I can remember my parents refusing to get push button phones / touch tone in the 80's.
"I'm not paying extra to save 3 seconds making a call."
Rotary dial was still on the wall when I moved out in '92.
I can remember my parents refusing to get push button phones / touch tone in the 80's.
"I'm not paying extra to save 3 seconds making a call."
Rotary dial was still on the wall when I moved out in '92.
wbjones wrote: ok, help me out here ... how does battery back-up help when the lines are laid out on the ground ... cut in multiple places ? not trying to be a smart ass .. serious question
Obviously, if the phone lines are damaged it's not going to help. However, if the power is out in an area but the phone lines aren't damaged, you can still make calls since the telephone system runs on DC power backed up with batteries (-48 volts to be exact.)
The advantage of a wired phone line is free electricity.
Online Phone Store.
I got a nice one with sound level control, speaker, caller Id etc.
Works great.
I have a couple of dial phones I might sell.
Gearheadotaku wrote: I can remember my parents refusing to get push button phones / touch tone in the 80's. "I'm not paying extra to save 3 seconds making a call." Rotary dial was still on the wall when I moved out in '92.
Once upon a time long long ago you didn't own your phone, you rented it. A red one cost much more than the standard black one. Push button cost more than rotary.
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1999-03-07/business/9903110392_1_new-area-codes-nation-s-area-new-number
This link is a good old story of the countries first "vanity" area code and background on how the whole original area code system was "rotary based."
Can you still use rotary dial phones (ie, pulse), or do you have to have touch tone? Janel wanted a wired phone for the kitchen and bought one of the Crosley replicas - should be delivered today. I was thinking about getting a vintage bombproof one but wasn't sure if it would still work on our system.
Side note: I worked for a while in the industrial design section of Nortel. If you're Canadian, you have the results of their work in your house. It was pretty cool seeing the prototypes sitting around and discussing the design of the buttons of the phones I used all day.
Dial phones should still work on most hard wired systems.
Yeah, I did some checking. It'll still work on our voip setup, but we need to use tones to access voicemail. I'm okay with that.
I've decided I want to buy this to put somewhere in the house.
My cable internet provider taps into the house phone line for phone access. I have an old trimline phone like what has been shown in the bedroom. We keep one corded phone in the house because it works when the power is out. All the cordless phones require power. Cell phone reception at my house is good in the front, better in the front yard but terrible at the back of the house and backyard so we don't rely on them. Might have something to do with the slope of the ground and how my house sit in regard with the slope why cell reception isn't great.
Keith Tanner wrote: I've decided I want to buy this to put somewhere in the house.
YES!
does SI still give you a football phone when you get a subscription?
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