

 JH> i'm pretty sure we've had tone dialing for 50-60 years or more.

 JH> those charges are just part of the bullshit phone companies would pull on
 JH> people.   they really committed so many sins back in the day.
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