rfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES) (04/25/85)
[] Not being a real expert on this,I feel free to talk about it. You claimed that "costs" were lower for touch-tone telephone sets and touch tone service than for rotary dial sets and service (although telco chargesm are higher in both cases). I think you are wrong. I believe that the costs are comparable, both ways, not widely different. There are, of course, many advantages to touch-tone so people are willing to pay more for it. Personally, I think its one of the best things to come from a phone company in years and I consider people who don't have it as being somewhat ...uncivilised. -- "It's the thought, if any, that counts!" Dick Grantges hound!rfg
stumpf@homxa.UUCP (P.STUMPF) (04/25/85)
Network costs for Touch-Tone (service mark of AT&T) are less than for rotary because holding times are less;this reduces the total equipment investment required (over a whole bunch of lines). -- Pete Stumpf ..!ihnp4!homxa!stumpf US MAIL AT&T-Labs Room WB 1L-331/Crawford Corners Road/Holmdel,NJ 07733 Phone 201-870-7368 (CORNET 266-7368)