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Old 17th Jul 2021, 11:31 pm   #10
Oldcodger
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Default Re: Gpo 706

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Originally Posted by ThePillenwerfer View Post
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Originally Posted by merlinmaxwell View Post
You may need a rotary dial (loop disconnect, LD) to tone adaptor thing too if your line doesn't support LD.
LD works on PlusNet for me.
I got inquisitive and first did a "hook test"( sounds impressive, but it involves just picking up handset and bashing the cradle- broke DT. Then I switched from MF to LD, and dialled"1" again I broke DT.
But then PN is "part" of BT and I can access the BT test network. Then again, once BT implement their VoIP network ( where phones plug into the hub), will we be able to use LD or indeed have a number of phones in the house ( not as part of a radio network)?
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