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- Path: sys3.pe1chl!rob
- From: rob@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen)
- Subject: Re: ZyXEL a/b
- Reply-To: pe1chl@wab-tis.rabobank.nl
- Organization: PE1CHL
- Message-ID: <DKnpu1.3sD@pe1chl.ampr.org>
- References: <5-62TlW4YgB@quijote.in-berlin.de> <603aesF4YgB@quijote.in-berlin.de> <DKK2v3.2FD@pe1chl.ampr.org> <4cc0la$elt@iq1.nyiq.net> <DKLKFI.42M@pe1chl.ampr.org> <60Bo5smpYgB@quijote.in-berlin.de>
- Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 12:39:36 GMT
-
- In <60Bo5smpYgB@quijote.in-berlin.de> hajo@quijote.in-berlin.de (Hans-Joachim Zierke) writes:
-
- >Rob Janssen writes:
-
- >> That explains why the PTT could silently move everyone to a system that
- >> allows DTMF. (once your local switch was upgraded you received a
- >> letter that explained that you could now set your telephone to DTMF if
- >> it was capable of it, and that some extra service only available via
- >> DTMF * could then be used)
-
- >This is different from the German Telekom system. While there is no
- >surcharge, you have to _guess_ that they have exchanged the switch.
-
- Well, they are making money with the extra *-service (*21 = forward
- your calls to another number), so they are really interested in telling
- the customer that his extension can now also use the service.
-
- Before that service existed, the PTT weren't telling about switch
- changes either, I think.
-
- Another way to know that your switch was changed: metering pulses stop
- working, unless you subscribe to get them. The old switches sent the
- pulses to everyone, and you had to rent a meter. When you bought some
- surplus meter and connected it, it just worked.
- The new switches only send metering pulses to those who pay for it...
-
- Rob
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