[PW] Re: A telephone question

[Elizabeth Bennefeld]

According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, they are there "to accommodate
various data services and customer-controlled calling features" (Telephone
and Telephone System: switching>call-number dialing>push-button dialing).

Liz

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John Franklin
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 12:59 AM
 

My great aunt asked me today, in passing, what the # and * keys on the
telephone were originally "for". I know they are used in voicemail systems