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cmhamm t1_j1j38tq wrote

Reply to comment by SadisticAI in nobody asked by Stabika

Might have been discontinued in ā€˜86, but Iā€™m pretty sure they still work if you have a POTS line.

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WolvenSpectre t1_j1lden0 wrote

Only if the carrier supports Pulse signalling, which was largely removed when they moved to Optical Fibre Networking.

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big_fuzzeh t1_j1lyjjf wrote

Voice switches are all digital now, so handsets using pulse dialing (analog) no longer work. DTMF replaced pulse dialing, so any handset using DTMF should still work on a POTS line today.

Of course there may be a pocket in the world sill using pulse, but I doubt it. The parts for analog voice switches have been manufacturer-discontinued for decades.

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