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From: David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com>
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design
Subject: Re: Rotary Phones Still Work
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 22:28:28 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: NRK Clinic for habitual NetNews Abusers - Beltway Annex
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Dean <hoffman54dean@gmail.com> writes:

><https://techwithtech.com/rotary-dial-phones-do-they-still-work/ding to this article.>
>    I can' t help but wonder if some teenagers would need lessons to use them.  

And the article is full of wrong. While cellphones are required to allow 911,
a dead landline is d e a d dead, with no dial tone, etc.

At one point ~20 years ago, Ma experimented with a scheme where the disconnected
phone was allowed 911 & the business office, period. It didn't last long.

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