Captain Ned wrote:For those who are wondering about the lack of pushbuttons. In the infinite wisdom of the FCC and earlier telecoms regulatory bodies here in the US there is a simple rule. If it was ever able to access the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network), it must be able to do so in perpetuity.
Yup. From what I've read, you can even take a 100-year-old crank phone, splice a modern phone cord onto it, and plug it into a
POTS line. Turning the crank should (in theory) connect you with an operator.
steelcity_ballin wrote:You are the equivalent of the guys who gush over Vinyl sounding better than modern digital
He's not the *equivalent* of one of those guys. He *is* one of those guys!
Edit: Ahh, he beat me to it.