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  2. Dial tone - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the standard "city" dial tone was a 600 Hz tone that was amplitude-modulated at 120 Hz. [3] Some dial tones were simply adapted from 60 Hz AC line current. In the UK, the standard Post Office dialing tone was 33 Hz; it was generated by a motor-driven ringing machine in most exchanges and by a vibrating-reed generator in ...

  3. Class-5 telephone switch - Wikipedia

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    A Class-5 switch provides telephone service to end customers locally in the exchange area, and thus it is concerned with "subscriber type" activities: generation of dial-tone and other "comfort noises"; handling of network services such as advice of duration and charge etc. Specifically, a class-5 switch provides dial tone, local switching and ...

  4. Portal:Telephones/Selected audio/1 - Wikipedia

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    A dial tone (dialling tone in the UK) is a telephony signal sent by a telephone exchange or private branch exchange (PBX) to a terminating device, such as a telephone, when an off-hook condition is detected. It indicates that the exchange is working and is ready to initiate a telephone call. The tone stops when the first dialed digit is recognized.

  5. Portal:Telephones/Selected audio - Wikipedia

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    A dial tone (dialling tone in the UK) is a telephony signal sent by a telephone exchange or private branch exchange (PBX) to a terminating device, such as a telephone, when an off-hook condition is detected. It indicates that the exchange is working and is ready to initiate a telephone call. The tone stops when the first dialed digit is recognized.

  6. Precise tone plan - Wikipedia

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    Low tone, also busy tone, is defined as having frequency components of 480 and 620 Hz at a level of −24 dBm and a cadence of one half second ON and one half second OFF. Reorder tone, also often called fast busy tone, is the same tone, but with a cadence of 0.25 of a second ON and 0.25 of a second OFF. The original plan had two slightly ...

  7. Call-progress tone - Wikipedia

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    Tone cadence Dial tone A: 425 Hz: continuous Dial tone B: 425 Hz, amplitude modulated by 25 Hz: continuous Dial tone C: 400 Hz + 425 Hz + 450 Hz: continuous Dial tone D: 400 Hz + 425 Hz: continuous Dial tone E: 413 Hz + 438 Hz: continuous Ringback tone A: 425 Hz, amplitude modulated by 25 Hz: 0.4 s on, 0.2 s off, 0.4 s on, 2 s off Ringback tone ...

  8. AOL Dialer: Fix common problems - AOL Help

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    First, turn off call waiting from Dialing options and make sure your modem phone line has dial tone. Also, try using a different access code. If you’re still having trouble, please call our customer support at 1-800-827-6364.

  9. Telephone exchange - Wikipedia

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    In North America, the term wire center may be used to denote a central office location, indicating a facility that provides a telephone with a dial tone. [1] Telecommunication carriers also define rate centers for business and billing purposes, which in large cities, might encompass clusters of central offices to specify geographic locations ...