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4 edits | said by Corehhi  :My parents had a 30 year old yellow phone that they had been renting up to two years ago. They simply didn't know you could buy your own. They also still have rotary service because they won't pay to upgrade to touch tone. I think the phone company just switched them any ways and didn't charge a monthly fee. LOL. Actually, the paradox here is that dial pulse service actually uses more central office resources then touch tone service does. See, most of the effort is involved in completing the call. A piece of equipment called a dialer is used to complete the call, but once the call is connected the dialer drops off and is available for completing someone else's call. There are only so many dialers in a central office. However, once the call is completed, the resources necessary to keep it connected are almost zero.
Pulse dialing takes longer then touch tone dialing, hence the dialer is connected to the telephone longer-which means that it's not available to be used to complete another call.
When touch tone service became widely used, telcos were actually able to use less dialers in each phone office.
So, the telcos were actually charging you extra for something that benefitted them for you to have. |
