SOT

[Kristinn Leifsson]

It used to be A 440 over here, but they found out people were using it, 
changed the tone but also made a phone number that you can call and get A 
440 for approx. 50 cents a minute (no pun intended).

And the U.S. is a capitalist country!


Kristinn



At 23:04 28.10.2000 -0400, you wrote:
> >Pick up your phone and let the SOT listen to the dial tone.  In my area, 
> and
> >presumably elsewhere, the dial tone is a square wave audio 440 cps tone. 
> The
> >lights should stop dead on.
> >
> >Bill Simon
> >Phoenix
>
>Can anyone confirm what Bill says here. I've always known the (upper) dial 
>tone to be real close to A440 but figured it was about eight cents sharp!
>
>Bill, if you're right, I've got an Accu-fork for sale, batteries included.
>
>John Lillico, RPT,
>Oakville, Ontario
>(on the Bell Canada system)