Vchat20
Landing is the REAL challenge
join:2003-09-16
Warren, OH
clubs: 
| reply to Alphabyte
Re: Sterilize and Jail the Parents...
to improve upon your idea, last i heard, POTS lines are supposed to constantly have a dial tone regardless of whether service is activated on it or not. difference is, if not activated, only basic 911 access and (sometimes) calls to the phone company's customer support/etc. numbers go through.
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Murray3
join:2001-03-06
Texas
| said by Vchat20  :to improve upon your idea, last i heard, POTS lines are supposed to constantly have a dial tone regardless of whether service is activated on it or not. difference is, if not activated, only basic 911 access and (sometimes) calls to the phone company's customer support/etc. numbers go through. You are correct. At least it has worked this way in my experience. |
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chzdhippt
join:2004-06-30
Orange Beach, AL
| reply to Vchat20
In regards to all POTS lines having dialtone, this is incorrect. The requirement is that all lines with dialtone be able to call 911, and normally, companies will also connect misdials to a sales dept (to encourage sales). Non-activated lines do not necessarily have dialtone. |
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Vchat20
Landing is the REAL challenge
join:2003-09-16
Warren, OH
clubs:
| well, all i know is that in our area, when our bill gets to the past due point and they "shut off" our phone, we still have a dial tone for about a week and then it gets completely shut off.
in regards to my original reply, i didn't say ALL lines HAVE to have a dial tone, i said they are supposed to have them last i heard. regardless, i think that all POTS lines should have dial tones regardless of whether its activated or not simply for 911 usage.
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